New Books in History

Please, better.

How could the interviewer fail to ask the central question in a comparative discussion re black slavery and the shoa: were Jews involved in initiating and carrying out black slavery? They were. Were Africans involved in carrying out the shoa? They weren’t.

The intervewers on this series are, for the most part. almost totally ineffective. I don’t for the most know why but many don’t speak standard English or speak with such strong accents as to be unintelligabe … perhaps you might consider engaging just a few professional interviewers who would conduct all the interviews .. this would be most helpful to the authors and render a great service to your listeners .. I don’t know where you are getting you present interviewers but they are almost all nothing but a distraction that the authors are constantly having to climb over …

I always appreciate the work that the interviewers put into this, knowing that they’re not professionals and they’re not paid, and I don’t expect a professional level of polish. Some of them however are unusually good, confident, engaged interviewers, like this one.