Her mix of archival material, punchy graphics and concise talking-head commentary traces a troubling modern history.
What the producers of these shows are looking for are polite, concise talking heads who know where their light is, can hit their mark, and offer answers brief enough so that there's plenty of time to pass the ball to whoever else happens to be in the room.
Be concise and talk about what's important to your audience.
The primary causes of inner-city poverty don't make for good television, nor do they translate to concise political talking points.
For each element of supposed secular Jewish identity, Sand has a concise dismissal: any talk of Jews as a "race" (not, of course, that most Jews think of themselves as a race) is unfounded: according to Steven Pinker, the "genetic overlap" between the Ashkenazim and adjacent populations was/is between a third and a half depending on which genes you examine.
It makes your talk concise, interesting and memorable.
He doesn't talk in concise, clipped soundbites; he often repeats himself, rephrases his answers when he's thought of a better way of saying something, and is quick to apologise if countered, but keen to answer whatever questions I've got, often saying "hit me" when he's ready for the next one.
Such a gee whiz description is not what his audience expects from Mr. O'Reilly, who has mastered a central occupational skill for a talk show host: concise answers to complex questions, delivered with swagger.
It is clear, concise, explores the complexities, and talks about both the arguments within psychoanalysis, and specific psychoanalytic techniques for the advanced clinician.
