Krista Tippett Edited and Unedited Episodes

I chose Krista Tippett’s interview with Jill Tarter. In the interview, it gave an insight on Tarter’s career in science. However, I began to notice that the differences in the edited and unedited version was observable.

In the edited version of the interview, Tippett’s and Tarter’s conversation felt like an interview. It was in the same format throughout, she would give Tarter a question and she would answer. There was a little bit of follow up questions. It seemed that she wanted to quickly jump to the next question.

In the unedited version of the interview, it sounded very relatable. The conversation flowed as if it was taken place on a living room sofa. While asking some of the questions about Tarter’s love of space, Tippett would stumble on her questions and would have to rephrase herself. She also used a lot of filler words, such as, “Like” or “Um”. However, I loved the unedited version of the interview because it made me realize that as an interviewer, it is okay to make mistakes.