#David Gilhooly

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For when you can't decide between #FishFriday and #FrogFriday:

David Gilhooly (American, 1943-2013) Merfrog and her Pet Fish, 1979 white earthenware & glazes, 7 x 6 x 7 3⁄8 in. (17.8 x 15.2 x 18.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery 2007.47.12

"David Gilhooly made his first ceramic frog during a friendly mug-making competition among classmates at the University of California–Davis. This inspired the artist to create a whole civilization composed entirely of frogs, ranging from Napoleon-inspired frog busts to frog-Egyptian gods. Gilhooly originally thought about making pigs, but decided not to, stating: "The trouble with making a PigWorld rather than the FrogWorld was that pigs are 'loaded.' That is, people have a lot of negative ideas that are attached to pigs...." In Merfrog and her Pet Fish, Gilhooly refers to one of his favorite themes, fertility, by creating an absurdly voluptuous frog surrounded by devoted singing companions." (Artist's website, www.davidgilhooly.com, January 2006)

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DAVID GILHOOLY

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DAVID GILHOOLY

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Frog Wedding Cake by David Gilhooly, 1970

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Mastering The Art Of The Podcast Interview

How do you prepare for an interview? How do you prepare for your guest? How do you prepare your guest?

A few weeks ago, I published an article called The Ten Best Interviewers In Podcasting. Those top ten -- according to an impeachable source, me -- were:

Zale Mednick -- Preconceived

Jordan Harbinger -- The Jordan Harbinger Show

Matt Gilhooly -- The Life Shift Podcast

Evan Stern -- Vanishing Postcards

Mike Carruthers -- Something You Should Know

Robert Peterpaul -- The Art Of Kindness

Elaine Appleton Grant -- Sound Judgment

Audie Cornish -- The Assignment With Audie Cornish

David Pogue -- Unsung Science

Michael Barbaro -- The Daily

What makes an excellent podcast interviewer? What makes an excellent interviewer?

Is there a difference? In a word, yes.

TV show interviewers have video as their secret ingredient, since video images can communicate so much more than words. Podcasting video typically offers fans the host and guest with bulky headphones on and talking in a large mic on a swivel and surrounded by technology. It's not exactly visual stimulation overload.

Print interviews can be informationally dense but lacking in three-dimensional depth.

Podcast interviews are inherently sound-based, therefore tone of voice and voice cadence can be important clues to the listeners about the tenor of the interview. Sometimes, the silence can be as crucial and full of meaning as the words spoken.

Before we start, let's determine what makes a good podcast interviewer. I can write an entire article on these criteria, but for the sake of your time, let's summarize exceptional podcast interviewers via these traits.

Listens well. This is a contradiction because listening isn't asking questions, but a good listener assesses the direction of the interview, forms strong follow-up questions and truly engages with the subject.

Asks questions that spotlight the guest's expertise.

Keeps the interview focused on the guest, not the host.

Asks follow-up questions that result from the guest's previous comments.

Guides the guest through the interview by controlling the flow of information imparted by the guest. For example, less astute interviewers ask a question and then sit back while the guest blurts out all the information they have available before another question is asked.

So how do some of the best podcast interviewers handle an interview so artfully?

First question: How do you prepare for an interview?

Robert Peterpaul, host of The Art Of Kindness podcast, observes: "I need to get excited. If I'm excited about the guest, it propels me forward into all aspects of preparation. This is usually an easy task because every person has something unique to offer. On a practical note, my first step is always research. I get my hands (or ears) on as many interviews and resources about the guest as possible. While reviewing materials, I'm careful to flag what piques my interest. I jot down notes, questions, incoherent scribbles and then move on to the next. Then I comb through my notes and formulate interview questions based on the theme of my show. The order of questions is very important to me."

Peterpaul echoes a sentiment repeated by numerous podcast interviewers.

"It's also important that I don't over-research, so I can leave room for spontaneity. I want a balance of specific questions that show the guest I took time to prepare, but simultaneously allows us to go off the cuff."

Joe Casabona is a podcast systems coach who helps busy solopreneurs take back their time. Some even say he perfectly blends content creation and technology like it’s the best cup of coffee you’ve ever had (he says that).

Joe is also the host of the Podcast Workflows podcast.

Joe notes: "Do your research. Many podcasters will say they don’t do any research because they want to be surprised along with their audience. That’s lazy. The pilot of your airplane doesn’t say, 'I don’t like to know where we’re going until we’re in the air.' They know the exact flight path before takeoff. You can’t tell a story unless you know all the story beats first."

Joe offers an insight shared by many strong interviewers. "Do a pre-interview. This continues the research (finding things that may not be available online) as well as ensures you and your guest jive. There’s nothing worse than having a bad interview because you and your guest weren’t on the same page."

Finally, Joe offers sage advice about handling your guest. "Don’t tell your guest to come up with the topic/questions. You know your audience best. Don’t outsource this crucial part to someone who doesn’t know your audience at all."

Let's continue with our next question: How do you make sure the interview doesn’t go off track?

Robert Peterpaul of The Art Of Kindness has a unique take on this question.

"To some extent, I love going off track. Some of my favorite interview moments have been because I simply let the natural flow of conversation guide us. Of course, I never want to veer so far away that it's no longer interesting to the audience. I try to land somewhere in between an interview and a conversation… an inter-sation? I want the guest and I to have a fun banter, but if I see that we're losing time or getting too off topic, I'll swoop in with my next question. In many ways, the design of my questions helps with this. Laying down the questions, like stones in a path, allows me to ensure we get where we need to go. I would say you have to avoid the weeds that pop up between the path, but stepping onto the grass beside it isn't always a bad thing."

In an interview I did with Mike Carruthers, host of the Something You Should Know podcast, Carruthers discussed the interview process. "The toughest part of a podcast interview is keeping it interesting. I have a little voice in my head that keeps asking me right from the start of every interview, 'Is this really interesting,' or 'Is this going on too long,' or 'Is he/she really answering the question.'"

Carruthers continues: "I try to assume the mindset of the listener. And in my view, a listener wants every interview to get interesting – FAST. It would be easy to let people talk in the beginning about how they got interested in the topic or what is their background. But I don’t think that’s what an audience wants to hear first. They want to hear why this is interesting to them and why they should be listening. Then, once they care about someone, then they might be interested in their background."

Now, onto our final question. What is your process after the interview?

Carruthers from Something You Should Know advises: "That’s why I think editing is so important. I’ve done interviews where the first several minutes are edited out because the guest was just warming up. They didn’t get interesting until six or seven minutes into the interview. So in the show, that’s where the interview starts."

Carruthers then notes: "Other times I have had a guest say something really interesting two-thirds of the way through the interview. I will move that to the front of the segment to grab the audiences’ attention."

Carruthers also recommends a unique practice. "We ask all guests to watch a short video that tells people exactly what we expect from them."

Finally, Joe Casabona is blunt when he advises strongly that podcasters should "EDIT your interview."

Joe continues: "People don’t actually like raw, uncut interviews. Cut out the stuff that doesn’t make sense, the meandering bits, and the things that don’t contribute to the story."

There isn't any way to cover the complexities of conducting of a podcast interview that doesn't entail a book-length piece.

However, for those looking for more information on conducting a strong podcast interview, I recommend the upcoming December 14th episode of the Sound Judgment podcast with host Elaine Appleton Grant. In each episode, Grant and her guest -- a top audio creator -- deconstruct one of their episodes. It’s not just a revealing conversation about the art and craft of audio storytelling, but also about podcast interviewing.

I've found that the smartest people I've met ask a lot of questions. The people who think they are smart offer a lot of unsolicited answers.

Being an interviewer carries with it a lot of responsibility. As a podcast host, you are trying to transfer experiential and theoretical knowledge and accrued wisdom to an audience of listeners through a third person, the guest.

Basketball announcer Ernie Johnson once said, "A lot of times the interview relies not so much on the interviewee but on the interviewer."

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Cubist Pigeon by David Gilhooly

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DAVID GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013)

"Frog Franklin" , circa 1975-76

Glazed ceramic sculpture, 18" h. x 15" w. x 11" d.  

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David Gilhooly (April 15, 1943 - August 21, 2013) was an American ceramicist and printmaker. Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic Movement of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Gilhooly states that his lowbrow humor makes his work accessible so that “even my most maiden old aunt or my most drugged-out cousin can get at the meaning of the work or at least experience it!”

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I'm so glad I saved this little ceramic roadkill frog from my mom's Goodwill pile years ago! He was made by artist David Gilhooly in 1982 ❤️🐸

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David Gilhooly - Four Frog Tobiis Mugs, 1970

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Lumbership Sails into Dangerous Waters, David Gilhooly, 1981, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

boat in water, surrounded by beavers Lumbership Sails Into Dangerous Waters reflects the absolute absurdity and humor of the Funk movement. David Gilhooly was probably the most involved of Robert Arneson's students at Davis in the movement which rejected the elitism of art. Since the 1970s, the subject of frogs has consumed his work. He has developed extensive "frog worlds" which document the history, ethnology, religion, and myths of this frog civilization. His works both parody and demystify human civilization. In this work, it is the world of beavers that is spoofed as they prepare to devour the wooden ship. Size: 12-1/2 x 11-1/4 x 11-1/4 in. (31.8 x 28.6 x 28.6 cm) Medium: Glazed stoneware

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/6219/

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"Dagwood (Sandwich Multicouche)" de David Gilhooly en faïence blanche émaillée (2013) présenté à l'exposition “Les Flammes. L'Âge de la Céramique” au Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM), octobre 2021.

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Gilhooly's Breakfast Variety Pack, 1989, David James Gilhooly (at Bonham's)

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Ceramic sculptures from the Bay Area “Funk” movement are on view at the Anderson Collection at Stanford. David Gilhooly, Hoarding My Frog Food, 1982, glazed ceramics. #andersoncollection #robertarneson #richardshaw #davidgilhooly #funk #ceramic #sculpture #stanford @anderson.collection.stanford (at Anderson Collection at Stanford University)

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Free Download Good to Great audiobook download Audio Book by Jim Collins

[Audio Books] Good to Great audiobook download by Jim Collins

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. 

But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Are there those that convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? If so, what are the distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?

Over five years, Jim Collins and his research team have analyzed the histories of 28 companies, discovering why some companies make the leap and others don't. The findings include:

- Level 5 Leadership: A surprising style, required for greatness. - The Hedgehog Concept: Finding your three circles, to transcend the curse of competence. - A Culture of Discipline: The alchemy of great results. - Technology Accelerators: How good-to-great companies think differently about technology. - The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Why those who do frequent restructuring fail to make the leap.

Download Good to Great audiobook download by (Jim Collins)

Duration: 9 hours, 59 minutes

Writer: Jim Collins

Publisher: HarperAudio

Narrators: Jim Collins

Genres: Jim Collins

Rating: 4.5

Narrator Rating: 4.43

Publication: Thursday, 01 July 2010

Good to Great audiobook download Reviews

Justin A

Good to Great is an excellent book, filled with fascinating insights for the business leader, or anyone striving to make their organization "Great". This book is a MUST READ before implementing the next big change or improvement program in your business, or hiring the next key-person. It is a must-read for anyone wanting to build a great company as well... Having the author narrate adds to the content & message of the book as well. Having Collins narrate allows him to place special emphasis on things particularly important to him, as well as offer his commentary & reflections, that most certainly would not exist if the publisher used a 3rd-party narrator. Also, in this audio version, Collins give his insight into the work several year after the book's publishing, which only reaffirms, or sheds new light, or clarifies certain points throughout the book. He even goes so far as to include several "Frequently Asked Questions" since the book's initial publishing, and offers his insight to these questions as well. I must also address some of the negative reviews about the book as well. Since publishing, some of the companies discussed in the book have fallen from their "Great" status, and several people have dismissed the book because of that. However, Collins addresses this very point in the epilogue of the book - at the time of it's initial writing - pointing out that "IF" a company were to lose it's "Great" status, it would not negate the findings of the research, and the book itself. Fixating on the long-term success after the "Good to Great" research totally misses the point - a point which Collins very clearly addresses near the end. In short, this is an absolute MUST READ for people wanting to initiate change in their business, or simply for those wandering "what makes some businesses great," or "can my business become great...?" Good to Great is an absolute must read - I cannot recommend it more highly.

Rating: 5

Dan Gilhooly

I would highly recommend this to anyone, great concepts and very insightful.

Rating: 5

Adam Horton

Really great read for anyone that works in any business. The negative reviews of this book are obvious people that haven't read or didn't listen to the author. The research and data is historical and just because you a company was great doesn't mean they always are and will be. Don't bash something if you don't actually read and listen to it.

Rating: 5

Ruben Banuelos

Chapters 5 and on just fly with enticing information! Couldn't stop listening to it at that point.

Rating: 5

Jessica Carper

Great listen! I am not a CEO or business owner, but will be able to find many uses for the shared insights of this book.

Rating: 5

John Van Iperen

Well researched and a great read. definitely learned a lot.

Rating: 5

Matt Singletary

It was an enjoyable and interesting book and seems to be a well-done study with principle findings that can be applied for successful living

Rating: 5

Dustin wallace

Very good book. Extremely inspirational if your open minded to a common sense approach to elevating the quality of your business

Rating: 5

Joe Gonzalez

The Best Book I ever read or listen to awesome book

Rating: 5

John Rebimbas

This is not a "good" book! It's a "GREAT" book. Simply Awesome ... Great job Jim!

Rating: 5

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