Conyers Pressures White House in Justice Inquiry

farai, i listen to NPR faithfully everyday and i do mean every program on npr from morning edition to fresh air daily, and the one thing that bothers me about your program and tell me more, are that you always seem to have to cut most of your discussions short, it seems that when you are just getting into a topic you always seem to suddenly be you are out of time. why is that?

Sent by Chezell Coleman | 4:02 PM | 6-15-2007

Hi Chezell:

Thanks for listening and participating.

You know, I was talking to one of my producers once--someone I worked with at a previous job--and he said, "Just because you want to keep talking to someone doesn't mean people want to keep listening!"

So, first of all, everyone is different. I am glad you like what we're doing and want more.

Also, we run the show on a "clock," or schedule. We have specific amounts of time in each segment of the show before we have to take a break (for news, promotions, underwriters).

A lot of how we pace an interview has to do with the clock, and sometimes we'd like to go longer but can't...

Hey, if was all up to me... in a lot of cases (but not all!) I probably would keep talking. But we do try to make our best judgments about how long we need to get into a topic; keep folks' interest; get our questions answers; and then say goodbye.

So... keep giving us feedback. And thanks...

Sent by Farai | 4:41 PM | 6-15-2007