051 Rob McGinley Myers | What Is It That Truly Makes Us Human - a podcast by Harry Duran

Rob McGinley Myers is the host for Anxious Machine. He is part
of The Heard, which is a podcast collective of several differentand awesome shows. The best way to describe Rob’s podcast is it’s a
show about the impact of technology on our everyday lives. Rob’sinterview style really brings out a lot of gems in people. We talk
about the impact technology has on kids, his podcast style, and hisweightless journey.

Show Highlights04:45 – Podcasting is a medium and
not a genre.06:45 – Rob doesn’t listen to
podcasts on an increased speed.08:00 – What was the first podcast
Rob listened to?09:15 – Should we separate radio
publishers versus independent podcasters in a differentcategory?


10:05 – How can Apple make thediscovery process easier?


12:35 – What’s Rob’s story?16:20 – How did Rob get into
podcasting?18:15 – Podcast Movement was great
this year.20:00 – What is Third Coast?


23:30 – What is The Heard?27:15 – As the show gets better,
does Rob feel more pressure in finding better guests?31:40 – Rob explains what Love and
Radio does.32:15 – Rob talks about how he
came to create one of his podcast episodes.35:50 – Does Rob worry about how
technology impacts his kid’s lives?37:20 – In the article, The
Touch-Screen Generation, the author conducts an experiment to seeif her child would eventually get bored of the iPad.


39:35 – What’s Rob’s ‘studio’setup?


40:55 – Rob loves reading hisstories in front of people.


48:50 – People are more likely toreveal certain things about themselves in audio form.


51:15 – How does Rob bring outsuch great stories in people?


54:00 – Rob talks about S2:E2 –All My Days Have Been Guns


59:00 – Rob talks on how studyingcomparative literature has helped his podcast.


01:00 – What’s Rob’s AnxiousMachine’s story?


01:03 – Rob used to be overweightand believes being overweight is a math problem.


01:11 – Rob makes a consciouseffort to interview very different people.


01:13 – What’s the story behindusing the title S2:E5 – These Things Is Miracles?


01:18 – What do Rob’s studentsthink of his podcast?


01:19 – Rob is both surprised andnot surprised about his podcast show.



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