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How satisfying is it to see so many of the actors from AD popping up in "Archer?" Was that amount of overlap acknowledged in the running gag about the Bluths not tipping black men, even on a train?

Since the answer is "yes" either way, thanks :)

Getting an answer to one of my questions led to this reaction: AHHHHH! GENE!

EDIT: The "Archer" reference is from Season 3, Episode 6, "The Limited" when ISIS is supposed to be thwarting a terrorist attack on a train, and Mallory (Jessica Walter's character) only tips the black porter on board with a stick of gum. More notably, Baboe the ocelot makes a triumphant return.

The fact that the episodes were all significantly longer made a lot of nice, awkward pauses, silences, and narration possible. Do you feel like that significantly changed the style of the editing and the humor? I personally felt that it was taken advantage of well, but I was curious how you felt as an editor.

Thank you for doing this, and thank you for being a part of bringing back my favorite show! I was curious about the Facebook notification sounds that were noticeable throughout the new season. Were they meant to refer to "The Social Network" with Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg being mistaken for each other, or the fact that the show was watched almost exclusively on computers?

Hi Sam! I just want to let you know that I love your style, and that I've been a big fan of yours since the NPR Politics podcast (including your influence on the remix of the theme song, which still regularly gets stuck in my head). I love Aunt Betty, I love your conversational yet very grounded approach, and the balance of pop culture whimsy with the heaviest news of the week is the closest successor I can think of for "Another Round" (the best podcast ever).

ANYWAY! I'm a freelance journalist myself and I've primarily been working in print/online media as a writer and photographer, but I have long harboured the desire to become an NPR reporter. I had my own podcast for a while (who hasn't?), and I know the best advice for anything is to just start doing the thing, but in more practical terms, what kind of field recording equipment and editing software would you recommend working with to create radio-quality work? I'd also love to hear more about your process for preparing for interviews - how do you distill what is clearly ALL the research down into a succinct, insightful question?