What Now? with Trevor Noah

When I first started listening to this podcast, I assumed I would prefer the interviews. But my absolute favorite episodes are the ones with Trevor, Christiana and Josh! And a close second are the episodes with Trevor and friends from other parts of his life. Thank you so much for centering friendship and joyful disagreement in your discussion of the issues that we are all grappling with. There are a lot of talking heads out there saying the same thing over and over again. The group of you doing this podcast bring fresh perspectives!

I’ve followed Trevor since his show. The show was a bit bland at first, but I am now pleased with the show. The people provide thought provoking opinions and critical thinking. A great listen for sure!

The episode with Simon discussing job satisfaction and job fit was fantastic! I did have to turn it off about 2/3 of the way in because Christiana’s hard line belief that work is only a paycheck and nothing more became too insensitive for me to continue to listen. I fully respect her viewpoint that community and social needs should be met with family and loved ones. However, she is failing to remember that not everyone has that available to them. Many people get some of those needs met through work. There’s nothing wrong with that. Also, it’s worth noting that many people get a strong sense of self-esteem from their work. There’s nothing wrong with that nor should anyone be judged for that. This is the first podcast I’ve listened to and I really hope that Christiana’s viewpoints aren’t all as rigid. Simon can you introduce me to some of those companies you spoke of… always looking for growth opportunities!

I don’t listen to this podcast. I came across it randomly for new years and read the reviews. It was so bitterly divided that I wanted to see what people were talking about. I love Trevor Noah but the person that was truly at the center of the controversy was Christina and I don’t really know her. People were either upset she was interrupted so much or people didn’t like her interruptions. After listening first what I’ll say is that there feels like an overreaction going on here. Either side feels overblown. Second I wonder how many people are white or their culture is biasing their views. Maybe we just aren’t used to how African women converse and that interaction was normal? Either way I feel like Simon wasn’t deterred or angered and they ended on a really centered and balanced note. Especially with Trevor guiding the last part of the interview and conversation which is what a good host does. But Christina brings the spice and she doesn’t play it safe. That might be exactly why Trevor works with her. In the end what is a good “interview” or episode? Maybe they hit the target exactly how they wanted to and the contributors they have purposely chosen (just like the merry go round example). I think one or two times the dialogue was overlapping too much and was messy to follow. But I wonder what the Christina of 5, 10 years from now will sound like in that situation. I bet it still isn’t like Trevor and that’s a good thing.