When Talks Are Talks
HE more I listen to radio discussions the more obvious it becomes that the best sessions result when speakers are selected for what they have in common rather than for their divergent interests. The literary discussions we have enjoyed from 2YA are a proof of this, and I have happy memories of a gaggle of housewives discussing the 40hour week, People with similar interests make for a fluid and spontaneous discussion, they cut in on one another, contradict, amplify, and round out another’s argument. Less satisfying are the discussions which result when a panel is selected comprising people in different walks of life, and these are set to discuss a problem from their own individual viewpoint. Take last Monday’s discussion from 2YA on The Christmas Crisis, with panel consisting of a railwayman, a housewife, and an A.A. official. Each conscientiously covered his own bit of territory, then waited courteously for the chairman to wave on the next speaker, with the result that the deeper and more general arguments for and again$t the staggering of the Christmas holiday were scarcely touched on. An illusion of progress was given to am almost static discussion by the indefatigable chairman, who, like a general at Staff Headquarters, rushed forward to stick in flags at the slightest suspicion of an’ advance.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 491, 19 November 1948, Page 10
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220When Talks Are Talks New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 491, 19 November 1948, Page 10
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