Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Dog on a Swing asks, I believe in the last Q&A you mentioned that some episodes can take years to be created as you figure out how you want to approach the subject. What are some examples of episodes with long lead times?

Yes, there is often a long time between coming up with an idea and doing an episode on it. Sometimes, like the recent episode on salt, it is just a matter of never getting around to it.

Likewise, the episodes on how horses came to North America and the episode on Quasi-War took a long time to come to fruition.

Other times, I’m just not sure how to explain a subject to an audience with a wide range of backgrounds. There are episodes on the standard model and quantum physics that I like to do, but I’m not sure how to structure the episode and how to explain it in an easy-to-understand way.