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September 17, 2024 / 00:45

This episode discusses the dangers of interviewing, adrenaline rushes, and the risks reporters take. Guests share personal experiences and reflections on safety.

The conversation highlights how reporters often feel invincible while on assignment, focusing on deadlines and story completion. One guest mentions that they only realize the potential danger of their actions in hindsight.

They reflect on childhood lessons about safety, such as not going to strangers' houses or getting into unknown cars, contrasting these lessons with their current reporting practices.

The guests agree that the adrenaline of reporting can overshadow concerns about personal safety, leading them to take risks that might worry others.

TLDR

Reporters discuss the risks of interviewing and the adrenaline that comes with it.

Episode

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have you guys ever been scared while you were interviewing someone yeah but more
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in hindsight I think like at the time I was like this is fine and then later I'm
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like huh what was I doing that was dangerous I mean half of reporting is doing stuff that your parents told you
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not to do when you were a kid don't go to a strange person's houses like don't get in someone's car don't accept you
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know whatever the hell I'll do all that stuff when I'm reporting a story I'm getting my story yeah and at the time
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you're just on Deadline and you're doing it because you have to do it you're checking it off the list and the
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adrenaline rush so you're getting completely like it protect in the and it's yeah I'm the same way it's not
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until later where I'm like I think other people worry about us more than we worry
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about ourselves [Music]

Episode Highlights

  • The Risks of Reporting
    Exploring the dangers journalists face while pursuing stories, often disregarding personal safety.
    “Half of reporting is doing stuff your parents told you not to do.”
    @ 00m 11s
    September 17, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • Half of reporting is doing stuff your parents told you not to do.
    New Video LIVE on @CrimeJunkie #podcast #truecrime #stories #interview
  • I think other people worry about us more than we worry about ourselves.
    New Video LIVE on @CrimeJunkie #podcast #truecrime #stories #interview

Key Moments

  • Adrenaline Rush00:26
  • Perception of Danger00:34