let me adress your comments:

# 1. Alle Beteiligten sollten überdurchschnittlich
# Englisch können, wenn man solche gehobenen
# Themen bespricht.

I think the english of both participants (especially Rolf) is absolutely good enough. Sometimes it does feel strange if two Germans talk English; but it’s a tradeoff between audience size and language selection. (by the way: no native english speaker has complained so far).

# 2. Bitte ans Publikum denken, d.h. Fachbegriffe
# und Gedankengänge, die er Interviewpartner
# äussert, erklären und hinterfragen. Ich hatte den
# Eindruck, dass der Moderator hier nur nachfragt,
# wenn er selbst etwas nicht verstanden hat.

Yes, this is my criterion. It is sometimes hard to judge when to ask and when to just go along. I have to make this decision every couple of seconds in such an inteview, and yes, sometimes I might get it wrong. It’s a thin line – because if you ask all the time, the story gets lost.

# 3. Bitte keine Musik mehr…

You’re the first one to say this. I have received several mails that said they liked the music, as well as the specific music selection :-)

Thanks,
Markus

Markus