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# Episode one: why slowly
- URL: https://quiet.labs.enova.studio/podcast/ep-01-episode-one-why-slowly/
- Published: 2026-02-13T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T20:11:35.000Z
- Author: Enova Studio
- Tags: #podcast

There is no guest in this one. It is eleven minutes explaining why a podcast about people who work in decades needs to be recorded in their workshops rather than a studio, and what I intend to do with the silences.

> If the room is doing something, the room is part of the interview. I would rather have a compressor than a clean take.

## In this episode

1. 00:30 What this is, and the three rules.
2. 03:10 Arrive early, ask nothing for an hour.
3. 06:00 Why I am not going to edit out the pauses.
4. 09:15 The one question every guest will get.

## Mentioned

- *The Craftsman* by Richard Sennett
- Field Notes, the letter this grew out of
- A car battery, on which the next episode depends

Recorded at my own desk, which is the only episode that will be.