Interview Toolkit
Throughout Season 7 of Scene on Radio, John, Ellen, and other reporters use interviews to further their understanding of capitalism’s development, impacts, and possibilities for change.
Use this toolkit to prepare for, conduct, and record your own interviews about the economic topics and questions that interest you. Choose the sections most relevant for your interview goals.
“Economic freedom to me means I don’t have to worry about my rent for the next month, I don’t have to worry about where I’m going to get my next meal….”
“The phrase ‘economic freedom.’ What does that mean to you personally?”
Arlene Arvalo
Miles, Morrisville, NC
Scene on Radio, Season 7, Episode 6
“The phrase ‘economic freedom.’ What does that mean to you personally?”
“Economic freedom to me means I don’t have to worry about my rent for the next month, I don’t have to worry about where I’m going to get my next meal….”
Arlene Arvalo
Scene on Radio,
Season 7, Episode 6
Miles, Morrisville, NC
“The phrase ‘economic freedom.’ What does that mean to you personally?”
Arlene Arvalo
“Economic freedom to me means I don’t have to worry about my rent for the next month, I don’t have to worry about where I’m going to get my next meal….”
Miles, Morrisville, NC
Scene on Radio, Season 7, Episode 6
“Um, I can’t really say. I take it day by day. I’m a prayerful person…This isn’t a viable business.”
I wondered about the future of Cassandra’s business.
Cassandra Brooks, owner of
Little Believer’s Academy in Clayton, NC
John Biewen
Scene on Radio, Season 7, Episode 1
I wondered about the future of Cassandra’s business.
“Um, I can’t really say. I take it day by day. I’m a prayerful person…This isn’t a viable business.”
John Biewen
Scene on Radio,
Season 7, Episode 1
Cassandra Brooks,
owner of Little Believer’s Academy in Clayton, NC
I wondered about the future of Cassandra’s business.
John Biewen
“Um, I can’t really say. I take it day by day. I’m a prayerful person…This isn’t a viable business.”
Cassandra Brooks,
owner of Little Believer’s Academy in Clayton, NC
Scene on Radio, Season 7, Episode 1
“I will say that a lot of people, a lot of scholars, want capitalism to be a product of the Enlightenment…”
“Is it fair to say, at some level, that capitalism is a product of the Enlightenment?”
John Biewen
Glory Liu, political scientist
Scene on Radio, Season 7, Episode 4
“Is it fair to say, at some level, that capitalism is a product of the Enlightenment?”
“I will say that a lot of people, a lot of scholars, want capitalism to be a product of the Enlightenment…”
John Biewen
Scene on Radio,
Season 7, Episode 4
Glory Liu, political scientist
“Is it fair to say, at some level, that capitalism is a product of the Enlightenment?”
John Biewen
“I will say that a lot of people, a lot of scholars, want capitalism to be a product of the Enlightenment…”
Glory Liu, political scientist
Scene on Radio, Season 7, Episode 4