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As a society, we are willing to place an enormous amount of power in questions.
For a time, I was skeptical about such an idea until the podcastFilms to Be Buried Withcame along.
Few shows have been able to strike a resonant chord the wayFilms to Be Burieddoes.
During this years quarantine, the podcasts Wednesday releases have become the axis around which my days revolve.
But again, its Goldsteins questions the same dozen or so for every guest that are the shows X-factor.
What is the first film you remember seeing?
What film made you cry the most?
What is the film you most relate to?
Their seeming innocuousness disarms guests and listeners and elicits a sort of autonomic autobiography.
One cant just name a film and move on without explaining the details surrounding their answer.
A question like, What is the film that scared you the most?
Fear wears many different faces, and its not the exclusive province of horror films.
There have been times where the shows revelations leave you reeling.
Goldstein is on something of a professional tear at the moment as well.
Goldsteins ascendency should have the knock-on effect of netting increasingly higher profile guests for the podcast as well.
And its a good thing, too.
The more attention paid to a show like this can only help to increase its reach.
These days, that feels like exactly the kind of thing we all could use.
