Cowen is not very flexible and clearly just is running through a list of questions, but I would take that over Fridman’s relatively shallow and boring questions like “what is love” any day
What annoys me most about Fridman is that he manages to snag a number of truly excellent guests ... and then produces truly mediocre interviews of them.
That and ... a three-hour ramble is simply too long. Either edit it down or break it up, or both.
(I appreciate his efforts but I don't consider him a geek of any discipline or field, limiting his depth overall.)