interview

A conversation with Lights
By Chris Ballard
January 30, 2012 - 3:40pm
NewsHouse sits down with Canadian pop star Lights to talk superheroes, black metal and bloodsucking moths.

NewsHouse: So you said you’ve been to Syracuse before. Do you have any memories from when you played here last?

Lights: It always seems like one of those stops we make on tour for some reason. It’s cool, there’s always been a little something. When we first came down here in 2008, we played the same venue a couple times. When we first started there were maybe like 80 people that showed up. It’s fun, there’s always people that show up. There’s definitely a special vibe.

10 minutes with B.o.B
By Chris Ballard
September 12, 2011 - 8:56am
The hip-hop newcomer talks about college shows, 9/11, his kazoo and his next album

Last year was busy for B.o.B, aka Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. Between releasing his debut album and two mixtapes and appearing on songs by Eminem, Kesha, Big Boi, Lupe Fiasco and The Roots, the 22-year-old has firmly cemented his spot as a newcoming force to be reckoned with. Even MTV says so.

Chris Brown lashes out
By Christian Luke ...
March 23, 2011 - 10:44am
R&B star storms off GMA set after interview.

R&B singer Chris Brown stormed off the set of "Good Morning America" Tuesday and smashed his dressing room window after being interviewed about his 2009 altercation with ex-girlfriend, Rihanna according to CNN.

On his way off the set, Brown allegedly stared down the producer responsible for the segment.  Minutes later, the show's hair and makeup staff called security after hearing loud noises coming from Brown's dressing room.

The most trusted stranger in America
By Jillian Anthony
October 20, 2010 - 2:10pm
The creator of PostSecret, Frank Warren, talks with The NewsHouse about why people trust him so much, his work with suicide prevention and his all-time favorite secret.

Since Frank Warren founded PostSecret.com on Jan. 1, 2005, he has received hundreds of thousands of postcards from complete strangers all over the world bearing their deepest secrets, never before spoken to another human being.

Tucker Max proves that jerks do finish first
By Jillian Anthony
October 5, 2010 - 10:26am
Tucker Max talks about his new book, how girls come to him now and his final sexual frontier.

An hour before Tucker Max is scheduled to appear at Follett's Orange Bookstore at 2 p.m. on Sunday, a few eager young men have already lined up to meet him. They all hold Assholes Finish First, Max's second book, which was released Sept. 28.

10 minutes with the next big thing
By Eric Vilas-Boas
September 12, 2010 - 8:57pm
The NewsHouse talks Pokémon and Passion Pit with eclectic Syracuse University hip-hop duo Mouth's Cradle.

It's been a whirlwind year for Syracuse's own Mouth's Cradle: In between recording their first full-length, The Next Big Thing, and jumping to the "New and Noteworthy" page on iTunes, the genre-morphing hip-hop duo somehow found time to open Juice Jam for Super Smash Bros., Passion Pit and Lupe Fiasco.

Brandon Linn (BLinn) and Kevin Hegedus (Mouf) were busy at Skytop on Sunday, as well, but The NewsHouse managed to snag a few minutes with them after their set.

Striking a balance: An interview with Seamus Heaney
By Tiago Moura
April 13, 2010 - 5:59pm
The Northern Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner went to college and began writing 'to make sense of a life in that time.'

Tensions between past and present, rural and urban life, the individual and the community dominated the early life of poet Seamus Heaney who grew up in the ethnically torn Northern Ireland countryside.

Heaney, 71, came from a place where he and his family “still plowed with horses, lit the fire in the morning, carried water from wells.”

“In very quick time all that changed," Heaney said.

Rapid industrialization in the 1950s pushed his family to a more urban lifestyle.

Soon afterward, Heaney went to college and began writing “to make sense of a life in that time...

How to make the most of SU's Career Expo
By Darren Benda
February 1, 2010 - 10:21am
Learn the do’s and don’ts when meeting potential employers Thursday, plus Joe Blum’s advice for what not to do during an interview.

Think you have what it takes to work at Microsoft? How about the FBI? Find out Thursday when those join more than 60 other companies looking to hire at the SU Career Expo.

Debra Walker, assistant director for recruiting from SU’s Center for Career Services, provided several “Do's” and “Don’ts” for students interested in excelling at the fair and landing that dream job or internship.

This is what it's like to interview Ira Glass
By Nathan Mattise
November 24, 2009 - 12:16am
Here's a brief look at the day leading to the Ira Glass interview.

November 17 has been marked on my calendar since Spring '09. I even devoted an entire blog to the date nearly two months prior.

A candid chat with Ira Glass
By Nathan Mattise
November 18, 2009 - 12:48am
The host of 'This American Life' discusses story inspirations, being interviewed and why he avoids Twitter.

More than a million listeners feel like they chat with This American Life host Ira Glass in their living rooms each week. During Tuesday's visit to Syracuse University, Glass literally took a seat on the couch in the Hendricks Chapel den to talk with The NewsHouse.

Glass was honest, personable and conversational just as the legions of public radio fans would imagine.