The Power of the Interview

It's amazing how much power one has with a camera and a mic. We actually don't have a mic, but we fake it well enough to make it seem like we do.

For those that do not know, we are filming much of our experience here for Eli Rollman's American Government class at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa, Illinois. We have conducted about 10 interviews of all sorts of folks including Frank Rich, columnist of the New York Times. Only 1 person, John Oliver, of the Daily Show, has actually blown us off and even he said that he'd talk to us tomorrow if we came by again.

Famous or almost famous sightings include:

Abner Mikva
Arianna Huffington
Cass Sunstein
Dan Abrams
David Axelrod
Dick Durbin
Frank Rich
J.C. Watts
Jesse Jackson Jr.
John Oliver
Jonathan Alter
Michael Eric Dyson
Monica Kaufman Pearson
Samantha Power
Steve Garvey
Tammy Duckworth

These were actual close encounters where we could have spoken to the folks if we were so inclined.