One of the great things about having a talk show is being able to invite interesting friends on. You can just have a conversation similar to what you might have in "real life" with people listening in.
I mentioned in the summary of a recent episode that a conference at the Council on Foreign Relations ended up inspiring several shows. This is one. My guest didn't attend that, but I appreciated his insights on the subjects that were covered over the 2 days of the gathering in NYC.
Charley Honey was an editor/columnist for the Grand Rapids Press Religion section for many years. He is a man of keen intellect & deep spirituality. When I invited him on back in 2016 the nation was very tense. We were looking down the barrel of 4 years of a Trump presidency. We were still confident that it wouldn't happen, but the moral fissures of the country were made very apparent. We spoke of other things as well.