I listened to the podcast. I could not agree more with your comment about Catherine's "interview" of Philip being over scripted.
For as sophisticated as the technology is, this podcast is dry, dull and boring.
Why aren't they creating and posting machinima versions of the interviews?
Why aren't the interviews conducted inside Second Life?
Catherine may want to listen to several of the interviews conducted by Beyers Sellers (Dr. Robert Bloomfield). He leads dynamic interviews themed around metanomics that keep me coming back week after week.
She also may want to take lessons from Linden Labs very own Torley Linden. His "Tip of the Week" series is so dynamic I tune in just to see what he does and not necessarily because I am interested in the topic.
When I saw Catherine's post announcing the podcasts I tuned in with anticipation. However if her interviews continue in this manner, I will not be listening to future podcasts.