[Spencer]

Hi Steve,
Love the show! Why does none of your guests ever take a breath?

I've worked in the audio business for over 25 years, and its not unusual for breaths to be removed from pre-recorded audio, whether it's interviews, adverts or news & sport updates, it's a regular thing in radio to edit them out. Not sure what the big deal with Steve or his producer doing it for the interviews. 

I'd rather someone putting that much effort into making the show sound like Steve's did than some of the stuff that goes out on

I worked in radio for a similar length of time, and, whilst I might have edited breaths from a short trail or ad, I’d never dream of editing them out of an interview, especially if it was to go out as live.

The only exception would be if there were any particularly loud or distracting breaths, and often in those circumstances I’d probably just drop the levels so as not to make the pace of speech sound unnatural. To my ears, editing all the breaths out of a long interview sounds plain weird. I find myself holding my own breath when listening to an interview given this treatment.