Yesterday afternoon, mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby did a podcast interview with Bob "Mr. Media" Andelman, looking back over the company's early years to its current status as a source of industry information and other resources for more than 850,000 media professionals.

Also, they talk about the boas, and how they helped a shy, lonely journalist establish a new media franchise. And, it's true, apparently there was a fire drill or something going on in the MBHQ when the interview started, but Laurel hung in there and kept answering questions from Mr. Media and his listeners for a full hour...

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