It looks like Robert Scoble's first interview with John Edwards was posted over at Podtech today. These interviews have gotten a lot of coverage in the blogosphere, but this first one seems pretty impromptu- the audio and video quality are not great and there is a lot of background noise (it was shot on a plane). Scoble is articulate and asks some interesting introductory type questions as the two get a feel for one another, not that we expected any tough policy questions yet. Edwards does not reveal anything of note, but we find out that he is a really slow typist, which is not particularly impressive or interesting, and that he will keep on blogging when if he becomes president, so long as it's OK with the Secret Service. The questions are not especially riveting, but it is nice to run through all the basics- who are you, why are you running, where does your belief in blogs comes from, and so on. Edwards is able to keep the buzzwords to a minimum and stay pretty relaxed which is refreshing. There is also a short audio section that is put there because the battery on Scoble's camera died (right as he talks about technology). At the end, just before the audio is cut Edwards tells Scoble he did a good job, and he [Edwards] seems like a genuinely nice guy... This all seems a bit gimmicky at this point and I am still not sure why Scoble was chosen to do the job- he is clearly capable, but why not a political blogger? It might have something to do with Scoble being seen as politically neutral but it will be interesting to see if he can actually get anything interesting out of Edwards in the future, something that the MSM could not. Anyway, I would watch another one, though hopefully part 2 won't be on a plane.