The journalist could have flipped it around and asked them questions that they are not well versed in, like about the friendly fire AI, is it going to be better than Iain's Friendly fire ratio.
Or pull a veiled strike and ask about where Harold is, Harold's been in the first two, so he's gotta be in here somewhere, don't mention what he is, just mention the name in particular.
Or some of the other Fallout & Fallout 2 memorable characters you either loved, or loved to hate (Damn haughty first citizen *shakes fist*)
There's a slew of things you could have asked them, it's a frakking podcast, that's about as low as you can go in the game reporting industry, yet they chose the easy and well worn path.