This past week, LiveSide.Net conducted an interview with Leah Pearlman - a Program Manager on the Windows Live Messenger team.

The 20 minute interview focuses on several important issues surrounding the upcoming Messenger 8.0 release, including: User Interface changes, Windows Live integration, Status Icons, Tabbed Chatting and lots of other little bits and pieces. You can download the complete interview below in MP3 format (9.2 MB).

> Download from LiveSide.Net
> Download from MessengerTools.Net (Mirror)

You can find out lots more about MSN Messenger 8.0 right here at Messenger Tools, by going to the MSN 8.0 page.