Yes, you're quite right. 'Awe' is the wrong word, it does a tremendous disservice to the other brilliant contributors. As you say, they just enjoy listening to him, as we do. What I meant really is that they're all very smart, perceptive, funny and interesting, but Taylor has a sort of set role as Mr Monologue, so they all sit back and listen to him.
Not in awe, I regret using that word, but because he's an entertaining monologist. And also because he's a very self-deprecating, low status figure, he never comes across as pompous. Well, a bit, but endearingly so.
But I love it whenever any of them hold forth on something they feel passionate about.