It's all about the long form interviews. Each week, he puts out several of these long conversations with a very diverse set of subjects. Without being a centr

It's all about the long form interviews. Each week, he puts out several of these long conversations with a very diverse set of subjects. Without being a centrist, his politics are pretty close to the middle, and he interviews folks across the spectrum. The conversations are very natural. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but his common-sense approach has a way of keeping things interesting and often unexpected. One time he interviewed James Hetfield, the lead singer of heavy metal band Metallica, and they spent 20 minutes talking about beekeeping. It's okay, it was fun, and it's the kind of thing you can get away with in a three hour interview.