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Snowden is really clever with these interviews. Right away in the interview he establishes his concerns about the government, then briefly mentions the governm
by Timpy 7y ago
Snowden is really clever with these interviews. Right away in the interview he establishes his concerns about the government, then briefly mentions the government smear campaign against him without hanging on the point too much. He calmly explains himself in an articulate way, establishing himself as perfectly sane. Then he reaches out to connect and empathize with his interviewer:
> When I hear you just speak, I go "actually this is a thoughtful guy."
When he validates Joe, he validates Joe's audience, and it becomes Snowden's audience. He did this with Trevor Noah too; I think he's intentional about it while very cleverly appearing not to be. It's a good thing Snowden is the one who blew that whistle, and not somebody less calculating.
- enjoylife 7y agoI can imagine the potential advisors/pr folks, having helped shape that type of image. It’s hard to be in the public spotlight and not have PR consultants spamming you.
- KnMn 7y agoOh, man. I completely disagree. I feel like he just talks and talks about whatever he wants to talk about with almost no regard for whether his technical language is being understood or if he's dominating the discussion or anything like that. I don't think I've seen him develop a natural rapport with anyone or even make a firm, memorable point in an interview. I'll always be grateful for his leaks but over 2.5 hours he just became a soft background murmur in my room.
- Timpy 7y agoThat's a fair point. Maybe the technical language isn't very friendly to a wide audience, that hadn't occurred to me. I'm trying to keep a wide perspective, but I might just be fanboying.
- RankingMember 7y agoI imagine being cooped up in an embassy gives you a lot of time to think and plan what you want to say and, eventually, you end up with a real fire-hose of pent-up expression.
- cookie_monsta 7y agoWho's cooped up in an embassy? Snowden is free to walk the streets.
- WilliamEdward 7y agoHe wasn't for a long time, as he explains in the actual podcast.
- garmaine 7y agoHe wasn’t ever in an embassy. Are you confusing with Assange?
- pennaMan 7y agoYou'll love the John Carmack episode then :)
- Timpy 7y agoI genuinely did love the John Carmack episode. I'm sensing a pattern here.
- __s 7y agoFor reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlMSe5-zP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlMSe5-zP8
- redisman 7y agoThe Carmack episode was great but the follow-up questions I wanted to ask Carmack and what Joe Rogan actually follows-up was a bit disappointing.
- theseatoms 7y agoJRE is breadth first search, within a certain...domain.
- Kaius 7y agoCompletely agree, he rambles all over the place with no clear narrative arch. And he completely failed to build any rapport by making weird comments about the shows logo and his lack of engagement with Joe at the start. Given he knew he was going to have 2+ hours to make his points, and the audience was going to be several million, he should have considered his approach far better. It was an interesting discussion however.
- john-radio 7y agoIf he were less calculating he would be dead. It's very likely that a lot of less calculating would-be Snowdens are lying in unmarked graves out there somewhere.
- whatupmd 7y agoMaybe he's getting some coaching from people where he lives now as he goes on his media tour before the next American election?
- notelonmusk 7y agoIt is only sensible to be skeptical when the attention he's garnered could be useful to some