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His type of long form interviews would be simply impossible on traditional television (even though it's a podcast, I always watch on Youtube as do many others).
by patrickk 6y ago
His type of long form interviews would be simply impossible on traditional television (even though it's a podcast, I always watch on Youtube as do many others). He tapped into an unexplored demand that lives directly in the blindspot of the traditional media.
Edit to add: it's pretty hard to imagine a TV broadcaster would try to tap into this niche, imagine a TV channel that has 3 hour interviews uninterrupted by ads (experience using ad blockers), on a wide variety of topics, no filter, across a wide varity of political views.
- gonzo41 6y agoit's funny, it'd be easy for TV to do it. There's a lot of empty 24hour news channels out there. Putting a 3 hour interview on at 10pm and running it till 1am and then on repeat at 10am the next day would be a pretty simple way to build out some really intersting content. The only thing you'd need would be discipline to keep the producers from cutting into it. But there's a lot of channels out there. There's a lot of space.
- patrickk 6y agoTraditional TV executives would never go for it. Even if they did, the inflexibilty of regular TV schedules would still be inferior to listening when you want. Plus as you mention they would have the discipline to not cut into it.