Trump on Joe Rogan has dropped, run time just under 3 hrs
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I do wonder though, in terms of longform podcast appearances for politicians, who is this for?
I didn't watch the Rogan interview but I have seen the Theo Von one in its entirety (with Trump not Vance).
I wasn't that impressed with the Theo Von conversation in terms of format or substance. A lot of time was devoted to discussing Trump’s brother Fred (who I didn't know existed) and Theo elaborating on his own demons.
Again, I wonder politically who these longform podcasts are for.
Normie undecideds aren't going to consume 1-3 hours of a podcast unless they are already a fan of the host (Rogan & Von do have big audiences).
Is this more about mobilizing your own decided base to go out and vote by humanizing yourself?
We all know their policies, they don't need to go to another city and say the same things again and again. Its boring for us, and wasteful/exhausting for them.
But they need to do something. Look at how much criticism Harris got for taking a 2 days off this week.
This is a low cost, low effort activity that might increase people's opinions of you and let you get across topics and information you really wouldn't ever have a chance to in more "professional" settings.
I doubt most people will listen to the entire things, but what will happen is a lot of clips will be made and shared by those that do, and those will make huge strides towards humanizing these guys.
I've already seen the Vance one on alcoholic parents being spread heavily.