[jmomo]

I tried listening to his podcast a few times. Way too much arrogance all around, and the constant use of marketing and weasel words during the interviews made my blood pressure go up. It's a common personality type in SV/SF tech area that I really don't like, which is why I live and work outside of it.

I consider it a personal fault of mine that I have a low pretentiousness tolerance, because in between all the pretentiousness and clumsy embedded commercials (free version only?) there really is some great business knowledge in these interviews.

I could have said something similar of Russ Roberts' Econ Talk a few years ago. He started off as a faulty interviewer; constantly interrupting his guests to get his own very important opinion in. But, he has improved dramatically since then. I can remember one particular interview he had with Bill Black, where he just wouldn't shut up and let Bill finish his statements, and ultimately half the episode was just a jumble of incoherent back-and-forth over minutia.

I'll download a few recent episodes and give them a try to see if things have changed in the last few years.

[nedwin]

Really?

I've found him to be honest and sometimes cutting with his interviews.

Anytime someone is bullshitting or using weasel words he tends to call them out, if not directly then at least making them squirm.

Maybe you started listening before I did but I feel like I've listened to almost all of them.

Also +1 on Russ Roberts being a great host, I just wish there were more episodes with Mike Munger.

[SyneRyder]

One example: the Rand Fishkin interview. Definitely not accusing Rand of weaseling, but that moment where Andrew asks "What are you feeling right now?" cut through to the honesty of running a business. And huge kudos to Rand for being so honest about burnout on camera.

Another example might be where Steve Blank called out Andrew during the interview, and they kept that in the podcast. There's something really honest & genuine about leaving that moment in.

Mixergy has improved so much over the years. Really shows the value of practice & persistence. Congratulations on the 1000, Andrew.

[rewind]

I've seen zero pretentiousness from Andrew in all the years he's been doing interviews. If I had to rate hime on a pretentiousness scale, I might even have to give him a negative rating. Humble-bragging about your low-pretentiousness-tolerance being a "personal fault" is laughable.