[raldi]

The interviews are trapped behind a spamwall. You can't reach them until you divulge your email address. Once you're on the list, only then do they admit that they actually only have one interview available so far, and send you a link to download it.

Edit: Originally, I included the direct-download link here. But Andrew's made some changes to the site's UI in the past hour which directly addressed my biggest objections, so I'm removing it.

[AndrewWarner]

Mike, I have the interviews. They're interviews I recorded over the past 6 years.

I'm trying a new way of distributing them. It's an experiment to see if giving 1 interview at a time will get more people to listen to each interview. In the past, I put all the interviews on a single page, but I looked at the data and noticed that most people download the interview with the biggest name and ignore the others. I think the less known people are often more helpful.

And I would never spam you. I'm asking for an email address because that's the easiest way to do this. The original idea for this was to have it come out via RSS so you could get a new one in your podcast app every couple of days. But that seems like a pain.

[raldi]

I think it would be a lot more ethical if you presented it openly as such, right from the start. For example, the big button at the bottom of the page could say, "Subscribe to our interview-of-the-week series!"

[garry]

Andrew has spent a lot of time and energy compiling this reference. I don't think it is unreasonable for him to get an email address in exchange. We all love free content but we frankly are not entitled to it.

[AndrewWarner]

Thanks Garry.

My goal is to give people 1 interview at a time and see if they listen to more interviews than if I give them 10 at once.

I went with email because it was easier than the other options.

[raldi]

Have you considered adding a tip jar, or a for-pay, instant-access-to-any-interview option?

[raldi]

I don't object to him asking for something in return (the email address you mention, plus the embedded ads).

What I object to is the use of bait-and-switch tactics.