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He has good guest but I just can’t get into his speaking/interview style. The longest I lasted was the Adam interview because I dig all things AC and I couldn’t even make it through that. The latest Deegan one I was interested but only lasted about 10 minutes. Would like to listen but it’s a no for me
Same. I cannot listen to him at all.
$2M 30 years ago is the same as $4M now, inflation at work!
Part of my “real job” is facilitating interviews and media relations, I went to college for journalism. I also met Jase recently and think he is a great dude. For me Ive struggled listening to some of the interviews because professionally speaking I feel that the interviewer should spend more time formulating questions that lead to great answers and less time being part of the interview. But by the same token, making it more of a conversation helps the riders let their guard down more, and maybe even gives them some time between questions just to mentally rebound a little. In a long interview it’s definitely good for the subject and interviewer to have some things to connect on. It’s definitely an evolution from traditional journalism, but I think once you accept that Jase’s methods lead to some great answers it balances out. With MC I thought it worked out well, I think for me it’s tough when he does it with riders who are less comfortable or articulate and it feels like Jase does 80 percent of the talking and the rider basically says “Yeah, that, totally!”
But I will say that in general I like the topics he dives into. It’s interesting how we have all of these different variations of pods that can sort of fit in with each other, if you piece them together correctly.
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You just reminded me of something about that book that I always found interesting. There was an excerpt from MC's book that was published in RacerX prior to the books release.
In that excerpt, it railed Honda pretty hard for how the 96/97 split went down. When the actual book came out, the chapter had been rewritten and it wasn't nearly as biting. I might have to try to find that old magazine and compare it with the book.
Hate on me all you want. But im sick of the Australian accent. Between the hunter brothers, the chick on the races and this man bun ass hat I can't stand it.
Agreed, and Matthes has interviewed all these guys in depth over the years. His archives are terrific for the Steve Matthes show.
Gypsy does have a way of getting some of the guests to share things I am surprised they do, but the constant martial arts references and his "success" on You Tube is annoying.
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"The chick on the races". You mean the british Will Christien? 😂
At one point I thought he was getting better at not doing this, but he's as bad as ever here.
He has some talent to get these guys appearing and talking so openly, but this is disrespectful and kind of dumb.
Nobody cares about the headshake you had on an ally framed Honda, on an airstrip in the middle of nowhere 20 years ago, while MC is taking about how the factory HRC version of the bike was in AMA SX and MX testing.
If you talked about that on your own time, or in an episode about yourself, I'd probably say cool, good story and that sounds about right for those bikes.
Please post it here if you do 😂
No hate, you’re just displaying the attributes that led to Aussies calling you Yanks.
I didn’t think it applied much anymore, but maybe I was mistaken? Most of the Americans here are cool, but you’re definitely a Yank.
Yes that one!! Lol
It's just a pity then that when he does get all these top riders on, he interrupts constantly, talks over them, then goes off on some tangent that eventually ends up comparing himself favourably to the guest while the guest sits politely waiting for a chance to talk. Not to mention all the "fack"'s every third word or so..
Matthes is a commie A-hole. His show is unbearable.
I was listening to Daniel Blair and if memory serves me right he was saying you should have ten questions at the ready and only use two of them. You should hear the answer and then then next question should be to expand on that answer. I think Jase does a great job getting deeper than most people. I just listened to his Randy Lawrence show which I thought would be a yawner but it kept me interested the whole time.
The Jase hate is weird, I think it's mostly the Pulp mob only accepting Steve. Pulp is a better what's happening now show but Gypsy has some great in-depth interviews.
He's gotten much better lately. Much easier to listen to and has cut out most of the fuuuuuuuck.
I think these type of interviews have to walk a fine line between talking so much you run over the guest , but talking enough that you lay the foundation to have SOMETHING to talk about. It's more than just a simple question and answer interview.
I also thought Langston was great on Whiskey Throttle, but people complained about him.
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People seem pretty specific with their criticisms, doesn't sound anything like tribalism. I've only listened to short youtube snippets and tend to agree with the criticism. I find his interviews hard to fight through even if I'm interested in the topic or guest. It's just personal preference.
You realize they get paid to be on there right? If it was free, no one would show up to his podcast.
I don't think that's true. Rhyno actually made a comment in his last interview about not getting paid to be there.
This. I do listen, but the jiujitsu and him "building his business" and risk taking etc is just old. If he would stop that I would have little to criticize. Regardless, I listen to most of the shows other than the strange guests. I still give them a chance too, but that pro gamble douche was unbearable and some others are just irrelevant to me
Lol that’s because Ryno will talk into any microphone held in front of him for free. Talk about living the sound of one’s own voice.
I don't hate on him...like you said personal preference...I would rather listen to his guests talk more, and him way less...and I don't like the constant F-Bombs (I don't talk like that and I just don't like hearing it)...I listen to most of his "shorts" on youtube if I'm interested in the guest...but I can't sit through an entire podcast.
Spot on. It would be the same as $4.039 million according to the inflation calculator I looked at from 1995 to 2023. That said, that was everything for MC, the guys today have a salary of 4 million, they would get bonuses on top of that.
You're so right broski....his shit is so unbearable that it's hands down the biggest podcast show in moto LOLz
I agree with this. There is a fine line between interviewing a person and letting them talk and the host talking way too much.
I love GL but he had this problem in some Whiskey Throttle Shows. Ping on his own is much better for me. You have to let the guest talk, it's their moment right? Regardless, it's all offered for free so can listen or don't listen, no big deal.
GL was 10 times worse than Gypsy with interrupting and making it about him. Some of those shows were literally painful.
I heard that things are rough for MC, he needed that hundred bucks pretty bad.
FYI: Whatever Jase paid Jeremy, it cost him money to be there.
I liked that whole Mc episode.
Gypsy seems friendly and clearly resonates with a lot of folks, riders included. He clearly doesn't seem to have the journalism chops of many of his other contemporaries but his enthusiasm and engagement draws me in. People who interrupt with personal anecdotes have never bothered me though - it just feels like their attempt to draw parallels with what they know and show that what the other person is saying is landing. I definitely can't fault people for not being able to stand him though. There are few criticisms of him that I feel are unwarranted, and I think that if he were to polish up his language/profanity and reign in the personal anecdotes (which seem to have trended towards less frequent) he has the potential to significantly increase his viewership.
I'd love to see his data analytics to see what his viewership demographics are and what his retention rates look like on his full length videos look like.
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