I find the guests pretty interesting most of the time and it tends to be laid back as he doesn’t get confrontational with people. It helps that’s he’s a funny guy and can carry a conversation with pretty much anyone.
His guests can definitely be really interesting, but I feel like it isn't so much because of him "navigating difficult conversations" and more of "not making them have difficult conversations". He gives them a platform to voice sometimes very questionable viewpoints for hours mostly unchallenged.
I find his smart but not stuck up approach very enjoyable. He is clearly intelligent but you also get glimpses of "fun Lex" in between his slow, thoughtful questions and thoughts. He elicits responses from guests by being quiet and contemplative. It keeps the exchange focused and calm.
He might be boring, but he’s very good natured and interested in others. You would be amazed how hard it is to be genuine in this way.
It’s also what makes people open up in an interesting way.
This is not a quality I know in many people, it’s very rare. It also doesn’t make him look good as an interviewer, but it does make for good interviews.
I also find the calibre of his guests much more appealing than many other podcasts.
Well yeah he isn’t the most polished, but he puts the guests at ease and the conversations benefit from that. He reminds me of Tim Ferris in some ways, who was often barely coherent, although Ferris was never quite believably authentic and was clearly building some kind of empire.
I think he sounds considered and authentic, and willing to ask 'dumb' questions on behalf of the audience. He definitely does have opinions... and if I had to sum it up, I would say he's a romantic optimistic. Which is in contrast to his tone but that's really what he puts out.
I like him because of his guests, his outlook and the way he approaches life. I hope you find the time to give him a chance.
I would say it's a strength of his that the guests just get to say what they have to say. He always prepares a couple of questions in case the conversation stalls, but other than that, he let's the guest talk about their ideas, instead of sticking to a specific story he wants to cover.
Personally, i like his dry style. I only watch the episodes with guests i am interested in. So far i found the conversations very interesting. Also he makes it easy to skip the ads at the beginning of the podcast which is nice.
I like that he frequently talks about love and its importance for humans. He is also helpful by often asking successful people for early career advice. His passion for AI is often at the forefront.
He could be a bit more critical in his interviews but then again that might get him fewer famous guests.
He's like Oprah in her peak:
He's disarming, humble, and has a knack for getting even the stiffest guests to open up. And some of the most fascinating guests are people you've never heard of.
Most of his guests are quite intelligent. His style generally works well with people who have expertise in something or are just generally deep thinkers. He also picks interesting guests that people are generally aware of (sometimes). The mainstream guests are the by far the worst interviews, the PG one being a great example.
yeah, his questions and comments are quite often naive and cringe. But he has incredible guests, from all sorts of domains, and lets them talk for hours.
I don't think people listen to the show to listen to him, and he probably knows that. He does, however, seem to be reasonably good at getting his guests to talk about interesting things.
I think he's a bit like Howard Stern in that his interview style tends to disarm guests. I think there's also something to be said about the long form interview where guests can fully discuss a topic without needing to dilute responses into sound bites.
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