I generally don't mind ads and recognize them as a necessary evil (for now! 👀) for many creators, but the kind that really grinds my gears is "an interview with the founder of"-style.

Feels so slimy and disingenuous, scripted softball questions being passed off as genuine content 👎👎

PSA: please don't!

Huh interesting. I have a totally different view on this. Perhaps because I’m most familiar with this format from the Acquired podcast which I think extremely highly of. Some things that I like are: it’s a company usually relevant to my interest and the interview is split up between all the episodes in a season

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