Podcasts increasingly relevant to politicians, Adam Carolla says

(NewsNation) — More politicians are appearing connected podcasts arsenic an alternate to mainstream media, but comedian Adam Carolla says the strategy won’t enactment crossed the board.  

“If the idiosyncratic has a batch of substance and bully ideas, past this is not their enemy,” helium told “CUOMO” on Thursday. “If you’re benignant of shallow and dim-witted and talk successful dependable bites, past it’s not going to beryllium a bully person of yours.”

Carolla, big of “The Adam Carolla Show,” is considered a trailblazer of the format. Because immoderate podcasts present scope millions of listeners, politicians person progressively embraced them.

In the 2024 statesmanlike election, Republican Donald Trump guested connected “The Joe Rogan Experience,” portion Democrat Kamala Harris appeared connected Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy.”

Harris’ campy reportedly could not travel to presumption with Rogan’s team to look connected his fashionable podcast. Carolla says declining to look connected someone’s amusement tin make blowback for a politician.

“It’s benignant of lose-lose,” helium said. “You don’t get your connection across, and you nonstop different message, which is: I americium frightened to beryllium down with an intelligent idiosyncratic who’s going to inquire existent questions that I’m going to person to reply successful an unedited format.”