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Instead, expect most of these sit-downs to be a continuation of the vibes campaign Harris has perfected.
Other people complained thatCall Her Daddyhost Alex Cooper wasnt a real journalist, which, I mean, sure.
But who on Gods green Earth said thatCall Her Daddyis a news operation?
For the record, the interview wasfine.
Cooper didnt push back much, butthats never really been Coopers strong suit.
Call Her Daddyis not Harriss only podcast stop this campaign.
Harris spoke at length about her blended family andpublicly backed marijuana legalizationfor the first time.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump and J.D.
(Like Cooper, he, too, suffers from a lack of pushback.)
In any case, whether or not these interviews are good is beside the point.
This is, of course, a damning reality for the traditional news business.
So it makes strategic sense for both campaigns to turn to podcasts.
They are merely meeting persuadable voters where they actually are.
In those arenas, hosts dont care about executing good or challenging interviews in the classic journalistic sense.
The interview just has to make sense to their audience.
Think of the podcaster like the pastor of a church.
They interpret the world for their congregants.
More interesting: a sizable portion of Coopers listeners live in the South.
There is alreadya huge gender gap in the 2024 racewith Harris polling far better and more consistently among women.
The move to book a presidential candidate in a deeply polarized time is not without risk.
The Harris appearance marks a real change.
In other words, she seems to finally be doing something with her fame.
That Harris has largely evaded the traditionally contentious press is, of course, genuinely concerning.
The interviews might be soft, but the endorsements are real.
