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Originally Posted by Genetikfreak
The podcast that would top all would be Tom Dwan!
It wouldn't even be good. Tom never particularly enjoyed the public stage, and his current story isn't public. Unless he has a burning desire to share the details you want to know, it would be a terrible interview. Guessing he doesn't.
If you look at Joey's first podcasts, he was a fun social guy hanging out and having a good time. Listening to him recently on the PokerCast, he was this smooth pro public figure -- hard work and practice pay off. The first version of Joey doing an interview where he was unhappy/uncomfortable would have been a train wreck. Being a reasonable people person he'd probably have gotten through. The current seasoned pro is going to be a good interview almost no matter what. Think about Tom. He's not really a people person. None of the questions are going to be comfortable. It would be much worse.
There was an amount of money value to pursing celebrity that made it worth it for Tom and others. Sponsorship, non-poker income, and the like made it worth it. Now, that money is mostly gone. Why would anyone who really seemed to dislike those aspects of poker come out for a long format sit down? Its only going to be good if he's really into it. Is there any evidence he would be?
Contrast that with haralabob, who also didn't seem much into the podcast. He's also a broadcast pro, and the first part of the interview was him kind of just getting by. Then, he seemed to actually realize that he was having a good time. The haralabob was fun because clearly he had agreed to stop at time X and just couldn't stop doing the interview. His having fun and doing way more than he planned to do made the whole episode compelling. Still think that the fact that he does press professionally helped get through the "I'm not really sure I want to, but I'll give you 45 minutes" part of the cast.