Talking With Hasan Minhaj
Being interviewed, not interviewing
I didn’t do an interview this past week, so this seems like a good day to post myself being interviewed. I don’t know anything about the world of YouTubers — I restrict my viewing to music and history — but people who do know it were enthusiastic about Minhaj, a comedian with 2 million subscribers. And I think it was a pretty good interview!
I loved it. I subscribe to Hasan’s YouTube page and that’s how I found out you had a Substack. (I thought you went into hiding after the NYT.) I honestly wish there was more conversational content with you out there. I see mostly small clips of you on YouTube. You have intelligible insights, which I get through reading your writing, but it’s nice to get it in larger doses through interviews like these.
You did great!
Your calm bemusement, deep knowledge and supple intelligence kept you apace with Hasan's hyperactive curiosity and wacky interviewing style.
Plus, very interesting and informative, as always!