By Michael Woyton
I know we won’t, but I will ask it anyway. Can we finally stop saying that Vice President Kamala Harris should do, won’t do or can’t do serious interviews?
Granted, most of those saying it are just pissed that the Democratic candidate for president won’t clear her extremely tight schedule for a sit-down with a reporter whose publication or outlet has done nothing but sane-splain the increasingly incoherent convicted felon and former president Donald Trump.
And then there’s Andrea Mitchell, who’s married to former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, who on Sunday said that Harris has a problem with men and the business world (to whom is Mitchell married?) and that the Veep needs to “double down on more interviews and serious interviews.”
I seriously doubt that Mitchell approves of the torrent of interviews Harris has undertaken and will undertake — with the likely exception of “60 Minutes” on Monday — over the past couple of days.
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“The Late Show with Steven Colbert,” “The View” and “The Howard Stern Show” are all scheduled for Tuesday.
Uploaded Monday was an interview with podcaster Alex Cooper for her “Call Her Daddy” podcast, which is popular among Americans under 35 and especially younger women, NPR reported..
A clip of the podcast can be seen below, but it can be streamed or downloaded via such apps as Spotify and Apple Podcast.
For those who might say the podcast isn’t really a serious format and that Harris is surely wasting her time doing it, take a listen.
According to NPR, “Call Her Daddy” has an audience of which half identify as Democrats, a quarter as Republicans and 20 percent as independent. The largest portion of Cooper’s audience lives in the South, and appearing on the podcast gives Harris the opportunity to speak with younger people she hasn’t been able to reach elsewhere.
Some of the topics Cooper asked Harris about included women in abusive relationships, abortion access, the definition of family, younger people and the economy, tax credits for the middle class and student debt relief.
Howard Stern’s syndicated radio audience is about 10 million listeners. Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” is second in size to Joe Rogan’s Spotify podcast. “The View” brings in around 2.3 million viewers among daytime network talk and news programs. Andrea Mitchell’s MSNBC noontime program is watched by an average of 634,000 viewers.
The bottom line is, Kamala Harris for real is sitting down and answering questions in complete sentences — unlike the other presidential candidate — and she is making the most of her valuable time in the last month before the election is over.
The interviews Harris has been giving are all audiences that are nothing to be sneezed at, and she would be remiss if she didn’t take advantage of the opportunities.
Lead art: Screen grab from “Call Her Daddy” YouTube page.
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