Seth Meyers Explains Why His Late-night Show Has 'weaned Ourselves Off Politicians'

Liberal NBC "Late Night" big Seth Meyers offered a mentation connected Wednesday astir why nan era of politicians being interviewed connected talk shows is coming to an end.

The integer scenery has quickly changed successful nan era of societal media, and some politicians and media personalities person taken notice. Some person referred to nan 2024 predetermination arsenic the "podcast election," arguing that podcaster Joe Rogan and others for illustration him turned nan tide for President Donald Trump by having him connected their shows.

Meyers famously roasted Trump for his governmental ambitions astatine a White House correspondents' meal successful 2011, a fewer short years earlier he went connected to triumph nan presidency. Now successful nan 2nd Trump term, 14 years later, Meyers said to Variety mag astir really nan media scenery has changed.

After nan interviewer noted nan inclination of politicians appearing connected comedians' podcasts, Meyers agreed they person turned retired to beryllium a acold amended level for them than tv interviews ever were. 

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This image released by NBC shows big Seth Meyers astatine nan 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards astatine nan Beverly Hilton Hotel successful Beverly Hills, Calif., connected Jan. 7, 2018. (NBC/AP)

"We’ve benignant of weaned ourselves disconnected politicians arsenic guests to statesman with, because we person much nosy talking astir authorities than talking to politicians," Meyers said of his show which hosted then-President Joe Biden successful February 2024 and then-Vice President Kamala Harris successful October 2022. 

"I really deliberation there’s much worth successful a leader going connected a podcast and not emotion nan unreserved to conscionable deed talking points, which sometimes they mightiness person connected a show for illustration mine," he added. "I deliberation it’s bully for nan politicians and bully for nan voters for them to spell someplace wherever there’s much clip and little of a title to deed immoderate their PR squad has travel up with."

While Meyers based on that podcasts don’t needfully infringe connected nan type of drama he does, he noted that they do person 1 cardinal advantage. 

"If there’s thing that podcasts person affected, it’s that you recognize that erstwhile you’re talking to personification for 8 minutes, it’s very improbable you’re going to get deeper than a podcast big does pinch them complete nan people of an hr and a half," he said. He contrasted this pinch tv interviews, wherever "You want to move quickly and beryllium funny, because it has to beryllium a different point than a long-form podcast interview."

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Seth Meyers has interviewed then-President Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris successful past years, but says this inclination is changing for shows for illustration his. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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The interviewer noted a prediction from seasoned talk show big Jimmy Kimmel that location mightiness not beryllium late-night hosts successful 10 years, and Meyers said it whitethorn so move retired to beryllium true.

"Unless immoderate awesome oversea alteration happens, I don’t deliberation there’s going to beryllium a full caller activity of web hosts, successful nan measurement location ever has been," Meyers said. "Nobody understands this business and this format amended than Jimmy Kimmel, truthful erstwhile he talks astir it, I thin to stock his opinion."

He added further that podcasts proceed to beryllium arsenic large arsenic ever, because group are simply going to accommodate to nan champion technological format that carries their message. 

President Joe Biden ate crystal pick astatine Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, successful New York, arsenic Seth Meyers stood by.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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"Interesting voices are ever going to usage nan technologies they person astatine manus to find an audience. So, if you’re a awesome person of nan institution of late-night talk shows, there’s astir apt immoderate sadness successful your future," he said. "But if you emotion funny group telling funny jokes and talking to group successful absorbing ways, that’s ever going to beryllium available."