No Agenda Show Schedule Change and Listener Feedback
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak discuss a proposed shift in the podcast's recording time to two hours later in the day. Curry notes significant pushback from a small but vocal group of listeners who claim the change would disrupt their daily routines. The hosts decide to implement a one-month test starting on Thursday, May 5, 2022, to monitor how the schedule change affects live viewership and donation patterns.
adam curry· john c. dvorak· podcast schedule· listener feedback· cinco de mayo· donations· troll poll
00:00 I believe in a mask. Singing tunes of truth and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number 6, In The Morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where I need a shave, I'm John C. Dvorak. Crackpot and Buzzkill! In The Morning! Okay... Alright well prepared your opening statements for today? Ready to go. Counselor? Well done counselor very proud of you
00:41 May I just start off by saying one thing since we discussed this at the end of the previous episode or somewhere in between a possible later start date on show days. This has been very interesting and very interesting, get a lot of pushback from different complainers now how many when you say a lot? How many emails did you receive 10 yeah probably received about seven and there's a couple of no agenda social Now here's what is interesting Except for one, but pretty much no except for one every single email I received
01:21 And remember, what I said is hey you know it's been over a decade. I've been doing this getting up at 5am two days a week. I'd like to even it out and be really cool if I could just get up the same time every single day. It's gonna be 58, again a little tired... Getting old! You're getting old! This is killing me. There's also that-I think would be more productive because they would have a little bit more time just to get everything done And universally, what I get back is this would ruin my life! You will upset the global balance. I was like you selfish people not a single one said hey man you know I understand yeah but it would...I hope you can still do the normal time because you know it's like I'm always cooking at four and I need my Noah Gendershift now I am the first to say the most important thing you can do with a podcast the single most
02:18 is to always release it on the same day at approximately the same time. So, we're talking two hours later and the people who did complain? Wow! Wow! Well can I throw a couple things in here first of all I'm reminded of the TV show where they're all hanging around and saying, oh they're changing the time of this show. Oh no we're doomed! That means were done they are just moving us around now Right right when you moved on the schedule your move to well your pre prime time or hey the older demo is primetime at 11 you know that kind of stuff Yeah we are moving into 2 in the morning there's a big audience waiting for ya Mm-hmm yeah
03:07 So there's that element which makes it sound like we're spinning around the bowl getting ready to be flushed. Well, and I don't think it's a bad idea for people to be put on notice that way! Well, there's that. That's the counter argument you nailed it Yeah It is value for value after all well one good one guy this morning came in and And did say something which I did suggest earlier and we just kind of both of us ignored it yeah Why don't you guys at least do a poll and ask the listeners? Is that asking too much? Well, I think I think we did the poll when we got the results
03:48 I don't think we did an actual poll. No, we just said something and people were randomly complaining Well how come you didn't do the poll? Yeah...I thought you were in charge of polling I never believed that i was in charge of polling but I probably should have done the poll. I'll take it on myself And we need to name this the troll poll The troll poll, yeah. The troll poll! Because what we're talking about is 2,000 people out of an audience of you know a million and a half they are going to determine our destiny but they're not unimportant people because the trolls there's a lot to be said for what's going on in the troll room I personally feel so anyway it's okay
04:39 Are we gonna try it though? We're gonna give it a shot or are we gonna do the poll first because now there's confusion. What we've now done successfully is confused everybody everyone's like, people running around with their hair on fire. AHHHHH! At what time is this starting today?! I think the poll is like this...We tried out and we tried for a couple of weeks yeah I think that you know To be honest about it, that's I think the way to go. Let's do that. Yeah let's just try it! So next Thursday we start Cinco de Mayo... I got so much shit for about- It's Cinco! Whatever. Tina my half Mexican wife. We're going on Thursday at 11 o'clock and then we'll see what happens with donations and we'll see what happens to the people in the troll room and all the rest
05:34 Yeah, we'll do a one month test. Yeah we'll do the test and it will also be donations so people can always vote with their wallet. Yeah you suck! You get nothing So this is great, this is the time you should have been doing it all along. Here's $2,000! That's just an idea I mean that is if you want to be democratic about it and it wouldn't even be the amount It would be the number of but that's okay The amount would make me a big difference If someone was really sincere about something they would donate a huge amount Yeah but not everybody has equal vote in your scenario. It's not equitable man
