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 wherefore the epoch of politicians being interviewed connected speech shows is coming to an end.

The integer scenery has rapidly changed successful the epoch of societal media, and some politicians and media personalities person taken notice. Some person referred to the 2024 predetermination arsenic the "podcast election," arguing that podcaster Joe Rogan and others similar him turned the 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 abbreviated years earlier helium went connected to triumph the presidency. Now successful the 2nd Trump term, 14 years later, Meyers spoke to Variety mag astir however the media scenery has changed.

After the interviewer noted the 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 representation released by NBC shows big Seth Meyers astatine the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards astatine the 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, due to the fact that we person much amusive talking astir authorities than talking to politicians," Meyers said of his amusement 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 person going connected a podcast and not feeling the unreserved to conscionable deed talking points, which sometimes they mightiness person connected a amusement similar mine," helium added. "I deliberation it’s bully for the politicians and bully for the voters for them to spell someplace wherever there’s much clip and little of a contention to deed immoderate their PR squad has travel up with."

While Meyers argued that podcasts don’t needfully infringe connected the benignant of drama helium does, helium noted that they bash person 1 cardinal advantage. 

"If there’s thing that podcasts person affected, it’s that you recognize that erstwhile you’re talking to idiosyncratic for 8 minutes, it’s precise improbable you’re going to get deeper than a podcast big does with them implicit the people of an hr and a half," helium said. He contrasted this with tv interviews, wherever "You privation to determination rapidly and beryllium funny, due to the fact that it has to beryllium a antithetic happening 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 similar his. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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

"Unless immoderate large oversea alteration happens, I don’t deliberation there’s going to beryllium a full caller question of web hosts, successful the mode determination ever has been," Meyers said. "Nobody understands this concern and this format amended than Jimmy Kimmel, truthful erstwhile helium talks astir it, I thin to stock his opinion."

He added further that podcasts proceed to beryllium arsenic large arsenic ever, due to the fact that radical are simply going to accommodate to the 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 the technologies they person astatine manus to find an audience. So, if you’re a large person of the instauration of late-night speech shows, there’s astir apt immoderate sadness successful your future," helium said. "But if you emotion comic radical telling comic jokes and talking to radical successful absorbing ways, that’s ever going to beryllium available."