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TVAF 43 Matt Alvarez
I have a real love for podcast media. I don’t mean “love” in the sense of preference. I, like most people, can get sucked into a YouTube Shorts rabbit hole and burn up a ton of time senselessly flicking my thumb. But I don’t love YouTube Shorts. . . they love me, I guess. There’s something about an engaging conversation between two people who are genuinely interested in each other that I think is deeply captivating, and you know it when you experience it. Time passes by quickly. Massive amounts of energy is consumed, yet the energy seems to multiply in a way that you leave an engaging conversation with more than you went in with. I love what can be learned about a person by sitting with them, without restrictions or rules or guardrails, where both people are allowed to be wrong and work through complicated topics together in good faith. I love podcasts in the way some people love reading. Imagine what you can get to know about a person by reading what they took the time to put on paper, or in learning the way they think out loud!My guest today is Matt Alvarez, and in some ways Matt and I are nothing alike. Where I have been an avid consumer of podcast media since 2014, Matt had never really listened to a full podcast leading up to the fall of 2020. In September of that year the world changed for Matt (and for many people associated with podcast media), and in 2 and a half weeks he suddenly became the man that everyone who wanted a podcast studio would look to as the “subject matter expert”. You’ll hear a little about that project in this conversation, though I thought we did a good job of avoiding the topic. In other ways Matt and I cut from the same cloth, and that’s where this conversation was primarily focused. It’s odd to some to say you’re “proud of” someone in your same position in life, but I’m truly proud of Matt and how he’s developing as a man, as a father, and as a CEO. Whatever this podcast becomes will be due in large part to Matt and his team’s involvement from the first episode. I hope you’ll enjoy the visit. This is Matt Alvarez.
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By Tanner VaughanI have a real love for podcast media. I don’t mean “love” in the sense of preference. I, like most people, can get sucked into a YouTube Shorts rabbit hole and burn up a ton of time senselessly flicking my thumb. But I don’t love YouTube Shorts. . . they love me, I guess. There’s something about an engaging conversation between two people who are genuinely interested in each other that I think is deeply captivating, and you know it when you experience it. Time passes by quickly. Massive amounts of energy is consumed, yet the energy seems to multiply in a way that you leave an engaging conversation with more than you went in with. I love what can be learned about a person by sitting with them, without restrictions or rules or guardrails, where both people are allowed to be wrong and work through complicated topics together in good faith. I love podcasts in the way some people love reading. Imagine what you can get to know about a person by reading what they took the time to put on paper, or in learning the way they think out loud!My guest today is Matt Alvarez, and in some ways Matt and I are nothing alike. Where I have been an avid consumer of podcast media since 2014, Matt had never really listened to a full podcast leading up to the fall of 2020. In September of that year the world changed for Matt (and for many people associated with podcast media), and in 2 and a half weeks he suddenly became the man that everyone who wanted a podcast studio would look to as the “subject matter expert”. You’ll hear a little about that project in this conversation, though I thought we did a good job of avoiding the topic. In other ways Matt and I cut from the same cloth, and that’s where this conversation was primarily focused. It’s odd to some to say you’re “proud of” someone in your same position in life, but I’m truly proud of Matt and how he’s developing as a man, as a father, and as a CEO. Whatever this podcast becomes will be due in large part to Matt and his team’s involvement from the first episode. I hope you’ll enjoy the visit. This is Matt Alvarez.