iTunes Won’t Feature Mixergy Because Of Interviews Like This – with Tucker Max
Even though Mixergy is the most popular startup podcast, apparently iTunes won’t feature it because I allow cursing in my interviews.
But listen to this interview with Tucker Max and I think you’ll see how cursing gives you an authentic understanding of how he became a bestselling author and built up his huge online following.
If you’re someone who hates when my guests hold back even just a little, you’ll love this interview. Tucker gave honest and introspective answers to questions that he could have easily blown off as too dorky, like “where did you get your confidence?” or too insulting, like “how did you recover when your movie failed publicly?”
Tucker Max‘s latest book is Assholes Finish First.
His first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, has spent over 150 weeks on the NY Times Best Seller List and has over 1.5 million books in print. He co-wrote and produced the movie based on his life/book, also titled “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.” He has also been credited with being the originator and leader of a new literary genre, “fratire,” and was nominated to the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential List in 2009.
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