raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 9:37 pm
Suranis wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 9:09 pm
sterngard friegen wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 8:26 pm
Michael Popok is an insufferable windbag.
He really does put bagpipes to shame.
His bloviating is on par with Giuliani, Bongino, and Kirk. Who are also cringe worthy, but well enough to fall asleep to.
Hmmm. I listen to most of Popok's pods; they come in at my level of legal understanding. Also, he is facile extempore speaker, so is easy to listen to. He's also a rabid Democrat and expresses himself as such. I guess it's possible that everything he says is bullshit, in which case shame on me for being hoodwinked.
That said, yeah, he's self-aggrandizing and repetitive. Also an incredible mic-hog, especially in the early days of his pod with Karen Friedman-Agnifilo. Back in the day he would constantly interrupt and then, since he plays "host," never remember to go back to her. He also had a habit of starting ten minute rambles with "And I want to hear what you think too."
I actually got into a short twitter exchange with him, in the midst of one of those endless rambles in which he totally blocked out KFA (who I also really like). I think I sent "Please stop. It's getting embarrassing." He responded, "Embarrassing to who?" I answered, "To you." Can't remember what he said after that; something about he hadn't asked for my critique--when of course, he had; he's always talking about wanting feedback. LOL
Anyway, he's been largely reined it. I'd love to think due to my intervention, but clearly I wasn't the only one. He's much better now--the interrupting and stopped to the point where he's no worse than anyone else, and he's learned how to take turns.