Long time listener, first time caller.
What if you mantra "talk to everyone" is plain.. wrong? I'm all for "talking to everyone" - in private. But when you have a platform of your size, full mantra is "talk to everyone - and publish what they saying".
Coupled with your softer approach (as opposed to hard-talking interview) produces a dangerous result, when the microphone is in their hands, and interviewer doesn't challenge.
Just me 2c.
Sam Harris criticizing me and Joe Rogan is silly.
Specifically him talking down to me and saying I shouldn't interview Putin or Trump is laughable.
I will talk with EVERYONE.
I assure you, I prepare more than 99% of journalists. There are many conversations I prepare for 100 hours for, and that's not counting general background reading of related books.
I continue to respect and learn from Sam Harris, as I do with many smart people across the political spectrum. It's important we listen & learn from all good-faith, rigorous minds, and I believe Sam is one.
Let's try not dismiss people because they may have some blindspots. All of us have blindspots and biases. I know I do and I try hard to remove them gradually every day.
We really all do live together is a glass house and social media feels like a rock-throwing convention, but if we are to have any hope to figure this shit out and flourish, we need to listen to people we disagree with, to learn from them, with empathy and with intellectual humility.