Trevor Noah on Leaving ‘Daily Show’ and Launching Spotify Interview Podcast: ‘I’m Not Going to Create an Echo Chamber’
02.11.2023 - 18:53
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Trevor Noah is entering his next act as a podcast host. The former host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” launches his deep-dive interview show, a Spotify original podcast, next week. In each episode of the new podcast, Noah will have an extended discussion with a single guest.
For now, he’s keeping mum on who will be joining him on “What Now?” but said the guests run the gamut from the famous to the obscure. “We are very lucky,” he said in an interview with Variety. “We have a mix of massive stars as guests, and some people who nobody knows… Not everybody you speak to has to be a superstar.
Someone will be No. 1 at the box office, someone will be a scientist who will change how we live for the rest of our lives.” He added, “The main thing I can say to you: expect to be in some way, shape or form to be entertained and engaged.” Spotify’s “What Now? With Trevor Noah” premieres next Thursday, Nov. 9, on multiple podcast platforms, with new episodes dropping weekly.
The distribution strategy is a departure from Spotify’s previous practice of keeping its podcasts exclusively housed on its own streaming service. During his run on “The Daily Show,” Noah became known for his cutting political commentary and satire. About the podcast, Noah said, “I’m not going to create an echo chamber… It’s a space for dynamic conversations.” He elaborated: “There’s no denying that many of us, and I mean on many levels — creators, public figures and individuals — have created echo chambers in their lives.
We cease to have conversations with people we don’t agree with. We don’t interrogate our own ideas because we’ve grown comfortable with them. That limits our ability to think and grow over time and create
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