Interview Request? (and closing the charity poll)
Added 2022-12-06 10:02:43 +0000 UTCG'day all,
First of all thanks for voting in the charity poll. In line with the results i'll make a number of payments over December split 80:20 between united 24 and Polish humanitarian providers. I'll include more details in the weekly channel update.
This week's video is going to be on Russia's missile campaign and strategic bombing campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure and the next week after that will depend on which of the in progress projects I can have ready in time.
I do want to continue to include Defence Industry topics as well and will have a poll on that up sometime next week probably. That will likely come down to trying to work out if people would rather I dive into the race for 6th Generation Fighters (NGAD, Tempest, FCAS etc.) or Bombers (B-21, H-20, PAK-DA).
I did want to test the waters here regarding a few proposals I've received by channels wanting to interview me (obviously without be showing or saying anything identifying). This would not take the place of a weekly update.
One of the channels that's asked if I'd do an interview is Jake Broe (https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe/featured)
Jake's a USAF veteran who mostly does daily updates on the war in Ukraine, focusing on the news and international development side of things, which puts him in a similar field but different niche from what I'm trying to do with my briefing/deep dive style. He seems like a good bloke and I'm inclined to agree to have a chat with him, but keen to know what you all think (and I think I'll always ask before I agree to things like this).
Comments
I enjoyed your talk with Jake! You come off the same when you are being interviewed as when you are on a video. I ended up listening a second time to the interview, too! Thanks for all your time.
Charles Edward Richardson
2022-12-20 19:02:43 +0000 UTCI thought you did an excellent job in the interview with Jake. What a nice surprise to have two hour-long videos featuring you yesterday. Your answers were crisp and did not deviate from your careful, balanced and hugely informed high standard. I particularly appreciated your answer to the dreaded "Who is winning?" question, first defining what is meant by "winning" (with multiple possible definitions). I don't want to clog up the comment field on your Youtube channel so let me echo here what many others have said about your dedication and hard work combined with your constant reminders to us of what a terrible tragedy this is for all those affected by this war on both sides. After your videos, what I most appreciate about your channel is the quality of the comments by your viewers, particularly those in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia. These provide complementary qualitative information to your largely (though not exclusively) quantitative analysis. For a retired MD in Vermont who has never served in the military and has not even visited Eastern Europe (though I have been to Brisbane several times), those comments are invaluable additions. Thank you so much. It is a pleasure to support you on Patreon. Now back to binge watching your videos.
Ted Marcy
2022-12-20 02:18:52 +0000 UTC
