David Rosenthal

What I like, when my socks start to go up and down about a subject, is when I'm really interested in it and nobody else is.

There aren't people, it's not hot.

And I found with, I think it's true of basically all my books, maybe a couple exceptions, but a lot of the books, that if I'm at a dinner party and someone asks me, what are you working on?

And after about 60 seconds, I can see their eyes glaze over.

Like, why is he interested in that?

You know, it's just not registering with them in any way.

And I've learned just to not even talk about it because it kills my interest to watch it kill their interest.

But I know why I'm interested and why it's important.

And I'm not relying on the world telling me it's important.

That's a really good sign.

So that is a difference.

Your subjects are not obscure.

When did that happen?

I'm a little unclear.

Again, getting back to this first episode you did and where you are now and the difference between them.

What sort of compelled you or propelled you into the current form of Acquired?

The decision to make it a business and the decision to actually live off of what you earn from your podcast so it had to work commercially.

So then you started to make these adjustments.

Is that how it works?

But those three years while you were full-time and you were part-time, it was an equal business.