rant · moment 9 of 11
Auctioning Off the Russ Baker Episode and Flan Cravings
from Always Be Capturing · #71
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3 minTim and Ray joke about auctioning the awkward Russ Baker live episode to subscribers, riff about wanting flan and pound cake, and briefly consider having David Talbot back on.
- 1:04:07Tim craves flan and jokes about walking into a dry cleaner asking if they make it.
- 1:04:46Proposal to auction off the live Russ Baker episode to subscribers instead of releasing it free.
- 1:05:26Tim argues that starting an auction at five dollars creates bidding momentum and perceived value.
- 1:05:41The scarcity strategy: people assume a paid episode about secrets must contain something special compared to his thousands of free interviews.
- 1:06:49Tim references paying $2,500 for something related to the Iraq War to illustrate how expensive information acquisition works.