Komicar Kelsey Cook offered her thoughts on why more and more people follow in Podcasta for their information, as well as what has contributed to the stand-up comedy meteoric rise in recent years.
Cook is a stand-up comedian for over 15 years, and its latest special, “Mark its territory,” premiered on Hulu and YouTube on February 11th.
The main reason he believes that people are turning to the undercare over the main media comes down to a lack of confidence and relatedness between the main media and the public.
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The latest comedy Kelsey Cook, “Mark your territory,” premiered on Hulu and YouTube on February 11th. (Todd Rosenberg)
“I think people start to get more of their political information from Podcasta, because I think people want to feel like they can trust more. Said the chef. “Especially if it’s a comedian, it feels very like, this is a person who is like us.”
She also noted that people relate to comedians and subcasters much easier, who usually introduce themselves as everyday people than they would be a politician or anchor of news.
“This [podcaster] Not another politician or maybe news that we don’t necessarily relate to. And so I think it’s because people have turned more to the pods because they don’t only feel like they trust the host more, but it’s like a very different environment for an interview, “the comedian said. as a potentially authentic interview than at the main source of news. “
The election cycle 2024 put this idea of publicly entrusted to Podcasteries over the inherited media, and President Donald Trump and Vice -President JD Vance assigned large parts of their time on the trace of the campaign to appear on popular podcasts like Joe Rogan Experience and Tim Dillon Show.
This strategy paid off because Trump won the People’s Voice of 2024 and continuing to see his grades of approval on the personal maximum of all time after the election.
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Cook also touched the comedies that he became a freer medium than he had ever been, and comics have the opportunity to say whatever they want-they have found a audience on stage or in the Studio Podcasts who are interested in what they say. As Cook explained, there are no more goalkeepers who can mediate in what comics can pass on to their audience.
“I think the comedy has become a free medium. I think people are more than ever able to find their own fans base, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be like that, you don’t have to be everyone’s cup of tea,” Cook claimed. “I think it becomes very free to where people can somehow do what they want, tell what they want, and their fans will find them.”
As for the stand-up comedy, Cook believes that the biggest reason for the recent increase in popularity was the Pandemia Coid-19, which resulted in people paid more attention to social media and streaming services than ever before.
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“I think the thing that probably helped the comedy to explode probably pandemi. You know, everyone was inside on their phones watching television, watching their phone, and it became time for comics to make as many amenities as they could have been there like that A request for that, “Cook said.
Cook attributes pandemia to the covid-19 because he is a catalyst of a recent flourishing in the stand-up comedy industry. ((Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images))
The end of the pandemic was the start of a stand-up tour, Cook states. Many people who have found their favorite comedians through social media and streaming services during the lock have finally seen their favorite ranks personally.
“I think you saw people find their new favorite comics through the pandemic, and then once things were opened and people could start tour again, people were like:” Great, this person is coming to my city, I was inside the interior as long as I want to go out and do things. “And so I think many of us have seen a big tour of the flourish, especially once people can come out and continue their normal life again.”
According to Pollstar -u, Revenue from stand-up shows doubled from 2022 to 2024, with a combined gross revenue among the top 25 comedians over the last year amounted to $ 582.7 million.
