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Q And so you could read ads and, and basically cover the costs, and did you, did you, was this your full-time work for, for that five-year period?
A No, I was still working in radio. I was, yeah, I was working at CBS Radio, and I was working at several other radio stations, but eventually it did fund my life, and I made the move from CBS and other broadcasting companies, and I just switched right over to podcasts. Not only hosting my podcast, but I was producing dozens of podcasts out of my living room, And I also had that advertising agency where I would then go to Marc Maron and all of the bigger podcasters at the time, and I would sell their ads for them. Nobody had ever done that before, but I, I reached out to Maron. I said, Hey, this is what I do. And he, he took me up on my offer.
AI assessment note: “No, I was still working in radio. I was, yeah, I was working at CBS Radio”
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Q But I guess there was, I mean, I'm assuming there are enormous challenges in putting those shows on, in part because the cost is very high, right? Why is the cost so high to create a holographic concert?
A The technology was in its infancy. Uh, we were using a technology, more of a technique, a magic trick, an illusion called Pepper's Ghost. That is what was used to famously put Tupac on stage at Coachella. It's what Universal Studios, uh, uses and Disney uses in their Magic Castle and in the Fast and the Furious supercharged rides, and now, why is it so expensive? The materials are very expensive. It requires dozens of people. People are not inexpensive. It takes weeks of planning and, and, and set up time, and it can't be moved from place to place, so you have to cut it down when the show is over, and you have to rebuild it all over. I mean, it's just, it's a very, you're talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars to do a single show, which is why you had to be Michael Jackson or Tupac Or Elvis to be a hologram, because you have to sell tickets to that, because you need to fill a room, and you'd be lucky to even break even on something like that.
AI assessment note: “The materials are very expensive. It requires dozens of people.”
