Peter Ralston starts a new podcast

[Bufo Alvarius]

Peter starts a new podcast and asks to send high quality questions. 

Everyone, send your deepest metaphysical inquiries! 

 

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC4y8BsIrR5rQj5dzpEbOpmA/community?lb=UgkxqonrjGz1rrYAxT6BbapyLlL48rCZsTa4

Edited January 10 by Bufo Alvarius

[RightHand]

This is so interesting. I wonder if Ralston is a good podcaster. Wait and see!

Edited January 11 by RightHand

[Recursoinominado]

Awesome

[Leo Gura]

What does this mean? He will be interviewing people? I think not. But then how is this different from his YT channel?

[RightHand]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

What does this mean? He will be interviewing people? I think not. But then how is this different from his YT channel?

From his last newsletter: 

Starting next year sometime, we plan on creating a audio podcast of me speaking about maers of concern for people and answering their questions. These should be longer than our Youtube videos. If you have some subjects or questions you'd like addressed verbally, write them to: Brendan, Brendan@ChengHsin.com, and tell him you'd like a response in the podcast if possible.

[Leo Gura]

Why not just make them YT videos?

[CARDOZZO]

I think It will be on video form. They recently bought a powerful camera.

[Space]

He recently posted a long video, maybe 20 minutes or so, and it got an enormous amount of praise and positive comments. From myself included. Maybe that was part of the inspiration for this.

Everyone is just a bit tired of 3-minute clips he's been posting for years on end. I can't tell you how many times i commented to start making longer form videos that allow Ralston to riff a bit more and go into more depth. Like why cut Ralston's thoughts into 3 minute videos?!?

It's genuinely tragic that so much wisdom was being condensed into such short videos that 300 people watched.

Imagine if Ralston started getting 30,40,50k views on his videos. Doesn't help that Brendan, or whoever is managing the YT channel, doesn't have a clue about Youtube thumbnails and titles. Do they think they'll just one day go viral doing the same thing again and again?? Again, just tragic that so much wisdom is being lost.

The best we have is Leo's interviews from years ago. 

 

Edited January 12 by Space

[RightHand]

7 hours ago, Space said:

He recently posted a long video, maybe 20 minutes or so, and it got an enormous amount of praise and positive comments. From myself included. Maybe that was part of the inspiration for this.

Everyone is just a bit tired of 3-minute clips he's been posting for years on end. I can't tell you how many times i commented to start making longer form videos that allow Ralston to riff a bit more and go into more depth. Like why cut Ralston's thoughts into 3 minute videos?!?

It's genuinely tragic that so much wisdom was being condensed into such short videos that 300 people watched.

Imagine if Ralston started getting 30,40,50k views on his videos. Doesn't help that Brendan, or whoever is managing the YT channel, doesn't have a clue about Youtube thumbnails and titles. Do they think they'll just one day go viral doing the same thing again and again?? Again, just tragic that so much wisdom is being lost.

The best we have is Leo's interviews from years ago. 

 

Yeah, I agree. If you want more, his video courses have hours of teaching footage.

Edited January 12 by RightHand

[Javfly33]

9 hours ago, Space said:

He recently posted a long video, maybe 20 minutes or so, and it got an enormous amount of praise and positive comments. From myself included. Maybe that was part of the inspiration for this.

Everyone is just a bit tired of 3-minute clips he's been posting for years on end. I can't tell you how many times i commented to start making longer form videos that allow Ralston to riff a bit more and go into more depth. Like why cut Ralston's thoughts into 3 minute videos?!?

It's genuinely tragic that so much wisdom was being condensed into such short videos that 300 people watched.

Imagine if Ralston started getting 30,40,50k views on his videos. Doesn't help that Brendan, or whoever is managing the YT channel, doesn't have a clue about Youtube thumbnails and titles. Do they think they'll just one day go viral doing the same thing again and again?? Again, just tragic that so much wisdom is being lost.

The best we have is Leo's interviews from years ago. 

 

Maybe they dont care about going viral.

 

[Leo Gura]

Peter is long overdo on proper-length videos.

This 3-minute sound-bite stuff just gives blueballs.

Edited January 12 by Leo Gura

[Space]

2 hours ago, Javfly33 said:

Maybe they dont care about going viral.

They care about getting views, because otherwise why post on Youtube? 

I shouldn't have used other word 'viral', but then again, why not? Would it be a bad thing for Ralston's teachings to reach a million people a month instead of 1000? I'm sure Ralston wouldn't mind the ad revenue and the book sales.

The reality is that Ralston's Youtube growth will remain stagnant indefinitely unless he changes the content. It's a topic that interests me a lot, hence why I'm waffling about it.

A more polished, longer-form podcast might be the right move. 

[Javfly33]

1 hour ago, Space said:

They care about getting views, because otherwise why post on Youtube? 

I think they post to advertise themselves yeah, but Ralston doesn´t give me the vibe of being focused on views or subscriptions.

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I shouldn't have used other word 'viral', but then again, why not? Would it be a bad thing for Ralston's teachings to reach a million people a month instead of 1000? I'm sure Ralston wouldn't mind the ad revenue and the book sales.

Not a bad thing, but having 1 million subs does not necessarily mean you are doing a great thing for a humanity. 

In my opinion Ralston style is very niche and it won´t go popular, unless he twist it or edits, but in that case it won´t be Ralston work anymore, or it would be filtered in a certain way, which I don´t see the guy sacrificing his authenticity for it. 

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The reality is that Ralston's Youtube growth will remain stagnant indefinitely unless he changes the content. 

Exactly. But you are assuming that he wants to change it in exchange for popularity. 

I bet he doesn´t and he won't. Im betting 5 warning points of my account here 

 

Edited January 12 by Javfly33

[Recursoinominado]

14 hours ago, Space said:

Everyone is just a bit tired of 3-minute clips he's been posting for years on end. I can't tell you how many times i commented to start making longer form videos that allow Ralston to riff a bit more and go into more depth. Like why cut Ralston's thoughts into 3 minute videos?!?

He sells long lectures on his site.

[Space]

8 hours ago, Recursoinominado said:

He sells long lectures on his site.

And I bet no one buys them. 

[Girzo]

@Space Pretty sure, I also am. You have to be a hardcore fan to buy something like a video course, and his best-seller book has been released a long time ago, right now they are having problems with even filling the workshops.

[Yimpa]

On 1/12/2025 at 5:35 PM, Recursoinominado said:

He sells long lectures on his site.

How long are we talking here?

[RightHand]

19 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

How long are we talking here?

I only bought this course from him:

https://chenghsin.com/register/empowering-life-video-course/

You get one lecture every week that's about 15-30min in length,  48 lectures in total (approximately one year to unlock everything).

This one apparently has 36 hours of content in it, I assume you will have access to all of it immediately, but I haven't tried it yet: 

https://chenghsin.com/register/experiencing-the-nature-of-being-video-course/

 

Edited January 14 by RightHand

[AION]

Ralston is such an interesting guy. He is one of the few guys that surprises me and catches me off guard. Watching his podcast will definitely be worth it. 

Edited January 14 by AION