• How Chris Van Vliet Became Hollywood's BEST Reporter

  • Dec 7 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
  • Podcast

How Chris Van Vliet Became Hollywood's BEST Reporter

  • Summary

  • 50. Chris Van Vliet is a 4x Emmy Award Winner, Host of the "Insights" podcast, and Hollywood's best reporter. In this episode we get a career/life retrospective with Chris. TAKE BIG SWINGS! (CVV39)

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/bYnREMvdW5I

    0:00 - Intro

    1:53 - Was CVV Always Outgoing?

    4:10 - Does He Ever Get Nervous?

    6:18 - Vague Goals Get Vague Results

    6:57 - Building Connections With Guests | Dwayne Johnson

    8:43 - Leslie Mann & Dakota Johnson

    12:10 - Anne Hathaway | Forward Young Man

    15:01 - Legendary & Viral Moments | Take Big Swings

    16:49 - First "Pinch Me" Moment

    18:10 - Did CVV Know He Would End Up In Entertainment?

    20:30 - Transition from Traditional TV to Online

    22:23 - The Process of Press Junkets

    25:52 - Finding Great Questions

    28:57 - Questions CVV Wished He Asked

    29:52 - Reporter Rivalries

    31:00 - Off Camera Moments

    32:57 - Exclusive Stories | GOTCHA! Reporting

    34:56 - The Power of Social Media

    36:18 - Getting Guests on Podcasts

    38:15 - LA | Working in Different Environments

    41:09 - Family Influence

    42:25 - Being Involved in Controversy

    44:07 - Visiting LA vs Living in LA

    47:39 - Socks

    50:02 - YouTube | Airrack & MrBeast

    52:11 - How Does Someone Be Like CVV?

    55:14 - Wrestling | The Rock

    58:11 - Fishing | WOO! Tungsten

    1:00:35 - CVV Community | Time Capsule

    1:05:15 - Delusions of LA

    1:07:53 - Back to the Future

    1:09:28 - How Does CVV's Team Look Like?

    1:13:07 - Hair | Blumaan

    1:14:40 - Tom Cruise

    1:16:31 - Outer Space | Christopher Nolan | Tenet

    1:18:54 - 3 Things CVV is Grateful For

    1:21:49 - Take Big Swings

    1:23:41 - Outro

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