The Realignment: Saagar Dives into the Deep End
Saagar on Marshall Deep End podcast, YouTube growth, episodes of the week, and more...
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Welcome Back to the Realignment
The second week of Saagar’s new independent YouTube show’s gone amazingly. More than 275,000 people have subscribed so far. Krystal and Saagar are 1/4 of the way to regaining their old Rising subscriber numbers in less than two weeks. If you haven’t subscribed so far, check it out.
Also, if you haven’t gotten the chance, check out their premium Supercast membership to help support the show.
The Deep End: Saagar Enjeti on “Going Independent”
ICYMI: Saagar came on Marshall’s On Deck podcast, The Deep End” to discuss the business side of planning and launching Breaking Points. It’s a great listen if you’re curious what the back end of the show looks like or if you’re interested in what the future of the news industry and independent media looks like.
They discuss:
- Legacy vs Independent media
- The business model of legacy media companies
- The often-overlooked drawbacks of independent creation
- Meeting people where they are (everywhere)
- Creator tools
- Open systems vs walled gardens
- How subsidization has corrupted the business of journalism
- People don’t understand how big the Internet is
Be sure to check out the rest of The Deep End’s episodes. The launch’s been great so far, and you all 100% got us there.
Mugs
We’ve finally set up the store for our mugs. Check them out here.
Note: There was a little confusion after we brought up the mugs last week. We’re not offering free mugs to whoever writes in. There was a small list of 6-8 people who were promised free mugs last fall. If you didn’t connect with us back then, we can’t offer a free mug. Sorry for the confusion.
The Realignment on YouTube
Because of the Breaking Points crossover, we picked up 26,000 subscribers to our YouTube channel. If you haven’t check it out, go subscribe here.
We’ve also started crossposting clips from The Realignment onto the Breaking Points YouTube channel on days they don’t post new content. It’ll be a great way to expose new people to the show.
Episodes of the Week
Episode 132: Charlotte Alter: Are Millennial Politicians the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For?
Book: You can purchase Charlotte’s book, The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Change America at our Realignment Bookshop.
Episode 131: Katherine Gehl: Breaking the Duopoly with Political Innovation
Book: You can also purchase Katherine’s book, The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy at our Realignment Bookshop.
The Realignment Bookshop
As a reminder, we’ve created a Realignment Bookshop affiliate store showcasing books by guests, what we’re actively reading this year, and deeper dives into the featured topic of an episode.
Most importantly, you don’t need to go with our recommendations if you want to support the show. If you go to Bookshop.org through our link and then purchase *anything* we still get your support.
If you purchase a book using our link, the show gets a 10% commission, a local, independent booksellers gets support, and you get an awesome book!
Here are two lists we’ve built out:
1) Books by Realignment Guests
2) Books we’ve read/listened to in 2021
Let us know what you think about this or any other week’s episodes. Please share The Realignment with anyone who’d enjoy the podcast.