How Chris Van Vliet Became Hollywood's BEST Reporter

The Courtesy Flush | Arman Zaidi

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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