PZ96: Cloud Yells Back at Norman Chad

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Norman Chad discussing his views on poker commentary and the impact of social media.

Merry Christmas from the Poker Zoo! To celebrate, we bring on (depending on your point of view) gadfly or pest Norman Chad. Mr. Chad is indisputably one of the true co-pilots of poker commentary and the boom itself. There are many myths that surround the poker boom, such as it being triggered by the 2003 world series champ, but we’re not going into that today, because Norm is still alive and kicking and screaming and yelling at the clouds, here in post-Covid, dumpster-fire America. One problem he’s having is that the technology of the social media age allows the audience to yell back. Fortunately, Norman has broad shoulders, or at least a funny suit jacket, and is weathering Elon’s version of twitter and the 2021-24 reaction to the censorious centrist politics of the past decades fairly well. Norm, ever the grumpy contrarian, takes up the cause for institutional standards on a daily basis on X, but also on his revamped show, Gambling Mad with Norman Chad . Gambling Mad is being promoted on YouTube under the preferred two-pronged strategy, leading with a long video and following up with clipped-out “shorts.” For the moment, both are unloved and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris M., Dean Martin

Guest: Norman Chad

Topics covered

• poker commentary
• social media
• technology
• entertainment
• contrarian views

Keywords

• poker
• Norman Chad
• social media
• Gambling Mad
• YouTube
• TikTok
• commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gambling Mad with Norman Chad, YouTube, TikTok, Elon

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