Hello, and welcome to Mind of Micah.

Today on the program, it's part two of Micah's Read of the Word, Read of the Week,

the podcasting hype house from Hell.

It comes with us from the Verge, and part one we learned about one man named Vincere,

who appears to be some sort of con man, Peter Vincere, the man behind the hype house, and CEO of high studios.

People see mad at him. We're about to find out why.

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Also, check out Backdoor Cover. We did an episode on Saturday talking about NBA hoops.

We will be back at some point this week to talk about the UFC event, as well as the playoffs,

and Nathaniel Diaz, the most entertaining man in professional fighting.

But anyway, we'll get to that later on to part two.

Vincere had already made a name for himself when he was brought on at Himalaya, and not always for the best reasons.

One person remembers him as disrespectful and hard to work for at Cast Box, a separate China-based podcasting company.

Another alleges that he would get drunk and discuss sexual escapades at business dinners.

That's not very professional.

Nick Qua, of the podcasting newsletter Hot Pod, to which I subscribe.

Says he banned Vincere from his invite-only conference after he started drinking before noon and made attendees uncomfortable.

He seems like a jackass quass.

In another story, recounted by two sources, Vincere allegedly walked up to a group of people at podcast movement,

another big industry conference in 2018, while wearing a fanny pack.

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