Adam's specific reasons for firing Alison...

I thought David Wild's comment about Adam's "tonal blind spots" when it comes to his audience captured the issue perfectly. It's his show and he can take it in whatever direction he wants, and I have no problem with the fact that he let Alison go. The issue is with the way he has handled it, both last week and on today's podcast. He has lost a ton of respect and credibility with listeners by under-estimating or perhaps maybe under-valuing his listeners' relationship with his podcast.

There was no reason he could not sit down with Alison to explain his thought process and reasons, announce his decision, come up with a plan together on how they want to explain it to the audience by being both honest and respectful of each other and of their audience (ie. let the listeners know he felt she wasn't as dedicated to his brand this past year and give a few examples) and then let Alison have a farewell episode. Handling it in this way would have reflected the values he supposedly stands up for- instead, he chose to make a very brief and unceremonious announcement, and after the criticism, went in the extreme opposite direction, taking the risk of disparaging her. you know hes going to say "well thats what you wanted" and make it listeners' fault instead of owning up to the fact that he could have taken a fair, honest, respectful and insightful approach from the start.

In terms of the reasons he detailed today- I thought some were very relevant (her not wanting his logo on her banner, not doing more bits despite his encouragements etc..), some were super easy to rectify if he just talked to her ("hey can you watch a couple of episodes of catch a contractor so you can add to the conversation" "hey here's the marketing plan for mangria, can you mention it on your podcast? oh that's right you're sober/dont drink, lets see what we can do...) but some were INCREDIBLY petty (she didn't invite him to her home or personal events?? she didn't say bye at the end of the Christmas party?!) and highlight things about Adam's own personality that are worrisome. The whole "constantly weighing pebbles for and against adam" thing is such a weird and disingenuous way of managing his staff. Also, I'm fairly certain she read Bryan's book since she did a very moving, insightful and lengthy interview with him about his book and life experiences on her podcast.

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