CL-019 Matt Saincome is very real and very punk

What’s the right way to have sex with a dolphin? I’m sure you didn’t expect
that question to be posted on a beer-focused interview show, but here we
are. It’s a fun benefit—if you dare call it that—of chatting with this
episode’s guest.

Matt Saincome doesn’t write about beer. He doesn’t actually drink it,
either. But as founder and editor-in-chief of the satirical website The
Hard Times, he does offer a unique perspective on writing and storytelling.
And that’s why he’s a guest on the GBH Collective, which gives us the
opportunity to dig a little deeper with fellow media members, even if their
topic of choice is comedy and not IPAs.

Matt has a background in traditional journalism, but it was a serendipitous
assignment to write about a man who wrote a book about intercourse with an
aquatic mammal that reset his career expectations. You’ll hear all about it
in this conversation, as well as our attempts to dissect the idea of truth
in reporting and comedy, and what makes for creating a successful website
when there are print, digital, and TV outlets all competing in satirical
space. We live in a time when moments of levity can sometimes feel hard to
find, and the way Matt and his team use humor to force internal reflection
and laughs is something we can all appreciate.

To be up front, this conversation isn’t about beer, but it is about one
person’s journey to create something unique and special, which we all
endeavor to do in one way or another.

This is Matt Saincome, founder, editor-in-chief, and straight edge punk
rocker of The Hard Times. Listen in...