How Chris Van Vliet Became Hollywood's BEST Reporter

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