It's not exactly that his questions are soft, it's just that he has a very disarming method. He doesn't put the people he's interviewing on the spot, he lets them get comfortable, then he lets them talk. That sort of method is rarely seen, but extremely effective. I kind of wish I saw that technique from more interviewers.

I used to watch Larry's show every evening it aired when I was a teenager. The education was way better than what public school offers. Thank you Larry, for the years of hard work and critical thinking. While others my age were filling their mind with ABC, FOX, Nickelodeon, and Sci Fi entertainment, I was glued to your show. I miss you old school intellectual journalists.

The "no evil person looks in the mirror and thinks they're evil" line is so sad but true. The easiest way is to just deny common morality, thus, nothing is wrong! ...

Yell O'reilly could learn a tip or two

You know what I was never a fan of Larry King, but I'm really enjoying his interview here.

Great interview of a loving caring man who taught us so much!⚘⚘ Rest in peace Larry. Thank you!

He's really good at explaining himself. I get his approach a lot more now.

Larry King is one of my heroes.

Love these interviews Cenk. Keep em coming!

What was it like to interview one of the worlds best interviewers Mr Larry King? This was so nice and thoughtful of his own insight fantastic.

Extremely interesting interview, two so different styles at approaching the same issue. Also a perfect representation of the fundamental generational shift in media.

Love it!! I think Cenk took a lot from this interview!! He hasn't been that quiet in years!! Rofl~~kimonica

It's not the questions that get em speaking, it is the long awkward silences in between. Make them feel safe, then pause slightly too long between questions. When they finish speaking, pause slightly longer than is comfortable for them, the red light is on, they know they are on air, they will blurt out whatever is on their mind, even if they don't want to, because silence is not golden, silence is uncomfortable.

I hear people in the comment section saying Larry is describing how Cenk interviews people.. but that isn't true, you can't compare his regular broadcast to interviews he does with people.. Cenk may seem like a hot head when he's talking about something hes passionate about, but he's always respectful of the people around him.. I mean you can tell by how he treats people when they do the little court thing when everyone vote to get a verdict on a topic. there is a time and place for everything and I think Cenk handle him self appropriately according to each situation. I liked this interview, I hope they get more people on here to interview.

I feel so much smarter after this interview. Whether I am or not is another question. But that's just the way I feel. Thanks Cenk and Larry!

I love larry king for that exact reason... HE always seemed to care about gaining knowledge rather than being a pundit for a side..

Wow..😀 Great to hear what real journalist and interviewers look for and as well as look to receive.!

Interesting and great interview. It's really nice that TYT's exploring and showing us a side of old media like Larry King and CNN. And instead of just being aggressive and using the interview as a chance to stroke their ego, really letting us see what kind of person Larry King is and what his motivations are. I think the point Larry King's making is that if you ask specific questions, or rather, spout off talking points, you're just going to get talking points back. In the end, you're just going to get something like Crossfire. The audience doesn't really learn anything. By getting the interviewee to get their guard down and emotional, Larry King at least gives the audience the chance to judge the character of the interviewee. Even if the interviewee ultimately takes advantage of the vague questions and spouts off talking points, the audience would be in a position to judge if that answer was genuine or not.

Wow amazing and interesting method of interviewing people. I have really learned a lot about the lecture

I feel like I have learn a lot about how to be genuinely curious about people...

Larry King: BOSS

TYT interviewing Larry King!?!?! Moving on up I see!

Damn...school is in session. I think I just learned how to interview people. I'm gonna go ask someone questions right now. "So, you just ordered the meat loaf from the cafeteria, I see. What's that like? What brought you to this decision?"

Why is Cenk sitting awkwardly? lol

Wow! Actually great insight! Makes me dig his style of interviewing in some cases

Oooh. Did I just stumble on a fresh video and not notice it until halfway through? Woah. I was aiming for background noise, but this was surprisingly engrossing.

Nice, did not know you guys where big enough to have guests like larry king, thats awesome ^^

Wow--this is so fascinating. So much to be learned.

It never even occurred to me to respect Larry King, until this interview. Thanks TYT.

I'd rather Cenk's style. Criminal politicians have the privilege of avoiding tough questions that hold them accountable for their decisions and highlight their hypocrisy. Larry King has set a journalistic standard of not following up on questions that the interviewee has avoided

I really like larry King. he comes across as just a regular guy trying to learn more about the people he's talking to, rather than an ideologue trying to score points.

Watching this after his passing😪

great interview !!!

What an interesting clash of opinions. Subtlety vs. Accountability, they are both trying to get the guests to be honest, but Larry King realizes that's impossible and "hard" questions lead to less insightful interviews. Cenk realizes this but recognizes the need for the media to keep people accountable for their actions and sees his job primarily as a watchdog, even though that may lead to some guests becoming defensive or refusing to come on his program. The part about Osama Bin Laden really explained Larry King's philosophy, that a gentle approach in his mind is ultimately more beneficial and insightful.

Jenk seems in awe and amazed he looks like he's learning so much from a master. :-) nive to see. One of the reasons I like the young turks while they have strong opinions that not everyone agrees with there also willing to listen. So few interviewers take the time to.listen to there guest now adays

Cenk should have asked Larry what his speculation is regarding the missing Malaysia Airlines flight...and kept that conversation going for as long as possible.

I'd always hoped Larry King would live til 100. 😓 He died Jan 23, 2021. So friendly and kind.

What a fascinating man. It's refreshing to see this side of him.

Does anyone know what exact model of frames Larry King uses? They are really nice!

Larry King's teaching you GREAT stuff, Cenk. You better listen and learn!

3:36 Yes.

great interview.very insightful

so insightful as always

wow... going to watch full interview

what a class act Larry KIng is. in a time of shock journalism.

I kept hearing Bill O' Reilly screaming at a guest in my mind while I watched this video lol

despite his age he knows the internet is the future. He has a show online and he is doing TYT now.

Great interview and very educational tips.

I'm loving Larry king now! I should watch him more.

I got my first interview coming up tomorrow. Trying to learn from the best. Who else would it be besides Larry King?

Cenk is like mhmhmm... To everything Larry King says.

Larry King demonstrates the power of being humble.

All I could think of during this video was that one scene of Gumbel 2 Gumbel from Family Guy.

thank you for being awesome Larry King

When he said "first" I thought he was gonna say "world war"... When he said "first gulf war", maybe he meant the 1st crusade?

Great dialogue Mr. Uygur.

Such an interesting and insightful interview.

Great conversation!

RIP Larry king bruh he got the most iconic interviewing settings with the map of the world and those lights on it

I understand what Larry is saying here and I don't necessarily think his interview style is soft.. he understands that vague, open ended questions gets the interviewee to start speaking candidly and let down their guard. It's actually a really good strategy. My only issue w/ Larry King is this: he does very little to zero prep before sitting down with the interviewee. He has made himself look very foolish several times in high profile interviews. Watch the Debra Tate interview where he asks her about her relationship with Roman Polanski after he murdered her sister (he very clearly did not). Or when he basically outted a congressman on live TV. He asked Lady Gage if she "had Lupus or something" (she didn't). IMO the worst one was the Jerry Seinfeld interview. Just go watch it. Watch all of them. He makes himself look like a complete fool on a frequent basis. A little pre-show prep would go a long way.

Invaluable. Making me regret dropping out of journalism to become a nurse.

Now compare this with Piers Morgan...

great interview

Larry King is all classic.

Cenk you should hav asked him if he knew how the tide comes in and goes out

You guys do great work Cenk. I would hope you guys can be more self-aware in your ideological battle with crazies. As a small but telling example, one of your criticisms of O'Reilly in his most recent Presidential interview (and in a lot of his interviews) is "some people say" or "some people might say" before launching into a criticism. I trust you know you did the same thing in trying to challenge Larry King by leading with "critics might say". C'mon, *you're* saying it.

gems

niiice. props to you, tyt

God..this guy is a fucking professional. Look it up in the book. (probably the 30th person to post this, but I can't be arsed flicking thru the comments.)

Even now I learn how to interview people from this interview :)) Larry is the King

I disagree with his point about evil people to a degree. People like Sylvia Browne, who were on record mocking their gullible customers behind the scenes, knew full well they were pulling a gigantic scam to get rich exploiting the uneducated, superstitious and credulous. There's simply no way someone doing that can think "this is normal, I'm a decent person, I do what I really believe is best".

Holy cow Larry King! It's always awesome to learn about another person's reasoning

Oh, man. What a treasure to sit down with him .

This was like watching Jordan and Kobe!

Nice clip!

Interesting ideas

Cenk is a better interviewer. To be really objective about your guest, he knows you have to take them to task.

We could learn a lot from old folks whether they're famous or not.

I wasn't always a fan of Larry King's style. However, the more I watch commentators like Bill O'Reilly, Hannity or the ones over at MSNBC or even people like Cenk, the more I miss Larry King. He always asked interesting questions and because of his style, he got more interesting interviews. What is interesting about cross talk or when someone says "cut his mic"? I find it pathetic quite frankly.

Great interview! Classroom for Cenk! Way to go!

Larry King is a legend!

Between Barbara Walters and Larry King, I wonder who conducted the most interviews with well known people over the course of their careers.

Cenk's fanboy face is the best

I hope Cenk will adapt his style a little bit after this. Not to copy Larrys, but just learn a few tips from Larry's style.

Some of Larry's later interviews, it looked like maybe age was diminishing his brainpower, but you can see here he's still as sharp as a tack. I guess he was just bored those interviews.

Smart man

Great

Larry King was a great mind in his own right

I've never seen/heard Larry King, although certainly I've heard of him. Sometimes soft is good. I don't learn a lot from screaming disguised as an interview.

Interesting interview. Thanks TYT.

Great interview Cenk!

Love it!!

Good interview.

Great example of a man who knows his craft. Absolutely refused to be lead by Cenk and did it in the nicest way.

OK this is going to be geeky but....Yoda and Luke? Am I right?

wow larry king is awesome oO and his voice is awesome too!

Wow, he is so smart and amazing!

masterclass in interviewing from the master!....

Damn. This was dope!

I love love Larry King