How to Engage With Your Audience

My YouTube channel has 50,000 subscribers and my interviews last no longer than 60 minutes. My father was in military intel and said he would never admit it publicly for fear of keeping us safe. When you reach out to somebody and you ask them for their time, the first thing that that person is thinking is how much time do you want? What they're thinking is very practical. I only have a certain number of hours here.