Yes. Peterson has actually explained this in some videos.
Normally, people converse because they seek a destination -- some truth or new insight. It's a team effort, and they help each other get to a good place.
The other approach is to try to "win" every conversation. Peterson says that normal people do not do this, but that many of the people who interview him do exactly that. They just try to "beat" him on every sentence he utters. And he stays calm, rational and factual, so he really cannot be "beaten" -- which drives them crazy. Mind you, saying he "cannot be beaten" isn't the same thing (really) and saying "he always wins" because he doesn't try to win. He tries to have an adult conversation. But he's the only one doing it.
He ends up looking good. They end up looking like Cathy Newman.
I keep listening to him, but I just can’t cotton to him. I don’t know why. I have probably heard 5-10 of his podcasts, but his style isn’t grabbing me.
People have great things to say about him, people I really respect, so I am going to keep at it.
I think he just might be too calm and level for me!