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Rogan is fine (if dumb) light entertainment to have in the background. I haven’t listened to a single episode since the move now that it’s not on YouTube anymo

Rogan is fine (if dumb) light entertainment to have in the background. I haven’t listened to a single episode since the move now that it’s not on YouTube anymore. Spotify is also totally awful for podcasts as the UX is for a music player. Besides Lex now fills that hole with a lot more intelligence

BitwiseFool 6y ago
I've heard Joe Rogan jokingly refered to as "Oprah for middle aged white dudes".
- rodgerd 6y ago
  If only he were Oprah. More like "Gwyneth Paltrow for bros".
  - rtsil 6y ago
    Painfully accurate.
  - 40four 6y ago
    Except Gwyneth and friends are emulating Rogan’s ‘model’ and applying it to the female audience. Rogan and his style of broadcasting were around for almost a decade before Goop decided to start podcasting & make a TV show. Pretty smart on their part honestly. When I saw the Netflix show, all I could think of is ‘This is JRE for women’. Even using some of the same guests, and topics Joe had already popularized.
- qwaters 6y ago
  Rogan conducted decent interviews with Roger Penrose and Oliver Stone. It's not about Rogan, it is about the guests. His interviews are certainly less formulaic than Charlie Rose's, except when he inserts his favorite topics (just use fast forward ...).
- valarauko 6y ago
  Sounds like something Merlin Mann might say on "Do By Friday"
TameAntelope 6y ago
Eh, Rogan normalizes hate speech in ways that if you or I were to try to do would get us fired/unfriended. I don't think that's "fine", but it's also not really topical to the submission so I'll leave it at that. Edit: if folks want to start a discussion about this with me, let's create an email thread about it. My email is in my profile, I'll wait until three folks mention their interest before getting started, if that works. I really didn't mean to upset or try to dodge anything, I just don't think a protracted discussion about Joe Rogan will be very interesting to most people on HN.
- Mountain_Skies 6y ago
  Sounds more like you want to raise the subject but don't want anyone to challenge you on it so you'll "leave it at that."
  - TameAntelope 6y ago
    I'm sorry, hit me up on my email in my profile if you want to discuss more! A "Is Joe Rogan a racist?" conversation is not interesting, and this place is about hosting interesting discussions.
    - cbozeman 6y ago
      > A "Is Joe Rogan a racist?" conversation is not interesting, and this place is about hosting interesting discussions. Yeah... because it's a bullshit conversation that people know is false, and any attempt to try to argue otherwise would see you utterly destroyed with facts. Rogan and Chappelle are great friends. Rogan was friends with Patrice O'Neal. He's friends with Colion Noir and has him on the show about every six - twelve months. For a "racist", he's doing a pretty poor job.
      - TameAntelope 6y ago
        Man, I'd love to discuss this with you, but I really don't think it makes for good HN content. Unlike most, I do enjoy getting "destroyed with facts". Please email me!
sol_invictus 6y ago
People also try to ignore that Spotify did exactly what everybody thought they would do - started watering down the guests and removing so-called controversial episodes. A big part of the Rogan show charm was the fringe guests, and his audience doesnt care the least for the kind of corporate virtue signalling Spotify is eminating. In effect, it went from offering somewhat novel things to being plain boring - like everything else you’d expect from a Spotify podcast. I dont find Rogan particularly charismatic as a host either so why listen anymore?
- crocodiletears 6y ago
  Exactly this. Rogan didn't always have something or somebody interesting on the podcast. But his show had teeth, and even though it didn't go out of its way to bare them, you knew they were there. I didn't follow him to Spotify. Podcasting is a bastion of free-speech, and one of the few open ecosystems with real scale. I don't resent him taking the deal, but losing the show wasn't enough to tempt me into a gilded cage.

BitwiseFool 6y ago

I've heard Joe Rogan jokingly refered to as "Oprah for middle aged white dudes".

rodgerd 6y ago
If only he were Oprah. More like "Gwyneth Paltrow for bros".
- rtsil 6y ago
  Painfully accurate.
- 40four 6y ago
  Except Gwyneth and friends are emulating Rogan’s ‘model’ and applying it to the female audience. Rogan and his style of broadcasting were around for almost a decade before Goop decided to start podcasting & make a TV show. Pretty smart on their part honestly. When I saw the Netflix show, all I could think of is ‘This is JRE for women’. Even using some of the same guests, and topics Joe had already popularized.
qwaters 6y ago
Rogan conducted decent interviews with Roger Penrose and Oliver Stone. It's not about Rogan, it is about the guests. His interviews are certainly less formulaic than Charlie Rose's, except when he inserts his favorite topics (just use fast forward ...).
valarauko 6y ago
Sounds like something Merlin Mann might say on "Do By Friday"

TameAntelope 6y ago

Eh, Rogan normalizes hate speech in ways that if you or I were to try to do would get us fired/unfriended. I don't think that's "fine", but it's also not really topical to the submission so I'll leave it at that. Edit: if folks want to start a discussion about this with me, let's create an email thread about it. My email is in my profile, I'll wait until three folks mention their interest before getting started, if that works. I really didn't mean to upset or try to dodge anything, I just don't think a protracted discussion about Joe Rogan will be very interesting to most people on HN.

Mountain_Skies 6y ago
Sounds more like you want to raise the subject but don't want anyone to challenge you on it so you'll "leave it at that."
- TameAntelope 6y ago
  I'm sorry, hit me up on my email in my profile if you want to discuss more! A "Is Joe Rogan a racist?" conversation is not interesting, and this place is about hosting interesting discussions.
  - cbozeman 6y ago
    > A "Is Joe Rogan a racist?" conversation is not interesting, and this place is about hosting interesting discussions. Yeah... because it's a bullshit conversation that people know is false, and any attempt to try to argue otherwise would see you utterly destroyed with facts. Rogan and Chappelle are great friends. Rogan was friends with Patrice O'Neal. He's friends with Colion Noir and has him on the show about every six - twelve months. For a "racist", he's doing a pretty poor job.
    - TameAntelope 6y ago
      Man, I'd love to discuss this with you, but I really don't think it makes for good HN content. Unlike most, I do enjoy getting "destroyed with facts". Please email me!

sol_invictus 6y ago

People also try to ignore that Spotify did exactly what everybody thought they would do - started watering down the guests and removing so-called controversial episodes. A big part of the Rogan show charm was the fringe guests, and his audience doesnt care the least for the kind of corporate virtue signalling Spotify is eminating. In effect, it went from offering somewhat novel things to being plain boring - like everything else you’d expect from a Spotify podcast. I dont find Rogan particularly charismatic as a host either so why listen anymore?

crocodiletears 6y ago
Exactly this. Rogan didn't always have something or somebody interesting on the podcast. But his show had teeth, and even though it didn't go out of its way to bare them, you knew they were there. I didn't follow him to Spotify. Podcasting is a bastion of free-speech, and one of the few open ecosystems with real scale. I don't resent him taking the deal, but losing the show wasn't enough to tempt me into a gilded cage.