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I've seen about 30 joe rogan podcasts over the years as background noise during some dark souls runs - not once does the guy present himself as an expert. if a

I've seen about 30 joe rogan podcasts over the years as background noise during some dark souls runs - not once does the guy present himself as an expert. if anything he just brings on people who are experts and asks them a bunch of questions. why the hard-on from twitterinas that want to shit on the show because he interviews people accused of "wrongthink"?

over_bridge 5y ago
I think there's a view that his content has changed recently. I used to watch him a lot in previous years as it really was the best place to just hear conversations with interesting people. Now there's a view that he's taken on a particular political lean and has surrounded himself with conspiracy theorists. I doubt he's actually promoting them but his show does put them in front of a large and impressionable audience (in my personal opinion, he is extremely impressionable himself and parrots the views of his guest for the sake of the conversation regardless of his actual belief). There are also some theories that his sudden giant increase in wealth may have contributed to his shift from the mainstream to the fringe
- gherkinnn 5y ago
  The only change I’ve noticed is an increase in boring conversations with unfunny comedians or brick head fighters.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  He’s believed in aliens and ancient alien civilizations and cited this book way before you noticed conspiracy theorists. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods I don’t know when you considered him mainstream but he’s the same.
razzimatazz 5y ago
I enjoy that he asks the stupid questions (or the questions that I would feel too self-conscious to ask) of those experts. It is such an excellent contrast to a stale interview with prepared topics and nothing natural to it. It's easy to shit on the show for being a bro-science quackery discussion, not worthy of smart people listening to it or being guests on it. And as we all notice just how popular the show is, anything bad about it (it has plenty of that) becomes a good reason to want it _shut_ _down_
jldugger 5y ago
> if anything he just brings on people who are experts and asks them a bunch of questions. But that's a pretty sure fire way to gain credibility by association, even if you try your hardest to undermine it by bringing on holocaust deniers and obvious peddlers of bunk conspiracy theories.
8note 5y ago
He presents his guests as experts, even when they arent

over_bridge 5y ago

I think there's a view that his content has changed recently. I used to watch him a lot in previous years as it really was the best place to just hear conversations with interesting people. Now there's a view that he's taken on a particular political lean and has surrounded himself with conspiracy theorists. I doubt he's actually promoting them but his show does put them in front of a large and impressionable audience (in my personal opinion, he is extremely impressionable himself and parrots the views of his guest for the sake of the conversation regardless of his actual belief). There are also some theories that his sudden giant increase in wealth may have contributed to his shift from the mainstream to the fringe

gherkinnn 5y ago
The only change I’ve noticed is an increase in boring conversations with unfunny comedians or brick head fighters.
GhettoComputers 5y ago
He’s believed in aliens and ancient alien civilizations and cited this book way before you noticed conspiracy theorists. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods I don’t know when you considered him mainstream but he’s the same.

razzimatazz 5y ago

I enjoy that he asks the stupid questions (or the questions that I would feel too self-conscious to ask) of those experts. It is such an excellent contrast to a stale interview with prepared topics and nothing natural to it. It's easy to shit on the show for being a bro-science quackery discussion, not worthy of smart people listening to it or being guests on it. And as we all notice just how popular the show is, anything bad about it (it has plenty of that) becomes a good reason to want it _shut_ _down_

jldugger 5y ago

> if anything he just brings on people who are experts and asks them a bunch of questions. But that's a pretty sure fire way to gain credibility by association, even if you try your hardest to undermine it by bringing on holocaust deniers and obvious peddlers of bunk conspiracy theories.

8note 5y ago

He presents his guests as experts, even when they arent