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What does that even mean?

LinuxBender 5y ago
I believe they mean someone with the charisma and depth to give great interviews with many interesting people but specifically in this case, people that code. Much of Joe's audience would tune out after a few minutes of coding discussion. So in this case, an interviewer that can pull in some of the top developers from around the world and be able to carry on interesting conversations with them that would draw in an audience of developers. ckvamme, please correct me if I am wrong.
- happytoexplain 5y ago
  >charisma and depth Are we watching the same person? I like Rogan's interviews, but he draws out good content by being dopey and asking simple questions, not by being charismatic and deep.
  - LinuxBender 5y ago
    What you describe matches some of his interviews. It really varies by topic, how much he is personally interested in it and how much research he has done. Some of the dopey persona is an act to put himself a few rungs lower than the guest and it seems to work most of the time.
tigershark 5y ago
Not sure. Honestly a right wing hack that spreads vaccine misinformation and ivermectin as the only true covid cure is the opposite of what I want in a programming podcast.
- igetspam 5y ago
  That's what I was thinking. A dispenser of garbage information from a garbage hack of a person? I can name a few narcissists I know that have no technical knowledge, despite their claims. Is that what you're looking for?
- ravenstine 5y ago
  Well if that's all you reduce Rogan down to, then sure. But it would totally ignore why so many people tune in to his show.
  - kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
    Rogan is entertaining, like a drunk guy at a party. And his content is generally useless, for the same reason.
    - ravenstine 5y ago
      I guess it depends on how you look at it. I discovered interesting people like Lex Friedman, Sean Caroll, Eric Weinstein, through Rogan's show. Granted, I don't watch JRE anymore but back when I did I found it to be a gateway to people I might not have discovered otherwise. To me that was useful.
- HKH2 5y ago
  > a right wing hack He votes for Bernie Sanders.

I believe they mean someone with the charisma and depth to give great interviews with many interesting people but specifically in this case, people that code. Much of Joe's audience would tune out after a few minutes of coding discussion. So in this case, an interviewer that can pull in some of the top developers from around the world and be able to carry on interesting conversations with them that would draw in an audience of developers. ckvamme, please correct me if I am wrong.

happytoexplain 5y ago
>charisma and depth Are we watching the same person? I like Rogan's interviews, but he draws out good content by being dopey and asking simple questions, not by being charismatic and deep.
- LinuxBender 5y ago
  What you describe matches some of his interviews. It really varies by topic, how much he is personally interested in it and how much research he has done. Some of the dopey persona is an act to put himself a few rungs lower than the guest and it seems to work most of the time.

tigershark 5y ago

Not sure. Honestly a right wing hack that spreads vaccine misinformation and ivermectin as the only true covid cure is the opposite of what I want in a programming podcast.

igetspam 5y ago
That's what I was thinking. A dispenser of garbage information from a garbage hack of a person? I can name a few narcissists I know that have no technical knowledge, despite their claims. Is that what you're looking for?
ravenstine 5y ago
Well if that's all you reduce Rogan down to, then sure. But it would totally ignore why so many people tune in to his show.
- kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
  Rogan is entertaining, like a drunk guy at a party. And his content is generally useless, for the same reason.
  - ravenstine 5y ago
    I guess it depends on how you look at it. I discovered interesting people like Lex Friedman, Sean Caroll, Eric Weinstein, through Rogan's show. Granted, I don't watch JRE anymore but back when I did I found it to be a gateway to people I might not have discovered otherwise. To me that was useful.
HKH2 5y ago
> a right wing hack He votes for Bernie Sanders.