i think joe rogan is a very compelling world view, particularly for a generation of men who are struggling for os. And i've heard this defence from him that he's just a regular guy, he'm just a comedian asking questions. But the truth is that he is no longer just aregular guy. He is no longerjust a comedian asking Questions. I'm a fucking comedian and a cage fighting commentator. When people are coming to me like thisis this is source where you go for unbiased representations of what was going on in the world? That's crazy. Yes, he's got a platform of millions and millions of people. They respect his authority. They think he knows things
The podcast host built a massive audience by speaking to fringe figures in culture, business, and science. During the pandemic, that got him in trouble with Neil Young, among others.
This episode was produced by Will Reid and Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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