I don't think that joe rogan likes to be thought of as a purveyor of misinformation. I hope it does cause him to take some real steps toward a fact checking, being careful with the guests that he chooses and even his own opinions. But one thing i came away for my weeks of immersion in all this noise is that fundamentally, we're going to have to make the choices about what we listen to and what we don't listen to. And if he's going to take a step in that direction, that's great. Maybe mel young will come back.
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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