While I don’t agree with all of his ideas, Joe Rogan himself doesn’t either. He’s changed his mind openly on many topics. I admire that. He’ll invite a guest he knows he’ll disagree with (e.g. Andrew Yang on Basic Income) and genuinely try to understand how they got there, without hammering on his own convictions. After three hours he walks away with a more nuanced take on the topic, and will openly admit to that. Where else do you see this these days.
Again, I don’t like all of his opinions, but from his podcast I also learn that I don’t have to, and actually, that that’s the way forward. People being able to talk to eachother even if there are profound disagreements.
He’s also not afraid to ask “stupid questions”, so that all questions get asked. Which is great because presumably not all listeners are expert in all things, either, and hearing it from a-z makes all the podcasts accessible.
Again, I don’t like all of his opinions, but from his podcast I also learn that I don’t have to, and actually, that that’s the way forward. People being able to talk to eachother even if there are profound disagreements.
He’s also not afraid to ask “stupid questions”, so that all questions get asked. Which is great because presumably not all listeners are expert in all things, either, and hearing it from a-z makes all the podcasts accessible.