How did Joe Rogan become the biggest podcaster in the World?

Adultintheroom wrote:

Manchester wrote:

Literally everyone knew Gervais was a liberal, that's why conservatives were happy and pleasantly surprised to see him pushing back against leftist nonsense.

Most do, I agree.

But not ‘liberals are morons’ - he started with Gervais hates people like you (leftists/liberals), then pivoted to actually Gervais is apolitical and finally landed on Gervais is a classic liberal.

What a comedy of errors 😂

I have to admit I enjoyed when Ricky bashed Hollywood but that’s an accurate assessment of the discussion.

Adultintheroom wrote:

Manchester wrote:

Literally everyone knew Gervais was a liberal, that's why conservatives were happy and pleasantly surprised to see him pushing back against leftist nonsense.

Most do, I agree.

But not ‘liberals are morons’ - he started with Gervais hates people like you (leftists/liberals), then pivoted to actually Gervais is apolitical and finally landed on Gervais is a classic liberal.

What a comedy of errors 😂

He's a relatively apolitical classical liberal who dislikes leftist woke culture. No contradiction there.

The only comedy here is watching you spawn up more and more fake users to defend yourself.

Manchester wrote:

Adultintheroom wrote:

Most do, I agree.

But not ‘liberals are morons’ - he started with Gervais hates people like you (leftists/liberals), then pivoted to actually Gervais is apolitical and finally landed on Gervais is a classic liberal.

What a comedy of errors 😂

He's a relatively apolitical classical liberal who dislikes leftist woke culture. No contradiction there.

The only comedy here is watching you spawn up more and more fake users to defend yourself.

LOL at least change your wording up a little, we all see your mistakes 😂

Manchester wrote:

Adultintheroom wrote:

Most do, I agree.

But not ‘liberals are morons’ - he started with Gervais hates people like you (leftists/liberals), then pivoted to actually Gervais is apolitical and finally landed on Gervais is a classic liberal.

What a comedy of errors 😂

He's a relatively apolitical classical liberal who dislikes leftist woke culture. No contradiction there.

The only comedy here is watching you spawn up more and more fake users to defend yourself.

Obviously the contradiction is not with Gervais, that was never the debate.

The contradiction is the mental gymnastics by the other poster, he didn’t understand.

You shouldn’t take it so personal.

Banana Nut Crunch Fan wrote:

He appeals to a large swath of the population because he exists at the intersection of:

-Bro culture

-Meatheads

-Druggies

-Armchair philosophers

-Red Pillers

-Alt Right

-Older and younger generations that reject "woke" and "cancel" cultures

-Meat eaters

-Bow hunters

-Kettlebell Swingers

-Taekwondo people

-MMA people

Unfortunately with all of these subcultures combined, one also attracts a fair amount of low-educational-attainment, low-IQ, broscience fearmongers.

You don't give him enough credit. I'm a progressive and often find his podcast insightful and entertaining even though I usually disagree with him. (1) He is respectful to his guests, no matter what their political ideology is (2) He finds common ground with his guests (3) He still asks hard questions to his guests. Of course, he appeals to a lot of the above, but his appeal is broader than that. Sadly post pandemic he has taken stances I strongly disagree with, evenmore so than before, but I appreciate his style of talk show podcast.

Liberals are morons wrote:

Adultintheroom wrote:

Most do, I agree.

But not ‘liberals are morons’ - he started with Gervais hates people like you (leftists/liberals), then pivoted to actually Gervais is apolitical and finally landed on Gervais is a classic liberal.

What a comedy of errors 😂

You're assuming things...

I said he hated the cancel culture people and the woke mob not "liberals"...

I didn't "land on" Gervais being a classic liberal that's what he's always been.

I don't think Dave Chappelle is a leftist either... he thinks you woke mob idiots are morons as well....

Chapelle and Gervais are self-described leftists. You deplorables have never been the brightest. You realise your meathead overlord is famous for cancelling another comedian, right?

El Keniano wrote:

Liberals are morons wrote:

You're assuming things...

I said he hated the cancel culture people and the woke mob not "liberals"...

I didn't "land on" Gervais being a classic liberal that's what he's always been.

I don't think Dave Chappelle is a leftist either... he thinks you woke mob idiots are morons as well....

Chapelle and Gervais are self-described leftists. You deplorables have never been the brightest. You realise your meathead overlord is famous for cancelling another comedian, right?

https://uproxx.com/tv/carlos-mencia-complains-joe-rogan-whines-about-cancel-culture/

Gervais isn't a "self-described leftist".... He completely rejects the notion that there are only 2 camps. He's a liberal... but he's not a woke cancel culture moron like the MAJORITY of the left these days. Neither is Chappelle.

Hint: not being a leftist does not mean "Trump supporter"

Are you seriously going to bat for Carlos Mencia??? LOL!!!

Losing your popularity when it's revealed that you steal all your jokes isn't "getting cancelled" it's karma.

When Rogan is confronted with facts that undermine his beliefs he will abandon his position and take up the position that is more in line with the facts.

Progressives NEVER change their beliefs. Leftists believe things emotionally like dogma and no amount of facts or reason can convince someone to abandon their religious beliefs.

Tangents happening here but Ricky Gervais has described himself as a ‘liberal lefty’ on Twitter.

Funny to see right wingers mistakenly latch on.

Let’s play a game. Who said it?

“OK, I’m not telling you how to vote, but this is a fact. The only vote that will keep Theresa May out is a vote for @jeremycorbyn. Cheers.”

Answer? Ricky MF Gervais.

Corbyn is 100% a leftist and Gervais supports him making Gervais a leftist too.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/ricky-gervais-backs-jeremy-corbyn-for-prime-minister-it-s-the-only-vote-that-will-keep-theresa-may-out-a3557356.html

Gervais is a leftist - guilty as charged. Case closed. Gervais opposes the British Conservative Party, opposes Brexit, berates Trump and American conservatives, is a PETA loving alpha. We know what he is.

Real conservatives do NOT support Gervais.

I am a Trump guy wrote:

Let’s play a game. Who said it?

“OK, I’m not telling you how to vote, but this is a fact. The only vote that will keep Theresa May out is a vote for @jeremycorbyn. Cheers.”

Answer? Ricky MF Gervais.

Corbyn is 100% a leftist and Gervais supports him making Gervais a leftist too.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/ricky-gervais-backs-jeremy-corbyn-for-prime-minister-it-s-the-only-vote-that-will-keep-theresa-may-out-a3557356.html

Gervais is a leftist - guilty as charged. Case closed. Gervais opposes the British Conservative Party, opposes Brexit, berates Trump and American conservatives, is a PETA loving alpha. We know what he is.

Real conservatives do NOT support Gervais.

When there's 2 choices you have to pick one. This does not mean you agree 100% with one side or the other... UNLESS you're a leftist.

Gervais isn't a leftist. Maybe he's just a raging anti-semite? That's the Labor party's claim to fame these days.

You plucked that definition out of your arse. It’s not grounded in any reality.

dhe73hsigufh wrote:

He is a good interviewer if he cares about the subject but less so if he doesn't. I listen if I like the guest but his anti-vaxx crackpotery has souered me. Anyone anti-vaxx is a POS in my opinion

I definitely get irritated by his antivax position too, but demonizing people for being wrong(so we think) is a terrible idea. It isolates and divides. Just let people be.

I see antivaxxers sick with COVID every single day in my shop. Saw 2 today. I try to be friendly and kind to them, but very honest at the same time. Other providers take a hard line stance and it just makes patients mad. It doesn't change anyone.

DEMOCRATS BLM & NBA'ers are antivax.

You liberals sound as dumb as Rogan would if his replies to guests were always name-calling & avoiding the topic

NotaLRFool wrote:

right wing professor goes on right leaning podcast...and that's supposed to be evidence of something?

Jordan Peterson is no where near right wing, he is closer to being a liberal, if not one

I am a Trump guy wrote:

Let’s play a game. Who said it?

“OK, I’m not telling you how to vote, but this is a fact. The only vote that will keep Theresa May out is a vote for @jeremycorbyn. Cheers.”

Answer? Ricky MF Gervais.

Corbyn is 100% a leftist and Gervais supports him making Gervais a leftist too.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/ricky-gervais-backs-jeremy-corbyn-for-prime-minister-it-s-the-only-vote-that-will-keep-theresa-may-out-a3557356.html

Gervais is a leftist - guilty as charged. Case closed. Gervais opposes the British Conservative Party, opposes Brexit, berates Trump and American conservatives, is a PETA loving alpha. We know what he is.

Real conservatives do NOT support Gervais.

Ricky Gervais is one of those type of people who can't hold two thoughts in their head at the same time without contradicting themselves.

He rails against the elite telling ordinary people what to do (when they are Conservatives or Trump), but blames Brexit on ordinary people being too dumb to understand why we need a bureaucratic elite in Brussels to manage every aspect of our lives.

PS : I almost punched him at university one time.

He started really early in the podcast game. Plus fear factor and UFC.

jre wrote:

What contributed to this? How in the hell did he manage to leverage having conversations with other people and recording it into a 100 million dollar Spotify contract?

Quite impressive if you ask me.

By being an a-hole that doesn't care whether he is right or wrong as long as he creates noise. Don't waste your time.