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

runnER/DR wrote:

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.

His position on vaccines follows the science. He had COVID and thus has natural immunity. Natural immunity has been proven to be stronger, and last longer, than immunity the vaccine. Why would you get a vaccine that will give you weaker immunity than you already have? Even if there's a .000001% of side effects from the vaccine, there's no reason to take that very very small risk.

Even when he got sick with COVID, he only had symptoms for 1 day. Why would you get vaccinated for something that makes you have a sore throat and a headache for 24 hours?

You can't even say he should get vaccinated to protect other people, because his natural immunity is better and thus he is less likely to spread COVID. Other people can get vaccinated if they want protection.

You're forgetting that the left only values science when it's findings line up with their politics.

On the FDA advisory panel one of the doctors pointed out that the risk of hospitalization from Covid in kids is about 1 in 10 million while the risk of myocarditis in young kids from the vaccine is about 1 in 9000. Then he voted yes. Also of note: when a CDC rep was asked about the safety data they have collected on children, they literally cut the mic and skipped the question. No joke. Pfizer has only tested 38 kids in this age range and they still have not released any of the data and in fact are lobbying to keep their data confidential for 10 years.

The vaccine crowd is a cult and it has NOTHING to do with science.

See this is typical loser rogan trump culture in a nutshell. Grown men being this emotional over a loser just because he is rich? Get over it! You lost the election. Most of you conservatives are broke as f so I don’t know why you identify with that culture. The few of you that do make a couple pesos have zero financial literacy anyways so it does you no good.

Liberals are morons wrote:

MakeUpYourOwnMind wrote:

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.

You're an idiot... He's the #1 podcast on the planet and the ONLY reason most people have heard of him is because he's been in the news lately because CNN lied about him.

Rogan cares a lot whether he's right or wrong. That's what separates him from people like yourself. He's willing to learn and grow while people like you still have the same opinions you had in 10th grade.

It would concern an intelligent person that they agree politically 100% of the time with mental titans like Lebron James and Miley Cyrus...

There's little sense debating the haters, they hate that it's the most popular podcast in the world and none of their outbursts change that fact.

There's plenty of good pro-vaccine entertainment out there for them:

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.

What a short sighted analysis.

You describe stereotypes of people and used THEIR characteristics on why Joe Rogan is popular, not his characteristics.

How about the fact that he is a master of dialogue and engagement?

He is patient and questioning?

Makes his guests feel comfortable and appreciated?

How about the fact that he is entertaining?

The fact that he has experience with a wide variety of entertainment shows?

How about the fact that he has trained physically to be in a position to talk about that subject?

I respect the dude a lot.

Not people who try to diminish his accomplishments by lofting prejudiced characterizations

Why do people associate Rogan with Trump? He openly alternated between being for Bernie or chasing Yangs neet bux. Joe is a small l liberal, he just doesn't fit in on the left because he's not a 'reeeeeeeee' liberal

get real ppl wrote:

See this is typical loser rogan trump culture in a nutshell. Grown men being this emotional over a loser just because he is rich? Get over it! You lost the election. Most of you conservatives are broke as f so I don’t know why you identify with that culture. The few of you that do make a couple pesos have zero financial literacy anyways so it does you no good.

The fact that you think Rogan is a trump supporter proves that you are completely clueless. He's an agnostic pothead liberal, the opposite of a Trump supporter.

It's disgusting that people consider Rogan a trump supporter just because Rogan doesn't agree with every liberal talking point on CNN and MSNBC.

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.

The fact that he mostly attracts the vitriol from people who think the "alt-right" is an actual thing shows that Joe Rogan has common sense, and knows how to connect to normal people.

A strong emotional reaction from liberals are morons every time someone says they don’t care for Rogan.

This is what happens when every kid gets a participation trophy they melt like snowflakes. Weird and weak.

Bro is a meat head version of Oprah. People love that format.

It is truly baffling.

Constantly exposing one's self to anger will only make them angry about things that are not as relevant as they think in the moment, most of which they can't change anyway. What a miserable existence.

anonymoose wrote:

Why do people associate Rogan with Trump? He openly alternated between being for Bernie or chasing Yangs neet bux. Joe is a small l liberal, he just doesn't fit in on the left because he's not a 'reeeeeeeee' liberal

They only know one set of talking points and Trump (still) lives in some of their brains 24/7.

But yes he was never for Trump and was pretty openly anti-Trump for a time IIRC.

get real ppl wrote:

See this is typical loser rogan trump culture in a nutshell. Grown men being this emotional over a loser just because he is rich? Get over it! You lost the election. Most of you conservatives are broke as f so I don’t know why you identify with that culture. The few of you that do make a couple pesos have zero financial literacy anyways so it does you no good.

The Democrats think having open borders concurrently with welfare state is a financially sound strategy and you're going to lecture conservatives on financial literacy? LOL!

Maybe sit this one out AOC...

I am a Trump guy wrote:

A strong emotional reaction from liberals are morons every time someone says they don’t care for Rogan.

This is what happens when every kid gets a participation trophy they melt like snowflakes. Weird and weak.

Trying to diminish his accomplishments just because you don't like him is "weird and weak"...

Imagine saying Usain Bolt sucks at sprinting because you don't like his politics... That's literally what these idiots are doing with Rogan.

He came from nothing and he was a multi-millionaire BEFORE he built the #1 podcast in the world.

You can dislike him all you want, that doesn't change what he's accomplished.

The common thread among all of his detractors here seems to be that none of them have actually heard his podcast outside of clips taken out of context on CNN or the Daily Show or Colbert...

burnout factory wrote:

How many other people can have engaging conversations with socialist Bernie Sanders, nutcase Alex Jones, smoke weed with Elon Musk, Steve-O from Jackass, Kanye West, and physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson?

The real question is: who else can get all of those people onto their podcast, and normally for 2-3 hours? The answer to that is no one. Any time I listened to Rogan it was for the guests, not for him. It was the only podcast that got big names from diverse backgrounds, and let them talk a lot. I would always hope for the rare episodes when Joe wouldn't interrupt much and just occasionally ask a new question. Even if you aren't a fan of the interviewer it's cool to hear long-form discussions with these people.

Funnily enough the only answer is probably Roges self confessed fanboy and semi-protege/smarter younger sibling Lex Fridman

I remember him from covering MMA fights and thought he did a decent job. Have never heard any of his pods but he's obviously doing something right.

lol the vast majority of famous "hollywood" people are also self made but conservatives love to paint them as "out of touch" elites simply based on politics. (Leo Dicaprio, Michael Moore, Oprah, Tom Hanks, Beyonce, etc)

Rogan doesn't have the number 1 podcast in the world . He's in the top 10 (probably) but there really isn't a metric for #1. It's likely that the NY Times 'The Daily' is number. Does that mean you should start worshiping the NY Times???

also Ivermectin is used to treat worms in horses. That's a fact that Rogan and his cult seem to ignore.

Wuzzle Wuzzle3 wrote:

lol the vast majority of famous "hollywood" people are also self made but conservatives love to paint them as "out of touch" elites simply based on politics. (Leo Dicaprio, Michael Moore, Oprah, Tom Hanks, Beyonce, etc)

Rogan doesn't have the number 1 podcast in the world . He's in the top 10 (probably) but there really isn't a metric for #1. It's likely that the NY Times 'The Daily' is number. Does that mean you should start worshiping the NY Times???

also Ivermectin is used to treat worms in horses. That's a fact that Rogan and his cult seem to ignore.

Ivermectin is one of the most widely used drugs on the PLANET as an anti-viral for HUMANS. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. You're just regurgitating talking points you heard from other stupid people...

And Rogan was #1 last quarter... by the imaginary metric of audience size...

You'd think being wrong about literally EVERYTHING would give you leftist idiots pause... but no... you just plod right along dragging your knuckles to the next chance to prove you're stupid.