I love Joe, and I think it says a lot about him that he's willing to have all these different people on his show, with different backgrounds and opinions and beliefs. Not that long ago, this was considered normal. Barbara Walters, Larry King, Phil Donahue and Dianne Sawyer all interviewed people from various backgrounds and very different political ideologies. It wasn't considered particularly incriminating when they did it, either. When Barbara Walters interviewed Castro, she wasn't automatically thought to be a secret communist, for example, up until Phil Donahue was fired from msnbc or being "too antiwar" for the network. (huh? News networks should report all sides of an issue, and they should report facts. That's their job.)
I'm not sure exactly when the rules changed, but the rules today are dangerous, and they need to be changed back to something reasonable. It's not illegal to be conservative, nor should it be. I'll even go so far as to say, it's not illegal to hold extreme or controversial ideas or to say them out loud, and that gives other people the chance to challenge those ideas, and possibly change someone's mind. (ftr, I'm not conservative, I'm liberal, but I understand that once they start coming for people, it's only a matter of time before they come for me.)
It's podcasting. The rest is whipped cream.
He's interesting when he isn't stoned. Almost useless when he is, like babies playing with matches and gasoline.
I agree with Alex Jones and Steven Crowder, Joe has the agreeable nature like a woman and he thinks DMT parties with Hollywood elite are either fun or too interesting to stop doing. He has no male figure in his life that brings him closer to God. Therefore, a person tends to glob on to that emotional replacement.
Joe is qmazing because of the platform he provides. He gives people from all sides a chance to speak and to be heard. I see why peoole think he is overly agreeable, but I think it serves a purpose. And when it comes to JRE, there is something for everyone. It gets equally goofy and serious. I believe Rogan is doing something great with his show, but him personally I think is very intelligent as well. Most importantly, he does not act smarter than he is, and does not attempt to assert his intelligence. He does not pretend to understand things and has a deep desire to learn.
His on air agreeable persona relaxes his guests and assures them they won't be verbally abused un less in jest. Guests tend to enjoy this and open up more easily. I applaud him for his non scripted show. The topics change rapidly but often return to the main issue of the discussion as time length isn't a problem. I watch often.
I like him. I'd trust him to look after my kid. Considering the large range of people and topics he gets into, it's not surprising that some of his podcasts are better than others, and too, I expect he does have his own opinion about certain things, just as we all do. He does a great job of keeping a fairly tight rein on his own opinion, which some might learn from, eh?
I think Joe likes balanced, respectful, intelligent dialog. I'm sure everyone in his line of work cares about clicks, but I don't think he's a slave to them.
I think Joe Rogan is a combination of the two. He isn't malicious which leads me to believe he really wants to air different opinions on everything and talk to people about the specifics of how they see issues on a variety of topics.
That being said I don't think he's taking much away from the talks other than ratings and a bigger platform. But it's awesome that he's giving so many different people a chance to talk about what's important to them and explain why.
Accurately put, and would have to agree. It does annoy me though when he sometimes doesn't ask important and seemingly obvious follow up questions, but hey, no one's perfect, and you can't fault the guy for not being an expert in everything.
This is a great question. As much as I enjoy the conversations, I have gone back and forth wondering the same thing.