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Johnny2X2X

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17. I think his non political shows can be really fun to listen to
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:45 AM
Jan 2022

A ton of his shows, maybe even the majority used to have zero to do with politics or political issues. He'll spend 3 hours talking to a guy who survived in the wilderness, or talk to some animal expert about which animals are the toughest. Or he'll talk to sports figures, or experts in science or drugs. Or he'll talk to someone about hunting. Those conversations are entertaining, but I think now he's getting ratings more from purely political topics.

He's a provocateur to some extent, but he's also irresponsible in other ways. He plays bother siderism too much. He'll rip Trump for being anti Democracy and basically evil, but then say that's still preferable to Joe Biden because Joe Biden is old.

He's a fairly talented comedian, so he's funny to listen to, he's genuinely curious about the world and has some really interesting guests. But now he's chasing the money so he's getting more and more political as his ratings rise.

He had a Nobel Prize winning physicist on for 3 hours once and they just talked about the universe and particle physics, that was an amazing episode. But he has on ex military who talk Hillary Conspiracies too often. And he claims to be this victim of cancel culture while he's got a massive audience.

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I'm surprised by the ratings AZProgressive Jan 2022 #1
He attracts the male trumphumper types...not so much women PortTack Jan 2022 #4
Unfortunately..rogan is just as bad or worse than anyone of fux PortTack Jan 2022 #2
Have you ever listened to him? womanofthehills Jan 2022 #22
He a fucking anti vaxxer!! Influencing his viewers..I don't care how curious or who he has on PortTack Jan 2022 #31
We're getting our asses kicked in ratings Polybius Jan 2022 #3
crazy and cruel sells RussBLib Jan 2022 #6
Guess you never listened to him womanofthehills Jan 2022 #23
my comment was primarily in reference to the Fox ratings RussBLib Jan 2022 #28
The fracturing of info sources has been a disrupter for nearly 2 decades, we should figure this out uponit7771 Jan 2022 #11
Out of the frying pan. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #5
K&R UTUSN Jan 2022 #7
I never heard of this guy. And I watch all news except for Fox. katmondoo Jan 2022 #8
He's not on the news. He is a podcaster Takket Jan 2022 #9
Last week on his podcast he said he never voted Republican in his whole life. womanofthehills Jan 2022 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author womanofthehills Jan 2022 #26
WTMF ... someone in DNC has got to figure out the pathology here. We're talking about 1960 uponit7771 Jan 2022 #10
It's more that Democratic positions require more thought, more empathy, less reptillian brain... Silent3 Jan 2022 #13
True, we have the harder job of relating reality, facts and truth. I used to work at one of the ... uponit7771 Jan 2022 #15
Rogan is an interesting case Johnny2X2X Jan 2022 #12
And further that big ratings and the money that follows... Silent3 Jan 2022 #14
I think his non political shows can be really fun to listen to Johnny2X2X Jan 2022 #17
Actually- he said it's obscene how much money he makes womanofthehills Jan 2022 #27
I don't believe he gets that many ears or eyes regularly, I'd like to see the underlining data on it uponit7771 Jan 2022 #16
Rogan has a net worth in excess of $100M Johnny2X2X Jan 2022 #18
Actually- he received one hundred million from Spotify just to join womanofthehills Jan 2022 #29
I listen to him - last week he said he grew up with hippy parents womanofthehills Jan 2022 #21
I don't know who Joe Rogan is, but my ex recently sent me his podcast link msfiddlestix Jan 2022 #19
I never thought of cutting ties with Republican friends or family members womanofthehills Jan 2022 #30
Well my ex was never a Republican... msfiddlestix Jan 2022 #32
This is a bullshit comparison. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #20
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