I know of someone who says they listen to Joe Rogan podcasts (political I assume) but I don’t know what this means or what the connotations are. Both this person and I live in east asia.

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    In the way that white middle class housewives watched Oprah, white fitness bros tend to like Joe Rogan for all the same reasons:

    Its where they get their news, their political misinformation, their performance enhancement drug info, and their pseudoscience wellness products.

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      Used to be Art Bell, then a breif flash of a Johnny Carson … that got turned into an Oprah.

      And now it seems, from afar, to be filling the vaccum formerly occupued by Alex Jones.

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        Why would you do art bell like this lol. I get the conspiracies but he wasnt only boosting the right wing like the rest.

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          Most of the first thousand were either comics, bjjbros, or guests from CoastToCoast.

          The McKenna brothers, Ghram Handcock before the fame, etc.

          It was kinda neat then.( Except for a few of the regulars.)