You can absolutely have a Joe Rogan of the left. Rogan as a host is good at getting people to talk, asks obvious questions, doesn't seem to worry about seeming dumb, and has a really good operation.
Building a platform that big will take money, but it isn't impossible to do something like it.
Building a platform that big will take money, but it isn't impossible to do something like it.
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Rogan wins because he's quasi-political, quasi-general entertainment.
I’ve never watched a full show.
His name is Hasan Piker, and he was kicked out of the DNC for asking too many questions about Gaza.
That's the party's problem. They are unwilling to actually engage with left-wing content creators who actually exist.
Or the right for that matter.
Setting up a podcast where you invite guests on to consistently own you on every subject seemed to a uniquely (old-school) JRE thing.
1000% yes and probably the closest thing in existence right now?
I’d also include Ed Zitron in that conversation as well. Different kind of energy. But one I think a lot of people can relate to
Communicators of the left could stand to be more brazen, but nobody gets that much audience without shedding some convictions.
But I'm against the idea we need our own, single "Rogan". We need a plurality of diverse voices as well.
We need a "dumb guy," that isn't all that dumb to let people "ask questions," in a way that addresses real issues.
Mayor Pete isn't the guy but he SHOULD be the first guest.
Right wingers just need to be fed what they want to hear.
A left side person/show means the core message/policy preferences boil down to 'rich should be less rich in short term so everyone lives better'. Advertisers do NOT love this as companies led by rich folks who want to be richer
It's possible, but a challenge. The left/progressives are far more fractured, don't have the concentrated media/influencer overlap of rightwing-conservatives.
This obsession to find our own Rogan is odd. It's better to have a plurality of voices, catering to different views and publics, than a single centralized dudebro representing nothing.
You can’t have an anti-establishment outsider voice that libs will rally around because it’s antithetical to their technocratic worldview/goals. The GOP embraced chaos, this is the appeal, this is why Rogan is a pipeline.
I think Rogan really fell into a deep conspiracy rabbit hole during Covid. And this hole usually leads to the far-right.
Listen to that Bondo ape segment when the primatologist calls in to say the new super ape he thinks exist doesn't. He loses his sht (vs a literal expert)
Easily deluded. He's also one of the most credulous humans on the planet