Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?
by PaulHoule on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:08PM
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My first instinct was to say I was shocked that he was impressed with Rogan, but I know that's fruitless because so many people are impressed with Rogan.
Right-wing or not, Rogan and his guests blow it out their ass for every episode but his audience laps it up. There are real experts there that spend 10, 20 or 30 years learning something and would really feel bad if they got it wrong, whereas Rogan and his guests live in a universe where they can make up whatever "alternative facts" [1] that entertain or possibly please the audience and it shocks me that this pandering works.
Right-wing or not, Rogan and his guests blow it out their ass for every episode but his audience laps it up. There are real experts there that spend 10, 20 or 30 years learning something and would really feel bad if they got it wrong, whereas Rogan and his guests live in a universe where they can make up whatever "alternative facts" [1] that entertain or possibly please the audience and it shocks me that this pandering works.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts