The podcast titan has polarized U.S. audiences with his remarks, interviewees and tendency to spread misinformation. But with his show now a smash in the U.K., it’s clear he’s offering listeners something they don’t find elsewhere.
. It’s right to condemn Rogan’s handling of Covid, of course. He has invited numerous vaccine sceptics onto the, he became a proponent of the controversial – and medically dubious – drug ivermectin, often used for de-worming livestock. His critics brand him an idiot. If so, he’s an idiot with the platform of a statesman.
How exactly did Rogan manage to strike it so big? For one thing, he was already a media figure, albeit a relatively fringe one. His breakthrough role came on the cult 1990s workplace sitcom, in which he played handyman and conspiracy theorist Joe Garrelli. Of all the show’s stars, among them Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Andy Dick and, until his tragic murder, Phil Hartman, it seems almost perversely unlikely that Rogan would be the one destined for superstardom.
On the one hand, this attests to an ever more porous boundary between our two cultures. American culture already pervades our televisions, our news websites, our social media feeds. Why would podcasts be immune? But more than this, Rogan’s international popularity reveals something fundamental about the man’s appeal. To some extent, Rogan’s approach to interviewing is one rooted in open-mindedness.
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