There’s nothing complicated about the choice of whether to want the support of people like him. There aren’t very many people who are fully ideologically consistent. But it’s also valuable because he’s a controversial figure who doesn’t hold progressive opinions on some issues. His backing is valuable in part because he has such a large audience. The show’s appeal is a bit lost on me, but millions of listeners - particularly younger men - love it. Bernie Sanders’s Joe Rogan experience The Joe Rogan controversy revealed something important about the American leftįor years, Rogan has aired hours-long one-on-one interviews on topics ranging from mixed martial arts to comedy, business, politics, and beyond each week.
