The Myth of the Reasonable Rogan (Half the Answer #114, with Michael Marshall and Cecil Cicirello)

Michael Marshall and Cecil Cicirello from the Know Rogan Experience Podcast are here to share their hard-won expertise on the subject of just what the hell Joe Rogan is always going on about. We know he's got a lot of listeners, but what are those listeners hearing? What is his role in American culture and politics? And why do we keep getting headlines every time he says something that sounds vaguely like a criticism of Donald Trump, but we don't hear about the much more frequent bigotry and conspiracism? Once you Know Rogan, you'll know.

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