My 27 yr old sibling is a hard core follower of Joe Rogan 💩

What are some progressive channels/people/content that I could have my sibling start watching instead?

Preferably something that has a similar flavor - example: male host, muscular, easy to digest. I think that will make the transition easier.

My personal preferences are Seth Meyers and John Oliver, but Last Week Tonight (John Oliver) is even a heavy watch for me sometimes!

[No Andrew Hubbard. He’s another fake.]

Thank you!

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    7 months ago

    I’ve never listened to Rogan*, but I think https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts does an excellent job of talking about current news and science items in an easily digestible format that mostly avoids bullshit while probably filling the same gee-whiz niche that people expect from Rogan? It’s a panel, so not a single muscular male host, but I think if your sibling is pursuing Rogan because they think it’s helping expose them to new interesting ideas, SGU is a vastly superior route to that end.


    *I actually think my only Rogan exposure has been the SGU talking about how he more or less just believes the last thing anyone told him, whatever that might be, which seems… less good?

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      7 months ago

      Your preference is your preference, but SG1 and SGA are far better than SGU in my opinion.

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        7 months ago

        I assume this is a Stargate thing and that there aren’t actually that many Skeptical Guide podcasts out there.

        I haven’t got any dog in the Stargate fight, I’ve seen the original movie (good) and watched the Richard Dean Anderson TV series (better than the movie) for a while before it just fell off my radar? I’ll take your word for it that Stargate Universe is the lesser of the Stargate properties.

        SGU in my comment obviously is referring to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe aka, the linked podcast.