It's an incredibly popular podcast. There's every possibility the connotations are wrong about this specific individual. I wouldn't try to dig too deep into it.
Well, Joe Rogan is stupid.
So, it doesn't take much to presume that people who find what he has to say interesting are also stupid.
He's a wrestler that became a podcaster. At the time his podcasts gained popularity because he was able to get very high echelon guests and he would have a very simple conversation with them. It was new at the time.
As time goes on things got muddy. He's a bit of a doofis who likes to say things without thinking, and some people claim that he is irresponsible with what he says because he has a large platform . Two people having a poorly thought out natural conversation becomes something different when it's being broadcast to millions of people.
In the US he has become associated with the "right wing". He has a bit of a cult of personality following him. People lable his fans as "dude-bros" who think they're smart, but aren't.
Personally I think that just like Howard Stern's interviews, they shouldn't be taken as informational, but can be entertaining. He does have a lot of interesting guests. I treat podcasts like these like I'm going to the zoo. The animals are interesting, but that's about it.
My friend, you’ve asked this question in a very left-leaning forum. As you can see, most or all of these answers are gonna be from people who generally disagree with Rogan. If you want to get an idea of what his podcast is about there’s lots of short clips from his podcast on YouTube. I think we need more context as to why your acquaintance is saying this to answer questions you might have about connotations or meaning.
The best thing would be to listen to some of what he has to say and make up your own mind.
Don't let the mob tell you how to think because the mob doesn't think.
Joe does long form interviews with lots of different types of people. All you could really assume is that they like listening to people with different perspectives.
Joe mostly talks to Western people, so maybe this person likes to hear about western society through Joe's podcast.
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