People have been talking about the Joe Rogan Experience #JRE podcast @joerogan, which I am happy to have been on twice. I think Joe is a first-rate interviewer, a great and genuinely curious conversationalist. And the breadth of the guests is astonishing, and to his credit. 1/
The breadth of his *listeners* and his reach are also astonishing and to his credit.
Here is a short personal illustration: After my first appearance, in March of 2019, I left my apartment in New Haven @yale the next morning to walk to work. 2/
Here is a short personal illustration: After my first appearance, in March of 2019, I left my apartment in New Haven @yale the next morning to walk to work. 2/
The African-American doorman in my building, a man in his 50's with whom I have had countless warm conversations about many topics, told me he had heard me the preceding day and that he really enjoyed our conversation and "learned so much." 3/
Ten minutes later, I arrived at my lab. A 25-year-old Korean applied math graduate student told me, again unprompted, that he had heard me on Joe Rogan and that he thought it was "so cool and informative." 4/
Later that evening, my 21-year-old daughter told me that several of her artsy friends had heard me on the show too. 5/
I think this is why Joe Rogan @joerogan is the number 1 podcast and why going on his show, whether you are @DrLindseyFitz or @elonmusk, allows a wide exposure of of a huge variety of ideas, so important in our society, more important than ever, I would argue. 6/
My two #JRE @joerogan appearances so far:
#1274: https://podscribe.app/feeds/http-joeroganexpjoeroganlibsynprocom-rss/episodes/8030cbbca7f647338736785297976b6f (in which I learned about chicken and waffles)
#1566: 7/
#1274: https://podscribe.app/feeds/http-joeroganexpjoeroganlibsynprocom-rss/episodes/8030cbbca7f647338736785297976b6f (in which I learned about chicken and waffles)
#1566: 7/
Plus, visiting his studio is so much fun. Here are shots from his former LA hang-out (I wish I could have gone to his new Austin gigs, but the pandemic would have made that unseemly @joerogan). 8/
And on both occasions, the visit to his show was prompted by the publication of books -- which is also fascinating if you think about it. Those books are #BLUEPRINTbook https://www.amazon.com/Blueprint-Evolutionary-Origins-Good-Society/dp/0316230030 (shown in the photo) and #ApollosArrow https://www.amazon.com/Apollos-Arrow-Profound-Enduring-Coronavirus/dp/0316628212/ 9/