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He's been doing podcasts for over 10 yrs (before they were cool), and has always had various guests on his show - some he doesn't agree with and others he does, and others he's indifferent. 

The interview isn't different from what he's always done, this isn't new.

It is a shame that ppl from any side criticize someone who has honestly tried to show both sides and question everything - which I believe is what democracy is all about.

Having good discussions and sharing various points of view allow ppl to critically think for themselves.

If anything this new type of long form media is hard to "fake".

After 1 to 2 to 3 hrs of talking you cover a lot of issues in real time.

Kamala did not reject an invitation to be on Rogan's show, her team tried to control it by setting all these rules and stipulations about where the show has to be, time constraints, certain subjects that were off topic...all things that wouldn't have made the show JRE, it would have been yet another watered down interview. But Rogan isn't controlled like mainstream journalists because that's not who he is, nor the types of interviews he does, so he declined their contingencies and both sides decided not to move forward with an interview, which imo probably lost her the election (one of many factors, but a big one). This is discussed in multiple episodes of the JRE, and unfortunately saying Kamala declined an invitation to the show leaves out some important details.

I think Rogan having Patel on is certainly odd and seemingly unprecedented; I’m not aware of a sitting FBI Director that’s been on a podcast. That being said, something doesn’t quite add up to me about the episode. I’m not a conspiracy guy at all, but for some reason I think there was an ulterior motive at play.

In a recent episode (might’ve been Segura, but not super important) Rogan himself had said that he believes people are “sent to him” in order to obfuscate facts/scenarios or provide misinformation. This one seems to fit the bill pretty obviously. You have two guys in Patel and Bongino that were banging the drums on the Epstein conspiracy for YEARS before being appointed to their positions. Now, all the sudden, it’s “nothing to see here” and “I’ve seen the evidence- he definitely killed himself.” I’m not buying it.

From Rogan’s perspective, if the sitting FBI Director requests to come on your podcast, you accept. So I don’t blame him for having him on at all. If you watch the full episode, Joe pushes back pretty significantly about the Epstein case. The one thing people criticize him for frequently is “not pushing back enough” but what makes him so good at what he does is that he pretty clearly recognizes when someone is either hiding something or isn’t being truthful and just moves on. He’s not in the business of the Piers Morgan-type screaming heads on a screen.

I think this was an effort to suppress the heat this administration was getting regarding Epstein. As previously stated, you have two guys at the top of the FBI who were all in on the conspiracy angle prior to getting in. Now, they’ve done a complete 180 and they know their supporters are angry and now don’t trust them. What better way to fix the narrative than go on the biggest podcast in the world and tell everyone “trust me, I was the guy that wanted to get the info out, and now that I’ve seen it- he killed himself.” And then just hope everyone goes about their day. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that on 5/18 Patel first releases his official statement, and 2 weeks later he’s on Rogan to try and control the narrative.