… Or You Could Just Listen The First Time

Joe Rogan and Substack are under fire for COVID denial. Why wasn’t very public bigotry enough?

Jude Ellison S. Doyle
GEN
Published in
7 min readFeb 1, 2022

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A truly metal sign reads “This is your decision point. Risks include death.” There’s a skull and everything.
We passed this a long time ago. Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash.

Of all the shocking news stories, “Joe Rogan said stupid shit on his podcast” isn’t one. The former Fear Factor host has long used his podcast as a clearinghouse for harmful ideas; he’s chatted with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes and…

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Jude Ellison S. Doyle
GEN
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Author of “Trainwreck” (Melville House, ‘16) and “Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers” (Melville House, ‘19). Columns published far and wide across the Internet.