Joe Rogan, Whoopi Goldberg & Rudy Giuliani Walk Into a Bar

In this episode, Alex decides to finally address his thoughts on the Joe Rogan/Neil Young/Spotify controversy. Then he does a quick discussion around Whoopi Goldberg’s ignorant and potentially harmful comments about the holocaust. Later, Alex laughs about Rudy Guliani showing up on FOX’s “The Masked Singer.” It seems like "America's Mayor" is in his final form!

 

Alex is torn on Joe Rogan, the podcast is fascinating, inspiring, and can challenge one’s perspective. Alex’s issue with Rogan is that he is a great listener but not always a great interviewer. He claims to be curious and wants a good conversation, but he clearly has his own blind spots and can become an activist with some issues. By bringing on Dr. Malone and Dr. McCullough, Rogan has given them a platform and has given credit to their fringe views on the COVID-19 vaccine. Alex gives examples as to why Rogan clearly agrees with both doctors and isn’t just having them on for a different perspective.

 

Whoopi Goldberg claimed on The View that the Holocaust wasn’t about race. This was an ignorant comment that goes against any historical understanding of the holocaust. Alex doesn’t want to cancel Goldberg and doesn’t think this is a bad person, he just thinks she is looking at the holocaust through her lens of race in the United States. He discusses an article from The Atlantic that mentions that “the Nazi Holocaust in Europe and slavery and Jim Crow in the United States are outgrowths of the same ideology—the belief that human beings can be delineated into categories that share immutable biological traits distinguishing them from one another and determining their potential and behavior.” 

 

Finally, according to Deadline “Rudy Giuliani was unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in last week’s taping of the first Season 7 episode of Fox’s popular primetime series The Masked Singer. Deadline hears that as soon as they saw Giuliani, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke quickly left the stage in protest.” Alex finds this story ridiculous. Parody and satire have been killed. Who thought it would be a good idea to bring Guliani, the guy who tried to overthrow democracy, onto a family primetime show? Maybe wait a few years!