{"id":80782,"date":"2022-01-31T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=80782"},"modified":"2022-01-31T07:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:50:27","slug":"dangerous-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=80782","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dangerous Misinformation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Joe Rogan on the events of the past week.  It&#8217;s ten minutes worth listening to, if you have been following the fracas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Hello Friends\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2uxCSxYfyXvERU7cQcoxJb\/video?si=994e80feb08544a7&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I don&#8217;t know if &lt;his controversial guests> are right. I&#8217;m not a doctor.  I sit down with people and talk with them&#8230;because I&#8217;m interested in talking with people with different opinions&#8230;I&#8217;m interested in finding out how people come to their opinions, and what the facts are&#8221;. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As Rogan points out around the five minute mark, his interviews are completely unplanned.  Unlike taped TV appearances where the conversation is edited to a fine sheen, or live ones that are scripted, or the Teri Gross&#8217;s interviews that are simultaneously scripted <em>and <\/em>sound like they&#8217;re done off the cuff, Rogan just gets on mic and starts talking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which sounds like an awful lot of fun to me.   One of the few bits of advice I ever got from Larry King (via a column he wrote in 1986, not in person) was &#8220;never prepare for interviews&#8221;.  You always want to approach an interview with the same level of information as your audience has &#8211; which is usually virtually nothing.  Ask questions.  Have a conversation.  Learn the subject along with your audience. It&#8217;s advice I took to heart; I never really prepare for interviews, and rely on being mentally on the ball enough to ask the right questions to make it a worthwhile interview.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I have yet to listen to my first full Rogan podcast (this kerfuffle has gotten me looking at committing 2-3 hours to listen to one of his interviews), but it&#8217;s one of the things that I think I&#8217;ll enjoy about Rogan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I&#8217;m not sure if this slopover from the &#8220;no-prep&#8221; style Rogan has, or if the standup comic in him is trolling his critics, but near the end of the clip above, he points out that he&#8217;s always been a Joni Mitchell fan; &#8220;Chuck E&#8217;s in Love is a great song&#8221;, he notes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which could be a flub, sure.  Or it could refer back to a great running gag from the &#8217;80s, where people thought <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuck_E.%27s_in_Love\">the Rickie Lee Jones song<\/a> was Joni Mitchell, which would be a pretty epic troll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either one would be pretty awesome.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>And yes, I&#8217;ll cop to it &#8211; the controversy has finally gotten me to take the plunge and listen to Rogan.  About 20% of the subjects actually interest me (don&#8217;t care about MMA fighters or diet gurus or most standup comics), but I&#8217;ve decided to commit the&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;checks the app&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: #1769 - Jordan Peterson\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7IVFm4085auRaIHS7N1NQl\/video?si=1bc57838b343488d&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<em>Four freaking hours <\/em>to listen to his interview with Jordan Peterson, for starters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rogan on the events of the past week. It&#8217;s ten minutes worth listening to, if you have been following the fracas: I don&#8217;t know if &lt;his controversial guests> are right. I&#8217;m not a doctor. 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