Joe Rogan Experience #1682 - Jesse Singal

Jesse Singal is the author of "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills" and the cohost of the podcast "Blocked and Reported." Check out more of his stuff at jessesingal.substack.com/about.

Joe RoganhostJesse SingalguestEddie BravoguestAlex Jonesguest

Jun 27, 20243h 3mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: June 27, 2024
Duration: 3h 3m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jesse Singal is the author of "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills" and the cohost of the podcast "Blocked and Reported." Check out more of his stuff at jessesingal.substack.com/about.

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Joe Rogan
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Jesse Singal
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Eddie Bravo
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Alex Jones
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Narrator, Joe Rogan Experience #1682 - Jesse Singal explores joe Rogan and Jesse Singal dissect Twitter mobs, truth, and kids Joe Rogan and journalist Jesse Singal spend much of the conversation unpacking how social media—especially Twitter—distorts discourse, rewards bullying, and shapes mainstream journalism and politics. They debate platforming controversial figures like Alex Jones, free speech versus harm, and how conspiratorial thinking thrives when institutions lie or fail. A major section focuses on youth gender transition: what the actual science says, how weak the evidence base is, and why it’s dangerous that both activists and journalists oversimplify an ethically complex medical area. They also range into fad psychology, cancel culture, media bias, religion and psychedelics, mental health, and what it means to live sanely in an information-saturated, hyper-polarized culture.

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