Joe Rogan Experience #2272 - Mike Benz

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

February 12, 2025

Duration

3h 22m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Mike Benz is a former official with the U.S. Department of State and current Executive Director of the Foundation For Freedom Online, is a free speech watchdog organization dedicated to restoring the promise of a free and open Internet. http://www.foundationforfreedomonline.com For a FREE trial and 10% off your first Squarespace website or domain, visit www.squarespace.com/ROGAN This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get working on a better you with therapy. Visit http://BetterHelp.com/JRE today to get 10% off your first month.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Narrator

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• Joe Rogan

  host

• Mike Benz

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience #2272 - Mike Benz explores mike Benz Details USAID’s Covert Influence, Censorship, and Lawfare Network Joe Rogan and Mike Benz discuss recently exposed documents and spending that, Benz argues, reveal USAID as a central hub for U.S. ‘soft power’ operations that now boomerang back onto Americans. He traces how Cold War–era ‘organized political warfare’ and propaganda tools designed for foreign targets have evolved into AI-driven censorship, NGO networks, and media operations that shape narratives, elections, and even prosecutions worldwide.

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