Episode 4: Real Time With The Louis C. Rogan Experience

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Jesse tries to gaslight Katie into believing she's Jewish. After he succeeds, the cohosts move on to the meat of the show: a discussion of three Problematic Men. First they talk about Joe Rogan, who has been found guilty of having offensive opinions. What does the controversy over his endorsement of Bernie Sanders, and his more recent turn toward Trump-curiousness, tell us about how pundits misunderstand the average voter? Then they move on to noted masturbator Louis C.K. Has he been punished enough? If not, what is anyone supposed to do about it? (Also, does dropping the second 'R' in the R-word make it any more acceptable?) The cohosts close out the show by debating Bill Maher's most recent dip into hot water: his argument that the coronavirus should, in fact, be called The Oriental Menace (or something).
Show notes:
-The Bernie Sanders tweet that set off Roganzhi (https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1220445820505546755)
-Bernie Sanders’s Joe Rogan experience (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/24/21080234/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-experience-endorsement-controversy) (Vox)
-Joe Rogan would 'rather vote for Trump than Biden' after endorsing Sanders (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/joe-rogan-donald-trump-joe-biden-bernie-sanders) (The Guardian)
-Louis C.K. Is Accused by 5 Women of Sexual Misconduct (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html) (The New York Times)
-Louis C.K.’s Newest Fans Deserve Louis C.K.’s Newest Special (https://slate.com/culture/2020/04/louis-ck-new-stand-up-special-sincerely-review.html) (Slate)
-What Should We Do About The Fact That Louis C.K. Is Still Very Good At What He Does? (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-should-we-do-about-the-fact) (Jesse's newsletter, Singal-Minded Conversations) (paywalled)
-Bill Maher Goes on Despicably Racist Rant Against China Over Coronavirus (https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-goes-on-despicably-racist-rant-against-china-over-coronavirus) (Daily Beast)

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0:00.0	Katie, happy Passover.
0:05.0	Uh, Jesse, I'm not Jewish.
0:07.1	Aren't you though?
0:07.9	You know, a lot of people think that I'm Jewish based on my last name.
0:13.2	However, I'm not Jewish.
0:15.4	Can I briefly make the case to you as to why I view you as Jewish culturally, if not religiously?
0:20.1	Sure.
0:21.1	Okay.
0:22.1	I'm going to list off a series of characteristics.
0:24.0	You can say yes or no, as to whether they apply to you.
0:26.4	Sounds good.
0:28.7	Narotic.
0:29.7	Absolutely.
0:30.7	Okay.
0:31.7	Intelligent.
0:32.7	Uh, debatable.
0:35.5	In the arts?
0:36.5	Uh, more or less, yes.
0:39.6	People hate you due to prejudice and misunderstanding.
0:42.0	Definitely true.
0:44.0	Muzzle time.
0:45.0	Welcome.
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