[Isomorpheus]

> One of Rogan's both strength and weaknesses as a host is that he never pushes back or challenges his guests on anything, asks really probing questions or even really prepares for the interview. He basically just lets his guests talk about whatever they want for as long as they want with him nodding along and throwing the occasional softball.

As a long-time watcher of JRE, this just isn't true. He clearly sometimes prepares, and he does push back (especially if it's on a topic he's into). He has explicitly said that he used to push back too hard in the past, leading to argumentativeness, bickering, etc.

For some strong push-back towards a scientist deluded about the effectiveness of Aikido leading into an awkward argument see https://youtu.be/06olLYiMvM4?t=8985

On the recent podcast with Bernie he started pushing Bernie on his drug legalization stance. He didn't push as hard as I would like, but he definitely pushed.

He had a podcast with Jack from Twitter after which he received feedback that he didn't push Jack hard enough about censorship. He apologized for that, got Jack on again, but brought on someone with more knowledge about specific instances of censorship to make that case (Tim Pool).

Etc.