Edit: Going through all the suggestions now - thank you! I hadn’t heard of these before. I appreciate it!

Behind the Bastards

Preferably something that has a similar flavor - example: male host, muscular, easy to digest. I think that will make the transition easier. Tell me you are superficial without saying you are superficial…

What exactly is the problem with the JRE?

Funny that you want a muscular male host, 😅

Currently my most favourite podcast is Andrew Huberman’s, which would probably fit the muscular male criteria.

It’s also very progressive in the sense that it is basically about science-based protocols to become a healthier human being both physically and mentally.

I strongly recommend listening on YouTube with sponsorblock if possible.

So far, the only truly bad episode was the one with Zuckerberg (that I have found) because, you know, there is really not much to learn from him, specially considering the topics of the podcast.

If he’s a “hard follower” of Joe Rogan than he likely won’t be interested in other content. Rogan is a fool, but that’s why people find him appealing. Content that is insightful and educational is the opposite of the junk food of Rogan.

Maybe instead, when Rogan says something like “Bro did you know like the pineal gland of the chimpanzee produces anti-covid hormones? This is just what I’ve heard. Look it up. By the way did you see the tree growing in my toilet?” You can help your sibling by teaching them ways to think, reason, and critically evaluate the BS that freely flows from the Roganverse.

Use to be a Rogan person until spotify and even then interest had waned.

Find whatever guests he liked and nail down what it is he’s actually interested in. For me it was history and comedy.

History of Rome with Mike Duncan then lead to youtubers like sandrhomanhistory and the operations room. If he’s into more military and masculine show him forgotten weapons also on YouTube.

If you go as left mainstream as John Oliver it’s gonna be an uphill battle. Even though I more than likely agree with what he would say have 0 desire to watch it.

Comedy wise the early cumtown episodes are goofy classics.

Before COVID Rogan’s show was fantastic. As soon as the end of 2019 ramped up it was all down hill from there.

He went full Alex Jones.

Make him watch early Joe Rogan content. Back when he actually had an open mind and interesting guests.

Would Lex Fridman fit the bill? He runs in the same circle as Joe Rogan with similar guests, but generally just let’s his guests speak instead of actively pushing nonsense, and especially not with the degree of confidence that Rogan does while being wrong. It’ll still require you to listen critically, but that might be easier if you don’t have someone actively pushing you in one direction.

The Hasan Abi Broadcast

I've never listened to Rogan*, but I think https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts does an excellent job of talking about current news and science items in an easily digestible format that mostly avoids bullshit while probably filling the same gee-whiz niche that people expect from Rogan? It's a panel, so not a single muscular male host, but I think if your sibling is pursuing Rogan because they think it's helping expose them to new interesting ideas, SGU is a vastly superior route to that end.

*I actually think my only Rogan exposure has been the SGU talking about how he more or less just believes the last thing anyone told him, whatever that might be, which seems... less good?

I think you’ll be hard pressed to find someone progressive enough for lemmy to like that will also be interesting to a Joe Rogan fan. I would recommend Destiny though. I wouldn’t say he’s like Joe Rogan, but he frequently does debates with commentators of all politcal positions including those with similar beliefs to Joe. He has an aggressive, confrontational style that would be your best bet at trying to demonstrate the weaknesses of the views Joe would advocate for.

If you’re not familiar with his views, Destiny could probably be described as a left-leaning liberal institutionalist moderate. His community can attract a variety of viewpoints and is relatively accepting of criticism for Destiny so your brother would have an easier time interacting with them than someone like Hasan.

It’s nice you are trying to look out for your brother like this. Good luck!

Modern Wisdom

Tom Segura

Destiny