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Up To Date With Ethan Callender Entry 27: Going Rogan

  Up To Date With Ethan Callender Entry 27: Going Rogan Does anybody remember that old stunt show called Fear Factor ? You know, where the contestants had to perform risky and risque stunts on national network television? It was the show where one group of contestants had to guzzle a particular bodily fluid from a donkey . I’m not even going to say which fluid in particular, by the way. It’s that gross. Well, the host of that show is now relevant in broader culture once again, and his name is Joe Rogan.  Now the host of a popular podcast on Spotify, this cockroach of a man just finds all sorts of ways to keep his career alive. However, his venture for the past decade, which is that podcast ( The Joe Rogan Experience) , is now coming under massive fire. From repeated racial slurs to incessant COVID misinformation , the show has it all. If you couldn’t already guess, I don’t mean that in a good way.  Let’s begin with the COVID misinformation. There have been many example...