When/how did Joe Rogan get so popular?

Here's a list of Rogan's guests in 2022:

Jan 4 : Carrot Top - Comedian (if we're being generous)

Jan 5: Oliver Stone - Director and occasional conspiracy theorist of the left-wing variety

Jan 8: Adam Curry - former MTV VJ turned podcasting pioneer,

Jan 11: Jim Gaffigan - comedian

Jan 12: Josh Szeps - host of Afternoons with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio-- pro-vaxxer who called Rogan out in real time on some piece of antivax BS Rogan was spouting and increasing rate of heart attacks in boys

Jan 13 - General H.R, McMaster - fired, via tweet, by Trump

Jan 14 - Ari Shaffir, Shane Gillis & Mark Nomad - stand up comedians

Jan 18 - Phillip Franland Lee - chef

Jan 19 - Ben Patrick -- "Knees Over Toes Guy:" - personal trainer known for his rehab videos for people with (wait for it) bad knees

Jan 20 - James Lindsay - author of "anti-woke" book about "Critical Social Justice"

Jan 21- Dr. Robert Epstein - anti-Google writer, key talking point around how Google manipulates search results and thus society

Jan 25 - Jordan Peterson - Canadian author and king of Bro Psychology

Jan 26 - Valentine Thomas - chucked being a high-power attorney to become a diver/spear-fisher-chef

Jan 27 - Juliana Peña - UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion

Feb 3 - Andy Stumpf - former Navy Seal, has publicly spoken out against Trump's Big Lie, podcast mostly makes connection between smart business decisions and Navy Seal training.

Feb 5 Randall Carlson - architect and builder, has podcast that is essentially an update of "Ancient Astronauts" - and is also a climate-semi-denier, who claims that earth's climate is not stable, has gone through many periods of massive climate fluctuation and we're in one now.

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