The Bernie Sanders interview on Joe Rogan's show at 7.7 million views.

[dgauss]

There are over 145,000 comments. If you sort by "Top comments" (most recommended) and scroll down, you can see those posts are overwhelmingly positive. If you sort by "Newest first" and scroll down, you're looking at a very tiny sample - it's still more positive than not but plenty of communism sucks and nothing is free posts. Doesn't mean much statistically but definitely more of a mixed bag.

Glancing through the comments though, especially looking at the most recommended, the first theme I noticed was how much people appreciated the tone and format of the conversation. Here are the first few comments just off the top of the comments section as it is right now, if sorted by most recommended:

Left or right we can all agree that alternative long form discussions like this are far superior to the sound bite factories in the mainstream media

What a thoughtful discussion. Subscribed.

This is what social media should be used for. Meaningful discussions and finding ideas that can improve lives. Joe has the ability to ask thought provoking questions and cut to the heart of the challenges. Thank you Joe, for being a real influencer and provide value while entertaining us and your quests. Cheers from Canada.

Huge respect to Mr. Sanders for calling the “debates” what they are, a reality TV show.

Thanks Joe for having Bernie. I'm more impressed with Joe Rogan as the days go by!

Imagine if Joe can get all the major candidates to sit around a table and have a long form discussion while Jamie fact checks any stats or info they need. That would probably be the most important debate they could have.

2 real humans talking, what a f**king crazy concept in these times lol. Love you both

Those are the most popular posts on a video with almost 8 million views, 145,000 posts. There is a recurring theme praising the show for substance and dismissing the soundbite mentality of mainstream media. This is a Joe Rogan Experience Youtube video, not a channel dedicated to politics. I think more "average" people out there actually would like to listen to a reasonable person give honest answers about things that affect their lives than the politically "informed" give them credit for, even if it does take an hour.

If both the interviewer and the person interviewed are discussing things honestly, the discussion becomes interesting.

[brooklynite]

1. Who's Joe Rogan?

[Celerity]

2. the largest non MSM-produced (and top 5 overall, counting MSM, sometime even number one) podcaster

in the US. He and the The Daily are usually one/two or two/one for the top continuous (not one-off, one subject, limited run) podcasts.

https://www.podcastinsights.com/top-us-podcasts/

[MrsCoffee]

4. A comedian.

[JudyM]

3. The debates are soundbite heaven for the MSM, just what it wants. Glad to see a deeper alternative.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread dgauss.

[corbettkroehler]

6. The Candidate Went Where The Votes Are

Let's not forget, quite a few people who voted for Bernie in the 2016 primary voted tЯump in the general. Sanders is working to win them back from the dark side.