The Twitter mauling of Joe Rogan shows a cultural contempt for straight white men Trying to silence Joe Rogan and the millions of average 'straight, white men' who listen to his podcast is sneering and dangerously divisive Man of the people: Joe Rogan Credit: Getty US podcast host Joe Rogan has caused a fuss by suggesting that the trajectory of “woke” culture is such that eventually “straight, white men won’t be able to talk”. While discussing comedy and censorship with American comedian Joe List, mulling over why films such as Superbad could never be made today, Rogan argued that “we’ve just got to be nice to each other” because there are “a lot of people” for whom “calling people out for their privilege” becomes “their thing”.