network effects mostly. how Joe Rogan did it? not by being a genius. (by being mostly entertaining and a bit informative, and Lex built on this by being mostly informative and almost completely anti-entertaining)
Joe doesn’t constantly talk about himself, let’s guests talk, is curious about everything, open to non-mainstream ideas. That gets you pretty far. Lex is similar but with a stronger niche in tech, and ML in particular.
> mostly informative and almost completely anti-entertaining
I don’t agreee with this. I love Lex Fridman podcasts and watched almost all episodes, and most of the times I watch it for entertainment. There is some surface level information in few episodes, but that doesn’t seem to be the norm.
Many guests, for Joe and Lex, say that they are fans that listen to the podcast. At least some of these people do it because they're passionate about what they do, and want to talk about it with someone who they enjoy.
