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Newsweek
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Joe Rogan Sparks Backlash Over New Interview—'I've Heard Enough'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Joe Rogan has received backlash online over his podcast interview with Shaka Senghor, a motivational speaker who served 19 years in prison for murder. Newsweek reached out to Rogan's representative via email for comment on Friday. Why It Matters Joe Rogan is one of the most influential podcast hosts in the world. His show, The Joe Rogan Experience, often tops Spotify's podcast charts. Over the years, the former Fear Factor host has faced criticism for hosting some controversial guests. What To Know On Tuesday, Rogan released his interview with Senghor on The Joe Rogan Experience. When Senghor was a teenager, he shot and killed a man during a Detroit drug deal and was convicted of second-degree murder. Following his release from prison in 2010, the author, whose new book How To Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life's Hidden Prisons will be released later this year, went on to become a Media Lab Director's Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was featured on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday talk show. Senghor told Rogan that during his sentencing, prosecutors presented a "one-dimensional" version of events with "no context" regarding his life. "When the judge sentenced me, you know, he said, 15 to 40 years for the homicide and two years for the felony firearm. At 19, I thought my life was over," the now-47-year-old said. "I thought that was it." The criminal justice activist served 19 years behind bars, and "out of that 19 years, I did seven of those years in solitary confinement," Senghor told Rogan, noting that he thinks the punishment "is the most barbaric thing that we do to people in this country." While some of Rogan's viewers found Senghor's story inspirational, others took aim at the host in the comments for inviting him onto the podcast. "THOUGHT DUDE WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW HE WAS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OR SOMETHING. TURNS OUT HE JUST CAPPED A DUDE OUT OF FEAR AND TERRORIZED PEOPLE IN PRISON WTF," YouTube user @TyroneLindell wrote in a comment with 214 likes. "So joes logic is, if you have a s*** life you get 1 kill," YouTube user @MuharRajiv911 said in a comment with 161 likes. "people CAN change, but for joe to bring a murderer on to give him publicity for his book is crazy. Like what if he killed your brother? your nephew? There likely a family grieving over the person he killed. But i guess we will give him praise," YouTube user @dylanmack4162 commented. "Yea, I've heard enough. Stop giving these thugs a platform. All I hear is excuses and self victimization which often plagues the Black community. As I commented earlier saying how I lost my younger brother to a guy like this. Idc to see him breathing or him getting a second chance at life. Should be locked up forever. Plus, we all already know Joe is a horrible judgement of character. This guy will end up back in prison in due time," YouTube user @Blax1988 commented. "Another murderer? I'll pass," YouTube user @rftpkrn commented. In February 2024, Rogan had criminal justice reform advocate Sheldon Johnson on The Joe Rogan Experience. Johnson had previously spent 25 years in prison for attempted murder, and in April that same year, he was indicted on murder and other charges in connection with the deadly shooting of a man. The man's body was found dismembered in a New York City apartment, authorities said at the time, according to NBC 4 New York. Main: Joe Rogan speaks during the UFC 300 ceremonial weigh-in in Las Vegas on April 12, 2024. Inset: Shaka Senghor in Los Angeles on January 22, 2019. Main: Joe Rogan speaks during the UFC 300 ceremonial weigh-in in Las Vegas on April 12, 2024. Inset: Shaka Senghor in Los Angeles on January 22, 2019.;What People Are Saying Shaka Senghor on Instagram, following his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience: "Honored to have been invited to have a deep conversation with @joerogan on the @joeroganexperience. We talk resilience, prison reform, solitary confinement and my latest book How To Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life's Hidden Prisons which is available for pre- order now!" Some commenters on YouTube were supportive of Rogan choosing Senghor as a guest: @Alma-c4x wrote in a comment: "This 'real' visitor is really appreciated. It's been friends and politics for the past year. Having someone who affects us interpersonally is pleasant." @CertifiedSkank wrote in a comment: "The best episodes are ones with people nobody has heard of." @mazoochic wrote in a comment: "This is a classic Rogan interview. This is what made Rogan so popular. Bringing on people with very powerful stories you never would have heard before." What Happens Next How To Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life's Hidden Prisons will be released on September 9. New episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience are released weekly on platforms like Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts.
Eater
6 days ago
- Business
- Eater
Mission Pizza Spot Shuggie's Ditches the Trash Pie and That Bright Yellow Room
is the regional editor for Eater's Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, and Denver. Shuggie's Trash Pie + Natural Wine will soon ditch its pizzas and change up its food offerings. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that owners Kayla Abe and David Murphy will temporarily close their popular restaurant on Saturday, August 16. During the closure time, the restaurant will undergo a light makeover, which includes reworking Abe's murals, painting the front room orange — a change from its current yellow — and adding a large fountain into the mix. But the biggest change will be to the menu. The restaurant launched in 2022 with a mission of sustainability, using pizza as a vehicle to use up irregular or surplus produce. Now, three years later, the Chronicle writes that the pizza 'started to feel limiting' to Abe and Murphy, and with the temporary closure, they're pulling most of the pies off the menu (the exception is a 'pizza-like' cacio e pepe 'pillow'). The restaurant will still maintain its sustainability mission, but with dishes like a 'schnitzel-esque bone-in boar chop' and 'steak frites three ways,' that will utilize beef heart or sweetbreads. The restaurant is expected to reopen in late August. More Asian grocery stores to open in the Bay Following the successful opening of Jagalchi in Daly City this past March, more specialty Asian grocery stores are set to debut this year. KRON reports that Filipino supermarket Seafood City opens its Daly City location on Thursday, July 31, at 1420 Southgate Avenue. The news outlet also reports that Japanese supermarket Osaka Marketplace will open a store at the Edgewater Place Shopping Center in Foster City this November, with a Pleasant Hill location also in the works. Muddy Waters Coffee House is being sold Valencia Street mainstay Muddy Waters may soon have a new owner. Mission Local reports that Hisham and Elham Massarweh, the owners behind the coffee shop, are in the process of selling the business to a familiar Mission face: Bissap Baobab owner Marcos Senghor and his business partner. Senghor confirmed the news to the outlet and said that the sale is still being worked out, but could be completed as early as August. Senghor said he hopes to bring beer and wine to the cafe, along with live entertainment and longer hours. Hết Sấy pops up in Oakland Oaklanders will get a chance to experience South Vietnamese food favorite Hết Sấy closer to home this weekend. Mahjong den 13 Orphans will host Hết Sấy at its downtown Oakland location on July 25 and 26; an Instagram post hyping the takeover promises individual menus for both the Baba's House restaurant on the ground floor and the speakeasy above. For the main restaurant, diners can expect items like banh mi with braised pork belly or bánh tằm bì, 'pintailed noodles' with shredded pork or mushrooms. RSVPs are required to get into the speakeasy and to view the exclusive Hết Sấy menu for the mahjong lounge. Eater SF All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Local France
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Local France
Senegalese man files complaint against France over father's WWII killing
Lawyer Mbaye Dieng said he filed the legal complaint with a Paris court on Tuesday on behalf of Biram Senghor, who is at least 86 years old. French authorities have admitted to killing his father M'Bap Senghor, a colonial soldier for France, in December 1st, 1944 in Thiaroye in what is now Senegal. He was among dozens or possibly hundreds killed when the French military cracked down on African soldiers demanding their pay after returning from war-torn Europe. While French authorities at the time said 35 had been killed in the Thiaroye incident, historians say the real death toll could be as high as 400. Advertisement The Thiaroye episode marks one of the worst massacres during French colonial rule, and questions remain concerning the number of soldiers killed, their identities and the location of their burial. Historian Armelle Mabon, who has written a book about the 1944 killings, said French authorities at first said Senghor had "not returned" from the front then that he was a deserter. They only officially recognised his death almost a decade later in 1953, she said. Last year France recognised Senghor and five others among those executed in Thiaroye as having given their life to France. "For a while, they lied to his family. They pretended Senghor was a deserter, that he did not die in Thiaroye, and then they admitted that he had," said Dieng, the lawyer. "They need to tell us where his remains are," he said. Dieng accused France of having left the country after independence with "all the archives of the period during which it managed the country because there were things to hide". A French government source, however, told AFP in December that France had "done everything it had to" regarding the incident, and that all related archives had been made available for consultation. Excavations have been under way since early May in Thiaroye, with experts uncovering human skeletons with bullets in their bodies, some in the chest, according to a source following the project. "I don't know where my father was buried - in a cemetery or in Thiaroye," said Senghor, the only known surviving descendant of the slain soldiers. Advertisement He said that he had been due reparations from France for more than 80 years. "It needs to pay," he said. Hundreds of thousands of African soldiers fought for their colonial master France in the two world wars and against independence movements in Indochina and Algeria. They are commonly known in France as les tirailleurs , or the Senegalese Infantrymen. Around 1,600 soldiers from West Africa arrived at the Thiaroye camp in November 1944, having been captured by Germany while fighting for France. Discontent soon mounted over unpaid wages and demands to be treated on a par with white soldiers. Some protesters refused to return to their home countries without their due. The French forces opened fire on December 1st.
LeMonde
25-06-2025
- Politics
- LeMonde
Senegalese man files complaint against France over father's WWII killing
A Senegalese man has lodged a complaint against the French state, accusing it of concealing the corpse of his colonial soldier father after killing him during World War II, his lawyer said Wednesday, June 25. Lawyer Mbaye Dieng said he filed the legal complaint with a Paris court on Tuesday on behalf of Biram Senghor, who is at least 86 years old. French authorities have admitted to killing his father M'Bap Senghor, a colonial soldier for France, in December 1, 1944 in Thiaroye, in what is now Senegal. He was among at least dozens killed when the French military cracked down on African soldiers demanding their pay after returning from war-torn Europe. While French authorities at the time said 35 had been killed in the Thiaroye incident, historians say the real death toll could be as high as 400. The Thiaroye episode marks one of the worst massacres during French colonial rule, and questions remain concerning the number of soldiers killed, their identities and the location of their burial. Historian Armelle Mabon, who has written a book about the 1944 killings, said French authorities at first said Senghor had "not returned" from the front, then that he was a deserter. They only officially recognised his death almost a decade later in 1953, she said. Last year France recognised Senghor and five others among those executed in Thiaroye as having given their life to France. "For a while, they lied to his family. They pretended Senghor was a deserter, that he did not die in Thiaroye, and then they admitted that he had," said Dieng, the lawyer. "They need to tell us where his remains are." France 'needs to pay' Dieng accused France of having left the country after independence with "all the archives of the period during which it managed the country, because there were things to hide." A French government source, however, told AFP in December that France had "done everything it had to" regarding the incident, and that all related archives had been made available for consultation. Excavations have been under way since early May in Thiaroye, with experts uncovering human skeletons with bullets in their bodies, some in the chest, according to a source following the project. "I don't know where my father was buried – in a cemetery or in Thiaroye," said Senghor, the only known surviving descendant of the slain soldiers. He said that he had been due reparations from France for more than 80 years. "It needs to pay," he said. Hundreds of thousands of African soldiers fought for their colonial master France in the two world wars and against independence movements in Indochina and Algeria. They are commonly known in France as the "tirailleurs sénégalais," or "Senegalese infantrymen." Around 1,600 soldiers from West Africa arrived at the Thiaroye camp in November 1944, having been captured by Germany while fighting for France. Discontent soon mounted over unpaid wages and demands to be treated on a par with white soldiers. Some protesters refused to return to their home countries without their due.
