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10. Sacha Baron Cohen's Beef With Jones

In case you somehow missed it, Sacha Baron Cohen recently reprised his role of Kazakhstani odd-ball Borat in his Subsequent Moviefilm and has regularly found himself in the headlines ever since.

This is largely because of a scene in the documentary-style film which involves Rudy Giuliani looking as though he was putting his hands down his pants in the presence of an actor who was playing a 15 year-old girl.

Both Rogan and Jones jumped to the defence of Giuliani here, noting that they felt he was simply tucking his shirt back in after removing his microphone. Rogan did admit that he absolutely loves Cohen and his work, but he felt his interpretation of what went down in the room in that scene was "not accurate". We'll let you make your own minds up on that one, though.

Yet, it was this conversation which led Jones to reveal that he'd actually been targeted by Cohen in the past too.

While speaking at the ADL last year, Cohen called out the likes of Facebook and YouTube for using algorithms that amplify content that will keep users engaged, stating:

"Facebook, YouTube, Google, Twitter, and others, they reach billions of people. The algorithms these platforms depend on deliberately amplify the type of content that keeps users engaged. Stories that appeal to our baser instincts and that trigger outrage and fear. It’s why YouTube recommended videos by the conspiracist Alex Jones billions of times."

Jones clearly took exception to this as he felt he was being chastised for his free speech by an "over-the-edge comic" who regularly crossed the line in some people's minds.

We're still waiting for the day Cohen pops up on the JRE as Bruno, Borat or Ali G. Perhaps he could do a joint pod with Jones too. Now that would surely be a "great success", right?