But they're not even friends like that. Joe hedging his opinions is because contrary to how he sees himself, he likes being adjacent to the "cool kids". Some of this IS certainly trying not to burn bridges but some of it is just ridiculous, particularly when he starts stepping on his co-host's opinions.

		

 @ Thomas, the caller, kinda calling Joe out on his hypocrisy
 he was really not playin on that
  Maybe they know his folks aint really with it