Meet Joe Rogan: All you need to know about the controversial podcaster set to interview Trump

Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump has been turning down a big of interviews successful the run-up to the US election. But 1 quality helium is reportedly acceptable to prosecute is connected The Joe Rogan Experience.

Hosted by Joe Rogan, a stand-up comedian, the podcast is connected Spotify and revolves astir videoed conversations that tin tally up to 3 oregon 4 hours. Previous precocious illustration guests see Elon Musk, whose two-and-a-half hr quality successful 2018 included the billionaire smoking a associated connected air.

“Joe Rogan is an absorbing and fashionable guy, but he’s got to halt apologising to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics,” said Trump. “Joe, conscionable spell astir what you bash truthful good and don’t fto them marque you look anemic and frightened. That’s not you and it ne'er volition be!”.

But their narration whitethorn person soured erstwhile Rogan appeared to endorse rival Republican campaigner Robert F Kennedy Jr. Trump took to his societal media tract Truth Social to explicit his anticipation that Rogan would beryllium “loudly... BOOED” by the assemblage astatine a martial arts lawsuit helium commentates for.

Rogan walked his connection connected the statesmanlike contention back. But helium has besides complimented Trump’s rival, vice president Kamala Harris. “She was mode amended prepared,” Rogan said of Harris and Trump’s televised debate, adding that Harris’s squad had done “fucking astonishing job” briefing her.

The podcaster has besides antecedently been quoted saying helium wouldn’t person Trump connected his podcast, for fearfulness it could boost the Republican campaign. “I’ve had the accidental to person him connected my amusement much than erstwhile — I’ve said no, each time,” Rogan said successful 2022. “I don’t privation to assistance him. I’m not funny successful helping him.”

Rogan is simply a 57-year-old comedian, mixed martial arts enthusiast and one-time crippled amusement big from New Jersey.

In 2009, helium launched The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, climbing the rankings to go 1 of — if not the — astir listened-to podcasts successful the world. The podcast has determination astir 14.5 cardinal subscribers connected Spotify, portion Rogan’s YouTube transmission has 17.5 million.

Spotify acquired Rogan’s podcast successful an exclusive statement rumoured to beryllium worthy $100 cardinal (£77 million) successful 2020. He re-signed with Spotify earlier this twelvemonth for a reported $250 cardinal (£193 million), allowing him to big his podcast connected Apple Podcasts and Youtube too.

Rogan joined Jessica Ditzel, a erstwhile cocktail waitress, successful 2009. The mates person been unneurotic for 15 years and person 2 daughters together, and Rogan is stepfather to Ditzel’s girl from a erstwhile relationship.

What hasn’t Joe Rogan had a arguable sentiment on?

His authorities are hard to pin down. He self-describes arsenic “socially liberal”, but has besides been categorised arsenic “libertarian-leaning” from immoderate quarters.

During the aboriginal days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rogan was accused of spreading misinformation astir the virus. While helium claimed not to beryllium against vaccination, Rogan repeatedly made mendacious claims that vaccines posed much of a wellness menace to young radical than catching Covid-19. He besides opposed lockdowns arsenic a method of corruption control.

Rogan was besides forced to apologise aft aged clips of him saying the n-word resurfaced. The comedian expressed his shame implicit utilizing the racist slur, saying “I cognize for astir radical there’s nary discourse wherever a achromatic idiosyncratic is allowed to accidental that connection – and I hold with that now.”

The Joe Rogan Experience besides gives a batch of airtime to conspiracy theories. Rogan utilized to judge that the satellite landing was a hoax, but has since changed his mind. He does nevertheless person clip for the baseless thought that January 6, wherever Trump supporters stormed the Capitol successful Washington DC, was a “false flag” operation.

Rogan does enactment same-sex matrimony and cheery rights, but was accused of spreading misinformation astir AIDS connected the podcast. Rogan suggested — falsely — that “party drugs” specified arsenic poppers dispersed AIDS, alternatively than HIV, portion platforming evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein.

The podcaster besides drew condemnation for mocking trans rights successful his 2024 Netflix drama peculiar Burn the Boats. On his podcast helium has taken purpose astatine transgender athletes and speculated, on with Jordan Peterson, that discussions of sex herald societal collapse.

His stance being anti weapon power has besides sparked heated debate. When 19 children were murdered astatine Robb Elementary School successful Uvalde successful 2022, Rogan said that “no 1 knows however to stop” schoolhouse shootings. “What is the answer? Is the reply to instrumentality everyone’s guns? Well, they’re not gonna springiness their guns up,” helium said successful speech with chap podcaster Lex Friedman.

Rogan is simply a protagonist of women’s rights and has spoken retired successful defence of termination successful cases of rape and kid abuse.

Podcasts person go the caller battleground for candidates successful the 2024 statesmanlike race.

Harris was interviewed connected Call Her Daddy, a podcast hosted by Alex Cooper that has 5 cardinal play listeners.

If Trump and/or Harris look connected The Joe Rogan Experience they would scope an assemblage that is larger by an bid of magnitude. Rogan’s listenership is chiefly young men — a cardinal demographic for some candidates to effort to scope successful the last weeks of their campaigns.

The US predetermination volition beryllium held connected November 5th 2024.