Joe Rogan interviewed former President Donald Trump Friday, marking the primary time the favored The Joe Rogan Expertise podcast will function a former president on this system. 

The interview, which happened in Austin, Texas, and was printed to Rogan’s social media channels on Friday night time, was almost three hours lengthy. 

Based on the Related Press, Rogan requested Trump if he’s “utterly dedicated” to bringing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., into his administration. In August, Kennedy halted his impartial presidential bid and endorsed Trump. 

“Oh, I utterly am,” Trump responded, based on the AP. “However the one factor I need to be a bit of cautious about with him is the environmental. As a result of he does not like oil, I like oil and gasoline.”

Trump stated he’ll inform Kennedy to “give attention to well being, do no matter you need,” the AP reported.  

The interview comes as the previous president has stepped again from some appearances on main tv networks (together with CBS Information), whereas offering interviews to podcasters and YouTube channels just like the Logan Paul Podcast.

The Joe Rogan Expertise, the most well-liked podcast on Spotify, has constructed an viewers of greater than 14 million on the streaming service. Rogan’s freewheeling interviews have included everybody from scientists like Neil deGrasse Tyson to entertainers comparable to Publish Malone. His viewers is 80% male however is break up between Democrats, Republicans and independents, which may very well be a key alternative for the candidates as they marketing campaign throughout the previous couple of days forward of the Election Day on November 5, based on Edison Analysis.

“With such a various and politically balanced viewers, Rogan’s present affords candidates a useful alternative to achieve key voter teams, particularly independents and youthful voters,” Edison stated in a weblog publish earlier this month.

Here is what to find out about Rogan, his podcast and his interview with Trump. 

Who’s Joe Rogan?

Rogan, 57, obtained his begin as a comic and actor, with an early position on the NBC sitcom “NewsRadio,” the place he performed Joe Garrelli, an electrician for the present’s fictional radio station. 

He later hosted the sport present “Worry Issue” and appeared in TV exhibits — typically showing as himself — comparable to “Silicon Valley” and “The Man Present.” Rogan additionally appeared in a number of comedy specials comparable to 2007’s “Shiny Glad Jihad.”

When did Joe Rogan Expertise begin recording?

Rogan began taping his podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise, in 2009, with the present reaching 11 million listeners by 2015. 

Rogan then signed an unique cope with Spotify in 2020, which he prolonged in 2024 for a reported $250 million over the lifetime of the contract.

When does Joe Rogan Expertise normally launch new episodes?

The Joe Rogan Expertise pre-records a number of days prematurely of releasing its podcast episodes, with interviews sometimes launched day by day at 1 p.m. Jap Time on Tuesday via Friday and infrequently Saturday.

What are Joe Rogan’s political opinions?

Joe Rogan has stated he is not a conservative, even describing himself as a “a bleeding coronary heart liberal” on a 2022 episode of his present, based on Selection.

“I am so distant from being a Republican. Simply because I imagine within the Second Modification and simply because I help the navy and simply ‘trigger I help police [doesn’t mean I’m a Republican],” he stated. 

Rogan additionally added that he helps a robust social security internet, noting that his household was on welfare when he was a baby.

His podcast has hosted folks with a variety of political opinions, together with Senator Bernie Sanders — whom Rogan endorsed in 2020 in the course of the Vermont impartial’s main marketing campaign — to conservative activist Christopher Rufo. 

As for his views on Trump, Rogan has expressed ambivalence, calling him a “polarizing determine” and as soon as claiming he would by no means have him on his podcast, based on Newsweek.

The place does Joe Rogan dwell and report his podcast?

Rogan lives in Austin, Texas, the place he additionally tapes his podcast. He and his household dwell in a virtually 11,000-square foot home within the Spanish Oaks neighborhood of Austin, based on a neighborhood actual property firm. 

The $17 million house, which incorporates eight bedrooms, in addition to a house theater, health club, sauna, wine cellar and pool, was designed by star architect and Studio MK27 founder Marcio Kogan.

Who’s Joe Rogan’s spouse, Jessica Ditzel?

Joe Rogan married Jessica Ditzel in 2009, and the couple have two daughters, Lola and Rosy, in addition to Ditzel’s daughter Kayja Rose from a earlier relationship, based on Individuals journal. Ditzel, a former cocktail waitress, is a “completely satisfied particular person,” Rogan stated in 2022. 

“She’s completely satisfied to be round — that is the sort of folks you would have in your life as buddies, as coworkers, as lovers, as wives and husbands. While you discover these folks, your life is best,” he stated.