Details of the one podcast episode that Joe Rogan recorded but never released have finally been revealed.
Since starting the podcast in 2009, Rogan has released over 2000 episodes of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' speaking to a variety of guests.
Throughout his time making the show, the UFC commentator has hosted some of the most controversial names in media such as Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Edward Snowden.
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But now, it has been revealed there was one episode of the popular podcast recorded with a polarising figure that was never released.
In early 2023, Rogan reportedly shot an episode of his podcast with architectural designer and geologist Randall Carlson's and controversial inventor Malcolm Bendall to discuss his alleged creation of a plasma technology system.
But after the episode became heated due to the controversy surrounding Bendall's work, Rogan decided to postpone the episode.
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Explaining what happened, Carlson said in April: "Myself and Malcolm (Bendell) sat down and Jamie had found this stuff from the 90s and early 2000s online where it goes back to this controversy where they were trying to get the license away from Malcolm.
"I had this slideshow we had put together and Joe was looking at paperwork before we came in and he knows nothing about this except what he's seeing is trying to portray Malcolm as a religious nut.
"So we went on the show and it got contentious, and if it ever airs you'll see me constantly trying to steer the conversation. But they were going at each other.
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"When it was over Joe calls me aside and I'm already thinking about the ramifications.
"But he said ' hey, is it ok with you if I sat on this for a while, while I figure it out?'
"And I said 'Yeah, have it as long as you want,' and so it never has aired, which is fine with me because it got so off-track."
Rogan has since recorded and released several episodes of the podcast with Carlson to discuss his work, but has never again hosted Bendall, nor has he ever directly addressed the unreleased episode.
Ben McCrum