Joe Rogan has one non-negotiable rule on his podcast as former guest makes 'extraordinary' claim
Joe Rogan has one non-negotiable rule on his podcast that only relates to him, it has been claimed.
Rogan's podcast, 'The Joe Rogan Experience', launched back in 2009 and has since become one of the most popular and lucrative podcasts in the world.
He signed a new $250 million contract with Spotify - previously the podcast's exclusive home - to air the show on other platforms from February 2024, as per The Wall Street Journal.
Rogan invites a range of guests onto the show from the worlds of popular culture, sport and even politics, with incoming US President Donald Trump making an appearance in October prior to the 2024 election.
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That is, according to Spotify, the most popular episode of the podcast ever broadcast, with comedian Adam Sandler, Elon Musk and WWE legend The Rock listed as other top guests.
The Times noted how Rogan 'thinks he should be able to say anything, at any time' - a rule that has been utilised throughout the podcast's history and is a reason why it is so popular for some viewers.
Louis Theroux, a previous guest of the show, labelled Rogan's success as 'extraordinary' in a 2020 interview with British GQ, adding: "He's a powerhouse ... what you see with him is the ability to stand outside conventional political alignments, and outside any sort of structure that will inhibit him from speaking to whom he wants to speak to and saying what he wants to say."
Another previous guest, the American cosmologist and author Brian Keating, once named the most surprising thing he noticed about the UFC commentator after appearing on the podcast.
"He comes off as a character but can be deadly serious," Keating began.
"When it [the show] was all over, we posed for a few pictures, and then he left for the bathroom. Which was, I realised in hindsight, his form of Irish goodbye! I didn't see him again."
Ryan Smart