88-474: The Joe Rogan Experience is a podcast hosted by American comedian, presenter, and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan . It was initiated on December 24, 2009, on YouTube by Rogan and comedian Brian Redban , who was its sole co-host and producer until 2012 when Jamie Vernon, who would eventually take over production, was hired to co-produce. By 2015, it was one of the world's most popular podcasts, regularly receiving millions of views per episode, also including
176-527: A "mass formation psychosis" had developed among its residents. Clips from the interview were taken down by YouTube as violations of its COVID-19 misinformation rules. An open letter by 270 U.S. healthcare professionals, scientists and professors called for Spotify to drop the podcast, citing the interview and Rogan's "concerning history of broadcasting misinformation, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic". On January 3, 2022, Congressman Troy Nehls entered
264-565: A "scripted podcast" or "audio drama") is similar to a radio drama , but in podcast form. They deliver a fictional story, usually told over multiple episodes and seasons, using multiple voice actors, dialogue, sound effects , and music to enrich the story. Fiction podcasts have attracted a number of well-known actors as voice talents, including Demi Moore and Matthew McConaughey as well as from content producers like Netflix , Spotify , Marvel Comics , and DC Comics . Unlike other genres, downloads of fiction podcasts increased by 19% early in
352-564: A PC or MP3 player. The service was available for about a year until i2Go's demise in 2001. In October 2000, the concept of attaching sound and video files in RSS feeds was proposed in a draft by Tristan Louis . The idea was implemented by Dave Winer , a software developer and an author of the RSS format. In August 2004, Adam Curry launched his show Daily Source Code , focused on chronicling his everyday life, delivering news, and discussions about
440-579: A central list of the files on a server as a web feed that one can access through the Internet . The listener or viewer uses special client application software on a computer or media player, known as a podcast client , which accesses this web feed, checks it for updates, and downloads any new files in the series. This process can be automated to download new files automatically, so it may seem to listeners as though podcasters broadcast or " push " new episodes to them. Podcast files can be stored locally on
528-466: A chatroom and on Twitter, with the audio portion released as a downloadable podcast. Rogan was influenced by the open discussion style from appearing on Opie and Anthony and the live Ustream show that co-host Anthony Cumia did from his basement studio, Live from the Compound . The first episode aired live on December 24, 2009, which initially took the form of a weekly broadcast on Ustream, with
616-480: A clip from Rogan's interview with Mike Tyson, in which the boxer says hurting people can be "orgasmic". Later in the day, Trump tweeted a clip in which Rogan jokes, " Biden , to me, is like having a flashlight with a dying battery and going for a long hike in the woods. It is not going to work out. It's not gonna make it." On September 13, UFC fighter Tim Kennedy tweeted that, in Rogan's podcast with him two days earlier,
704-463: A considerable impact on the prominence of UBI in public debates, with a potential impact on the COVID-19 relief bills (which included one-time payments similar to UBI). A study conducted by Coleman Insights in 2019 with 1,000 monthly podcast listeners aged 18 to 64 revealed that The Joe Rogan Experience ranked the highest in the "unaided awareness" category, double that of any other podcast. On September 8, 2020, then President Donald Trump tweeted
792-428: A free podcast version of their book as a form of promotion. On occasion such novelists have secured publishing contracts to have their novels printed. Podcast novelists have commented that podcasting their novels lets them build audiences even if they cannot get a publisher to buy their books. These audiences then make it easier to secure a printing deal with a publisher at a later date. These podcast novelists also claim
880-654: A full transcript of the interview with Malone into the Congressional Record in order to circumvent what he said was censorship by social media. Later that month, musician Neil Young threatened to pull his music from Spotify if the company did not drop Rogan, saying Rogan was disseminating COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. After the company declined his request, Young's music was removed from Spotify on January 26. Joni Mitchell also removed her music from Spotify in solidarity with Young, as did Bruce Springsteen 's guitarist Nils Lofgren . Singer David Draiman , on
968-530: A full-time New York resident in 2015. Shaffir first became known to a wider audience with the viral video series The Amazing Racist . He became an opening act for Joe Rogan in the late 2000s and began touring with Rogan and fellow comics Joey Diaz , Duncan Trussell, Tom Segura , Brian Redban, and Eddie Bravo. In 2009 he appeared at the Montreal Comedy Festival as part of The Nasty Show . The following year he created, produced and hosted
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#17327839237221056-627: A live audience. Ticket sales allow the podcasters an additional way of monetizing. Some podcasts create specific live shows to tour which are not necessarily included on the podcast feed. Events including the London Podcast Festival, SF Sketchfest and others regularly give a platform for podcasters to perform live to audiences. Podcast episodes are widely stored and encoded in the mp3 digital audio format and then hosted on dedicated or shared webserver space. Syndication of podcasts' episodes across various websites and platforms
1144-467: A living as a commercial actor, appearing in ads for Coke Zero, Subway, Dominos, and Bud Light. He appeared in the comedy feature film Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016). As of 2017, Shaffir claims to have no interest in pursuing acting which could take him away from his stand-up. Following the death of Kobe Bryant , Shaffir caused controversy after he posted a video on his Twitter page celebrating
1232-508: A microphone, and a USB audio interface is needed to mix them together. If the podcast includes video, then a separate webcam might be needed, and additional lighting. Ari Shaffir Ari David Shaffir (born February 12, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer. He produces and hosts the Skeptic Tank podcast. He also co-hosts the podcast Punch Drunk Sports with Jayson Thibault and Sam Tripoli, and
1320-443: A more critical article for National Review , writer Theodore Kupfer wrote that the podcast, hosted by "A weed-smoking DMT -obsessive whose most cherished political cause is the quest to end male circumcision ", has become "one of the last bastions for civil discussion in contemporary America". In August 2010, nine months after its launch, The Joe Rogan Experience entered the list of Top 100 podcasts on iTunes . In February 2014,
1408-411: A personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. Podcasts are primarily an audio medium, but some distribute in video, either as their primary content or as a supplement to audio; popularised in recent years by video platform YouTube . A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within
1496-464: A personalized, on-demand service that offers each test for $ 299. In May 2020, Rogan announced that from September 2020, The Joe Rogan Experience would be available on Spotify in an exclusive licensing deal worth an estimated $ 200 million. Under the terms of the agreement, uploads of full episodes to YouTube continued until December 2020, then the podcast became exclusive to Spotify. Highlight clips are still uploaded to YouTube today. Rogan ensured that
1584-417: A podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism . Many podcast series provide an associated website with links and show notes, guest biographies, transcripts, additional resources, commentary, and occasionally a community forum dedicated to discussing
1672-475: A podcast host. Various sources wrote that Rogan's interview with Trump helped the former president to win the 2024 election, particularly due to the show's largely male and young audience. Rogan also negotiated for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris to appear on the show, but it did not happen; an adviser to Harris's husband Doug Emhoff said that "There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it". The show has engaged with
1760-542: A podcast in the last month. 12.5% of the UK population had listened to a podcast in the last week and 22% of the United States population listens to at least one podcast weekly. The form is also acclaimed for its low overhead for a creator to start and maintain their show, merely requiring a microphone, a computer or mobile device, and associated software to edit and upload the final product. Some form of acoustic quieting
1848-612: A private studio in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles . Production was relocated to Austin, Texas after the podcast was licensed exclusively on Spotify in 2020. Although most episodes feature entertainers, academics, comics, UFC fighters, and other non-political figures, The New York Times described the podcast as an "unlikely political influencer" in the 2020 U.S. presidential election after presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard both had measurable surges in popularity and fundraising after making guest appearances on
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#17327839237221936-632: A result, Jamie Vernon was hired as a second producer, initially to fill in as Redban's assistant, leaving Redban to produce roughly half of subsequent episodes. Vernon soon took over full time and Redban subsequently appeared on the podcast as a guest. Originally, the podcast was recorded at Rogan's home in California. From November 24, 2011, some episodes were recorded at the Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, California , also known as
2024-443: A website, blog, or other syndication method. Episodes can be released on a regular schedule, e.g., once a week, or irregularly as each episode is completed. In the same manner as audiobooks, some podcast novels are elaborately narrated with sound effects and separate voice actors for each character, similar to a radio play or scripted podcast, but many have a single narrator and few or no sound effects. Some podcast novelists give away
2112-522: A wide array of guests, including business magnate Elon Musk , whistleblower Edward Snowden , Senator Bernie Sanders , astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and President Donald Trump . From December 2020 to February 2024, the podcast was exclusively available on Spotify , with highlights uploaded onto the main Joe Rogan Experience YouTube channel. The podcast was originally recorded at Rogan's home in California, before moving to
2200-468: A wide variety of controversial topics. On June 20, 2019, conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar , along with producer Jeremy Corbell , made an appearance on the show where Rogan frequently discusses the possibility of aliens and extraterrestrial life . This episode was cited as the inspiration for the planned Facebook event and Internet meme known as " Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us ", created one week later. The episode with Lazar and Corbell remains
2288-486: Is a portmanteau of " iPod " and " broadcast ". The earliest use of "podcasting" was traced to The Guardian columnist and BBC journalist Ben Hammersley , who coined it in early February 2004 while writing an article for The Guardian newspaper. The term was first used in the audioblogging community in September 2004, when Danny Gregoire introduced it in a message to the iPodder-dev mailing list, from where it
2376-580: Is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on the "Protect Our Parks" episodes with Shane Gillis and Mark Normand . He created and previously hosted and produced the This is Not Happening television series, an adaptation of his monthly stand-up show. Ari David Shaffir was born in New York City to a Jewish family of Romanian Jewish descent. His father was a Holocaust survivor. The family followed Conservative Jewish practices until Ari
2464-481: Is also often utilised. Between February March 10 and 25, 2005, Shae Spencer Management, LLC of Fairport, New York filed a trademark application to register the term "podcast" for an "online pre-recorded radio program over the internet". On September 9, 2005, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected the application, citing Misplaced Pages 's podcast entry as describing the history of
2552-451: Is based on RSS feeds, an XML -formatted file citing information about the episode and the podcast itself. The most basic equipment for a podcast is a computer and a microphone . It is helpful to have a sound-proof room and headphones . The computer should have a recording or streaming application installed. Typical microphones for podcasting are connected using USB . If the podcast involves two or more people, each person requires
2640-417: Is likely to change as new types of content, new technology to consume podcasts, and new use cases emerge. An enhanced podcast, also known as a slidecast , is a type of podcast that combines audio with a slide show presentation. It is similar to a video podcast in that it combines dynamically generated imagery with audio synchronization, but it is different in that it uses presentation software to create
2728-662: Is often classified as a disruptive medium , adverse to the maintenance of traditional revenue models . Podcasting is the preparation and distribution of audio or video files using RSS feeds to the devices of subscribed users. A podcaster normally buys this service from a podcast hosting company such as SoundCloud or Libsyn . Hosting companies then distribute these media files to podcast directories and streaming services, such as Apple and Spotify , which users can listen to on their smartphones or digital music and multimedia players. As of June 2024 , there are at least 3,369,942 podcasts and 199,483,500 episodes. "Podcast"
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2816-644: The HowStuffWorks podcast. In October 2013, the EFF filed a petition with the US Trademark Office to invalidate the Personal Audio patent. On August 18, 2014, the EFF announced that Adam Carolla had settled with Personal Audio. Finally, on April 10, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidated five provisions of Personal Audio's podcasting patent. A podcast generator maintains
2904-449: The 2020 U.S. presidential election after presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard both saw measurable surges in popularity and fundraising after making guest appearances on the program in 2019, and in 2020, when presidential candidate Bernie Sanders saw a surge of press coverage in national news and global media outlets as a result of his campaign using a clip from The Joe Rogan Experience showing Rogan speaking favorably about
2992-727: The COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines , and for hosting a number of guests who expressed opinions that contradicted medical consensus. Advocates of the podcast have praised Rogan for his advocacy of free speech . During the early 2000s, Rogan hired Brian Redban, a self-taught video editor and an employee at a Gateway 2000 computer store in Ohio , to work for him full-time to film, produce, and edit videos for his website. Rogan had noticed video work that Redban did for comedian Doug Stanhope and invited him to film him and his group on stand-up comedy tours. Redban accepted and relocated to California in
3080-505: The "Fight Companion" episodes, which are streamed live. In January 2015, the podcast was listened to by more than 11 million people. By October 2015, it had grown to acquire 16 million downloads a month. In April 2019, Rogan said that the podcast had 190 million downloads each month. Starting in 2017 Rogan and friends Bert Kreischer , Tom Segura , and Ari Shaffir participate in an annual " Sober October " tradition, which has influenced some listeners to curb their addictions by partaking in
3168-468: The 100 million USD Rogan had received for his exclusivity agreement with Spotify. Spotify later said in an internal memo it would be committing $ 100 million to create and promote audio from creators from historically marginalized groups. The podcast has been described as "an important node of the intellectual dark web ", and has featured a diverse ideological mixture of political guests, including Democratic presidential candidates and conservative figures. In
3256-528: The 3rd episode of the Joe Rogan Experience , his first of 59 appearances on the show. In 2011, Shaffir began his podcast, Skeptic Tank . On most episodes, Shaffir picks a subject his guests (mostly comedians) can discuss as experts. While subjects are often comic he's also discussed serious issues such as mental health, suicide, rape, and prison. Every 50 episodes the comedy team Danish and O'Neill appear as guests. In 2013, Shaffir began to cohost
3344-639: The COVID-19 pandemic , the number of unique listeners in the US decreased by 15% in the last three weeks of March 2020. Podcasting has been considered a converged medium (a medium that brings together audio, the web and portable media players ), as well as a disruptive technology that has caused some individuals in radio broadcasting to reconsider established practices and preconceptions about audiences, consumption, production and distribution. Podcasts can be produced at little to no cost and are usually disseminated free-of-charge, which sets this medium apart from
3432-409: The COVID-19 pandemic. A podcast novel (also known as a "serialized audiobook" or "podcast audiobook") is a literary form that combines the concepts of a podcast and an audiobook . Like a traditional novel , a podcast novel is a work of literary fiction; however, it is recorded into episodes that are delivered online over a period of time. The episodes may be delivered automatically via RSS or through
3520-498: The Deathsquad Studios. Beginning on November 27, 2012, the majority of episodes were recorded in a private studio that Rogan acquired in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles . The 1,000th episode aired on August 18, 2017, and featured comedians Joey Diaz and Tom Segura as guests. In April 2020, Rogan began having guests take an antibody test for COVID-19 before recording the podcast during the COVID-19 pandemic . Rogan used
3608-570: The University's NCAA golf team in 1995 and claims he was the lowest-ranked NCAA athlete. Shaffir's first and only comedy performance on stage before he moved to Los Angeles took place in his early twenties at an open mic night at a "sports comedy place in Northern Virginia ". Following his graduation from university, Shaffir moved to Los Angeles to improve his chances of success as a stand-up comedian . He took up work answering
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3696-446: The abundance of song lyrics hosted on Spotify that some would consider offensive. In October 2020, the production of new episodes was put on hold for a week after Vernon tested positive for COVID-19. Rogan and the rest of the staff tested negative and resumed once they got the all-clear from a doctor. In episode 1,554, Kanye West clarified his reasons for running for president of the United States in 2020 and how it began in 2015. West
3784-458: The book sales of guests. For example, Graham Hancock 's Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (The Definitive Edition of Supernatural) experienced a 519% sales increase within one week of his appearance on the podcast. Phil McGraw , Neil deGrasse Tyson , and other authors experienced even bigger sales increases. According to The New York Times , Rogan and The Joe Rogan Experience became an "unlikely political influencer" in
3872-563: The candidate and saying on air, "I think I'll probably vote for Bernie." The podcast was integral to Yang's campaign . In the 30 days before the interview, Yang averaged 62 donations per day; in the 30 days after, they were approximately 2,150. Research has credited Yang's appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, in particular Yang's discussions with Rogan about the Universal Basic Income (UBI), as having had
3960-587: The challenge. In addition to sobriety from drugs and alcohol, the tradition has also encouraged skill learning and daily workout competitions. Elon Musk 's appearance on episode No. 1,169 on September 6, 2018, saw Musk smoke cannabis , which attracted worldwide press attention and was followed by a 9% fall in Tesla stock. In 2023, Cornell University scholars, Adam Szetela and Shiyu Ji, published data in Newsweek showing how The Joe Rogan Experience has impacted
4048-528: The development of podcasting. Curry promoted new and emerging internet audio shows in an attempt to gain traction in the development of what would come to be known as podcasting. Daily Source Code was initially directed at podcast developers. As its audience became interested in the format, these developers were inspired to create and produce their own projects and a community of pioneer podcasters quickly developed. iPodderX, released in September 2004 by August Trometer and based on earlier work by Ray Slakinski,
4136-520: The episode on his personal X account after he claimed YouTube hid the video from search results on purpose. The video gained 18.4 million views on X in two days. On October 31, the YouTube video had amassed 41 million views, becoming the second most viewed episode. There are at least four types of episodes, as labeled on YouTube and Spotify. These are the "main" general category (of which there are over 2000 episodes), "JRE MMA Show", "Protect our Parks" and
4224-494: The exposure that releasing a free podcast gains them makes up for the fact that they are giving away their work for free. A video podcast is a podcast that features video content. Web television series are often distributed as video podcasts. Dead End Days, a serialized dark comedy about zombies released from October 31, 2003, through 2004, is commonly believed to be the first video podcast. A number of podcasts are recorded either in total or for specific episodes in front of
4312-600: The generic term 'podcast' to accurately refer to podcasting services" and that "Apple does not license the term". However, no statement was made as to whether or not Apple believed they held rights to it. Personal Audio , a company referred to as a " patent troll " by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), filed a patent on podcasting in 2009 for a claimed invention in 1996. In February 2013, Personal Audio started suing high-profile podcasters for royalties, including The Adam Carolla Show and
4400-474: The host had "offered to moderate a debate between [Biden] and [Trump] ... It would be four hours with no live audience. Just the two candidates, cameras, and their vision of how to move this country forward. Who wants this?" The next day, President Trump tweeted in reply, "I do!" This prompted Sunny Hostin of The View to denounce Rogan as "misogynistic, racist [and] homophobic" for allegedly having made insensitive comments at selected times during his history as
4488-660: The imagery and the sequence of display separately from the time of the original audio podcast recording. The Free Dictionary , YourDictionary , and PC Magazine define an enhanced podcast as "an electronic slide show delivered as a podcast". Enhanced podcasts are podcasts that incorporate graphics and chapters. iTunes developed an enhanced podcast feature called "Audio Hyperlinking" that they patented in 2012. Enhanced podcasts can be used by businesses or in education. Enhanced podcasts can be created using QuickTime AAC or Windows Media files. Enhanced podcasts were first used in 2006. A fiction podcast (also referred to as
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#17327839237224576-552: The letter gained an additional thousand signatures. On February 1, 2024, only a month before the murder of Collin Small , alleged perpetrator Sheldon Johnson was featured as a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience , wherein he talked about his criminal history and advocated for prison rehabilitation. In February 2024, Spotify signed Rogan to a new $ 250 million contract but announced his show would not be exclusive to its service and instead be available to other platforms. Shortly thereafter,
4664-400: The letter stated that she viewed Rogan as "a menace to public health", and that his ideas are "fringe", and "not backed in science". The health care professionals especially took issue with an episode that featured Robert W. Malone which were criticized for a comment Rogan made where he stated that he believed that young, healthy people do not need a COVID-19 vaccine. It was later reported that
4752-674: The liberal PAC MeidasTouch . This resulted in allegations of a defamation attempt by MeidasTouch, which the founders denied in an interview with Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy , instead attributing the source of the footage to Alex Jones who was a recurring guest on Rogan's show. Rogan described the video compilation as a "political hit job". A number of UFC fighters, including Israel Adesanya , Terrance McKinney , Michael Chandler , Aljamain Sterling , Frankie Edgar , Darren Till , Marlon Vera , Ben Askren , and Brendan Schaub , defended Rogan. Spotify refused to carry 42 episodes of
4840-433: The medication ivermectin his physician prescribed him off-label for treating COVID-19. CNN had previously said Rogan was "taking a livestock drug despite warnings" when the podcast host caught the disease in late August. Rogan accused the news network of lying for labeling the drug a "horse dewormer"; ivermectin, an antiparasitic medication, is used in both humans and animals. On that same episode, Gupta admitted that, as it
4928-562: The monthly live show This Is Not Happening , with Eric Abrams, a stand-up comedy featuring numerous comedians telling true-life stories around a theme. The show would become a regular feature at comedy festivals and debuted as a web series in 2013 and premiered in January 2015 on Comedy Central . He left the show as producer and host in 2017 after selling his third special, Double Negative , to Netflix rather than Comedy Central. Roy Wood Jr. replaced him as host. In 2010 Shaffir appeared on
5016-563: The most watched episode on YouTube, with over 61 million views. In February 2022, journalist Amy Westervelt criticized Rogan's appearances on his podcast for climate change denial , and alleged Rogan was involved in starting false rumors that environmentalists deliberately set wildfires in 2020 in the Western United States . On April 27, 2021, Rogan made remarks about COVID-19 vaccines , in particular suggesting that young, healthy people have no need to be vaccinated against
5104-474: The other hand, "applauded" Spotify's decision, saying that "I may not agree with everything Joe Rogan or his guests say, but they're entitled to have the forum to say it". Separately, popular podcaster Brené Brown said on Twitter that she would "not be releasing any podcasts until further notice". On January 30, Spotify announced that it was working to add a content advisory to all episodes of all podcasts discussing COVID-19, pointing to its own information hub on
5192-401: The pair "sitting in front of laptops bullshitting". Much of the first episode was dead air with the hosts figuring out the equipment, and the early episodes featured an animated snowflake effect that was reintroduced on episode Nos. 674 in 2015 and No. 1,000 in 2017. The show developed with Rogan inviting friends as guests and having lengthy conversations on various subjects; comedian Ari Shaffir
5280-456: The phones at The Comedy Store , which led to positions in the cover booth and "the door", until owner Mitzi Shore made him a paid regular, four and a half years later. His early influences in comedy include watching showcase comedy shows on television and comedians on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson . He cites Bill Burr as his favorite living comedian. He became bicoastal, living in both Los Angeles and New York City in 2012, and became
5368-430: The platform, which had Rogan and author and journalist Abigail Shrier discuss topics that some deemed transphobic, causing some Spotify employees to voice their concerns to management. A Spotify spokesperson said the episode was within its content guidelines. Rogan later clarified that the company had said nothing to him about plans to censor or editorialize the podcast, as some employees had suggested. He also pointed to
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#17327839237225456-435: The podcast returned to Apple Podcasts . On February 29, 2024, for the first time in more than three years, a full episode of the podcast, an interview with Katt Williams , was released on YouTube. Episode No. 2,219 featured former US President Donald Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign . The three-hour episode went viral and acquired over 26 million views in its first 24 hours on YouTube. On October 29, Rogan uploaded
5544-435: The podcast started to be uploaded onto YouTube under the account PowerfulJRE and episodes were regularly achieving viewership in the hundred-thousands to millions. Later in 2013, Redban started to reduce his time as the podcast's sole producer as Rogan had increased the number of podcasts each week, "and it got to the point where [Rogan] wanted to keep on going, six, seven hours" which became too much for him to handle alone. As
5632-483: The podcast was formally named The Joe Rogan Experience as a homage to The Jimi Hendrix Experience , and aired live several times a week. In May 2011, Rogan secured a deal with the satellite radio service SiriusXM to have the podcast air on its uncensored talk channel The Virus . That year, Rogan said that the podcast was helping his stand-up comedy as he would take ideas that arose during conversations and develop them into routines. In January 2013, video episodes of
5720-409: The podcast when it acquired the exclusive rights. Spotify says it spoke to Rogan about his "history of using some racially insensitive language", and it says (in an internal memo) that Rogan selected 70 episodes which were removed on February 4, 2022, all of which pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic. Arie complained about the "Fraction of a penny" royalties Spotify was paying to musicians in comparison with
5808-470: The podcast will remain the same format, with Spotify not having any creative control. On the day following Rogan's announcement, Spotify shares increased by seven percent. The move to Spotify coincided with Rogan's relocation from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas , and the debut of a new, temporary studio there. The first new episode released on Spotify was no. 1,530 with comedian Duncan Trussell , which lasted for over five hours. On September 8, 2020, Rogan debuted
5896-447: The podcast won a Stitcher Award for Best Overall Show of 2013. In 2017 and 2018, the podcast was Apple's second-most-downloaded podcast. In January 2019, the podcast won Best Comedy Podcast at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. Podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet . Typically, a podcast is an episodic series of digital audio files that users can download to
5984-534: The podcasting industry still generated little overall revenue, although the number of persons who listen to podcasts continues to grow steadily. Edison Research, which issues the Podcast Consumer quarterly tracking report estimated that 90 million persons in the U.S. had listened to a podcast in January 2019. As of 2020, 58% of the population of South Korea and 40% of the Spanish population had listened to
6072-419: The process, following Rogan with a camera and "recording everything". After several years, Redban noticed that fans were demanding an increasing amount of content from Rogan and for it to be delivered faster. This prompted the two to seek new ways of quickening what was a lengthy editing process to make their website and content more interactive. Coupled with his interest in popular live video streaming services of
6160-549: The program. Bernie Sanders received Rogan's endorsement after appearing on his show, and the Sanders campaign promoted it through its online channels. The podcast has been described as a "boundary-free arena", a platform for the intellectual dark web , and has featured a diverse ideological mixture of political guests. Rogan has been criticized for hosting far-right guests and has been accused of using racially insensitive language. He has also been criticized for his opinions concerning
6248-544: The same week This is Not Happening premiered on the same channel. In 2017 he premiered Double Negative on Netflix, two 45 minute shows (based on the concept of a double album), the first titled Children and the second named Adulthood . As of 2019 he's been touring with the show Ari Shaffir: Jew , currently available on YouTube. He premiered Double Negative and Ari Shaffir: Jew at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival . Shaffir spent several years earning
6336-417: The show's content. The cost to the consumer is low, and many podcasts are free to download. Some podcasts are underwritten by corporations or sponsored, with the inclusion of commercial advertisements . In other cases, a podcast could be a business venture supported by some combination of a paid subscription model , advertising or product delivered after sale. Because podcast content is often free, podcasting
6424-613: The sports podcast Punch Drunk Sports with fellow comedians Sam Tripoli and Jayson Thibault. His appearances became less frequent after moving to the East Coast full-time. Shaffir released his first stand-up album Revenge for the Holocaust in 2012 which became the number one comedy album on both Itunes and Amazon in its 1st week. In 2013 he produced his first television special, Passive Aggressive , for Chill.com. In 2015 his second special, Paid Regular , premiered on Comedy Central
6512-743: The studio on episode no. 1,533 with guest Adam Curry . (He has subsequently moved to another, more permanent studio in Austin.) After the podcast became available on Spotify on September 1, people reported on social media that episodes with more controversial or far-right guests, including Alex Jones , Milo Yiannopoulos , Gavin McInnes , and Chris D'Elia , among others, were missing. Episodes featuring comedian and activist Tommy Chong , comedian Joey Diaz, and Mikhaila Peterson, daughter of Jordan Peterson , were also unavailable. VICE later reported that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended having episode no. 1,509 on
6600-428: The term "iPod" or "Pod" in their products' names. By 2007, audio podcasts were doing what was historically accomplished via radio broadcasts, which had been the source of radio talk shows and news programs since the 1930s. This shift occurred as a result of the evolution of internet capabilities along with increased consumer access to cheaper hardware and software for audio recording and editing. As of early 2019,
6688-511: The term "pod" has been used by the public to refer to Apple's music player so extensively that it falls under Apple's trademark cover. Such activity was speculated to be part of a bigger campaign for Apple to expand the scope of its existing iPod trademark, which included trademarking "IPOD", "IPODCAST", and "POD". On November 16, 2006, the Apple Trademark Department stated that "Apple does not object to third-party usage of
6776-635: The term. The company amended their application in March 2006, but the USPTO rejected the amended application as not sufficiently differentiated from the original. In November 2006, the application was marked as abandoned. On September 26, 2004, it was reported that Apple Inc. had started to crack down on businesses using the string "POD", in product and company names. Apple sent a cease and desist letter that week to Podcast Ready, Inc., which markets an application known as "myPodder". Lawyers for Apple contended that
6864-468: The time, Redban wanted "to do the same thing I was filming, but live," and set up live streams on Justin.tv from the green room at Rogan's various comedy gigs. Redban had no prior experience with audio engineering, so he taught himself how to operate the mixing board and microphone setups through his subsequent podcasts. After some time on Justin.tv, Rogan suggested the idea of hosting a live video stream with Redban from his home and interacting with fans in
6952-456: The topic. In February 2022, singer India Arie shared a compilation of Rogan saying the racial slur nigger on The Joe Rogan Experience on Instagram . Rogan apologized, calling his past language "regretful and shameful" while also saying that the clips were taken out of context and he only quoted the slur to discuss its use by others. The footage in question was first published by the political action committee PatriotTakes, an affiliate of
7040-865: The traditional 20th-century model of "gate-kept" media and their production tools. Podcasters can, however, still monetize their podcasts by allowing companies to purchase ad time. They can also garner support from listeners through crowdfunding websites like Patreon , which provide special extras and content to listeners for a fee. Podcasts vary in style, format, and topical content. Podcasts are partially patterned on previous media genres but depart from them systematically in certain computationally observable stylistic respects. The conventions and constraints which govern that variation are emerging and vary over time and markets; podcast listeners have various preferences of styles but conventions to address them and communicate about them are still unformed. Some current examples of types of podcasts are given below. This list
7128-434: The user's device, or streamed directly. There are several different mobile applications that allow people to follow and listen to podcasts. Many of these applications allow users to download podcasts or stream them on demand. Most podcast players or applications allow listeners to skip around the podcast and to control the playback speed. Much podcast listening occurs during commuting ; because of restrictions on travel during
7216-497: The virus. Rogan's view was criticized by Anthony Fauci and White House communication director Kate Bedingfield , as well as by several media outlets. Part of the objection was that there have been notable cases affecting young, healthy people. Rogan acknowledged there was "some legitimate science" behind Fauci's view and emphasized that he himself is not a doctor or "a respected source of information". On October 13, 2021, in conversation with CNN's Sanjay Gupta , Rogan defended taking
7304-424: Was adopted by podcaster Adam Curry . Despite the etymology, the content can be accessed using any computer or similar device that can play media files. The term "podcast" predates Apple's addition of podcasting features to the iPod and the iTunes software. In September 2000, early MP3 player manufacturer i2Go offered a service called MyAudio2Go.com which allowed users to download news stories for listening on
7392-586: Was nine years old, when they moved to Maryland . There, his parents adopted Orthodox Jewish beliefs. When he was 16, he worked at Arlington National Cemetery . Shaffir attended high school in Rockville, Maryland . He went on to study for two years at Yeshiva in Jerusalem before transferring to University of Maryland , where he graduated in 1999 with a degree in English literature. Shaffir played on
7480-418: Was one of Rogan's most anticipated guests after the idea of Kanye coming on the podcast first surfaced in late 2018 and a premature confirmation by West in early 2019, ultimately taking close to a year before Kanye finally appeared on the show. In January 2022, an open letter signed by 270 health care professionals called on Spotify to develop a counter-misinformation content policy. An epidemiologist who signed
7568-437: Was prescribed by a physician, it should not have been referred to as a "horse dewormer". Rogan also once again reiterated his view that people should have the autonomy to choose to get vaccinated, and also repeated the false claim that ivermectin is a legitimate treatment option for COVID-19. In a December 2021 episode, guest Robert W. Malone compared the U.S. reaction to the pandemic to the rise of Nazi Germany , claiming that
7656-514: Was the first GUI application for podcasts. In June 2005, Apple released iTunes 4.9, which added formal support for podcasts, thus negating the need to use a separate program in order to download and transfer them to a mobile device. Although this made access to podcasts more convenient and widespread, it also effectively ended advancement of podcatchers by independent developers. Additionally, Apple issued cease and desist orders to many podcast application developers and service providers for using
7744-410: Was the first, who appeared on episode No. 3 on January 6, 2010. Rogan said that a consistent schedule was important in jumpstarting the podcast's growth, and it soon grew to two episodes a week. In May 2010, the podcast acquired its first sponsor in a partnership with the sex-toy production company Fleshlight . The company withdrew in mid-2012 when it claimed it had saturated its market. By August 2010,
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