Former President Donld Trump looks set to sit for an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday in the hunt for male voters.
A first-time appearance by Trump on The Joe Rogan Experience was first reported by Politico. A spokesperson for Spotify, which has a multiyear partnership deal for Rogan’s podcast, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s potential appearance.
The Joe Rogan Experience is one of the most popular podcasts with an audience that skews 81 percent male, with more than 50 percent under 35 years old (according to a YouGov poll). The new distribution deal for the show allows several podcast platforms, as well as on YouTube, rather than remaining exclusive to Spotify, as it had been since 2020.
The Kamala Harris campaign has reportedly also been in talks with Rogan’s production team for the U.S. Vice President to appear on the podcaster’s Austin-based show, again to target male voters. That follows Harris going on Alex Cooper’s popular podcast, Call Her Daddy, which targets young female listeners.
In August, Rogan had Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his podcast before the third-party candidate dropped out of the race. Back in 2020, Rogan also had on Bernie Sanders when the Vermont senator was running in the Democratic primary.
The Joe Rogan Experience, which launched in 2009, features longform interviews with academics, doctors and other guests including Dave Chappelle, The Rock, Robert Downey Jr., Quentin Tarantino, Miley Cyrus, Snoop Dogg, Jewel, Eddie Izzard, Mike Tyson, Post Malone and Zach Bryan.
While Joe Rogan’s podcast has proven popular, it has also provoked controversy and some pushback against Spotify. In early 2022, Rogan was criticized for including misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine on his show, as well as his prior use of the N-word.
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