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Joe Rogan Reveals “The Only Criteria” for Selecting Guests on His $100 Million Spotify Podcast

Published 06/08/2022, 10:30 AM EDT

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Joe Rogan, the UFC color commentator, has been a podcast host for more than a decade now. ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ which was previously unfamiliar to a lot of people, has seen exponential growth in terms of audience.

Rogan has had many interesting and famous guests on his podcast show as time passed. The show is currently at its peak in terms of popularity. It is one of the world’s largest podcast shows, and it has hosted some of the world’s most interesting guests. Rogan recently made an appearance as a guest on the ‘FLAGRANT’ podcast show and spoke about how he chooses his JRE guests now.

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He said, ” In the beginning, earlier days, I’d have anybody on. Holocausts are real? Come on. Tell me more. People started to get mad. I was like, okay, I don’t agree with him. Jesus Christ. Do I have to have people on that I only agree with? It’s going to get boring.”

“The only criteria is, am I interested in talking to them? So I get like hundreds of requests, right. They all come in through the email. And I look at them like, umm *nods no* …. Where did this guy go? Walked across Antarctica?… it’s just gotta be interesting to me,” said Rogan.

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There have been plenty of amazing people from different walks of life who have been a part of The Joe Rogan Experience.

Some of the most interesting guests that have been a part of The Joe Rogan Experience

The UFC color commentator, Rogan, started ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ all the way back in 2009. The Joe Rogan Experience now has over 1800 episodes in its collection.

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Earlier his podcast shows were much different from what they are today. Over time Rogan has evolved as a host and has entertained some wonderful guests on his podcast show.

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Some of the wonderful and popular guests we’ve seen on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ include Joey Diaz, Duncan Trussell, Mike Tyson, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Dr. Jordan Peterson, and Quentin Tarantino.

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Pranit Punjabi is a UFC author at EssentiallySports. A third-year psychology major, this Justin Gaethje fan merged his interest in psychology with his deep passion for MMA and was intrigued by this new angle to help him get closer to the action. Pranit aims to look through the violence and chaos, into what makes MMA truly beautiful, the deep and rich psychological aspect of the game.
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