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'''Cigar Hustlers Podcast''' is a podcast hosted by Mike Szczepankiewcz, from Cigar Hustler Fame, and Mike Palmer from The Florida Cigar Club. It launched on September 20, 2027, on Podbean. With episode had guest Guest Azarias Mustafa Cordoba and his wife at the time Emille. The show can be found on all Major Podcast platforms and has been listened to in 90% of the world. As the show grew in popularity they added a video version of the show on May 14, 2019.  The show is a cigar-themed format with Industry news as well as Cigar Personalities. They are known for their hard-hitting noncigar interviews that give you more information about each personality as well as Palmer's uncensored Humor and bad impersonations of Cigar Industry People.
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'''''The Joe Rogan Experience''''' is a [[podcast]] hosted by American comedian, presenter, and [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] [[color commentator]] [[Joe Rogan]]. It launched 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 was hired to co-produce. Vernon would eventually take over production.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vernon |first1=Jamie |journal=Instagram |date=September 19, 2022 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CiscabgOjdh/?hl=en |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogan |first1=Joe |title=Joe Rogan Experience, Episode #1872 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2iVChLxDKPFN9X8q4NtCsd |website=Spotify |publisher=The Joe Rogan Experience |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> By 2015, it was one of the world's most popular podcasts, regularly receiving millions of views per episode,<ref name="Eadicicco">{{Cite magazine|last=Eadicicco|first=Lisa|date=December 9, 2015|title=The 10 Most Popular Podcasts of 2015|url=http://time.com/4141439/podcasts-most-popular-year-2015/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101121446/http://time.com/4141439/podcasts-most-popular-year-2015/ |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=December 24, 2018|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> also including a wide array of guests, including business magnate [[Elon Musk]], whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]], and Senator [[Bernie Sanders]]. Since December 2020, the podcast has been exclusively available on [[Spotify]],<ref name="Spangler">{{Cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=May 19, 2020|title=Joe Rogan Will Bring His Podcast Exclusively to Spotify|url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/joe-rogan-experience-spotify-podcast-exclusive-1234610885/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519204108/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/joe-rogan-experience-spotify-podcast-exclusive-1234610885/|archive-date=May 19, 2020|access-date=May 19, 2020|website=Variety}}</ref> 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 a private studio in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]]. Production was relocated to [[Austin, Texas]] after the podcast was exclusively licensed on Spotify in 2020.
They were the first show to interview Hirochi Robaina in America. They had an exclusive Interview with Privada Club Creator Brian Designed after his now famous meltdown social media post after his website was hacked and taken down. Matt Booth, Jack Torano, and Hector Alfonso to name a few are regular call-in guests.  


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 United States presidential election|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. 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.<ref name="S19" /><ref name="verge" /><ref name=":2" /> He has also been criticized by medical professionals for his views on the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccines]], and for hosting a number of guests who expressed views that contradicted medical consensus. Supporters of the podcast have praised Rogan for his advocacy of [[Freedom of speech|free speech]].<ref name=":3" />
==Origins==
The podcast originally began in early 2017 when Mikey came to Palmer and suggested that they do a podcast on cigars. Palmer quickly went to work learning all he could about podcasts, how to make them, equipment, editing, recording, and how to distribute such a show. With Mikey’s industry connections and Palmer’s new ability to “Podcast” they threw the show together and Monkey Fucked their way to becoming Industry Media, as proclaimed by “Cigar Coop”, Industry Media Giant.


==History==
===Origins and launch===
The podcast originally began in early 2003 when Rogan hired Brian Redban, a self-taught video editor and an employee at a [[Gateway, Inc.|Gateway 2000]] computer store in [[Ohio]], to work for him full-time to film, produce, and edit videos for his website.<ref name="wolfredban">{{Cite episode |title=Episode #28: Brian Redban, comedian and podcast pioneer, joins Josh |url=https://soundcloud.com/josh-wolf-comedian/episode-28-brian-redban-comedian-and-podcast-pioneer-joins-josh |access-date=April 19, 2017 |series=Fairly Normal with Josh Wolf |last=Wolf |first=Josh |date=March 3, 2016 |time=5:40–8:12 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420045521/https://soundcloud.com/josh-wolf-comedian/episode-28-brian-redban-comedian-and-podcast-pioneer-joins-josh |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mariaredban1">{{Cite episode |title=Episode 39 – Brian Redban |url=http://carasantamaria.com/podcast/brian-redban |access-date=April 19, 2017 |series=Talk Nerdy |last=Santamaria |first=Cara |date=November 23, 2014 |time=17:00–19:12 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143545/http://carasantamaria.com/podcast/brian-redban |url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name=wolfredban/> Redban accepted and relocated to [[California]] in the process, following Rogan with a camera and "recording everything".<ref name=wolfredban/> 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.<ref name="wolfredban2">{{Cite episode |title=Episode #28: Brian Redban, comedian and podcast pioneer, joins Josh |url=https://soundcloud.com/josh-wolf-comedian/episode-28-brian-redban-comedian-and-podcast-pioneer-joins-josh |access-date=April 19, 2017 |series=Fairly Normal with Josh Wolf |last=Wolf |first=Josh |date=March 3, 2016 |time=34:12–39:32 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420045521/https://soundcloud.com/josh-wolf-comedian/episode-28-brian-redban-comedian-and-podcast-pioneer-joins-josh |url-status=live}}</ref> Coupled with his interest in popular live video streaming services of 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.<ref name=mariaredban1/><ref name=wolfredban2/> 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.<ref name=wolfredban2/>
[[File:Ari Shaffir 2016.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Ari Shaffir]] was the podcast's first guest.]]
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 a chatroom and on Twitter, with the audio portion released as a downloadable podcast.<ref name=mariaredban1/><ref name=wolfredban2/><ref name=JSO11/> Rogan was influenced by the open discussion style from appearing on ''[[Opie and Anthony]]'' and the live [[IBM Cloud Video#Acquisition|Ustream]] show that co-host [[Anthony Cumia]] did from his basement studio, ''Live from the Compound''.<ref name="JSO11">{{Cite web |last=Ernst |first=Erik |date=August 12, 2011 |title=Joe Rogan talks about creating his top-rated podcast |url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/127610833.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909180530/http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/127610833.html |archive-date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |publisher=JSOnline}}</ref> The first episode aired live on December 24, 2009,<ref name="ep1">{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #1 – Brian Redban |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=December 24, 2009 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast}}</ref> which initially took the form of a weekly broadcast on Ustream,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Rogan Live - IBM Cloud Video |url=http://www.ustream.tv/joerogan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050014/http://www.ustream.tv/joerogan |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 7, 2019 |website=Ustream}}</ref> with the pair "sitting in front of laptops bullshitting".<ref name="carnell">{{Cite web |last=Carnell |first=Thom |date=January 24, 2016 |title=Interview: Joe Rogan (January 2011) |url=https://thom-carnell.squarespace.com/writing-samples/2016/1/24/interview-joe-rogan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206110618/https://thom-carnell.squarespace.com/writing-samples/2016/1/24/interview-joe-rogan |archive-date=February 6, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |publisher=Thom Carnell}}</ref> Much of the episode was dead air with the hosts figuring out the equipment.<ref name=S19/> The first episodes of the show featured an animated snowflake effect that was reintroduced on episode No. 674 in 2015 and episode No. 1,000 in 2017.<ref name="ep674">{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #674 – Brian Redban |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=July 27, 2015 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast}}</ref><ref name="ep1000">{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #1000 - Joey Diaz & Tom Segura |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=August 18, 2017 |first2=Joey |last2=Diaz |first3=Tom |last3=Segura |medium=Podcast}}</ref> The show developed with Rogan having friends as guests and having lengthy conversations with them regarding various subjects; comedian Ari Shaffir was the first guest, who appeared on episode No. 3 on January 6, 2010.<ref name=JSO11/><ref name="ep3">{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #3 – Ari Shaffir, Brian Redban |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=January 6, 2010 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |first3=Ari |last3=Shaffir |medium=Podcast}}</ref>
Rogan recalled that maintaining a consistent schedule early on was important in jumpstarting the podcast's growth, and it soon grew to two episodes a week.<ref name=JSO11/> 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.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=13446719185 |user=JoeRogan |title=My tweeples voted unanimously to accept the sponsorship from the fleshlight despite the concerns of my management. I agree, so it's on! |author=Rogan, Joe |date=May 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=229799761773985794 |user=JoeRogan |title=They dropped us. They said they saturated our market. I might still do some stuff with them periodically in the future. |author=Rogan, Joe |date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> By August 2010, the podcast was formally named ''The Joe Rogan Experience'', in an homage to [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]], and aired live several times a week.<ref name="entertainment2010">{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2010 |title=The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Selects Wizzard Media's LibsynPro |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100805005543/en/Joe-Rogan-Experience-Podcast-Chooses-Wizzard-Media's |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516220731/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100805005543/en/Joe-Rogan-Experience-Podcast-Chooses-Wizzard-Media%27s |archive-date=May 16, 2019 |access-date=January 7, 2019 |website=Business Wire}}</ref> In May 2011, Rogan secured a deal with [[Sirius XM Holdings|SiriusXM]], a subscription-based [[satellite radio]] service, to have the podcast air on its uncensored talk channel [[Faction Talk|The Virus]].<ref name=carnell/> 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.<ref name="JSO11-2">{{Cite web |last=Ernst |first=Erik |date=August 13, 2011 |title=Joe Rogan talks about good and bad morning radio, praises Kramp & Adler and Opie & Anthony |url=http://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/127612058.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808111639/http://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/127612058.html |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |publisher=JSOnline}}</ref>
===YouTube era===
In January 2013, video episodes of the podcast started to be uploaded onto [[YouTube]] under the account PowerfulJRE and episodes were regularly achieving viewership in the hundred-thousands to millions.<ref name="M18">{{Cite web |last=Mountjoy |first=Anthony |date=March 7, 2018 |title=This Is How Much Joe Rogan Experience Made In A Year |url=https://medium.com/verboten-publishing/this-is-how-much-joe-rogan-experience-made-in-a-year-e2378c7b485c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725180532/https://medium.com/verboten-publishing/this-is-how-much-joe-rogan-experience-made-in-a-year-e2378c7b485c |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |publisher=Medium}}</ref> 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 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.<ref name="mariaredban2">{{Cite episode |title=Episode 39 – Brian Redban |url=http://carasantamaria.com/podcast/brian-redban |access-date=April 19, 2017 |series=Talk Nerdy |last=Santamaria |first=Cara |date=November 23, 2014 |time=20:06–20:50 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143545/http://carasantamaria.com/podcast/brian-redban |url-status=live}}</ref> Vernon soon took over full time and Redban subsequently appeared on the podcast as a guest.<ref name=ep674/><ref>{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #684 – Brian Redban |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=August 17, 2015 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #688 – Brian Redban |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=August 26, 2015 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |medium=Podcast}}</ref>
Originally, the podcast was recorded at Rogan's home in California.<ref name=ep1/> From November 24, 2011, some episodes were recorded at the Ice House Comedy Club in [[Pasadena, California]], also known as the Deathsquad Studios.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #160 – Eddie Bravo, Brian Redban |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=November 24, 2011 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |first3=Eddie |last3=Bravo |medium=Podcast}}</ref> Since November 27, 2012, the majority of episodes have been recorded in a private studio that Rogan acquired in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Joe Rogan Experience #289 – Shane Smith, Brian Redban |series=The Joe Rogan Experience |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=November 27, 2012 |first2=Brian |last2=Redban |first3=Shane |last3=Smith |medium=Podcast}}</ref> The 1,000th episode aired on August 18, 2017, and featured comedians [[Joey Diaz]] and [[Tom Segura]] as guests.<ref name=ep1000/>
In April 2020, Rogan began having guests take an antibody test for [[COVID-19]] before recording the podcast during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Rogan uses a personalized, on-demand service that offers each test for $299.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodrigues |first=Ashwin |date=April 19, 2020 |title=Joe Rogan is testing all his podcast guests for COVID-19 |url=https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/884yka/joe-rogan-podcast-covid-19-testing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422042221/https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/884yka/joe-rogan-podcast-covid-19-testing |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |publisher=Vice}}</ref>
===Spotify era===
On May 19, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carman |first=Ashley |date=2022-02-17 |title=Spotify reportedly paid $200 million for Joe Rogan's podcast |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/17/22939587/joe-rogan-experience-spotify-podcast-deal |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rosman |first1=Katherine |last2=Sisario |first2=Ben |last3=Isaac |first3=Mike |last4=Satariano |first4=Adam |date=2022-02-17 |title=Spotify Bet Big on Joe Rogan. It Got More Than It Counted On. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/arts/music/spotify-joe-rogan-misinformation.html |access-date=2022-03-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 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 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Stock Alert: Spotify Shares Up 7% |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/stock-alert%3A-spotify-shares-up-7-2020-05-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622020908/https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/stock-alert%3A-spotify-shares-up-7-2020-05-20 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref> The move to Spotify coincided with Rogan's relocation from Los Angeles to [[Austin, Texas]], and the debut of a new, temporary studio there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2020 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Joe Rogan teases new Texas podcast studio; locals say it's a home on Lake Austin (TIMELINE) |url=https://austonia.com/joe-rogan-austin-texas |website=austonia}}</ref> The first new episode released on Spotify was no. 1,530 with comedian [[Duncan Trussell]], which lasted for over five hours.<ref name=EW20/> On September 8, 2020, Rogan debuted the studio on episode no. 1,533 with guest [[Adam Curry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amos |first=Andrew |date=September 9, 2020 |title=Joe Rogan debuts flashy new Texas podcast studio in latest JRE episode |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/joe-rogan-debuts-flashy-new-texas-podcast-studio-in-latest-jre-episode-1417102 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |publisher=Dexerto}}</ref> (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.<ref name="EW20">{{Cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=September 1, 2020 |title=Joe Rogan debuts on Spotify with his most controversial episodes missing |url=https://ew.com/podcasts/joe-rogan-spotify-missing-episodes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908181619/https://ew.com/podcasts/joe-rogan-spotify-missing-episodes/ |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> [[VICE News|VICE]] later reported that Spotify CEO [[Daniel Ek]] defended having episode no. 1,509 on 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=September 17, 2020 |title=Spotify CEO Defends Keeping Transphobic Joe Rogan Podcasts Online |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/xg8jq4/spotify-joe-rogan-transphobic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919015921/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/xg8jq4/spotify-joe-rogan-transphobic |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2020 |publisher=VICE}}</ref> Rogan later clarified that the company had said nothing to him about plans to [[Censorship|censor]] or [[Editorialization|editorialize]] the podcast, as some employees had suggested. He also pointed to the abundance of song lyrics hosted on Spotify that some would consider offensive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cane |first=Isaiah |date=October 2, 2020 |title=Joe Rogan Responds To Spotify Employees Over Censorship Rumors |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/joe-rogan-responds-to-spotify-employees-over-censorship-rumors-news.118928.html |access-date=October 3, 2020 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Di Placido |first=Dani |date=October 19, 2020 |title=COVID-19 Pauses Production on Joe Rogan's Podcast |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2020/10/19/covid-19-pauses-production-on-joe-rogans-podcast/ |access-date=October 20, 2020 |website=Forbes}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=#1554 - Kanye West - The Joe Rogan Experience |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OrHFgKhoainuuJ9CBrw37 |website=Spotify |date=October 24, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> West was one of Rogan's most anticipated guests after the idea of Kanye coming on the podcast first surfaced in late 2018<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1073989640363827200 |user=joerogan |title=I would be happy to talk to you about it for as long as you'd like.}}</ref> and a premature confirmation by West in early 2019,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1080211582955663360 |user=kanyewest |title=Spoke with Joe Rogan. Podcast coming soon.}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 10, 2022|title=An Open Letter to Spotify: A call from the global scientific and medical communities to implement a misinformation policy|url=https://spotifyopenletter.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/an-open-letter-to-spotify/|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> An epidemiologist who signed the letter stated that she viewed Rogan as "a menace to public health", and that his ideas are "fringe", and "not backed in science".{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Breslin|first=Maureen|date=January 13, 2022|title=Doctors call out Spotify over 'false and societally harmful assertions' on Joe Rogan show|url=https://thehill.com/media/589526-doctors-call-out-spotify-over-false-and-societally-harmful-assertions-on-joe-rogan-show|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=TheHill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohn|first=Alicia|date=April 29, 2021|title=Joe Rogan clarifies vaccine comments: 'I'm not an anti-vax person'|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/551057-joe-rogan-clarifies-vaccine-comments-im-not-an-anti-vax-person|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=TheHill}}</ref> It was later reported that the letter gained an additional thousand signatures.<ref>{{Cite news|title=What the Joe Rogan podcast controversy says about the online misinformation ecosystem|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/21/1074442185/joe-rogan-doctor-covid-podcast-spotify-misinformation|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>


==Format==
==Format==
There are at least three types of episodes, as labeled on YouTube. These are the "main" general category (of which there are over 1500 episodes), "MMA show", and the "Fight companion" episodes, which are streamed live.{{cn|date=February 2022}}
The show is done in three types.  The standard Audio format can be found on over 13 different podcast providers. The video shows can only be found on YouTube and they do a Patreon Show, which is a monthly paid subscription show where they get into more of the dirty truth of the cigar industry and review a weekly chosen cigar.


==Impact==
==The Difference== The show refuses to take on any cigar advertising, Allowing them to keep the shows integrity intact. They are this way free to say anything and everything they want about cigars.
In January 2015, the podcast was listened to by more than 11 million people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2015 |title=Joe Rogan Podcast |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1727870/joe-rogan-podcast-tops-11-million-monthly-downloads/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030805/http://www.inquisitr.com/1727870/joe-rogan-podcast-tops-11-million-monthly-downloads/ |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=November 13, 2015 |publisher=Inquisitor}}</ref> By October 2015, it had grown to acquire 16 million downloads a month.<ref name=Eadicicco/><ref name="rollingstone2015">{{Cite magazine |last=Hedegaard |first=Erik |date=October 22, 2015 |title=How Joe Rogan Went From UFC Announcer to 21st-Century Timothy Leary |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/how-joe-rogan-went-from-ufc-announcer-to-21st-century-timothy-leary-20151022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513210850/http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/how-joe-rogan-went-from-ufc-announcer-to-21st-century-timothy-leary-20151022 |archive-date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=May 29, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ham |first=Robert |date=October 28, 2016 |title=Joe Rogan's Powerful Life |work=Paste |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/joe-rogans-powerful-life.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072114/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/joe-rogans-powerful-life.html |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> In April 2019, Rogan said that the podcast had 190 million downloads each month.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcus |first=Aubrey |date=April 17, 2019 |title=Aubrey Marcus Podcast #200 - Joe Rogan on Choosing Your Struggle |url=https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/onnit-336/aubrey-marcus-podcast/200-choose-your-struggle-with-joe-rogan/ |access-date=October 23, 2020 |via=Luminary}}</ref>


An annual Joe Rogan-inspired "[[Sober October]]" tradition started in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Rogan's Sober October Experience |date=October 8, 2019 |url=https://jrefacts.org/sober-october/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125205753/https://jrefacts.org/sober-october/ |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref> has influenced some listeners to curb their addictions by partaking in the challenge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kussin |first=Zachary |date=October 7, 2019 |title=How Joe Rogan-inspired Sober October is getting people to be healthier |url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/07/how-joe-rogan-inspired-sober-october-is-getting-people-to-be-healthier/https://nypost.com/2019/10/07/how-joe-rogan-inspired-sober-october-is-getting-people-to-be-healthier/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002073347/https://nypost.com/2019/10/07/how-joe-rogan-inspired-sober-october-is-getting-people-to-be-healthier/ |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2019 |website=New York Post}}</ref>
==History==
First episode September 20, 2017


[[Elon Musk]]'s appearance on episode No. 1,169 on September 6, 2018, saw Musk smoke [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]], which attracted worldwide press attention and was followed by a 9% fall in [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]] stock.<ref name=S19/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Eric |date=May 7, 2019 |title=Joe Rogan Is the Supreme Cannabis Brand Advocate |url=https://www.greenentrepreneur.com/article/332675 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808143138/https://www.greenentrepreneur.com/article/332675 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |website=Green Entrepreneur}}</ref>
On April 17, 2022 they became the Hustler Podcast Network adding a second show by Mike Palmer and Chet Atwell called, “The Chet and Palmer Show Podcast”.  A show about Middle-Aged Men in America. The show centers around the emotional, physical and financial problems affecting this group.


===2020 U.S. presidential election===
Jul 8th, 2022 they added That Sports Talk with Stephen Hippelheuser, Mark Robert and JJ Smith Jr.
According to ''The New York Times'', Rogan and ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' became an "unlikely political influencer" in the [[2020 United States presidential election|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 the candidate and saying on air, "I think I'll probably vote for Bernie."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Matt |date=January 24, 2020 |title=Joe Rogan Endorses Bernie Sanders |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/us/politics/bernie-sanders-endorsement-joe-rogan.html |access-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125210153/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/us/politics/bernie-sanders-endorsement-joe-rogan.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


The podcast was integral to [[Andrew Yang 2020 presidential campaign|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Goldmacher |first1=Shane |last2=Lai |first2=K. K. Rebecca |last3=Shorey |first3=Rachel |date=August 17, 2019 |title=The 5 Days That Defined the 2020 Primary |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/17/us/politics/2020-democratic-fundraising.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817170115/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/17/us/politics/2020-democratic-fundraising.html |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Omar |date=July 25, 2019 |title=Inside the Democrats' Podcast Presidential Primary |url=https://www.thewrap.com/democrats-podcast-presidential-primary-marianne-williamson-andrew-yang/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803165824/https://www.thewrap.com/democrats-podcast-presidential-primary-marianne-williamson-andrew-yang/ |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |website=TheWrap}}</ref> Research has credited Yang's appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, in particular Yang's discussions with Rogan about the [[Universal basic income|Universal Basic Income]] (UBI), as having had a considerable impact on the prominence of UBI in public debates, with a potential impact on the COVID-19 relief bills (which included [[Stimulus check|one-time payments]] similar to UBI).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Kirsten |last2=Kreiss |first2=Daniel |date=2021 |title=Power in Ideas: A Case-Based Argument for Taking Ideas Seriously in Political Communication |doi=10.1017/9781108950954 |isbn=978-1-108-95095-4 |s2cid=234849809 }}{{page needed|date=October 2021}}</ref>
Rounding out the entertaining network.  Each show can be heard weekly on the network.
 
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2019 |title=Coleman Insights Study Shows Joe Rogan Topping Podcast Listener Awareness |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/188428/coleman-insights-study-shows-joe-rogan-topping-pod |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132835/https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/188428/coleman-insights-study-shows-joe-rogan-topping-pod |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |website=All Access}}</ref>
 
On September 8, 2020, then President [[Donald Trump]] tweeted 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."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wulfsohn |first=Joseph A. |date=September 8, 2020 |title=Trump shares clip of Joe Rogan comparing Biden to 'flashlight' with 'dying battery' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tweets-joe-rogan-biden-dying-battery |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909152156/https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tweets-joe-rogan-biden-dying-battery |archive-date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> On September 13, UFC fighter [[Tim Kennedy (fighter)|Tim Kennedy]] tweeted that, in Rogan's podcast with him two days earlier, 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!"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Seth |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Forget Joe Rogan, There Are 3 Reasons Why Joe Biden Shouldn't Debate Trump — At All |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethcohen/2020/09/14/forget-joe-rogan-there-are-3-reasons-why-joe-biden-shouldnt-debate-trump/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915213216/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethcohen/2020/09/14/forget-joe-rogan-there-are-3-reasons-why-joe-biden-shouldnt-debate-trump/ |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2020 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> This prompted [[Sunny Hostin]] of ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' to denounce Rogan as "misogynistic, racist [and] homophobic" for allegedly having made insensitive comments at select times during his history as a podcast host.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Brian |date=September 15, 2020 |title='The View' co-host Sunny Hostin calls Joe Rogan 'misogynistic, racist, homophobic,' not fit to host debate |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-view-sunny-hostin-joe-rogan-misogynistic-racist-homophobic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917095748/https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-view-sunny-hostin-joe-rogan-misogynistic-racist-homophobic |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2020 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>{{efn|Also in the podcast with Tim Kennedy, Rogan discussed a premise from his [[Netflix]] comedy special ''Triggered'' in which he jokes that the women of ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'' had influenced [[Caitlyn Jenner]] to become a woman, specifically saying, "Maybe if you live with crazy bitches long enough they fuckin' turn you into one." On ''[[TMZ Live]]'' on September 16, Jenner labelled Rogan a "homophobic, transphobic ass", and said, "It's not a joke. It's very serious stuff."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saad |first=Nardine |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Caitlyn Jenner slams Joe Rogan for transphobic rant that bashed the Kardashians |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-16/caitlyn-jenner-joe-rogan-kardashians |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924014423/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-16/caitlyn-jenner-joe-rogan-kardashians |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>}}
 
==Criticism and removals==
The show has engaged with a wide variety of controversial topics.
 
On June 20, 2019, [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]] [[Bob Lazar]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prior|first=Ryan|date=July 18, 2019|title=Meet the guy behind the 'Area 51' page. He's terrified of what he's created|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/us/matty-roberts-area-51-page-terrified-trnd/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919043935/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/us/matty-roberts-area-51-page-terrified-trnd/index.html|archive-date=September 19, 2019|access-date=July 21, 2019|website=CNN}}</ref>
 
In February 2022, journalist [[Amy Westervelt]] criticized Rogan's appearances on his podcast for [[climate change denial]], and for being involved in starting false rumors that [[2020 Western United States wildfire season#Rumors about political extremist involvement|environmentalists deliberately set wildfires in 2020 in the Western United States]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/02/06/1078689576/the-joe-rogan-controversy-spotlights-how-some-podcasts-spread-disinformation |title=The Joe Rogan controversy spotlights how some podcasts spread disinformation |date=February 6, 2022 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref>
 
===COVID-19 controversy===
On April 27, 2021, Rogan made false<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Joe Rogan is Wrong: Young, Healthy People Need the COVID-19 Vaccine |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rogan-dont-need-to-worry-vaccine/ |access-date=April 29, 2021 |website=[[Snopes]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Geddes |first=Linda |title=Joe Rogan's Covid claims: what does the science actually say? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/31/joe-rogan-covid-claims-what-does-the-science-actually-say |access-date=February 22, 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Joe Rogan: Four claims from his Spotify podcast fact-checked |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/60199614 |access-date=February 22, 2022 |publisher=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> remarks about [[COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 vaccines]], in particular suggesting that young, healthy people have no need to be vaccinated against the virus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mastrangelo |first=Dominick |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Fauci: Joe Rogan's COVID-19 comments 'incorrect' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/550632-fauci-joe-rogans-comments-about-young-healthy-people-not-needing-a-vaccine |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=The Hill |language=en}}</ref> Rogan's view was criticized by [[Anthony Fauci]] and White House communication director [[Kate Bedingfield]], as well as by several media outlets.<ref>{{Citation |title=Doctor calls on Joe Rogan to walk back vaccine comments - CNN Video |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2021/04/28/joe-rogan-vaccines-podcast-newday-vpx.cnn |access-date=April 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Forgey |first=Quint |title=White House blasts Joe Rogan for discouraging vaccination on his podcast |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/28/white-house-joe-rogan-podcast-vaccine-484891 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Joe Rogan Anti-Vax Comments About Young People Create New Headache for Spotify |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/joe-rogan-anti-vaccine-podcast-spotify-1234961803/ |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carman |first=Ashley |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Spotify is okay with Joe Rogan telling 21-year-olds not to get vaccinated |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22406315/joe-rogan-vaccine-spotify-podcast-covid-19 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> Part of the objection was that there have been notable cases affecting young, healthy people.<ref name=":0" /> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Sara |title=Joe Rogan walks back anti-vaccination comments: "I'm a f***-ing moron" |url=https://www.axios.com/joe-rogan-walks-back-anti-vaccination-spotify-4ab56dcf-b60e-41c6-9c49-fe7f22be7d04.html |access-date=April 29, 2021 |website=Axios |date=April 29, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Joe Rogan takes back comments discouraging Covid vaccinations |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-rogan-covid-vaccine-antivax-b1839924.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-rogan-covid-vaccine-antivax-b1839924.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=April 29, 2021 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
 
On October 13, 2021, in conversation with CNN's [[Sanjay Gupta]], Rogan defended taking the [[ivermectin]] his physician prescribed him [[off-label]] for treating COVID-19.<ref name="WashEx">{{Cite web|title='It's a lie': Joe Rogan accuses CNN of 'unfavorably framing' ivermectin as 'horse dewormer'|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-rogan-confronts-cnn-sanay-gupta-ivermectin-lies|last=Aabram|first=Virginia|date=October 14, 2021|work=[[Washington Examiner]]|access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref> CNN had previously said Rogan was "taking a livestock drug without warning" when the podcast host caught the disease in late August. Rogan accused the news network of lying, and that they labeled the drug a "horse dewormer".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why Joe Rogan and I sat down and talked&nbsp;– for more than 3 hours|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/13/health/sanjay-gupta-joe-rogan-experience/index.html|last=Gupta|first=Sanjay|author-link=Sanjay Gupta|date=October 14, 2021|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref> Rogan also once again reiterated his view that people should have the autonomy to choose to get vaccinated.<ref name="WashEx" />
 
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 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 5, 2022|title=YouTube Bans Joe Rogan Episode Over Nazi Germany Reference|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/01/05/youtube-bans-joe-rogan-nazi-germany/|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 4, 2022|title=YouTube scraps Joe Rogan podcast episode over Nazi Germany comparison|url=https://nypost.com/2022/01/04/youtube-scraps-joe-rogan-podcast-episode-over-nazi-comparison/|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=New York Post|language=en-US}}</ref> 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".<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=January 14, 2022|title='Menace to public health': 270 doctors criticize Spotify over Joe Rogan's podcast|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/14/spotify-joe-rogan-podcast-open-letter|access-date=January 14, 2022|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Dickson|first1=E. J.|date=January 12, 2022|title='A Menace to Public Health': Doctors Demand Spotify Puts an End to Covid Lies on 'Joe Rogan Experience'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/covid-misinformation-joe-rogan-spotify-petition-1282240/|access-date=January 14, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> On January 3, 2022, Congressman [[Troy Nehls]] entered a full transcript<ref name="JRE-Transcript-Nehls">{{cite web|date=January 3, 2022|title=Joe Rogan Experience #1757 – Dr. Robert Malone, MD Full Transcript|url=https://nehls.house.gov/posts/joe-rogan-experience-1757-dr-robert-malone-md-full-transcript|access-date=January 6, 2022|website=Congressman Troy Nehls}}</ref><ref>{{USCongRec|2021|e1403|date=January 3, 2022}}</ref> of the interview with Malone into the [[Congressional Record]] in order to circumvent what he said was censorship by social media.<ref name="JRE-Transcript-Nehls" /><ref name="news.com.au333">{{cite web|date=January 4, 2022|title=YouTube takes down anti-vax Joe Rogan interview with Dr Robert Malone|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/youtube-takes-down-antivax-joe-rogan-interview-with-dr-robert-malone/news-story/dac9fa69eba2fcd1f4a2c860880c1fa4|access-date=January 6, 2022|website=news.com.au}}</ref>
 
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 has [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s guitarist [[Nils Lofgren]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yang|first=Maya|date=January 26, 2022|title=Spotify removes Neil Young music in feud over Joe Rogan's false Covid claims|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/26/spotify-neil-young-joe-rogan-covid-misinformation|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shafer|first=Ellise|date=January 28, 2022|title=Joni Mitchell Says She's Removing Music From Spotify: 'Irresponsible People Are Spreading Lies'|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/joni-mitchell-spotify-removing-music-joe-rogan-1235166691/|work=Variety}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Repko|first=Melissa|date=January 30, 2022|title=Spotify to add content advisory when podcasts mention Covid as more musicians yank songs from platform|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/30/bruce-springsteen-guitarist-nils-lofgren-joins-spotify-boycott-.html|access-date=January 31, 2022|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref> Singer [[David Draiman]], on 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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hirwani |first=Peony |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Disturbed frontman David Draiman 'applauds' Spotify for removing Neil Young's music amid Joe Rogan spat |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/david-draiman-disturbed-neil-young-joe-rogan-b2002640.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/david-draiman-disturbed-neil-young-joe-rogan-b2002640.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=January 31, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> Separately, popular podcaster [[Brené Brown]] said on Twitter that she would "not be releasing any podcasts until further notice".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Repko|first=Melissa|date=January 30, 2022|title=Spotify to add content advisory when podcasts mention Covid as more musicians yank songs from platform|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/30/bruce-springsteen-guitarist-nils-lofgren-joins-spotify-boycott-.html|access-date=January 31, 2022|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref>
 
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 the topic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-01-30/spotifys-platform-rules-and-approach-to-covid-19/ |author=Daniel Ek |title=Spotify's Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19 |date=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
 
===Racial slurs and removed episodes===
In February 2022, singer-songwriter [[India Arie]] shared a compilation of Rogan saying the racial slur ''[[nigger]]'' on ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' on [[Instagram]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=2022-02-01 |title=India Arie to Pull Music From Spotify Due to Joe Rogan's Comments on Race |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/india-arie-jeo-rogan-spotify-race-1293234/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Aratani2022">{{cite web |last1=Aratani |first1=Lauren |date=5 February 2022 |title=Joe Rogan apologises for repeated use of N-word after footage emerges |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/feb/05/joe-rogan-apologises-for-using-n-word-and-racist-planet-of-the-apes-story |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=English |quote=The podcast host Joe Rogan has offered “sincere and humble apologies” after footage emerged of him repeatedly using the N-word on his hit show. The comedian, 54, who has a lucrative deal with the streaming giant Spotify, said it was the “most regretful and shameful thing” he has ever had to speak about, but stressed the clips were “taken out of context”. Rogan has come under fire recently for sharing coronavirus misinformation on his hugely popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. Prominent musicians including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have withdrawn their music from the service over its decision to continue hosting the show, which was reportedly acquired for more than $100m (£77m) in 2020.}}</ref><ref name="MarufStelter2022">{{cite web |last1=Maruf |first1=Ramishah |last2=Stelter |first2=Brian |date=5 February 2022 |title=Joe Rogan apologizes for using racial slurs |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/media/joe-rogan-racial-slur-apology-india-arie/index.html |access-date=6 February 2022 |publisher=[[CNN]] |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Stolworthy2022">{{cite web |last1=Stolworthy |first1=Jacob |date=5 February 2022 |title=India Arie shares resurfaced clips of Joe Rogan using N-word 22 times |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/joe-rogan-india-arie-spotify-b2008284.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220609/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/joe-rogan-india-arie-spotify-b2008284.html |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=English |quote=Resurfaced Joe Rogan footage, shared by musician India Arie, shows the podcaster using the N-word multiple times.  On Tuesday (1 February), the Grammy-winning singer said she was removing her music from Spotify because of Rogan’s “language around race”.  She branded the podcaster “problematic”, saying that she came to her decision as she felt she should “walk” through a door “opened” by Neil Young.  The week before, Young asked that his music be removed from the platform due to its affiliation with Rogan, whom he said had spread “false information” regarding Covid-19 vaccines.}}</ref> The footage in question was first published by the [[political action committee]] PatriotTakes, an affiliate of 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.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sarah Westwood |date=2022-02-08 |title=Joe Rogan takedown bid seen as coordinated attack |url=https://gazette.com/news/joe-rogan-takedown-bid-seen-as-coordinated-attack/article_89c0e273-998f-5bc3-860d-0d65e89a4a5f.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209053749/https://gazette.com/news/joe-rogan-takedown-bid-seen-as-coordinated-attack/article_89c0e273-998f-5bc3-860d-0d65e89a4a5f.html |archive-date=2022-02-09 |access-date=2022-02-14 |work=gazette.com}}</ref> Rogan described the video compilation as a "political hit job".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=Joe Rogan says he's a victim, slams clip of him using racial slur as a 'political hit job' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joe-rogan-says-s-victim-slams-clip-using-n-word-political-hit-job-rcna15482 |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=NBC News |publisher=Variety |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Political hit job': Joe Rogan's claim over Spotify saga |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/joe-rogan-says-hes-the-victim-of-a-political-hit-job-in-the-on-going-spotify-drama/55MYB5AHEFUZWWUACUS7U3DWAQ/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=Examining The Democratic Super Pac That Is Behind Efforts To Cancel Joe Rogan » Calfkicker.com |url=https://calfkicker.com/examining-the-democratic-super-pac-that-is-behind-efforts-to-cancel-joe-rogan/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Calfkicker.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-which-ufc-fighters-defended-joe-rogan-amid-spotify-n-word-controversy |author=Vinayak Roy Chowdhry |title=Which UFC fighters have defended Joe Rogan amid Spotify and 'N-word' controversy? |date=February 12, 2022 |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=[[Sportskeeda]]}}</ref>
 
Spotify refused to carry 42 episodes of the podcast when it acquired the exclusive rights.<ref name="digitalmusicnews">[https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/02/04/spotify-removed-joe-rogan-podcasts-2022/ Spotify Removes 70 Episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience — Here's the Full List]</ref> 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<ref name="verge">[https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/6/22921203/spotify-joe-rogan-episode-removal-internal-memo Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirms removal of Joe Rogan episodes after n-word video resurfaces]</ref> which were removed on February 4, 2022,<ref name="digitalmusicnews" /> all of which pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/spotify-remove-episodes-joe-rogan-045230193.html Spotify Removes Episodes of Joe Rogan's Podcast Featuring Racial Slurs]</ref>
 
Arie complained about the "Fraction of a penny" royalties Spotify was paying to musicians in comparison with the 100 million USD Rogan had received for his exclusivity agreement with Spotify.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/entertainment/india-arie-joe-rogan-spotify-race-cec/index.html India Arie says she's pulling her music from Spotify over Joe Rogan's comments on race]</ref> Spotify later said in an internal memo it would be committing $100 million to create and promote audio from creators from historically marginalized groups.<ref name="verge" />
 
==Reception==
The podcast has been described as "an important node of the [[intellectual dark web]]",<ref name=S19/> and has featured a diverse ideological mixture of political guests, including Democratic presidential candidates and conservative figures. In a more critical article for ''[[National Review]],'' writer Theodore Kupfer wrote that the podcast, hosted by "A weed-smoking [[N,N-Dimethyltryptamine|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".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Kupfer |first=Theodore |date=April 13, 2018 |title=Joe Rogan's Boundary-Free Arena |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/joe-rogan-podcast-free-speech-zone-non-mainstream-thought/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913043638/https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/joe-rogan-podcast-free-speech-zone-non-mainstream-thought/ |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |publisher=National Review}}</ref>
 
In August 2010, nine months after its launch, ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' entered the list of Top 100 podcasts on [[iTunes]].<ref name=entertainment2010/> In February 2014, the podcast won a [[Stitcher Radio|Stitcher Award]] for Best Overall Show of 2013.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=439158907106492416 |user=JoeRogan |title=The Joe Rogan Experience won best overall podcast at the Stitcher Awards, and I am eternally grateful... |author=Rogan, Joe |date=February 27, 2014}}</ref> In 2017 and 2018, the podcast was Apple's second-most-downloaded podcast.<ref name="S19">{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Justin |date=March 21, 2019 |title=How Joe Rogan's Hugely Popular Podcast Became an Essential Platform for "Freethinkers" Who Hate the Left |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/joe-rogans-podcast-is-an-essential-platform-for-freethinkers-who-hate-the-left.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808170139/https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/joe-rogans-podcast-is-an-essential-platform-for-freethinkers-who-hate-the-left.html |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |website=Slate}}</ref> In January 2019, the podcast won Best Comedy Podcast at the [[iHeartRadio]] Podcast Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-01-18-2019-iheartradio-podcast-awards-full-list-of-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213010120/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-01-18-2019-iheartradio-podcast-awards-full-list-of-winners/ |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |website=iHeartRadio |publisher=iHeartMedia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Did Joe Rogan Really Believe Tom DeLonge's Confessions JRE Podcast 1029? |url=https://www.the-proxy-blog.com/did-joe-rogan-really-believe-tom-delonges-confessions-jre-podcast-1029/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2021 |website=The Proxy Blog|date=August 30, 2021 }}</ref>


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Cigar Hustlers Podcast is a podcast hosted by Mike Szczepankiewcz, from Cigar Hustler Fame, and Mike Palmer from The Florida Cigar Club. It launched on September 20, 2027, on Podbean. With episode had guest Guest Azarias Mustafa Cordoba and his wife at the time Emille. The show can be found on all Major Podcast platforms and has been listened to in 90% of the world. As the show grew in popularity they added a video version of the show on May 14, 2019. The show is a cigar-themed format with Industry news as well as Cigar Personalities. They are known for their hard-hitting noncigar interviews that give you more information about each personality as well as Palmer's uncensored Humor and bad impersonations of Cigar Industry People.

They were the first show to interview Hirochi Robaina in America. They had an exclusive Interview with Privada Club Creator Brian Designed after his now famous meltdown social media post after his website was hacked and taken down. Matt Booth, Jack Torano, and Hector Alfonso to name a few are regular call-in guests.

Origins

The podcast originally began in early 2017 when Mikey came to Palmer and suggested that they do a podcast on cigars. Palmer quickly went to work learning all he could about podcasts, how to make them, equipment, editing, recording, and how to distribute such a show. With Mikey’s industry connections and Palmer’s new ability to “Podcast” they threw the show together and Monkey Fucked their way to becoming Industry Media, as proclaimed by “Cigar Coop”, Industry Media Giant.


Format

The show is done in three types. The standard Audio format can be found on over 13 different podcast providers. The video shows can only be found on YouTube and they do a Patreon Show, which is a monthly paid subscription show where they get into more of the dirty truth of the cigar industry and review a weekly chosen cigar.

==The Difference== The show refuses to take on any cigar advertising, Allowing them to keep the shows integrity intact. They are this way free to say anything and everything they want about cigars.

History

First episode September 20, 2017

On April 17, 2022 they became the Hustler Podcast Network adding a second show by Mike Palmer and Chet Atwell called, “The Chet and Palmer Show Podcast”. A show about Middle-Aged Men in America. The show centers around the emotional, physical and financial problems affecting this group.

Jul 8th, 2022 they added That Sports Talk with Stephen Hippelheuser, Mark Robert and JJ Smith Jr.

Rounding out the entertaining network. Each show can be heard weekly on the network.

References


External links

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