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'''Joseph James Rogan''' (born August 11, 1967) is an American podcaster, ] ], comedian, actor, and former television host. He hosts '']'', a ] in which he discusses current events, comedy, politics, aliens, religion, philosophy, science, martial arts, and hobbies with celebrity guests. His podcast is one of the most influential and most watched podcasts in the world.
'''Joseph James Rogan''' (born August 11, 1967) is an American ] ], podcaster, comedian, actor, and former television presenter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matthews |first1=Dylan |title=The Joe Rogan controversy revealed something important about the American left |url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/1/27/21081876/joe-rogan-bernie-sanders-henry-kissinger |access-date=January 28, 2020 |work=Vox |date=January 27, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bonn |first1=Tess |title=Hill.TV's Saagar Enjeti defends Bernie Sanders following Joe Rogan fallout |url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/480184-hilltvs-saagar-enjeti-defends-bernie-sanders-following-joe-rogan-fallout |access-date=January 28, 2020 |work=] |date=January 27, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hodges|first=Mike|title=Joe Rogan Recalls How He Became a Color-Commentator for the UFC|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1048195-joe-rogan-recalls-how-he-became-a-color-commentator-for-the-ufc|access-date=May 4, 2021|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 22, 2021|title=UFC 261 commentary team, broadcast plans set: Joe Rogan returns cageside|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-news-commentary-team-broadcast-plans-ufc-261-joe-rogan|access-date=May 4, 2021|website=MMA Junkie|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Flegenheimer |first1=Matt |title=Joe Rogan Is Too Big to Cancel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/business/joe-rogan.html |access-date=July 6, 2021 |work=] |date=July 1, 2021}}</ref> He hosts '']'', a ] in which he discusses current events, comedy, politics, philosophy, science, and hobbies with a variety of guests.


Rogan was born in ], and began his career in comedy in August 1988 in the ] area. After relocating to ] in 1994, he signed an exclusive developmental deal with ] and appeared as an actor on several television shows, including '']'' and ''].'' In 1997, he started working for the UFC as an interviewer and color commentator. He released his first ], ''I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday...'', in 2000 and hosted the ] '']'' from 2001 to 2006. Rogan was born in ], and began his career in comedy in 1988 in the ] area. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1994, he signed an exclusive developmental deal with ] and appeared as an actor on several television shows, including '']'' and ''].'' In 1997, he started working for the UFC as an interviewer and color commentator. He released his first ], ''I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday...'', in 2000 and hosted the game show '']'' from 2001 to 2006.


After leaving ''Fear Factor'', Rogan focused on his stand-up career and hosted more comedy specials. He launched ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' in 2009; by 2015, it was one of the most popular podcasts in the world, regularly receiving millions of plays per episode. ] obtained exclusive distribution rights to ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' in 2020 for {{US$}}100 million. After leaving ''Fear Factor'', Rogan focused on his stand-up career and hosted more comedy specials. He launched ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' in 2009; by 2015, it was one of the most popular podcasts in the world, regularly receiving millions of plays per episode. ] obtained exclusive distribution rights to ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' in 2020 for {{USD|200 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bissada |first1=Mason |title= Joe Rogan's Spotify Deal Allegedly Worth $200 Million, Doubling Initial Report |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/masonbissada/2022/02/17/joe-rogans-spotify-deal-allegedly-worth-200-million-doubling-initial-report/amp/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |work=Forbes |date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> Rogan's audience has since grown significantly, and in 2024, he renewed his deal with Spotify for an estimated {{USD|250 million|long=no}}, but will no longer be exclusive to them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ugwu |first=Reggie |date=2024-02-02 |title=Joe Rogan Renews at Spotify, but Will No Longer Be Exclusive |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/arts/joe-rogan-spotify.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


Rogan has voiced support for ], ] legalization, ], ], ], and ], while opposing ] and ]. He supported ] in 2024, having previously endorsed ] in 2020. Rogan has been criticized for promoting ], ], and for hosting guests who spread ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |author=Peniel E. Joseph |website=CNN |title=Don't pretend you don't know what Joe Rogan is all about |date= February 10, 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/opinions/joe-rogan-myth-spotify-joseph/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Melanie McFarlad |website=Salon |title=In Joe Rogan, Netflix continues mainstreaming misinformation and panic for laughs |date= August 10, 2024 |url=https://www.salon.com/2024/08/10/joe-rogan-netflix-comedy-misinformation-panic/}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Joseph James Rogan was born on August 11, 1967, in ], US.<ref name="rogan2011">{{cite web |url=http://vimeo.com/26140599 |title=The Joe Rogan Experience Video Blog, Episode 8 on Vimeo |website=Vimeo.com |date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202313/https://vimeo.com/26140599 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=schneider2002/> He is of three-quarters Italian and one-quarter Irish descent.<ref name="roganancestry">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/joerogan/statuses/84685015119708160 |title=Joe Rogan on Twitter: "@pricecavs It is. My grandfather on my father's side, Pappy Rogan is straight off the boat from Ireland. I'm 3/4 Italian 1/4 Irish." |publisher=Twitter |date=June 25, 2011 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809025107/https://twitter.com/joerogan/statuses/84685015119708160 |url-status=live }}</ref> His father, Joseph, is a former police officer in Harrison, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nypost.com/2022/09/28/joe-rogans-estranged-dad-denies-being-violent-with-podcasters-mom-report/ | title=Joe Rogan's estranged dad denies being violent with podcaster's mom: Report | date=September 28, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11260833/Joe-Rogans-half-sister-says-LYING-father-violent-domestic-abuser.html | title=Joe Rogan's half-sister says he is LYING about claims against father | website=] | date=September 29, 2022 }}</ref> Rogan's parents divorced when he was five,<ref name=rollingstone2015/> and he has not been in contact with his father since he was seven. Rogan recalled: "All I remember of my dad are these brief, violent flashes of domestic violence... But I don't want to complain about my childhood. Nothing bad ever really happened to me... I don't hate the guy."<ref name=rollingstone2015/> From ages seven to eleven he lived in ],<ref name=rollingstone2015/> after which his family moved to ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUJwgBSVNU|title=Joe Rogan on retiring the word "faggot"|first=Joe|last=Rogan|publisher=Youtube|date=November 27, 2010|access-date=November 13, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202213528/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUJwgBSVNU&t=1m30s|url-status=live}}</ref> They later settled in ], ], outside ], where Rogan attended ],<ref name=boston2008>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/09/12/qa_with_joe_rogan/|title=Q&A with Joe Rogan|date=September 11, 2008|first=Nick A.|last=Zaino III|work=]|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=June 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604165249/http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/09/12/qa_with_joe_rogan/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=boston1997>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8407116.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085211/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8407116.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='NewsRadio' flash: Local boy makes good Joe Rogan revels in new-found fame|first=Renee|last=Graham|date=February 5, 1997|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> from which he graduated in 1985.<ref name=globe2001>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8646646.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004329/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8646646.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Newton's Rogan a disarmingly honest Joe|first=Michael|last=Blowen|date=April 13, 2001|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
Rogan participated in ] and developed an interest in ] in his early teens.<ref name=chicago1994>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4252441.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003909/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4252441.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Fox Pitches a New Comedy To Hard-Luck Baseball Fans|first=Georgette|last=Gouveia|date=October 15, 1994|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He recalled being "terrified of being a loser" as a child,<ref name=SBN14>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/6/5/5762052/joe-rogan-interview-mma-ufc|title=Renaissance Man|first=Stephie|last=Haynes|date=June 5, 2014|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=August 9, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809144212/https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/6/5/5762052/joe-rogan-interview-mma-ufc|url-status=live}}</ref> and martial arts "gave me not just confidence, but also a different perspective of myself and what I was capable of. I knew that I could do something I was terrified of, and that was really difficult, and that I could excel at it. It was a big deal for me."<ref name=SBN14/> Martial arts were "the first thing that ever gave me hope that I wasn't going to be a loser. So I really, really gravitated toward it."<ref name=carnell>{{cite web|url=https://thom-carnell.squarespace.com/writing-samples/2016/1/24/interview-joe-rogan|title=Interview: Joe Rogan (January 2011)|date=January 24, 2016|first=Thom|last=Carnell|publisher=Thom Carnell|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206110618/https://thom-carnell.squarespace.com/writing-samples/2016/1/24/interview-joe-rogan|url-status=live}}</ref> At age 14, Rogan took up ] and, a year later started ].<ref name=rollingstone2015/> When he was 19, he won the US Open Championship taekwondo tournament as a lightweight.<ref name=globe2001/><ref name=schneider2002>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53|title=Joe Rogan|first=Ryan|last=Schneider|date=December 2002|magazine=Black Belt|pages=54–59|issn=0277-3066|volume=40|issue=12|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131183559/http://books.google.com/books?id=89sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a Massachusetts full-contact state champion for four consecutive years and became a Taekwondo instructor.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> Rogan also practiced amateur ] and held a 2–1 record;<ref name="tmz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/person/joe-rogan/|title=Joe Rogan|date=December 18, 2013|work=tmz.com|access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822191622/http://www.tmz.com/person/joe-rogan|url-status=live}}</ref> he retired from competition at age 21, as he began to suffer from frequent headaches and feared he might sustain worse injuries.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=rollingstone2015/>
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Joseph James Rogan was born in ], on August 11, 1967.<ref name="rogan2011">{{cite web |url=http://vimeo.com/26140599 |title=The Joe Rogan Experience Video Blog, Episode 8 on Vimeo |via=Vimeo |date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202313/https://vimeo.com/26140599 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=schneider2002/> He had one ] grandparent, while his three other grandparents were all of ] descent.<ref name="roganancestry">{{cite tweet |author=Joe Rogan |user=joerogan |number=84685015119708160 |title=@pricecavs It is. My grandfather on my father's side, Pappy Rogan is straight off the boat from Ireland. I'm 3/4 Italian 1/4 Irish. |date=June 25, 2011 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809025107/https://twitter.com/joerogan/statuses/84685015119708160 |url-status=live }}</ref> His parents divorced when he was five,<ref name=rollingstone2015/> and he has not been in contact with his father, an architect, since he was seven. He recalled, "All I remember of my dad are these brief, violent flashes of domestic violence. But I don't want to complain about my childhood. Nothing bad ever really happened to me. I don't hate the guy."<ref name=rollingstone2015/> At the age of seven, he moved with his mother to ],<ref name=rollingstone2015/> and when he was 11 they moved to ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUJwgBSVNU|title=Joe Rogan on retiring the word "faggot"|first=Joe|last=Rogan|via=YouTube|date=November 27, 2010|access-date=November 13, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202213528/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUJwgBSVNU&t=1m30s|url-status=live}}</ref> They later settled in ], ]. He graduated from ] in 1985.<ref name=boston2008>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/09/12/qa_with_joe_rogan/|title=Q&A with Joe Rogan|date=September 11, 2008|first=Nick A.|last=Zaino III|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=June 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604165249/http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/09/12/qa_with_joe_rogan/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=boston1997>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8407116.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085211/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8407116.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='NewsRadio' flash: Local boy makes good Joe Rogan revels in new-found fame|first=Renee|last=Graham|date=February 5, 1997|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 3, 2016|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=globe2001>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8646646.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004329/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8646646.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Newton's Rogan a disarmingly honest Joe|first=Michael|last=Blowen|date=April 13, 2001|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
He attended the ] but found it pointless and dropped out early.<ref name="rollingstone2015" /> He lived in the Boston area until he was 24.<ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/jim-gaffigan|title=Episode #1335|website=The Joe Rogan Experience|date=August 4, 2019|time=1:24:00|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120050259/http://podcasts.joerogan.net/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rogan participated in ] and developed an interest in martial arts in his early teens.<ref name=chicago1994>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4252441.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003909/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4252441.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Fox Pitches a New Comedy To Hard-Luck Baseball Fans|first=Georgette|last=Gouveia|date=October 15, 1994|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> He recalled being "terrified of being a loser" as a child<ref name=SBN14>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/6/5/5762052/joe-rogan-interview-mma-ufc|title=Renaissance Man|first=Stephie|last=Haynes|date=June 5, 2014|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=August 9, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809144212/https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/6/5/5762052/joe-rogan-interview-mma-ufc|url-status=live}}</ref> and said, "Martial arts gave me not just confidence, but also a different perspective of myself and what I was capable of. I knew that I could do something I was terrified of, and that was really difficult, and that I could excel at it. It was a big deal for me."<ref name=SBN14/> Martial arts were "the first thing that ever gave me hope that I wasn't going to be a loser. So I really, really gravitated toward it."<ref name=carnell>{{cite web|url=https://thom-carnell.squarespace.com/writing-samples/2016/1/24/interview-joe-rogan|title=Interview: Joe Rogan (January 2011)|date=January 24, 2016|first=Thom|last=Carnell|publisher=Thom Carnell|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206110618/https://thom-carnell.squarespace.com/writing-samples/2016/1/24/interview-joe-rogan|url-status=live}}</ref> At age 14, he took up karate and started ] a year later.<ref name=rollingstone2015/> When he was 19, he won the US Open Championship taekwondo tournament as a lightweight.<ref name=schneider2002>{{cite magazine |last=Schneider |first=Ryan |date=December 2002 |title=Joe Rogan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53 |url-status=live |issn=0277-3066 |volume=40 |issue=12 |magazine=] |publisher=Patrick Sternkopf |pages=54–9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131183559/http://books.google.com/books?id=89sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53 |archive-date=January 31, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name=globe2001/> He was a Massachusetts full-contact state champion for four consecutive years and became a taekwondo instructor.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> He also practiced amateur ] and held a 2–1 record;<ref name="tmz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/person/joe-rogan/|title=Joe Rogan|date=December 18, 2013|work=tmz.com|access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822191622/http://www.tmz.com/person/joe-rogan|url-status=live}}</ref> he retired from competition at age 21, as he began to suffer from frequent headaches and feared he might sustain worse injuries.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> He attended the ] but found the endeavor "pointless" and dropped out early.<ref name="rollingstone2015" />


== Career == == Career ==
===1988–1994: Early stand-up career=== ===1988–1994: Early stand-up career===
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Rogan had no intention of being a professional ], and initially considered a career in kickboxing.<ref name=shecky/><ref name=herald1999/> He was a fan of comedy from a young age, and comedian ]'s film '']'' affected him "in such a profound way. Nothing had made me laugh like that."<ref name=schneider2002/> Rogan's friends from gym and Taekwondo school, whom he would make laugh with impressions and jokes, convinced him to have a go at stand-up comedy.<ref name=schneider2002/> At 21, after six months preparing material and practicing his delivery,<ref name=comedycouch>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycouch.com/interviews/jrogan.htm|title=The Comedy Couch – Joe Rogan Interview|first=Guy|last=MacPherson|date=April 30, 2007|publisher=The Comedy Couch|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508011047/http://www.comedycouch.com/interviews/jrogan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> he performed his first stand-up routine on August 27, 1988, at an open-mic night at a Stitches comedy club in Boston.<ref name=boston2008/><ref name=shecky>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheckymagazine.com/rogan.htm|title=The SHECKY! Interview! Joe Rogan|date=2000|first=Brian|last=McKim|work=Shecky!|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=August 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829170428/http://www.sheckymagazine.com/rogan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Rogan had no intention of being a professional comedian,<ref name="shecky" /><ref name="herald1999" /> but was a fan of comedy from a young age, later saying of ]'s special '']'', "It affected me in such a profound way. Nothing had made me laugh like that."<ref name="schneider2002" /> His friends from gym and Taekwondo school, whom he would make laugh with impressions and jokes, convinced him to try stand-up.<ref name="schneider2002" /> At 21, after six months preparing material and practicing his delivery,<ref name="comedycouch">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycouch.com/interviews/jrogan.htm|title=The Comedy Couch – Joe Rogan Interview|first=Guy|last=MacPherson|date=April 30, 2007|publisher=The Comedy Couch|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508011047/http://www.comedycouch.com/interviews/jrogan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> he performed his first stand-up routine on August 27, 1988, at an open-mic night at a Stitches comedy club in Boston.<ref name="boston2008" /><ref name="shecky">{{cite web|url=http://www.sheckymagazine.com/rogan.htm|title=The SHECKY! Interview! Joe Rogan|year=2000|first=Brian|last=McKim|work=Shecky!|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=August 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829170428/http://www.sheckymagazine.com/rogan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>


While living in Boston and working on his stand-up, Rogan held several jobs to secure himself financially, including teaching martial arts at ] and in ], delivering newspapers, driving a limousine, doing construction work, and performing duties for a ].<ref name=boston2008/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> Meanwhile, his ] style earned him gigs at bachelor parties and strip clubs.<ref name=schneider2002/> One night, Rogan persuaded the owner of a comedy club in Boston to allow him to try a new, five-minute routine. At the show was talent manager Jeff Sussman, who liked Rogan's act and offered to become his manager. Rogan accepted Sussman's offer.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=herald2000/> While living in Boston and working on his stand-up, Rogan held several jobs to secure himself financially, including teaching martial arts at ] and in nearby ], delivering newspapers, driving a limousine, doing construction work, and assisting a ].<ref name="rollingstone2015" /><ref name="boston2008" /> Meanwhile, his ] style earned him gigs at bachelor parties and strip clubs.<ref name="schneider2002" /> One night, he persuaded the owner of a comedy club in Boston to allow him to try a new five-minute routine. At the show was talent manager Jeff Sussman, who liked the act and offered to become his manager, which Rogan accepted.<ref name="schneider2002" /><ref name="herald2000" />


In 1990, Rogan moved to ]. As a full-time comedian, he was "scratching and grinding" for money and stayed with his grandfather in Newark for the first six months.<ref name="rogan2007">{{Cite web |url=http://joerogan.net/blog/living-the-dream |title=Living the Dream |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=November 30, 2007 |publisher=JoeRogan.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705111031/http://joerogan.net/blog/living-the-dream |archive-date=July 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 4, 2017}}</ref> Rogan later cited ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vimeo.com/94257121 |title=JRE #496 – Nick Cutter on Vimeo |website=Vimeo.com |date=May 6, 2014 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117122131/https://vimeo.com/94257121 |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjeV2_hKLao |title=Joe Rogan Experience #463 – Louis Theroux |publisher=YouTube |date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308225029/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjeV2_hKLao |url-status=live }}</ref> ] and ] as comedy influences.<ref name=shecky/> In 1990, Rogan moved to New York City. As a full-time comedian, he was "scratching and grinding" for money and stayed with his grandfather in Newark for the first six months.<ref name="rogan2007">{{Cite web |url=http://joerogan.net/blog/living-the-dream |title=Living the Dream |last=Rogan |first=Joe |date=November 30, 2007 |publisher=JoeRogan.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705111031/http://joerogan.net/blog/living-the-dream |archive-date=July 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 4, 2017}}</ref> Rogan later cited ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vimeo.com/94257121 |title=JRE #496 – Nick Cutter on Vimeo |via=Vimeo |date=May 6, 2014 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117122131/https://vimeo.com/94257121 |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjeV2_hKLao |title=Joe Rogan Experience #463 – Louis Theroux |via=YouTube |date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308225029/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjeV2_hKLao |url-status=live }}</ref> ] and ] as comedy influences.<ref name=shecky/>


===1994–1999: ''Hardball'' and ''NewsRadio''=== ===1994–1999: ''Hardball'' and ''NewsRadio''===
In 1994, Rogan relocated to ],<ref name=rollingstone2015/> where his first national television spot followed on the ] comedy show ''Half-Hour Comedy Hour''.<ref name=schneider2002/> The appearance led to the network's offering him a three-year exclusive contract and a role in a pilot episode of a "dopey game show" for $500. Rogan declined, but it prompted Sussman to send tapes of Rogan's performances to several networks, which sparked a bidding war.<ref name=shecky/> After a period of negotiation, Rogan accepted a ] with the ] network. He secured his first major acting role in the 1994 nine-episode ] sitcom '']'' as Frank Valente, a young, egocentric star player on a professional baseball team.<ref name=shecky/> Rogan called the hiring process "weird", as the network had no idea if he could act until he was asked by Dean Valentine, then-president of ], to whom he replied: "If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure."<ref name=shecky/> The filming schedule was a new experience for Rogan, who started to work 12-hour days.<ref name=chicago1994/> Rogan later said: "It was a great show on paper until a horrible executive producer with a big ego was hired by Fox to run the show and he rewrote it."<ref name=shecky/> Around this time, Rogan began performing at ] in Hollywood and was hired as a paid regular by owner ]. He performed at the club for the next 13 years for free and paid for the venue's new sound system.<ref name=rogan20070323/> In 1994, Rogan relocated to Los Angeles,<ref name=rollingstone2015/> where his first national television spot followed on the ] comedy show ''Half-Hour Comedy Hour''.<ref name=schneider2002/> The appearance led to the network offering him a three-year exclusive contract and a role in a pilot episode of a "dopey game show" for {{USD|500|long=no}}. Rogan declined, but it prompted Sussman to send tapes of Rogan's performances to several networks, which sparked a bidding war.<ref name=shecky/> After a period of negotiation, Rogan accepted a ] with the ] network. He secured his first major acting role in the 1994 nine-episode ] sitcom '']'' as Frank Valente, a young, egocentric star player on a professional baseball team.<ref name=shecky/> Rogan called the hiring process "weird", as the network had no idea if he could act until he was asked by Dean Valentine, then-president of ], to whom he replied: "If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure".<ref name=shecky/> The filming schedule was a new experience for Rogan, who started to work 12-hour days.<ref name=chicago1994/> Rogan later said: "It was a great show on paper until a horrible executive producer with a big ego was hired by Fox to run the show and he rewrote it".<ref name=shecky/> Around this time, Rogan began performing at ] in Hollywood and was hired as a paid regular by owner ]. According to Rogan, he performed at the club for the next 13 years for free and paid for the venue's new sound system.<ref name=rogan20070323/>


From 1995 to 1999, Rogan starred in the ] sitcom '']'' as Joe Garrelli, an electrician and handyman at the show's fictional news radio station.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name="tbs">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,88782,00.html |title=News Radio – Joe Rogan |access-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027171707/http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0%2C%2C88782%2C00.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 }}</ref> The role was originally set to be played by actor ], but Romano was let go from the cast after one rehearsal and Rogan was brought in.<ref name=shecky/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18665739.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003501/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18665739.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Standup comedian Ray Romano waiting to see if everybody loves 'Raymond'|first=Steve|last=Hall|date=September 12, 1996|newspaper=Indianapolis Star and News|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The switch caused Rogan to work with the show's writers to help develop the character before the show was set to launch,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25033900.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004104/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25033900.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='Newsradio' The next big thing?|first=Phil|last=Rosenthal|date=March 5, 1996|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> which he later described as a "very dumbed-down, censored version" of himself.<ref name=herald2000/> Rogan befriended fellow cast member ], who confided his marital problems to him. Rogan claimed he tried to persuade Hartman to divorce his wife five times, but "he loved his kids and didn't want to leave." In 1998, Hartman was murdered by his wife.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377185.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003316/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377185.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Pal urged Hartman to dump 'loser'|first1=Gayle|last1=Fee|first2=Laura|last2=Raposa|date=June 14, 1998|newspaper=The Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The loss affected Rogan's ability to perform stand-up, and he cancelled a week of scheduled gigs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377357.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085249/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377357.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='NewsRadio' co-star remembers Hartman|first=Dean|last=Johnson|date=June 12, 1998|newspaper=The Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Rogan later saw acting as an easy job, but grew tired of "playing the same character every week",<ref name=globe1999>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8551323.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004102/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8551323.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Rogan can make light of 'NewsRadio' demise|first=Michael|last=Blowen|date=May 21, 1999|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and only did so for the money.<ref name="oc2008">{{cite web|last=Fadroski|first=Kelli Skye|date=July 23, 2008|title=Comic Joe Rogan gets into fatherhood, Zen, ultimate fighting|url=http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/rogan-52405-people-ocr.html|access-date=February 3, 2017|work=The Orange County Register|archive-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110133251/http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/rogan-52405-people-ocr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He later viewed his time on ''NewsRadio'' as "a dream gig" that allowed him to earn money while working on his stand-up as often as he could.<ref name=shecky/><ref name=boston2008/> During the series, he worked on a pilot for a show entitled ''Overseas''.<ref name=globe1999/> From 1995 to 1999, Rogan starred in the ] sitcom '']'' as Joe Garrelli, an electrician and handyman at the show's fictional news radio station.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name="tbs">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,88782,00.html |title=News Radio – Joe Rogan |access-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027171707/http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0%2C%2C88782%2C00.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 }}</ref> The role was originally set to be played by actor ], but Romano was let go from the cast after one rehearsal and Rogan was brought in.<ref name=shecky/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18665739.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003501/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18665739.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Standup comedian Ray Romano waiting to see if everybody loves 'Raymond'|first=Steve|last=Hall|date=September 12, 1996|newspaper=Indianapolis Star and News|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The switch caused Rogan to work with the show's writers to help develop the character before the show was set to launch,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25033900.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004104/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25033900.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='Newsradio' The next big thing?|first=Phil|last=Rosenthal|date=March 5, 1996|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> which he later described as a "very dumbed-down, censored version" of himself.<ref name=herald2000/> Rogan befriended fellow cast member ], who confided his marital problems to him. Rogan claimed he tried to persuade Hartman to divorce his wife five times, but "he loved his kids and didn't want to leave". In 1998, Hartman was murdered by his wife.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377185.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003316/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377185.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Pal urged Hartman to dump 'loser'|first1=Gayle|last1=Fee|first2=Laura|last2=Raposa|date=June 14, 1998|newspaper=Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The loss affected Rogan's ability to perform stand-up, and he canceled a week of scheduled gigs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377357.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085249/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56377357.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='NewsRadio' co-star remembers Hartman|first=Dean|last=Johnson|date=June 12, 1998|newspaper=Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Rogan later saw acting as an easy job, but grew tired of "playing the same character every week",<ref name=globe1999>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8551323.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004102/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8551323.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Rogan can make light of 'NewsRadio' demise|first=Michael|last=Blowen|date=May 21, 1999|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and only did so for the money.<ref name="oc2008">{{cite web|last=Fadroski|first=Kelli Skye|date=July 23, 2008|title=Comic Joe Rogan gets into fatherhood, Zen, ultimate fighting|url=http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/rogan-52405-people-ocr.html|access-date=February 3, 2017|work=The Orange County Register|archive-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110133251/http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/rogan-52405-people-ocr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He later viewed his time on ''NewsRadio'' as "a dream gig" that allowed him to earn money while working on his stand-up as often as he could.<ref name=shecky/><ref name=boston2008/> During the series, he worked on a pilot for a show entitled ''Overseas''.<ref name=globe1999/>


===1997–2006: UFC commentator and ''Fear Factor''=== ===1997–2006: UFC commentator and ''Fear Factor''===
] in a boxing ring, 2002]] ] in a boxing ring, 2002]]
Rogan began working for the ] promotion ] as a backstage and post-fight interviewer. His first show took place at '']'' in ] on February 7, 1997.<ref name=cagepotato>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagepotato.com/exclusive-interview-joe-rogan/|title=Exclusive Interview: Joe Rogan|date=January 30, 2009|publisher=CagePotato|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206104937/http://www.cagepotato.com/exclusive-interview-joe-rogan/|url-status=live}}</ref> He became interested in ] in 1994 after watching ] fight at '']'', and landed the position at the organization as Sussman was friends with its co-creator and original producer, ].<ref name=bullz2007/> He quit after two years as his salary could not cover the cost of traveling to the events, which were often held in rural locations at the time.<ref name=si2012>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mma/2012/04/21/joe-roganufc|title=Rogan the unlikely, but perfect voice for UFC broadcasts|date=April 21, 2012|work=Sports Illustrated|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206022215/http://www.si.com/mma/2012/04/21/joe-roganufc|url-status=live}}</ref> Rogan began working for the ] promotion ] as a backstage and post-fight interviewer. His first show took place at '']'' in ], on February 7, 1997.<ref name=cagepotato>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagepotato.com/exclusive-interview-joe-rogan/|title=Exclusive Interview: Joe Rogan|date=January 30, 2009|publisher=CagePotato|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206104937/http://www.cagepotato.com/exclusive-interview-joe-rogan/|url-status=live}}</ref> He became interested in ] in 1994 after watching ] fight at '']'', and landed the position at the organization as Sussman was friends with its co-creator and original producer, ].<ref name=bullz2007/> He quit after two years as his salary could not cover the cost of traveling to the events, which were often held in rural locations.<ref name=si2012>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/mma/2012/04/21/joe-roganufc|title=Rogan the unlikely, but perfect voice for UFC broadcasts|date=April 21, 2012|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206022215/http://www.si.com/mma/2012/04/21/joe-roganufc|url-status=live}}</ref>


After the UFC was taken over by ] in 2001, Rogan attended some events and became friends with its new president ], who offered him a job as a ]. However, Rogan initially declined as he "just wanted to go to the fights and drink".<ref name=bullz2007/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> In 2002, White was able to hire Rogan for free in exchange for prime event tickets for him and his friends.<ref name=cagepotato/> After about 15 free gigs as a commentator, Rogan accepted pay for the job, working alongside ] until the end of 2016.<ref name=rollingstone2015/> Rogan won the ] for Best Television Announcer twice, and was named MMA Personality of the Year four times by the ].<ref name="MMAAwards">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineawards.co.uk/fightersonly/winners2011.asp | title=Fighters Only Awards 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309033217/http://www.onlineawards.co.uk/fightersonly/Winners2011.asp |archive-date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref> After the UFC was taken over by ] in 2001, Rogan attended some events and became friends with its new president ], who offered him a job as a ]. However, Rogan initially declined as he "just wanted to go to the fights and drink".<ref name=bullz2007/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> In 2002, White was able to hire Rogan for free in exchange for prime event tickets for him and his friends.<ref name=cagepotato/> After about 15 free gigs as a commentator, Rogan accepted pay for the job, working alongside ] until the end of 2016.<ref name=rollingstone2015/> Rogan won the ] for Best Television Announcer twice, and was named MMA Personality of the Year four times by the ].<ref name="MMAAwards">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineawards.co.uk/fightersonly/winners2011.asp | title=Fighters Only Awards 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309033217/http://www.onlineawards.co.uk/fightersonly/Winners2011.asp |archive-date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref>


In 1999, Rogan secured a three-album deal with ] and began tentative plans to star in his own prime-time televised sitcom on Fox named ''The Joe Rogan Show''.<ref name=herald1999>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165412.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003457/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165412.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=No pain, no gain says Hub's Rogan|first=Robin|last=Vaughan|date=December 10, 1999|newspaper=The Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The show, co-written by '']'' writer Bill Masters, was to feature Rogan as "a second-string sportscaster who lands a spot as the token male on a '']''-style women's show".<ref name=herald2000>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65288380.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004608/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65288380.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Comic cleans up|first=Robin|last=Vaughan|date=September 18, 2000|newspaper=The Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In December 1999, he recorded his first stand-up comedy album in two shows at the Comedy Connection at ] in Boston,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165714.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003503/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165714.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Grieving Leary to skip benefit|first1=Gayle|last1=Fee|first2=Laura|last2=Raposa|date=December 12, 1999|newspaper=The Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> which was released as ''I'm Gonna Be Dead Some Day...'' in August 2000.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=shecky/> It received national exposure on '']'' and downloads from ].<ref name=chicago2000>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-08-25/entertainment/0008250283_1_most-requested-radio-station-dom-irrera|title=Joe Rogan speaks his uncensored mind|date=August 25, 2000|first=Allan|last=Johnson|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085524/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-08-25/entertainment/0008250283_1_most-requested-radio-station-dom-irrera|url-status=live}}</ref> "Voodoo Punanny", a song Rogan wrote after Warner suggested to produce a song they could play on the radio, was subsequently released as a single.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Voodoo Punanny|year=2000|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|people=Rogan, Joe|id=9 44930-2}}</ref> Around this time, Rogan also worked on ideas for a film and a cartoon with his comedian friend Chris McGuire,<ref name=globe1999/><ref name=shecky/> and began to operate a blog on his website, JoeRogan.net, which he used to discuss various topics that helped him develop his stand-up routines.<ref name=oc2008/> In 1999, Rogan secured a three-album deal with ] and began tentative plans to star in his own prime-time televised sitcom on Fox named ''The Joe Rogan Show''.<ref name=herald1999>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165412.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003457/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165412.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=No pain, no gain says Hub's Rogan|first=Robin|last=Vaughan|date=December 10, 1999|newspaper=Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The show, co-written by '']'' writer Bill Masters, was to feature Rogan as "a second-string sportscaster who lands a spot as the token male on a '']''-style women's show".<ref name=herald2000>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65288380.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004608/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65288380.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Comic cleans up|first=Robin|last=Vaughan|date=September 18, 2000|newspaper=Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In December 1999, he recorded his first stand-up comedy album in two shows at the Comedy Connection at ] in Boston,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165714.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003503/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165714.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Grieving Leary to skip benefit|first1=Gayle|last1=Fee|first2=Laura|last2=Raposa|date=December 12, 1999|newspaper=Boston Herald|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> which was released as ''I'm Gonna Be Dead Some Day...'' in August 2000.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=shecky/> It received national exposure on '']'' and downloads from ].<ref name=chicago2000>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/08/25/joe-rogan-speaks-his-uncensored-mind/|title=Joe Rogan speaks his uncensored mind|date=August 25, 2000|first=Allan|last=Johnson|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085524/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-08-25/entertainment/0008250283_1_most-requested-radio-station-dom-irrera|url-status=live}}</ref> "Voodoo Punanny", a song Rogan wrote after Warner suggested to produce a song they could play on the radio, was subsequently released as a single.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Voodoo Punanny|year=2000|publisher=Warner Bros. Records |id=9 44930-2}}</ref> Around this time, Rogan also worked on ideas for a film and a cartoon with his comedian friend Chris McGuire,<ref name=globe1999/><ref name=shecky/> and began to operate a blog on his website, JoeRogan.net, which he used to discuss various topics that helped him develop his stand-up routines.<ref name=oc2008/>


In 2001, the development of Rogan's television show was interrupted after he accepted an offer from NBC to host the American edition of '']''. He declined initially as he thought the network would not air such a program due to its content, but Sussman convinced him to accept.<ref name=schneider2002/> Rogan later said that the main reason he accepted was to obtain observations and anecdotes for his stand-up comedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cDKRXkgTBg|title=Midnight In The Desert with Art Bell Joined by Guest Joe Rogan: 1st Hour|last=Art Bell|date=September 21, 2015|via=YouTube|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618161741/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cDKRXkgTBg&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The show increased Rogan's national exposure which caused turnouts at his stand-up gigs to grow. ''Fear Factor'' ran for an initial six seasons from 2001 to 2006.<ref name=CST11>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-13B91B97441541F0.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204165919/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-13B91B97441541F0.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='Fear Factor' still gross, now with more danger!|date=December 11, 2011|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|first=Michael|last=Weaver|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In 2001, the development of Rogan's television show was interrupted after he accepted an offer from NBC to host the American edition of '']''. He declined initially as he thought the network would not air such a program due to its content, but Sussman convinced him to accept.<ref name=schneider2002/> Rogan later said that the main reason he accepted was to obtain observations and anecdotes for his stand-up comedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cDKRXkgTBg|title=Midnight in the Desert with Art Bell Joined by Guest Joe Rogan: 1st Hour|last=Art Bell|date=September 21, 2015|via=YouTube|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618161741/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cDKRXkgTBg&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The show increased Rogan's national exposure which caused turnouts at his stand-up gigs to grow. ''Fear Factor'' ran for an initial six seasons from 2001 to 2006.<ref name=CST11>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-13B91B97441541F0.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204165919/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-13B91B97441541F0.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title='Fear Factor' still gross, now with more danger!|date=December 11, 2011|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|first=Michael|last=Weaver|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>


Rogan's role as host of ''Fear Factor'' led to further television opportunities. In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of '']'' as Chris, the boyfriend of lead character Maya Gallo.<ref name="gonzalez">Gonzalez, Erika (April 5, 2002). Now 'Fear' This: Joe Rogan uncensored. '']''</ref> In December 2002, Rogan was the emcee for the 2002 Blockbuster Hollywood Spectacular, a Christmas parade in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9010227.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004426/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9010227.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Hollywood gets the spirit 71st annual parade to be bigger, brighter|first=Phillip W.|last=Browne|date=November 30, 2002|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In February 2003, Rogan became the new co-host of '']'' on ] for its fifth season from August 2003, with fellow comedian ], following the departure of original hosts ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98156397.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085247/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98156397.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Small screen buzz on television|first=Valerie|last=Kuklenski|date=February 22, 2003|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Chocano">Chocano, Carina (August 15, 2003). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410064812/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,476099,00.html |date=April 10, 2011 }} '']''</ref> A year into the show, however, the hosts entered disagreements with Comedy Central and the show's producers over content. Rogan recalled: "I was a little misled ... I was told: 'Show nudity, and we'll blur it out. Swear and we'll bleep it out.' That hasn't been the case".<ref name=heraldnews2003>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-0FEBFE4103C04E50.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003312/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-0FEBFE4103C04E50.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Joe Rogan new host of 'Man Show'|date=August 22, 2003|newspaper=The Herald News|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The show ended in 2004. Around this time Rogan entered talks to host his own radio show, but they came to nothing due to his already busy schedule.<ref name=heraldnews2003/> Rogan's role as host of ''Fear Factor'' led to further television opportunities. In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of '']'' as Chris, the boyfriend of lead character Maya Gallo.<ref name="gonzalez">Gonzalez, Erika (April 5, 2002). Now 'Fear' This: Joe Rogan uncensored. '']''</ref> In December 2002, Rogan was the emcee for the 2002 Blockbuster Hollywood Spectacular, a Christmas parade in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9010227.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004426/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9010227.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Hollywood gets the spirit 71st annual parade to be bigger, brighter|first=Phillip W.|last=Browne|date=November 30, 2002|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In February 2003, Rogan became the new co-host of '']'' on ] for its fifth season from August 2003, with fellow comedian ], following the departure of original hosts ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98156397.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085247/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98156397.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Small screen buzz on television|first=Valerie|last=Kuklenski|date=February 22, 2003|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Chocano">Chocano, Carina (August 15, 2003). '']''</ref> A year into the show, however, the hosts entered disagreements with Comedy Central and the show's producers over content. Rogan recalled: "I was a little misled ... I was told: 'Show nudity, and we'll blur it out. Swear and we'll bleep it out.' That hasn't been the case".<ref name=heraldnews2003>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-0FEBFE4103C04E50.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003312/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-0FEBFE4103C04E50.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Joe Rogan new host of 'Man Show'|date=August 22, 2003|newspaper=The Herald News|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The show ended in 2004. Around this time Rogan entered talks to host his own radio show, but they came to nothing due to his already busy schedule.<ref name=heraldnews2003/>


===2005–2009: Comedy specials=== ===2005–2009: Comedy specials===
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In 2005, actor ] challenged Rogan to a cage fight. Rogan trained for the event for five months before Snipes backed out following an investigation by the ] for alleged ]. Rogan believed Snipes needed a quick payout to alleviate his debt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mensfitness.com/leisure/entertainment/ufc-host-joe-rogan-trains-like-a-fighter|title=UFC Host Joe Rogan Trains Like a Fighter|work=Men's Fitness|access-date=December 2, 2013|first=Sean|last=Hyson|date=November 12, 2011|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203081455/http://www.mensfitness.com/leisure/entertainment/ufc-host-joe-rogan-trains-like-a-fighter|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2005, actor ] challenged Rogan to a cage fight. Rogan trained for the event for five months before Snipes backed out following an investigation by the ] for alleged ]. Rogan believed Snipes needed a quick payout to alleviate his debt.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mensfitness.com/leisure/entertainment/ufc-host-joe-rogan-trains-like-a-fighter|title=UFC Host Joe Rogan Trains Like a Fighter|work=Men's Fitness|access-date=December 2, 2013|first=Sean|last=Hyson|date=November 12, 2011|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203081455/http://www.mensfitness.com/leisure/entertainment/ufc-host-joe-rogan-trains-like-a-fighter|url-status=live}}</ref>
After ''Fear Factor'', Rogan focused his career on his stand-up comedy, as concentrating on television had made him feel lazy and uninspired to work on new material for his act. With the money he had earned from television, Rogan hired two people full-time to film him and his comedy friends on tour, and release clips on his website for his ''JoeShow'' web series.<ref name=SP07>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/513061792/|title=All this fun, and Rogan is paid for it|first=Neil|last=Davidson|newspaper=Star-Phoenix|date=March 3, 2007|page=E5|via=]|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814151550/https://www.newspapers.com/image/513061792/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2005, Rogan signed a deal with the ].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133186514.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004241/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133186514.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Joe Rogan|date=May 27, 2005|magazine=Daily Variety|first=Justin|last=Chang|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Two months later, he filmed his second stand-up comedy special, ''Joe Rogan: Live'', in ]. The special premiered on '']'' in 2007.<ref name=rocky2007/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2005/09/30/when_it_comes_to_speaking_his_mind_he_has_no_fear/|title=When it comes to speaking his mind, he has no fear|date=September 30, 2005|magazine=The Boston Globe|first=Nick A.|last=Zaino III|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110212724/http://www.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2005/09/30/when_it_comes_to_speaking_his_mind_he_has_no_fear/|archive-date=January 10, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>


After ''Fear Factor'', Rogan focused his career on his stand-up comedy, as concentrating on television had made him feel lazy and uninspired to work on new material for his act. With the money he had earned from television, Rogan hired two people full-time to film him and his comedy friends on tour, and release clips on his website for his ''JoeShow'' web series.<ref name=SP07>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/513061792/|title=All this fun, and Rogan is paid for it|first=Neil|last=Davidson|newspaper=Star-Phoenix|date=March 3, 2007|page=E5|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814151550/https://www.newspapers.com/image/513061792/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2005, Rogan signed a deal with the ].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133186514.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004241/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133186514.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Joe Rogan|date=May 27, 2005|magazine=Daily Variety|first=Justin|last=Chang|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Two months later, he filmed his second stand-up comedy special, ''Joe Rogan: Live'', in ]. The special premiered on '']'' in 2007.<ref name=rocky2007/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2005/09/30/when_it_comes_to_speaking_his_mind_he_has_no_fear/|title=When it comes to speaking his mind, he has no fear|date=September 30, 2005|magazine=The Boston Globe|first=Nick A.|last=Zaino III|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110212724/http://www.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2005/09/30/when_it_comes_to_speaking_his_mind_he_has_no_fear/|archive-date=January 10, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2005, Rogan wrote a ] entry on his website accusing comedian ] of ], a claim he had made since 1993.<ref name=comedycouch/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27022136.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930042701/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27022136.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2017|title=Carlos Mencia|date=October 22, 2006|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|first= Cathalena E.|last=Burch|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="dallas2010">{{cite news|last=Condran|first=Ed|date=February 26, 2010|title=Joe Rogan accuses rivals of stealing his material|newspaper=Dallas News|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2010/02/26/Joe-Rogan-accuses-rivals-of-stealing-8239|access-date=September 3, 2010|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031200454/http://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2010/02/26/Joe-Rogan-accuses-rivals-of-stealing-8239|url-status=live}}</ref> The situation culminated in February 2007 when Rogan confronted Mencia on stage at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.<ref name="Raustiala">Raustiala, Kal; Sprigman, Chris (March 30, 2010). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103004135/http://www.freakonomics.com/2010/03/30/the-vigilantes-of-comedy-a-guest-post/ |date=November 3, 2011 }} '']''</ref> A video of the incident was uploaded onto ] and included evidence and comments from other comedians, including ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Lussier">Lussier, Germain (February 15, 2007). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716091054/https://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070215%2FENTERTAIN%2F70215009 |date=July 16, 2019 }} '']''</ref> The incident led to Rogan's talent agent expelling him as a client of ], who also managed Mencia, and his ban from The Comedy Store, causing him to relocate his regular venue to the ]. Rogan later said that every comic he had talked to was happy and thankful that he did it,<ref name=rocky2007/> and went on to sign with ].<ref name=rogan20070323>{{cite web|url=http://joerogan.net/blog/long-live-the-idea-of-the-comedy-store-the-last-word|title=Long Live the Idea of The Comedy Store, The Last Word.|publisher=JoeRogan.net|date=March 23, 2007|first=Joe|last=Rogan|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208142407/http://joerogan.net/blog/long-live-the-idea-of-the-comedy-store-the-last-word|archive-date=February 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rogan returned to The Comedy Store in 2013 to support Shaffir in the filming of his first special.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


In 2005, Rogan wrote a blog entry on his website accusing comedian ] of ], a claim he had made since 1993.<ref name=comedycouch/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27022136.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930042701/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27022136.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2017|title=Carlos Mencia|date=October 22, 2006|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|first= Cathalena E.|last=Burch|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="dallas2010">{{cite news|last=Condran|first=Ed|date=February 26, 2010|title=Joe Rogan accuses rivals of stealing his material|newspaper=Dallas News|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2010/02/26/Joe-Rogan-accuses-rivals-of-stealing-8239|access-date=September 3, 2010|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031200454/http://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2010/02/26/Joe-Rogan-accuses-rivals-of-stealing-8239|url-status=live}}</ref> The situation culminated in February 2007 when Rogan confronted Mencia on stage at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.<ref name="Raustiala">Raustiala, Kal; Sprigman, Chris (March 30, 2010). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103004135/http://www.freakonomics.com/2010/03/30/the-vigilantes-of-comedy-a-guest-post/ |date=November 3, 2011 }} '']''</ref> A video of the incident was uploaded onto YouTube and included evidence and comments from other comedians, including ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Lussier">Lussier, Germain (February 15, 2007). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716091054/https://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070215%2FENTERTAIN%2F70215009 |date=July 16, 2019 }} '']''</ref> The incident led to Rogan's talent agent expelling him as a client of ], who also managed Mencia, and his ban from The Comedy Store, causing him to relocate his regular venue to the ]. Rogan later said that every comic he had talked to was happy and thankful that he did it,<ref name=rocky2007/> and went on to sign with ].<ref name=rogan20070323>{{cite web|url=http://joerogan.net/blog/long-live-the-idea-of-the-comedy-store-the-last-word|title=Long Live the Idea of The Comedy Store, The Last Word.|publisher=JoeRogan.net|date=March 23, 2007|first=Joe|last=Rogan|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208142407/http://joerogan.net/blog/long-live-the-idea-of-the-comedy-store-the-last-word|archive-date=February 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In April 2007, ] released Rogan's fourth comedy special, '']''.<ref name=rocky2007>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162233817.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170013/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162233817.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=5 questions for Joe Rogan|date=April 18, 2007|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|first=Erika|last=Gonzalez|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The set was recorded in September 2006 at ] in San Francisco, and contains excerpts of an improvised Q&A session with the audience that was typical of Rogan's act at the time.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Shiny Happy Jihad|year=2007|publisher=Comedy Central Records|people=Rogan, Joe|id=CCR0049}}</ref><ref name=bullz2007>{{cite web|url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/television/interviews/2007/joe_rogan.htm|title=Joe Rogan Interview, Shiny Happy Jihad Interview, Carlos Mencia, Fear Factor|first=Will|last=Harris|publisher=Bullz-Eye|date=April 11, 2007|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225923/http://www.bullz-eye.com/television/interviews/2007/joe_rogan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2007, ] released Rogan's fourth comedy special, '']''.<ref name=rocky2007>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162233817.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170013/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162233817.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=5 questions for Joe Rogan|date=April 18, 2007|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|first=Erika|last=Gonzalez|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The set was recorded in September 2006 at ] in San Francisco, and contains excerpts of an improvized Q&A session with the audience that was typical of Rogan's act at the time.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Shiny Happy Jihad|year=2007|publisher=Comedy Central Records |id=CCR0049}}</ref><ref name=bullz2007>{{cite web|url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/television/interviews/2007/joe_rogan.htm|title=Joe Rogan Interview, Shiny Happy Jihad Interview, Carlos Mencia, Fear Factor|first=Will|last=Harris|publisher=Bullz-Eye|date=April 11, 2007|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225923/http://www.bullz-eye.com/television/interviews/2007/joe_rogan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>


===2009–present: Latest endeavors and podcast=== ===2009–present: Latest endeavors and podcast===
] ]
Rogan hosted the short-lived CBS show '']'', which aired for eight episodes in January 2009. It was produced by ].<ref name=cagepotato/> The show involved contestants who try to convince people to perform or take part in increasingly bizarre situations for money. He agreed to host the show as the idea intrigued him, calling it "a completely mindless form of entertainment".<ref name=herald2009>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-191431477.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170017/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-191431477.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Rogan enjoys joshing on 'Game Show'|date=January 3, 2009|magazine=The Boston Herald|first=Amy|last=Amatangelo|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Rogan hosted the short-lived ] show '']'', which aired for eight episodes in January 2009. It was produced by ].<ref name=cagepotato/> The show involved contestants who try to convince people to perform or take part in increasingly bizarre situations for money. He agreed to host the show as the idea intrigued him, calling it "a completely mindless form of entertainment".<ref name=herald2009>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-191431477.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170017/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-191431477.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Rogan enjoys joshing on 'Game Show'|date=January 3, 2009|magazine=Boston Herald|first=Amy|last=Amatangelo|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>


In 2010, Rogan accused comedian ] of joke thievery.<ref name=dallas2010/> In 2010, Rogan accused comedian ] of joke thievery.<ref name=dallas2010/>


In 2011, Rogan resumed his role as ''Fear Factor'' host for its seventh and final season (until 2012).<ref name=CST11/> Rogan took the job, saying he "would hate to see somebody else do it."<ref name=SP11>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/254123802/|title='Fear Factor' back with bigger stunts|first=Rob|last=Owen|newspaper=The Star Press|date=December 11, 2011|page=6|via=]|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814151612/https://www.newspapers.com/image/254123802/|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 2011, Rogan played his first major film character, Gale, in the comedy film '']''.<ref name="OConnell">O'Connell, Sean (July 8, 2011). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812205539/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/the-zookeeper,1159019/critic-review.html |date=August 12, 2013 }} '']''</ref> He was also working on a book around this time that he tentatively titled ''Irresponsible Advice from a Man with No Credibility'', based on his blog entries on his website.<ref name=carnell/> Rogan played himself in '']'', another action-comedy film starring ] that was released in 2012.<ref name="Buan-Deveza">Buan-Deveza, Reyma (April 5, 2011). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408064627/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/04/05/11/charice-filming-2nd-hollywood-movie-salma-hayek |date=April 8, 2011 }} ]</ref> In 2011, Rogan resumed his role as ''Fear Factor'' host for its seventh and final season (until 2012).<ref name=CST11/> Rogan took the job, saying he "would hate to see somebody else do it".<ref name=SP11>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/254123802/|title='Fear Factor' back with bigger stunts|first=Rob|last=Owen|newspaper=The Star Press|date=December 11, 2011|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814151612/https://www.newspapers.com/image/254123802/|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 2011, Rogan played his first major film character, Gale, in the comedy film '']''.<ref name="OConnell">O'Connell, Sean (July 8, 2011). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812205539/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/the-zookeeper,1159019/critic-review.html |date=August 12, 2013 }} '']''</ref> He was also working on a book around this time that he tentatively titled ''Irresponsible Advice from a Man with No Credibility'', based on his blog entries on his website.<ref name=carnell/> Rogan played himself in '']'', another action-comedy film starring ] that was released in 2012.<ref name="Buan-Deveza">Buan-Deveza, Reyma (April 5, 2011). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408064627/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/04/05/11/charice-filming-2nd-hollywood-movie-salma-hayek |date=April 8, 2011 }} ]</ref>


In December 2012, Rogan released his sixth comedy special ''Live from the Tabernacle'' exclusively as a download on his website for $5, following ]'s example.<ref name=oc2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/soundcheck/rogan-496376-ufc-joe.html|title=Joe Rogan brings new material to Anaheim|date=February 18, 2013|first=Kelli Skye|last=Fadroski|work=]|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103846/http://www.ocregister.com/soundcheck/rogan-496376-ufc-joe.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2012, Rogan released his sixth comedy special ''Live from the Tabernacle'' exclusively as a download on his website for {{USD|5|long=no}}, following ]'s example.<ref name=oc2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/soundcheck/rogan-496376-ufc-joe.html|title=Joe Rogan brings new material to Anaheim|date=February 18, 2013|first=Kelli Skye|last=Fadroski|work=The Orange County Register|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103846/http://www.ocregister.com/soundcheck/rogan-496376-ufc-joe.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2013, Rogan hosted the television show '']'' on the ] network, which aired for six episodes. The show covered topics discussed on his podcasts, including the existence of ] and ]s, and featured several comedians, experts, and scientists with the aim of trying to "put some subjects to bed... with an open-minded perspective".<ref name=oc2013/> SyFy agreed to produce the show without a pilot episode. The production team gave Rogan some creative control over the program and aimed to present it in his own words where possible.<ref name=BE13>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/2/4686540/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-ufc-genetically-enhanced-athletes|title=Interview Exclusive: Joe Rogan Explains Everything, Part I|first=Stephie|last=Haynes|date=September 2, 2013|publisher=Bloody Elbow|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809150014/https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/2/4686540/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-ufc-genetically-enhanced-athletes|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, Rogan hosted the television show '']'' on the ] network, which aired for six episodes. The show covered topics discussed on his podcasts, including the existence of ] and ]s, and featured several comedians, experts, and scientists with the aim of trying to "put some subjects to bed&nbsp;... with an open-minded perspective".<ref name=oc2013/> SyFy agreed to produce the show without a pilot episode. The production team gave Rogan some creative control over the program and aimed to present it in his own words where possible.<ref name=BE13>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/2/4686540/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-ufc-genetically-enhanced-athletes|title=Interview Exclusive: Joe Rogan Explains Everything, Part I|first=Stephie|last=Haynes|date=September 2, 2013|publisher=Bloody Elbow|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809150014/https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/2/4686540/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-ufc-genetically-enhanced-athletes|url-status=live}}</ref>


====''The Joe Rogan Experience''==== ====''The Joe Rogan Experience''====
{{main|The Joe Rogan Experience}} {{main|The Joe Rogan Experience}}
In December 2009, Rogan launched a free ] with his friend and fellow comedian Brian Redban.<ref name=rollingstone2015/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.joerogan.net/archives/1669 |title=Joe Rogan |website=Blog.joerogan.net |date=July 26, 2013 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126033116/http://blog.joerogan.net/archives/1669 |archive-date=January 26, 2013 }}</ref> The first episode was recorded on December 24 and was to be a live weekly broadcast on ],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-223254347.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170105/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-223254347.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=WEB WATCH|date=April 7, 2010|newspaper=Daily Record|first=Iain|last=Hepburn|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> with Rogan and Redban "sitting in front of laptops bullshitting".<ref name=carnell/> By August 2010, the podcast was named ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' and entered the list of Top 100 podcasts on ],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-235098333.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170154/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-235098333.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Selects Wizzard Media's LibsynPro|date=August 10, 2010|magazine=Entertainment Close-up|access-date=February 3, 2016|via=Highbeam Research|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and in 2011, was picked up by ].<ref name=carnell/> The podcast features an array of guests who discuss current events, politics, philosophy, comedy, hobbies and numerous other topics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://podcasts.joerogan.net/|title=Joe Rogan (Podcast Site)|publisher=Podcasts.joerogan.net|access-date=November 13, 2013|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114012807/http://podcasts.joerogan.net/#/xmlrpc.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2015, the podcast was downloaded over 11 million times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1727870/joe-rogan-podcast-tops-11-million-monthly-downloads/|title=Joe Rogan Podcast|date=January 4, 2015|publisher=Inquisitor|access-date=November 13, 2015|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030805/http://www.inquisitr.com/1727870/joe-rogan-podcast-tops-11-million-monthly-downloads/|url-status=live}}</ref> By October that year, the podcast was downloaded 16 million times each month, making it one of the most popular free podcasts.<ref name=rollingstone2015>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/how-joe-rogan-went-from-ufc-announcer-to-21st-century-timothy-leary-20151022|title=How Joe Rogan Went From UFC Announcer to 21st-Century Timothy Leary|date=October 22, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Erik|last=Hedegaard|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=May 13, 2016|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|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2009, Rogan launched a free ] with his friend and fellow comedian ].<ref name=rollingstone2015/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.joerogan.net/archives/1669 |title=Joe Rogan |website=Blog.joerogan.net |date=July 26, 2013 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126033116/http://blog.joerogan.net/archives/1669 |archive-date=January 26, 2013 }}</ref> The first episode was recorded on December 24 and was to be a live weekly broadcast on ],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-223254347.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170105/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-223254347.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=WEB WATCH|date=April 7, 2010|newspaper=Daily Record|first=Iain|last=Hepburn|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> with Rogan and Redban "sitting in front of laptops bullshitting".<ref name=carnell/> By August 2010, the podcast was named ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' and entered the list of Top 100 podcasts on ]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-235098333.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170154/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-235098333.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Selects Wizzard Media's LibsynPro|date=August 10, 2010|magazine=Entertainment Close-up|access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and in 2011, was picked up by ].<ref name=carnell/> The podcast features an array of guests who discuss current events, politics, philosophy, comedy, hobbies, and numerous other topics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://podcasts.joerogan.net/|title=Joe Rogan (Podcast Site)|publisher=Podcasts.joerogan.net|access-date=November 13, 2013|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114012807/http://podcasts.joerogan.net/#/xmlrpc.php|url-status=live}}</ref> By January 2015, the podcast reached over 11 million monthly downloads.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1727870/joe-rogan-podcast-tops-11-million-monthly-downloads/|title=Joe Rogan Podcast|date=January 4, 2015|publisher=Inquisitor|access-date=November 13, 2015|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030805/http://www.inquisitr.com/1727870/joe-rogan-podcast-tops-11-million-monthly-downloads/|url-status=live}}</ref> By October that year, the podcast was downloaded 16 million times each month, making it one of the most popular free podcasts.<ref name=rollingstone2015>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/how-joe-rogan-went-from-ufc-announcer-to-21st-century-timothy-leary-20151022|title=How Joe Rogan Went From UFC Announcer to 21st-Century Timothy Leary|date=October 22, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Erik|last=Hedegaard|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=May 13, 2016|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|url-status=live}}</ref>


On May 19, 2020, Rogan announced that he had signed a multi-year licensing deal with ] worth an estimated $100 million, making it one of the largest licensing agreements in the podcast business.<ref name=steele>{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=Anne |title=Spotify Strikes Podcast Deal With Joe Rogan Worth More Than $100 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/spotify-strikes-exclusive-podcast-deal-with-joe-rogan-11589913814 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=May 19, 2020 |publisher=Dow Jones |access-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520110248/https://www.wsj.com/articles/spotify-strikes-exclusive-podcast-deal-with-joe-rogan-11589913814 |url-status=live }}</ref> The deal made ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' available on Spotify starting September 1, 2020, and exclusive on the platform from January 2021. The podcast is available with both audio and video within the Spotify app and video is no longer streamed or uploaded to YouTube. The podcasts are typically released one day after recording, to allow time for the producers to make clips of the podcast. Clips from the video version will continue to be available on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2020/5/19/21264226/ufc-joe-rogan-inks-licensing-podcast-deal-spotify-worth-estimated-100-million|title=Joe Rogan's podcast headed to Spotify, exclusive deal reportedly worth $100 million|author=Adam Guillen Jr.|date=May 19, 2020|publisher=mmamania.com|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=May 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525171714/https://www.mmamania.com/2020/5/19/21264226/ufc-joe-rogan-inks-licensing-podcast-deal-spotify-worth-estimated-100-million|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=steele/> In February 2022, Spotify removed 113 episodes of ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' over the course of a few days owing in part to some of the episodes having been perceived to have racist and insensitive language.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 5, 2022|title=Spotify Removes More Than 70 Episodes of Joe Rogan Podcast|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/spotify-removes-more-than-70-episodes-of-joe-rogan-podcast/|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=National Review|first=Caroline|last=Downey|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=February 5, 2022|title=Joe Rogan Apologizes for 'Shameful' Past Use of Racial Slur|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/arts/music/joe-rogan-spotify-apology-slur.html|access-date=February 6, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 5, 2022|title=Spotify appeared to quietly delete 70 Joe Rogan podcast episodes unrelated to his COVID-19 misinformation controversy|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/spotify-deletes-70-joe-rogan-podcast-episodes-including-alex-jones-2022-2|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=Business Insider Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref> On May 19, 2020, Rogan announced that he had signed a multiyear licensing deal with ] worth an estimated {{USD|200 million|long=no}}, making it one of the largest licensing agreements in the podcast business.<ref name=steele>{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=Anne |title=Spotify Strikes Podcast Deal With Joe Rogan Worth More Than $100 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/spotify-strikes-exclusive-podcast-deal-with-joe-rogan-11589913814 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 19, 2020 |publisher=Dow Jones |access-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520110248/https://www.wsj.com/articles/spotify-strikes-exclusive-podcast-deal-with-joe-rogan-11589913814 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carman |first=Ashley |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Spotify reportedly paid $200&nbsp;million for Joe Rogan's podcast |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/17/22939587/joe-rogan-experience-spotify-podcast-deal |access-date=March 22, 2022 |website=The Verge}}</ref> The deal made ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' available on Spotify starting September 1, 2020, and exclusive on the platform from January 2021. The podcast is available with both audio and video within the Spotify app and video is no longer streamed or uploaded to YouTube. The podcasts are typically released one day after recording, to allow time for the producers to make clips of the podcast. Clips from the video version will continue to be available on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2020/5/19/21264226/ufc-joe-rogan-inks-licensing-podcast-deal-spotify-worth-estimated-100-million|title=Joe Rogan's podcast headed to Spotify, exclusive deal reportedly worth $100&nbsp;million|author=Adam Guillen Jr.|date=May 19, 2020|publisher=mmamania.com|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=May 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525171714/https://www.mmamania.com/2020/5/19/21264226/ufc-joe-rogan-inks-licensing-podcast-deal-spotify-worth-estimated-100-million|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=steele/> In February 2022, Spotify removed 113 episodes of ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' over the course of a few days owing in part to some of the episodes having been perceived to have racist and insensitive language.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 5, 2022|title=Spotify Removes More Than 70 Episodes of Joe Rogan Podcast|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/spotify-removes-more-than-70-episodes-of-joe-rogan-podcast/|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=National Review|first=Caroline|last=Downey}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=February 5, 2022|title=Joe Rogan Apologizes for 'Shameful' Past Use of Racial Slur|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/arts/music/joe-rogan-spotify-apology-slur.html|access-date=February 6, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 5, 2022|title=Spotify appeared to quietly delete 70 Joe Rogan podcast episodes unrelated to his COVID-19 misinformation controversy|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-deletes-70-joe-rogan-podcast-episodes-including-alex-jones-2022-2|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=Business Insider Australia}}</ref>


In February 2022, singer ] shared a compilation of Rogan saying the racial slur "]" on ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' on ].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Paul|first=Larisha|date=February 1, 2022|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/|access-date=February 22, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Rogan apologized, calling his past language "regretful and shameful" while also saying that the clips were taken out of context and that he only quoted the slur to discuss its use by others.<ref name="Aratani2022">{{cite web |last1=Aratani |first1=Lauren |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 |work=The Guardian |access-date=February 6, 2022 |date=February 5, 2022|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 |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 |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 6, 2022 |date=February 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Stolworthy2022">{{cite web |last1=Stolworthy |first1=Jacob |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 |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 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |access-date=February 6, 2022 |date=February 5, 2022 |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 because 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 ] PatriotTakes, an affiliate of the liberal PAC ]. This resulted in allegations of a ] attempt by MeidasTouch, which the founders denied in an interview with ] founder ], instead attributing the source of the footage to ] who was a recurring guest on Rogan's show.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sarah Westwood |date=February 8, 2022 |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=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 14, 2022 |work=gazette.com}}</ref> Rogan described the video compilation as a "political hit job".<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 9, 2022|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=February 14, 2022|work=Variety|publisher=NBC News}}</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=March 11, 2022 |website=The New Zealand Herald|date=February 9, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2022 |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=March 11, 2022 |website=Calfkicker.com}}</ref> A number of UFC fighters, including ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ], 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>
====Onnit====
Rogan is a co-founder of the ] and fitness company Onnit, which was sold to ] in 2021.<ref name="prweek-barrett">{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=Steve |title=Joe Rogan case mirrors the American conversation |url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1739357/joe-rogan-case-mirrors-american-conversation |access-date=May 27, 2022 |work=PR Week |date=February 4, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Rogan frequently advertises for Onnit products on his podcast.<ref name="mens-health-peele">{{cite news |last1=Peele |first1=Anna |title=Sex Fasts, Darkness Retreats, and Ayahuasca: Inside Aubrey Marcus's Quest to Be a Better Man |url=https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a30897736/aubrey-marcus-onnit-better-man-interview/ |work=Men's Health |date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>


Spotify had refused to carry 42 episodes of the podcast when it acquired the exclusive rights.<ref name="digitalmusicnews">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/02/04/spotify-removed-joe-rogan-podcasts-2022/|title=Spotify Removes 70 Episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience – Here's the Full List|work=Digital Music News|first=Ashley|last=King|date=February 4, 2022|access-date=February 20, 2022}}</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">{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/6/22921203/spotify-joe-rogan-episode-removal-internal-memo|title=Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirms removal of Joe Rogan episodes after n-word video resurfaces|work=The Verge|first=Ashley|last=Carman|date=February 6, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref> which were removed on February 4, 2022,<ref name="digitalmusicnews" /> all of which pre-date the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/spotify-remove-episodes-joe-rogan-045230193.html|title=Spotify Removes Episodes of Joe Rogan's Podcast Featuring Racial Slurs|work=Yahoo Entertainment|first=Alex|last=Young|date=February 5, 2022|access-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Rogan married Jessica Ditzel, a former cocktail waitress, in 2009.<ref name=rollingstone2015/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbpulse.com/bars-and-clubs/2009/07/13/joe-rogan-brings-trippy-humor-to-palm-beach-improv/|title=Joe Rogan brings trippy humor to Palm Beach Improv|access-date=September 3, 2010|first=Melissa|last=Patterson|work=Palm Beach Post|date=July 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724083031/http://www.pbpulse.com/bars-and-clubs/2009/07/13/joe-rogan-brings-trippy-humor-to-palm-beach-improv/|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> The couple have two daughters; the first was born in 2008 and the second in 2010. Rogan is also a stepfather to Ditzel's daughter from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pnRZu-h_s |title=Joe Rogan on Stepfatherhood |date=January 26, 2012 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=February 4, 2016 |quote=Rogan has three children—including his 15-year-old stepdaughter. |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210185857/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pnRZu-h_s |url-status=live }} from ] on the ]</ref> The family moved to ] in ] in 2008, where they lived for four months, but returned to ] when his wife became pregnant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Being Humbled By Nature and Ancient Civilizations |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9x8betNlNA#t=00m57s |website=YouTube |access-date=29 September 2022 |language=English |date=Aug 19, 2022}}</ref> They settled in ], where Rogan had lived since early 2003. They purchased a new home in the area for almost $5 million in mid-2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=JOE ROGAN ON LIVING IN BOULDER COLORADO |website = ]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5TyCHLQCY#t=03m24s |access-date=December 11, 2021 |date=September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=#1449 – Bryan Callen |url=https://podscribe.app/feeds/http-joeroganexpjoeroganlibsynprocom-rss/episodes/6300aa23-207a-48b2-8dca-0fb622c6c2aa |website=PodScribe |access-date=December 11, 2021 |date=March 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/3/4688730/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-part-2-ufc-genetically-modified-athletes|title=Joe Rogan discusses fake meat and fitness secrets|date=September 3, 2013|publisher=Bloody Elbow|first=Stephie|last=Haynes|access-date=August 9, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809150001/https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/3/4688730/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-part-2-ufc-genetically-modified-athletes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yolandaslittleblackbook.com/blog/2018/10/22/joe-rogan-bell-canyon-new-house/|title=Joe Rogan dumps a record-shattering $5 million in Bell Canyon|access-date=November 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110160227/https://www.yolandaslittleblackbook.com/blog/2018/10/22/joe-rogan-bell-canyon-new-house/|archive-date=November 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2020, the family moved into a $14 million home on ], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/dirt/entertainers/joe-rogan-snags-14-4-million-lake-austin-mansion-1234783248/|title=Joe Rogan Snags $14.4 Million Lake Austin Mansion|first=Mae|last=Hamilton|date=September 24, 2020|work=Variety|access-date=September 25, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925075627/https://variety.com/2020/dirt/entertainers/joe-rogan-snags-14-4-million-lake-austin-mansion-1234783248/|url-status=live}}</ref>


In early 2022, the video platform ] offered Rogan {{USD|100 million|long=no}} to switch from Spotify.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Switch From Spotify |url=https://time.com/6145835/joe-rogan-rumble-podcast-offer/ |access-date=September 5, 2022 |magazine=Time}}</ref> ] reported that Rogan had declined the offer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Joe Rogan Rejects $100 Million Podcast Deal Offer From Right-Wing Video Site Rumble |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/joe-rogan-rejects-rumble-podcast-deal-1235175990/ |access-date=September 5, 2022 |website=Variety}}</ref>
Rogan has ] on his hands and feet.<ref name=rollingstone2015/>


In December 2024, Spotify confirmed that The Joe Rogan Experience was the top podcast on its platform for a fifth consecutive year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Huston |first=Caitlin |date=2024-12-04 |title=Taylor Swift, Joe Rogan, Alex Cooper Top Spotify's 2024 Wrapped Lists |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/taylor-swift-joe-rogan-alex-cooper-top-spotify-2024-wrapped-lists-1236076564/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
Rogan became interested in ] after watching Royce Gracie fight at ''UFC 2: No Way Out'' in 1994.<ref name=si2012/> In 1996, Rogan began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under ] at his school in Hollywood, California.<ref name="tmz.com" /> He is a black belt under ]'s ], a style of no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTIb16BiGc4 |title=Joe Rogan gets his tenth Planet Black Belt |publisher=YouTube |date=June 27, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204214706/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTIb16BiGc4 |url-status=live }}</ref> and a black belt in gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu under ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/9/17/3349196/today-ufc-commentator-joe-rogan-received-his-black-belt-in-Brazilian |title=Today, UFC commentator Joe Rogan received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from Jean Jacques ... |publisher=Bloody Elbow |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051203/http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/9/17/3349196/today-ufc-commentator-joe-rogan-received-his-black-belt-in-brazilian |url-status=live }}</ref>


====Onnit====
Rogan was raised ], having attended ] in first grade, but has since abandoned following any ] and identifies as ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=137XHWdGTNg |title=Joe Rogan and Rosie Talk 9–11 Conspiracy Theory – The Rosie Show – Oprah Winfrey Network |publisher=YouTube |date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512153145/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=137XHWdGTNg |url-status=live }}</ref> Rogan confirmed that he is a first cousin once removed of ] lead vocalist ] and bassist ] in an October 2019 episode of ''The Joe Rogan Experience'', although they have never met.<ref>
Rogan is a co-founder of the ] and fitness company Onnit, which was sold to ] in 2021.<ref name="prweek-barrett">{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=Steve |title=Joe Rogan case mirrors the American conversation |url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1739357/joe-rogan-case-mirrors-american-conversation |access-date=May 27, 2022 |work=PR Week |date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> Rogan frequently advertises for Onnit products on his podcast.<ref name="mens-health-peele">{{cite news |last1=Peele |first1=Anna |title=Sex Fasts, Darkness Retreats, and Ayahuasca: Inside Aubrey Marcus's Quest to Be a Better Man |url=https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a30897736/aubrey-marcus-onnit-better-man-interview/ |work=Men's Health |date=February 20, 2020}}</ref> In April 2024 a lawsuit was filed against Onnit, alleging that its 'Alpha BRAIN' supplement performed no better than a ] in a ] and that the product was surrounded by "false, misleading and deceptive advertising".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Neath |first=Amelia |date=May 20, 2024 |title=Joe Rogan-backed pharma company sued for peddling health supplements with 'false' advertising |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/onnit-sued-supplements-joe-rogan-b2548166.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520182318/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/onnit-sued-supplements-joe-rogan-b2548166.html |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |work=]}}</ref>
{{cite web|title=Joe Rogan and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way are cousins|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/joe-rogan-is-cousins-with-my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-2562971|first=Nick|last=Reilly|date=October 31, 2019|work=NME|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031215950/https://www.nme.com/news/music/joe-rogan-is-cousins-with-my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-2562971|url-status=live}}
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====Comedy Mothership====
In January 2020, Rogan went on a ] for the entire month, only eating ], ], ], and ]s and supplements such as ]s and ]. As a result of this diet, Rogan said that he lost 12 pounds (5.4 kilograms) and said he experienced an increase in energy and relief from some prior health issues. However, Rogan admitted that this diet also negatively impacted his ]. In January 2022, Rogan announced that he would go on a meat and fruit diet for the entire month.<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Connell-Domenech|first=Alejandra|date=January 10, 2022|title=Joe Rogan announces he's going on meat and fruit diet for next month|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/589090-joe-rogan-announces-hes-going-on-meat-and-fruit|url-status=live|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=The Hill|language=en}}</ref> He has previously been on vegetarian diets and has claimed the diet did not work for him.
Rogan is also the owner of the Comedy Mothership comedy club in Austin, Texas, which opened in March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|work=]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/joe-rogan-comedy-mothership-review-austin-club-1235343105/|title=Joe Rogan Opens His Anti-Cancel Culture Club in Austin|first=James|last=Hibberd|date=March 8, 2023}}</ref>


== Views == == Views ==
=== Political positions === === Political views ===
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In 2020, ] described Rogan as "]-leaning".<ref name="CNNBernie">{{cite web |last1=Krieg |first1=Gregory |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html |title=Bernie Sanders draws criticism for touting Joe Rogan endorsement |publisher=] |access-date=February 20, 2021 |date=January 25, 2020 |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001713/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rogan has said that he holds a wide variety of political views and does not easily fall on any particular side of the political spectrum.<ref name="TomGreenNov2020">{{cite podcast|host=Rogan, Joe|title=#1568 – Tom Green|website=]|publisher=]|date=November 2020|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kR2xDvUdIt69ho9CX6NJc|access-date=February 27, 2021|time=1:36:25|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101133614/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kR2xDvUdIt69ho9CX6NJc|url-status=live}}</ref> He has described himself as ], saying that he supports ], ], ], ], ], and ], but also supports ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday Special Ep 4: Joe Rogan|website = ]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFMBSPxfMw&t=36m27s|access-date=March 6, 2019|date=June 3, 2018|quote=Starting at 36:27. "I'm pretty liberal. Like pretty fucking liberal across the board. If you want to talk to me about gay marriage, if you want to talk to me about gay rights, women's rights, drugs. You go down the line... Universal healthcare, universal basic income I mean I'm pretty liberal.|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120050245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFMBSPxfMw&t=36m27s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ&t=3h06m25s|title = Joe Rogan Experience #1258 – Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim Pool|website = ]|date = March 5, 2019|access-date = March 6, 2019|quote = Starting at 3:06:25. "I'm very liberal. I'm very liberal in... Except for Second Amendment. That's probably the only thing I disagree with a lot of liberals on.|archive-date = November 20, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120050245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ&t=3h06m25s|url-status = live}}</ref> Rogan describes himself as a strong supporter of ], and has criticized what he describes as "]" and what he perceives to be suppression of those who hold ] views in the television and film industry.<ref name="TomGreenNov2020"/> He has also criticized what he describes as an American foreign policy of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTm3TMhanWo|title=Joe Rogan – American War Machine|website=]|date=September 5, 2014|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014052311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTm3TMhanWo&app=desktop|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2020, ] described Rogan as "]-leaning".<ref name="CNNBernie">{{cite web |last1=Krieg |first1=Gregory |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html |title=Bernie Sanders draws criticism for touting Joe Rogan endorsement |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 20, 2021 |date=January 25, 2020 |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001713/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019–20, Rogan described himself as ], saying he supports ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday Special Ep 4: Joe Rogan|via = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFMBSPxfMw&t=36m27s|access-date=March 6, 2019|date=June 3, 2018|quote=Starting at 36:27. "I'm pretty liberal. Like pretty fucking liberal across the board. If you want to talk to me about gay marriage, if you want to talk to me about gay rights, women's rights, drugs. You go down the line... Universal healthcare, universal basic income I mean I'm pretty liberal.|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120050245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFMBSPxfMw&t=36m27s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ&t=3h06m25s|title = Joe Rogan Experience #1258 – Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim Pool|via = YouTube|date = March 5, 2019|access-date = March 6, 2019|quote = Starting at 3:06:25. "I'm very liberal. I'm very liberal in... Except for Second Amendment. That's probably the only thing I disagree with a lot of liberals on.|archive-date = November 20, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120050245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ&t=3h06m25s|url-status = live}}</ref> He describes himself as a strong supporter of ], and has criticized ] and what he perceives to be suppression of those who hold right-wing views in the television and film industry.<ref name="TomGreenNov2020">{{cite podcast |host=Rogan, Joe |title=#1568 – Tom Green |publisher=The Joe Rogan Experience |via=Spotify |date=November 2020 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kR2xDvUdIt69ho9CX6NJc |access-date=February 27, 2021 |time=1:36:25 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101133614/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kR2xDvUdIt69ho9CX6NJc |url-status=live}}</ref> He has also criticized what he describes as an American foreign policy of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTm3TMhanWo|title=Joe Rogan – American War Machine|via=YouTube|date=September 5, 2014|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014052311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTm3TMhanWo&app=desktop|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2020, Rogan endorsed left-wing ] candidate ], saying "I believe in him, I like him, I like him a lot".<ref name="CNNBernie" /> In 2022, Rogan said Republican ] would be "a good president".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mastrangelo |first=Dominick |date=June 29, 2022 |title=Joe Rogan: DeSantis would be a 'good president' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3541614-joe-rogan-desantis-would-be-a-good-president/ |access-date=July 21, 2022 |website=The Hill}}</ref> On November 4, 2024, the day before the ], Rogan endorsed ] candidate ]. He said that ], who had been on Rogan's podcast a couple of days prior, "makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way".<ref>{{cite web |last1=FitzGerald |first1=James |title=Joe Rogan gives backing to Donald Trump in US election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9z2p3vr48o |website=] |access-date=5 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241105192159/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9z2p3vr48o |archive-date=5 November 2024 |date=5 November 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Rogan endorsed ] in the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/12/16/joe-rogan-of-fear-factor-endorses-ron-paul |title=Joe Rogan of 'Fear Factor' Endorses Ron Paul |first=Paul |last=Bedard |website=US News |date=December 16, 2011 |access-date=November 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113082502/http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/12/16/joe-rogan-of-fear-factor-endorses-ron-paul |archive-date=November 13, 2013 }}</ref> and voted for ] candidate ] in the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thedesertlynx.com/gary-johnson-snags-joe-rogan-endorsement/|title=Gary Johnson Snags Joe Rogan Endorsement – The Desert Lynx|date=August 1, 2016|newspaper=The Desert Lynx|language=en-US|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202020803/http://thedesertlynx.com/gary-johnson-snags-joe-rogan-endorsement/|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He endorsed ] during the ],<ref name="CNNBernie"/> but ended up voting for ] in ].<ref name="Who did Joe Rogan vote for in the 2020 US presidential election?">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-who-joe-rogan-vote-2020-us-presidential-elections|title=Who did Joe Rogan vote for in the 2020 US presidential election?|date=August 21, 2021|website=SportsKeeda|language=en-US|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> Rogan has criticized ] and accused ] of hoping for former U.S. President ] to fail simply because they disliked his persona.<ref name="TomGreenNov2020"/>{{primary-source-inline|date=March 2022}}


Rogan opposes Canadian Prime Minister ], calling him "a fucking dictator", and called Canada "]" while admitting that he has "zero understanding" of Canada's political system.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Do Couto |first=Sarah |date=2022-07-18 |title=Joe Rogan says Canada is 'communist,' calls Justin Trudeau a 'sketchy guy' |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8997721/joe-rogan-canada-communist-justin-trudeau-sketchy-dictator/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320033234/https://globalnews.ca/news/8997721/joe-rogan-canada-communist-justin-trudeau-sketchy-dictator/ |archive-date=2024-03-20 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=]}}</ref> Rogan also said that he liked Trudeau prior to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohoman |first=Sarah |date=July 16, 2022 |title=Joe Rogan Says Justin Trudeau Is A 'Sketchy Guy' & Thinks That Canada Is F*cked |url=https://www.narcity.com/joe-rogan-says-justin-trudeau-is-a-sketchy-guy-thinks-that-canada-is-fcked |access-date=July 17, 2022 |website=Narcity}}</ref>
Rogan has said that ] ] would be "a good president", adding that "what he's done for Florida has been admirable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mastrangelo |first=Dominick |date=2022-06-29 |title=Joe Rogan: DeSantis would be a 'good president' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3541614-joe-rogan-desantis-would-be-a-good-president/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref>


In March 2024, Rogan described ] as a "]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Joe Rogan says Israel's actions in Gaza amount to 'genocide' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/joe-rogan-israel-gaza-hamas-genocide-b2519729.html |work=The Independent |date=27 March 2024}}</ref> In a podcast with writer ] eight days later, where Hughes disputed the genocide allegations, Rogan said he appreciated Hughes' perspective, saying: "You clearly know more about it than I do".<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNYtG8iZ71E&t=7083s |title=Joe Rogan Experience #2130 - Coleman Hughes |date=April 3, 2024 |type=Video|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vespa |first=Matt |date=2024-04-09 |title=The Claims of a Gaza Genocide Get Totally Dismantled on Joe Rogan's Podcast |url=https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/09/coleman-hughes-shreds-the-gaza-genocide-myth-on-joe-rogans-podcast-n2637528 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=]|quote=Rogan saw Coleman's points, admitting that he saw his perspective. "I see what you're saying. You clearly know more about it than I do," the podcast host said. No yelling. No ad hominem attacks.}}</ref>
Rogan opposes ] ], calling him "a fucking dictator" and called Canada "]" while admitting that he has "zero understanding" of Canada's system. Rogan also said that he liked Trudeau prior to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohoman |first=Sarah |date=2022-07-16 |title=Joe Rogan Says Justin Trudeau Is A 'Sketchy Guy' & Thinks That Canada Is F*cked |url=https://www.narcity.com/joe-rogan-says-justin-trudeau-is-a-sketchy-guy-thinks-that-canada-is-fcked |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=] |language=en-ca}}</ref>


Rogan described the way that President ] leads Russia as "evil" but "impressive". He called Putin a "strong leader" and said "Isn't there always a longing for a ]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://firstsportz.com/ufc-news-joe-rogan-speaks-about-vladimir-putins-ability-to-lead-a-nation-like-russia/|title="It's evil but impressive"- Joe Rogan speaks about Vladimir Putin's ability to lead a nation like Russia|first=Soumya|last=Ranjan|date=May 29, 2022}}</ref> In November 2024, Rogan said the ] was "100% wrong". He criticized outgoing US President ] for allowing Ukraine to ] at mainland Russia with ]. He also criticized Ukrainian President ], saying "Fuck you, man. You fucking people are about to ]". Ukrainian world heavyweight boxing champion, ], accused Rogan of "repeating ]". Klitschko posted a video offering to debate Rogan on his podcast "like free men".<ref>{{cite news |title=Ukrainian boxing champ blasts Joe Rogan for spreading 'Russian Propaganda' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/boxer-wladimir-klitschko-blasts-joe-rogan-russian-propaganda-rcna181661 |work=] |date=25 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ukrainian boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko calls out Rogan for 'repeating Russian propaganda' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/wladimir-klitschko-joe-rogan-ukraine-russia |work=] |date=25 November 2024}}</ref>
==== 2020 presidential election ====
Rogan publicly supported ] and encouraged her to run for the U.S. presidency in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Listen to The Joe Rogan Experience episode 1170 – Tulsi Gabbard|url=http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/tulsi-gabbard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917013805/http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/tulsi-gabbard|archive-date=September 17, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> On January 21, 2020, Rogan said he would "probably" vote for Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primary, adding, "He's been insanely consistent his entire life."<ref>{{cite web|date=January 21, 2020|title=Joe Rogan Says He's Voting for Bernie Sanders|url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/joe-rogan-voting-for-bernie-sanders/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122031223/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/joe-rogan-voting-for-bernie-sanders/|archive-date=January 22, 2020|access-date=January 21, 2020|work=The Daily Dot}}</ref> Sanders was criticized by fellow ] for touting Rogan's endorsement during the 2020 presidential campaign, including by ], which referred to Rogan as "someone known for promoting transphobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism and misogyny". The ] called on Sanders to reject Rogan's endorsement.<ref name="CNNBernie" />
After Sanders dropped out of the race, Rogan said he would "rather vote for Trump than ]" adding that "I don't think can handle anything." He claimed that he was concerned that Biden, who turned 78 shortly after Election Day, lacked the cognitive ability needed to run the United States and would not be able to handle the pressure of the presidency. Rogan criticized Biden for his verbal slip-ups, which he described as "not a normal way to communicate, unless you're high".<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 4, 2020|title=Joe Rogan would 'rather vote for Trump than Biden' after endorsing Sanders|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/joe-rogan-donald-trump-joe-biden-bernie-sanders|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625083201/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/joe-rogan-donald-trump-joe-biden-bernie-sanders|archive-date=June 25, 2020|access-date=June 23, 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> Rogan has stated "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 going to make it."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wulfsohn|first1=Joseph|date=September 8, 2020|title=Trump shares clip of Joe Rogan comparing Biden to 'flashlight' with 'dying battery'|work=Fox News|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tweets-joe-rogan-biden-dying-battery|url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2020|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}}</ref> Donald Trump subsequently retweeted Rogan's comments on Biden's mental fitness.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 8, 2020|title=Trump shares clip of Joe Rogan comparing Biden to 'flashlight' with 'dying battery'|website=]|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 14, 2020}}</ref>


=== Drugs and spirituality ===
Rogan offered to moderate a four-hour debate with Trump and Biden in an effort to avoid what he referred to as ]; Trump said he would be willing to do such a debate.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lejeune|first1=Tristan|date=September 15, 2020|title=Sunny Hostin slams 'misogynistic, racist, homophobic' Joe Rogan after his offer to moderate debate|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/516542-sunny-hostin-slams-misogynistic-racist-homophobic-joe-rogan-after-his-offer-to|website=TheHill|access-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref> A ] petition was started "to elect Joe Rogan as the moderator for the 2020 Presidential Debate," claiming that Rogan was qualified to handle the debates because he is ]. The petition received over 300,000 signatures.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 14, 2020|title=Here's Why Some People Think Joe Rogan Is Hosting the Presidential Debates|url=https://www.newsweek.com/heres-why-some-people-think-joe-rogan-hosting-presidential-debates-1531782|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915032539/https://www.newsweek.com/heres-why-some-people-think-joe-rogan-hosting-presidential-debates-1531782|archive-date=September 15, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|work=Newsweek}}</ref>
Rogan supports the ] use of ] and believes it holds numerous benefits.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jaeger |first1=Kyle |title=Congressman Tells Joe Rogan He Backs States' Marijuana Rights But Actually Voted Against Them |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congressman-tells-joe-rogan-he-backs-states-marijuana-rights-but-actually-voted-against-them/ |website=Marijuana Moment |date=21 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=Jesus |title=Top 10 Successful People Who Smoke Cannabis In 2022 |url=https://mitechnews.com/news/top-10-successful-people-who-smoke-cannabis-in-2022/ |website=MITechNews |date=30 January 2022}}</ref> He hosted the documentary film '']'' and was featured in ''Marijuana: A Chronic History'' and '']''. He also supports the use of ], ]s, and ] toward the exploration and enhancement of ], as well as ]. He was the presenter in the 2010 documentary '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340425/|title=DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)|date=September 1, 2014|publisher=IMDb|access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=June 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609175413/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340425/|url-status=live}}</ref>


Rogan later revealed during a live election night podcast that he voted for Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen.<ref name="Joe Rogan Reveals Who He Voted For">{{cite web|url=https://sharecaster.com/2020/11/05/joe-rogan-reveals-who-he-voted-for/|title=Joe Rogan Reveals Who He Voted For|date=November 5, 2020|website=Sharecaster|language=en-US|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113195357/https://sharecaster.com/2020/11/05/joe-rogan-reveals-who-he-voted-for/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rogan has an interest in ] and using an ]. He has stated that his personal experiences with ] in isolation tanks have helped him explore the nature of consciousness and improve his performance in various physical and mental activities and overall well-being.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-out-the-rise-of-sensory-deprivation-tanks/263537/|title=Time Out: The Rise of Sensory Deprivation Tanks|first=Kyle|last=Dowling|date=October 12, 2012|website=The Atlantic|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622162023/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-out-the-rise-of-sensory-deprivation-tanks/263537/|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== COVID-19 and vaccines ===
====2022 Midterm Elections====
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Rogan has urged his followers, and those who are angry over COVID-19 safety protocols to "vote Republican," in an episode of his podcast centered around lessons learned during the pandemic. He also praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, stating that his response to the pandemic was, "open and reasonable."<ref>Rai, Sarakshi. “” The Hill, 29 Aug. 2022, thehill.com/homenews/3619394-joe-rogan-on-lessons-learned-from-pandemic-vote-republican/. Accessed 31 Aug. 2022.</ref>
In April 2021, Rogan made ] ]s, in particular claiming that young, healthy people do not 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}}</ref><ref name="Snopes.com">{{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.com |date=April 28, 2021}}</ref> This view was criticized by ] and White House communication director ], as well as by several media outlets.<ref>{{Citation |title=Doctor calls on Joe Rogan to walk back vaccine comments – CNN Video |date=April 28, 2021 |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 |date=April 28, 2021}}</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}}</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}}</ref> Part of the objection was that there have been notable cases affecting young, healthy people.<ref name="Snopes.com" /> Rogan acknowledged there was "some legitimate science" behind Fauci's view and emphasized that he is not a doctor and should not be taken as "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}}</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/20220609/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-rogan-covid-vaccine-antivax-b1839924.html |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=April 29, 2021 |website=The Independent}}</ref>


On September 1, 2021, Rogan tested positive for the virus.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Madani|first=Doha|date=September 1, 2021|title=Joe Rogan says he has Covid, took widely discredited drug ivermectin|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joe-rogan-says-he-tested-positive-covid-took-ivermectin-n1278323|access-date=September 1, 2021|publisher=NBC News}}</ref> Soon after, he released an online video reporting on the status of his condition and stating that he had begun a regimen including ], ], ], ] drip, a vitamin drip, as well as ], an ] drug that is not an effective treatment for ].<ref>Romo, Vanessa (September 1, 2021). ]. Retrieved November 18, 2021.</ref><ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news|date=September 4, 2021|title=Health experts keep warning against using ivermectin as a Covid treatment. Some Americans refuse to listen.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/ivermectin-health-experts.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211019/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/ivermectin-health-experts.html|archive-date=October 19, 2021|vauthors=Lukpat A, Goldberg E}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=September 1, 2021|title=Joe Rogan Announces He Has COVID|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/joe-rogan-covid-1235054176/}}</ref> This drew controversy due to multiple people reportedly being hospitalized after self-medicating with an over-the-counter form of ivermectin designed to treat ailments in livestock, which typically has a significantly larger dosage.<ref name=":0" /> Rogan criticized CNN for describing ivermectin as a "horse dewormer".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Matthew|date=October 19, 2021|title=Joe Rogan defends 'friend' Sanjay Gupta: We had an 'enjoyable conversation'|url=https://news.yahoo.com/joe-rogan-defends-friend-sanjay-005500732.html|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=Yahoo News}}</ref> On Rogan's podcast, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent ] said that ivermectin is used to treat ] but that CNN should not have implied that Rogan was taking a ] since Rogan acquired it through a doctor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-10-15/joe-rogan-covid-19-treatment-don-lemon-cnn | title=Joe Rogan says CNN lied about his COVID-19 treatment. Don Lemon says that's not true | website=] | date=October 16, 2021 }}</ref> On September 3, 2021, Rogan tested negative for the virus.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Noble|first=Alex|date=September 3, 2021|title=Joe Rogan Tests Negative for COVID 2 Days After Revealing Positive Test|url=https://www.thewrap.com/joe-rogan-tests-negative-for-covid-2-days-after-revealing-positive-test/|access-date=September 6, 2021|website=TheWrap}}</ref>
=== Drugs and spirituality ===
Rogan supports the ] use of ] and believes it holds numerous benefits. He hosted the documentary film '']'' and was featured in ''Marijuana: A Chronic History'' and '']''. He also supports the use of ], ]s, and ] toward the exploration and enhancement of ], as well as ]. He was the presenter in the 2010 documentary '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340425/|title=DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)|date=September 1, 2014|work=IMDb|access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=June 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609175413/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340425/|url-status=live}}</ref>


In January 2022, 270 scientists, physicians, professors, doctors, and healthcare workers wrote an open letter to Spotify expressing concern over "false and societally harmful assertions" on ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' and asked Spotify to "establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform". The 270 signatories took issue with Rogan "broadcasting ], particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic" and more specifically "a highly controversial episode" featuring guest ] (#1757)", a biochemist who has promoted vaccine misinformation.<ref name=DeadlineCOVID /><ref name=RSCovid />
Rogan has an interest in ] and using an ]. He has stated that his personal experiences with ] in isolation tanks have helped him explore the nature of consciousness and improve his performance in various physical and mental activities and overall well-being.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-out-the-rise-of-sensory-deprivation-tanks/263537/|title=Time Out: The Rise of Sensory Deprivation Tanks|first=Kyle|last=Dowling|date=October 12, 2012|website=The Atlantic|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622162023/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-out-the-rise-of-sensory-deprivation-tanks/263537/|url-status=live}}</ref>


The episode was criticized for promoting conspiracy theories, including "an unfounded theory that societal leaders have 'hypnotized' the public". The signatories wrote that "Dr. Malone is one of two recent JRE guests who has compared pandemic policies to ]. These actions are not only objectionable and offensive, but also medically and culturally dangerous." The signatories also note that Malone was ] "for spreading misinformation about COVID-19".<ref name=DeadlineCOVID>{{Cite web|last=Tapp|first=Tom|date=January 13, 2022|title=Hundreds Of Doctors Sign Open Letter Asking Spotify To Address "Mass Misinformation Events," Take Aim at Joe Rogan's Show|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/spotify-joe-rogan-doctors-open-letter-1234909702/|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=Deadline}}</ref><ref name=RSCovid>{{Cite magazine|last=Dickson|first=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 13, 2022|magazine=]}}</ref>
=== Other views and advocacy ===
Rogan is an avid ] and is part of the "Eat What You Kill" movement, which attempts to move away from ] and the mistreatment of animals raised for food.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 23, 2014|title=Video: Joe Rogan on the "Eat What You Kill" Movement|url=http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2014/10/23/video-joe-rogan-eat-kill-movement/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095102/http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2014/10/23/video-joe-rogan-eat-kill-movement/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 3, 2016|publisher=OutdoorHub}}</ref>


On January 24, 2022, the songwriter ] posted an open letter demanding that Spotify remove his music from their service if they would not remove ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' from their service. Young wrote that "Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform".<ref name="NeilYoungGuardian">{{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}}</ref> On January 26, Spotify removed Young's music; a spokesperson said Spotify wanted "all the world's music and audio content to be available to Spotify users" and that it had a "great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators".<ref name="NeilYoungGuardian" /> On January 29, the songwriter ] removed her catalog from Spotify in support of Young and "the global scientific and medical communities on this issue".<ref>{{cite news|date=January 29, 2022|title=Joni Mitchell to remove songs from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young's stance against Joe Rogan's COVID 'misinformation'|website=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-29/joni-mitchell-take-songs-off-spotify-solidarity-with-neil-young/100790200|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Guardian2022-01-29a">{{Cite news|last=Sherwood|first=Harriet|date=January 29, 2022|title=Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young's Spotify protest over anti-vax content|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/29/joni-mitchell-joins-neil-young-in-demanding-spotify-remove-her-music|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref>
Rogan is ] and has claimed there is a lack of significant scientific evidence for any benefits to the practice, which he considers not entirely different from ] because of its nonconsensual nature.<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Joel|date=October 10, 2015|title=Celebrities Against Circumcision|url=http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/celebrities-against-circumcision|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810091454/http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/celebrities-against-circumcision|archive-date=August 10, 2017|access-date=August 9, 2017|publisher=Organic Lifestyle Magazine}}</ref>


Responding to the controversy, Rogan denied intentionally spreading misinformation and pledged "to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people's perspectives", and said that he agreed with Spotify adding a disclaimer to the beginning of his videos.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 31, 2022|title=Joe Rogan pledges to try harder after Neil Young Spotify row|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60192957}}</ref>
Rogan has been an outspoken critic of ] competing with cisgender women in all forms of amateur and professional sports, including MMA matches.<ref name="CNNBernie" /> In April 2022, Rogan said that transgender ] ] "might be the woke straw that breaks society's camel's back".<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2022 |title=Trans swimmer Lia Thomas criticized by Joe Rogan: Women are so frustrated |url=https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2022/04/05/624ca06d22601ddc778b45c6.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>


On January 10, 2025, Joe Rogan published an interview with ] CEO ].<ref>{{cite web|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-meta-fact-checking-ban-1236271925/|title=Mark Zuckerberg Defends Meta’s Fact-Checking Ban to Joe Rogan: Company Faced ‘Massive Institutional Pressure to Basically Start Censoring Content’|author=Todd Spangler}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-says-biden-pushed-meta-to-remove-posts-on-vaccines.html|title=Zuckerberg says Biden administration pushed Meta ‘super hard’ to take down vaccine content|author=Jordan Novet}}</ref>
==Controversies==


=== Other views, medical misinformation and advocacy ===
=== Remarks on COVID-19 ===
Rogan is an avid ] and is part of the "Eat What You Kill" movement, which attempts to move away from ] and the mistreatment of animals raised for food.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 23, 2014|title=Video: Joe Rogan on the "Eat What You Kill" Movement|url=http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2014/10/23/video-joe-rogan-eat-kill-movement/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095102/http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2014/10/23/video-joe-rogan-eat-kill-movement/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 3, 2016|publisher=OutdoorHub}}</ref>
In April 2021, Rogan made contentious remarks about ]s, in particular claiming that young, healthy people do not 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><ref name="Snopes.com">{{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.com |language=en-US}}</ref> This view was criticized by ] and White House communication director ], 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="Snopes.com" /> Rogan acknowledged there was "some legitimate science" behind Fauci's view and emphasized that he is not a doctor and should not be taken as "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/20220609/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-rogan-covid-vaccine-antivax-b1839924.html |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=April 29, 2021 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>


Rogan has been an outspoken critic of ], including MMA matches.<ref name="CNNBernie" /> In April 2022, he said that transgender swimmer ] "might be the ] straw that breaks society's camel's back".<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2022 |title=Trans swimmer Lia Thomas criticized by Joe Rogan: Women are so frustrated |url=https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2022/04/05/624ca06d22601ddc778b45c6.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=Marca}}</ref> Rogan has offered a critique of transgender martial arts artist ], saying "If you had a dick at one point in time, you also have all the bone structure that comes with having a dick. You have bigger hands, you have bigger shoulder joints. You're a fucking man".<ref name=fox>{{cite journal| vauthors=Fischer M, McClearen J |title=Transgender Athletes and the Queer Art of Athletic Failure |journal=Communication & Sport |year=2020 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=147–167|doi=10.1177/2167479518823207 |s2cid=149762003|quote=Fox frequently faced pseudoscientific arguments about alleged biological advantages from other MMA female fighters and pundits who claimed that Fox’s “greater” bone density gave her an edge. In one of his podcast episodes, Comedian and UFC Commentator Joe Rogan, for example, espoused the following views:}}</ref>
On September 1, 2021, Rogan tested positive for the virus.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Madani|first=Doha|date=September 1, 2021|title=Joe Rogan says he has Covid, took widely discredited drug ivermectin|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joe-rogan-says-he-tested-positive-covid-took-ivermectin-n1278323|url-status=live|access-date=September 1, 2021|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref> Soon after, he released an online video reporting on the status of his condition and stating that he had begun a regimen including ], ], ], ] drip, a vitamin drip, as well as ], a drug usually taken to treat parasitic infestations and not endorsed by the FDA as an effective treatment for ].<ref>Romo, Vanessa (September 1, 2021). ]. Retrieved November 18, 2021.</ref><ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news|date=September 4, 2021|title=Health experts keep warning against using ivermectin as a Covid treatment. Some Americans refuse to listen.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/ivermectin-health-experts.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211019/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/ivermectin-health-experts.html|archive-date=October 19, 2021|vauthors=Lukpat A, Goldberg E}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=September 1, 2021|title=Joe Rogan Announces He Has COVID|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/joe-rogan-covid-1235054176/}}</ref>
This caused some controversy due to multiple people reportedly being hospitalized after self-medicating with an over-the-counter form of ivermectin designed to treat ailments in livestock, which typically has a significantly larger dosage.<ref name=":0" /> Rogan criticized CNN for describing ivermectin as a "horse dewormer".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Matthew|date=October 19, 2021|title=Joe Rogan defends 'friend' Sanjay Gupta: We had an 'enjoyable conversation'|url=https://news.yahoo.com/joe-rogan-defends-friend-sanjay-005500732.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=Yahoo News|language=en-US}}</ref> CNN Chief Medical Correspondent ] later admitted during a podcast "They shouldn't have said that".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-14 |title=Joe Rogan takes on Sanjay Gupta over CNN 'lying' about COVID treatment |url=https://nypost.com/2021/10/14/joe-rogan-takes-on-sanjay-gupta-over-cnn-lying-about-covid-treatment/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref> Outpatient prescribing of ivermectin had recently increased significantly due to the unproven claim that it is effective against COVID-19. The FDA called this trend "disturbing".<ref name="The New York Times"/> On September 3, 2021, Rogan tested negative for the virus.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Noble|first=Alex|date=September 3, 2021|title=Joe Rogan Tests Negative for COVID 2 Days After Revealing Positive Test|url=https://www.thewrap.com/joe-rogan-tests-negative-for-covid-2-days-after-revealing-positive-test/|access-date=September 6, 2021|website=TheWrap|language=en-US}}</ref>


In October 2022, while interviewing ] on his show, Rogan shared the widely discredited ], claiming that public schools were providing litter boxes to students who dress up as cats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |title=Joe Rogan tells Tulsi Gabbard that there are litter boxes in school bathrooms for furries |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/joe-rogan-tells-tulsi-gabbard-litter-boxes-school-bathrooms-furries/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=LGBTQ Nation|date=October 13, 2022 }}</ref> Rogan said several weeks later that "it doesn't seem that there's any proof that they put a litter box in there", but falsely claimed that there were discussions considering the idea.<ref name="rogan-no-proof">{{Cite web |last=Redmond |first=Mike |date=November 2, 2022 |title=Joe Rogan (Kinda) Admitted Schools Aren't Installing Litter Boxes |url=https://uproxx.com/viral/joe-rogan-litter-box-public-school-restrooms-no-proof/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103024545/https://uproxx.com/viral/joe-rogan-litter-box-public-school-restrooms-no-proof/ |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=]}}</ref>
In January 2022, 270 scientists, physicians, professors, doctors, and healthcare workers wrote an open letter to Spotify expressing concern over "false and societally harmful assertions" on ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' and asked Spotify to "establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform." The 270 signatories took issue with Rogan "broadcasting ], particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic" and more specifically "a highly controversial episode featuring guest ] (#1757)", a contributor to the studies recognized as among the earliest steps towards mRNA vaccine development.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Verbeke |first1=Rein |last2=Lentacker |first2=Ine |last3=De Smedt |first3=Stefaan C. |last4=Dewitte |first4=Heleen |date=2019-10-01 |title=Three decades of messenger RNA vaccine development |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1748013219301483 |journal=Nano Today |language=en |volume=28 |pages=100766 |doi=10.1016/j.nantod.2019.100766 |issn=1748-0132}}</ref>


During an episode of his podcast in February 2023, Rogan stated the "idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That's like saying Italians aren't into pizza. It's fucking stupid."<ref name="Antisemitism">{{Cite web |title=Joe Rogan Under Fire From ADL & Other Comedians For Spreading 'Vicious Lies About The Jewish People' On Spotify Show |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/joe-rogan-jews-money-adl-spotify-show-1235252621/|access-date=February 9, 2023|website=Deadline|date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> Rogan made the comment in defense of Congresswoman ], who faced allegations of antisemitism for saying that ] was "all about the benjamins".<ref name="Antisemitism" /> ], the Director of the ], condemned Rogan's comment as reflecting "antisemitic tropes about Jews and money".<ref name="Antisemitism" />
The episode has been criticized for promoting baseless conspiracy theories, including "an unfounded theory that societal leaders have 'hypnotized' the public". The signatories further assert that "Dr. Malone is one of two recent JRE guests who has compared pandemic policies to ]. These actions are not only objectionable and offensive, but also medically and culturally dangerous." The signatories also note that Malone was ] "for spreading misinformation about COVID-19".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tapp|first=Tom|date=January 13, 2022|title=Hundreds Of Doctors Sign Open Letter Asking Spotify To Address "Mass Misinformation Events," Take Aim At Joe Rogan's Show|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/spotify-joe-rogan-doctors-open-letter-1234909702/|url-status=live|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dickson|first=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/|url-status=live|access-date=January 13, 2022|magazine=]|language=en-US}}</ref>


In a February 2024 podcast with ], Rogan said that he thought ] were "a very important factor in AIDS" and invoked the views of AIDS denialist ]. The ] reacted by saying, "The fact is that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), untreated, causes AIDS" and criticizing the podcast for "disseminating false information".<ref name=idiotic>{{cite web |publisher=Yahoo News |title=Joe Rogan's Idiotic New Theory: AIDS Is Caused by Poppers |first=Noor |last=Al-Sibai |date=17 February 2024 |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/joe-rogan-idiotic-theory-aids-120049283.html}}</ref><ref name=aids>{{cite web |vauthors=Merlan A |website=Vice |title=Joe Rogan and Bret Weinstein Promote AIDS Denialism to an Audience of Millions |date=15 February 2024 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg543y/joe-rogan-and-bret-weinstein-promote-aids-denialism-to-an-audience-of-millions}}</ref>
On January 24, 2022, musician ] posted an open letter threatening to remove his music from Spotify if they did not remove the podcast '']'' from their service. The podcast, one of Spotify's most popular, has been criticized for spreading ]. Young wrote that "Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform."<ref name="NeilYoungGuardian">{{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=]|language=en}}</ref> On January 26, Spotify removed Young's music; a spokesperson said Spotify wanted "all the world's music and audio content to be available to Spotify users" and that it had a "great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators".<ref name="NeilYoungGuardian" /> On January 29, ] removed her catalogue from Spotify in support of long-time friend and fellow ] survivor "Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue."<ref>{{cite news|date=January 29, 2022|title=Joni Mitchell to remove songs from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young's stance against Joe Rogan's COVID 'misinformation'|website=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-29/joni-mitchell-take-songs-off-spotify-solidarity-with-neil-young/100790200|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Guardian2022-01-29a">{{Cite news|last=Sherwood|first=Harriet|date=January 29, 2022|title=Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young's Spotify protest over anti-vax content|work=]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/29/joni-mitchell-joins-neil-young-in-demanding-spotify-remove-her-music|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref> Responding to the controversy, Rogan denied intentionally spreading misinformation and pledged "to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people's perspectives", and said that he agreed with Spotify adding a disclaimer to the beginning of his videos.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 31, 2022|title=Joe Rogan pledges to try harder after Neil Young Spotify row|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60192957}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
During the controversy in early 2022, video platform ] offered Joe Rogan $100 million to switch from Spotify.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Thiel-Backed Video Platform Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Switch From Spotify |url=https://time.com/6145835/joe-rogan-rumble-podcast-offer/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> Shortly after the offer, it was reported by ] that the offer was declined.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2022-02-09 |title=Joe Rogan Rejects $100 Million Podcast Deal Offer From Right-Wing Video Site Rumble |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/joe-rogan-rejects-rumble-podcast-deal-1235175990/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Use of offensive language === === Family ===
Rogan married Jessica Ditzel, a former cocktail waitress, in 2009.<ref name=rollingstone2015/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbpulse.com/bars-and-clubs/2009/07/13/joe-rogan-brings-trippy-humor-to-palm-beach-improv/|title=Joe Rogan brings trippy humor to Palm Beach Improv|access-date=September 3, 2010|first=Melissa|last=Patterson|work=The Palm Beach Post|date=July 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724083031/http://www.pbpulse.com/bars-and-clubs/2009/07/13/joe-rogan-brings-trippy-humor-to-palm-beach-improv/|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> They have two daughters, who were born in 2008 and 2010. Rogan is also the stepfather or adopted father of Ditzel's daughter from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pnRZu-h_s |title=Joe Rogan on Stepfatherhood |date=January 26, 2012 |via=YouTube |access-date=February 4, 2016 |quote=Rogan has three children—including his 15-year-old stepdaughter. |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210185857/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pnRZu-h_s |url-status=live }} from ] on the ]</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://cafemom.com/entertainment/joe-rogan-high-around-daughters/this-is-clearly-what-works-for-him|title=Joe Rogan Admits He Prefers to Be High Around Daughters; It Makes Them More 'Interesting'|website=cafemom.com|date=July 5, 2023 }}</ref> In 2008, they moved to ], but returned to ] four months later when Ditzel became pregnant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Being Humbled By Nature and Ancient Civilizations |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9x8betNlNA#t=00m57s |via=YouTube |access-date=September 29, 2022 |date=August 19, 2022}}</ref> They settled in ], where Rogan had lived on and off since 2003. In 2018, they purchased a new home in the area for almost {{USD|5 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=JOE ROGAN ON LIVING IN BOULDER COLORADO |via = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5TyCHLQCY#t=03m24s |access-date=December 11, 2021 |date=September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=#1449 – Bryan Callen |url=https://podscribe.app/feeds/http-joeroganexpjoeroganlibsynprocom-rss/episodes/6300aa23-207a-48b2-8dca-0fb622c6c2aa |website=PodScribe |access-date=December 11, 2021 |date=March 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/3/4688730/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-part-2-ufc-genetically-modified-athletes|title=Joe Rogan discusses fake meat and fitness secrets|date=September 3, 2013|publisher=Bloody Elbow|first=Stephie|last=Haynes|access-date=August 9, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809150001/https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/3/4688730/interview-exclusive-joe-rogan-explains-everything-part-2-ufc-genetically-modified-athletes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yolandaslittleblackbook.com/blog/2018/10/22/joe-rogan-bell-canyon-new-house/|title=Joe Rogan dumps a record-shattering $5&nbsp;million in Bell Canyon|access-date=November 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110160227/https://www.yolandaslittleblackbook.com/blog/2018/10/22/joe-rogan-bell-canyon-new-house/|archive-date=November 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2020, the family moved into a {{USD|14 million|long=no}} home on ] in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/dirt/entertainers/joe-rogan-snags-14-4-million-lake-austin-mansion-1234783248/|title=Joe Rogan Snags $14.4 Million Lake Austin Mansion|first=Mae|last=Hamilton|date=September 24, 2020|work=Variety|access-date=September 25, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925075627/https://variety.com/2020/dirt/entertainers/joe-rogan-snags-14-4-million-lake-austin-mansion-1234783248/|url-status=live}}</ref>


In October 2019, he revealed that he is a first cousin once removed of ] members ] and ], although he has never met them.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Rogan and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way are cousins|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/joe-rogan-is-cousins-with-my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-2562971|first=Nick|last=Reilly|date=October 31, 2019|work=NME|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031215950/https://www.nme.com/news/music/joe-rogan-is-cousins-with-my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-2562971|url-status=live}}</ref>
Early in Rogan's standup career, fellow comedian ] complained that he unnecessarily used a gay slur in his act.<ref name=Shanahan>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/18/arts/where-does-joe-rogan-draw-line/ |title=Where does Joe Rogan draw the line? |date=February 18, 2022 |author=Mark Shanahan |newspaper=]}}</ref> Rogan said in a 2010 newspaper interview that "Sometimes faggot is the right word," and that it is not "a slanderous evil nasty word about homosexuals".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/393121/joe-rogan-explains-why-gay-slurs-arent-anti-gay/ |title=Joe Rogan Explains Why Gay Slurs Aren't Anti-Gay |newspaper=]|date=January 8, 2010 }}</ref> Fellow comedian ] complained Rogan once followed her act at an L.A. club, saying "Who would ever fuck her with ]", and simulating sex with her on stage.<ref name=Shanahan />
=== Martial arts ===
Rogan became interested in ] after watching Royce Gracie fight at ''UFC 2: No Way Out'' in 1994.<ref name=si2012/> In 1996, he began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under ] at his school in Hollywood, California.<ref name="tmz.com" /> He is a black belt under ]'s ], a style of no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTIb16BiGc4 |title=Joe Rogan gets his tenth Planet Black Belt |via=YouTube |date=June 27, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204214706/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTIb16BiGc4 |url-status=live }}</ref> and a black belt in gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu under ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/9/17/3349196/today-ufc-commentator-joe-rogan-received-his-black-belt-in-Brazilian |title=Today, UFC commentator Joe Rogan received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from Jean Jacques ... |publisher=Bloody Elbow |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051203/http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/9/17/3349196/today-ufc-commentator-joe-rogan-received-his-black-belt-in-brazilian |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Religion ===
In February 2022, singer-songwriter ] shared a compilation of Rogan saying the racial slur '']'' on ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' on ].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Paul|first=Larisha|date=February 1, 2022|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/|access-date=February 22, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</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 |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 |work=] |access-date=February 6, 2022 |language=English |date=February 5, 2022|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 |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 |publisher=] |access-date=February 6, 2022 |language=English |date=February 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Stolworthy2022">{{cite web |last1=Stolworthy |first1=Jacob |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 |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 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=] |access-date=February 6, 2022 |language=English |date=February 5, 2022 |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 ] PatriotTakes, an affiliate of the liberal PAC ]. This resulted in allegations of a ] attempt by MeidasTouch, which the founders denied in an interview with ] founder ], instead attributing the source of the footage to ] who was a recurring guest on Rogan's show.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sarah Westwood |date=February 8, 2022 |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=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 14, 2022 |work=gazette.com}}</ref> Rogan described the video compilation as a "political hit job".<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 9, 2022|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=February 14, 2022|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=March 11, 2022 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2022 |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=March 11, 2022 |website=Calfkicker.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Rogan was raised ], having attended Catholic school in first grade, but has since abandoned ] and has called himself an agnostic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=137XHWdGTNg |title=Joe Rogan and Rosie Talk 9–11 Conspiracy Theory – The Rosie Show – Oprah Winfrey Network |via=YouTube |date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512153145/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=137XHWdGTNg |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Health condition ===
Spotify had refused to carry 42 episodes of the podcast when it acquired the exclusive rights.<ref name="digitalmusicnews">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/02/04/spotify-removed-joe-rogan-podcasts-2022/|title=Spotify Removes 70 Episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience — Here's the Full List|work=Digital Music News|first=Ashley|last=King|date=February 4, 2022|access-date=February 20, 2022}}</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">{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/6/22921203/spotify-joe-rogan-episode-removal-internal-memo|title=Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirms removal of Joe Rogan episodes after n-word video resurfaces|work=The Verge|first=Ashley|last=Carman|date=February 6, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref> which were removed on February 4, 2022,<ref name="digitalmusicnews" /> all of which pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/spotify-remove-episodes-joe-rogan-045230193.html|title=Spotify Removes Episodes of Joe Rogan's Podcast Featuring Racial Slurs|work=Yahoo Entertainment|first=Alex|last=Young|date=February 5, 2022|access-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref>
Rogan has ] on his hands and feet.<ref name="rollingstone2015" />


== Filmography and discography == ==Filmography==


=== Television === ===Films===
{|class="wikitable" {|class="wikitable"
|- |-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes ! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|- |-
| 1997
| 1994 || '']'' || Frank Valente ||
| ''Bruce Testones, Fashion Photographer''
| Bruce Testones
| Short
|- |-
| 2002
| 1995–1999 || '']'' || Joe Garrelli ||
| '']''
| Himself
| TV movie
|- |-
| 2010
| 1996 || '']'' || Himself, guest appearance || Season 2, Episode 7
| ''Venus & Vegas''
| Richie
|
|- |-
| 2011
| 1997 || ''Bruce Testones, Fashion Photographer'' || Writer, himself ||
| '']''
| Gale
|
|- |-
| 2012
| 1997–present || ] || Interviewer (1997–2002)<br />Color commentator (2002–present) ||
| '']''
| Himself
|
|- |-
| 2017
| 2001–2002 || ''Late Friday'' || Host ||
| '']''
| Himself
|
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
|- |-
! Year
| 2001–2006 <br /> 2011–2012 || '']'' || Host ||
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|- |-
| 1994
| 2002 || '']'' || Chris || "A Beautiful Mind"
| '']''
| Frank Valente
| Main Cast
|- |-
| 1995–99
| 2003 || '']'' || Himself || Season 1, Episode 17: "Fear and Loathing in Miami"
| '']''
| Joe Garrelli
| Main Cast
|- |-
| 1996
| 2003–2004 || '']'' || Himself || Host
| '']''
| Himself/Host
| Episode: "Episode #2.7"
|- |-
|rowspan="2"| 2001
| 2003–2004 || '']'' || Himself || Season 1, Episode 4<br />Season 2, Episode 12
| ''The Test''
| Himself/Panelist
| Episode: "The Wedding Etiquette Test"
|- |-
| '']''
| 2003–2007 || '']'' || Celebrity talent scout ||
| Himself
| Episode: "Comedians Special"
|- |-
| 2001–02
| 2005–2008 || '']'' || Announcer ||
| ''Late Friday''
| Himself/Host
| Main Host
|- |-
| 2001–12
| 2006 || ''Inside the UFC'' || Host ||
| '']''
| Himself/Host
| Main Host: Season 1-7
|- |-
|rowspan="2"| 2002
| 2007–2009 || ''UFC Wired'' || Host ||
| '']''
| Himself
| Episode: "April 26, 2002"
|-
| '']''
| Chris
| Episode: "A Beautiful Mind"
|- |-
| 2003
| 2009 || '']'' || Host ||
| '']''
| Himself
| Episode: "Fear and Loathing in Miami"
|- |-
|rowspan="2"| 2003–04
| 2012–2013 || '']'' || Himself ||
| '']''
| Himself/Host
| Main Host
|-
| '']''
| Himself
| Guest Cast: Season 1-2
|- |-
| 2003–07
| 2013 || '']'' || Host ||
| '']''
| Himself/Celebrity Talent Scout
| Celebrity Talent Scout: Season 1-5
|- |-
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| 2015 || '']'' || Himself || Season 2, Episode 6: "Homicide"
| '']''
|}
| Himself

| Episode: "To Protect and Serve Manicotti"
=== Feature films and documentaries ===
|-
{|class="wikitable"
| '']''
|-
| Himself
! Year !! Title !! Role
| Episode: "The Ultimate Fighting Championship"
|-
| 2002 || '']'' || Himself, cameo

|-
| 2007 || '']'' || Himself

|- |-
| 2005–08
| 2007 || '']'' || Himself
| '']''
| Himself/Announcer
| Guest Announcer: Season 1-3 & 7
|- |-
| 2007–09
| 2010 || '']'' || Himself
| ''UFC Wired''
| Himself/Host
| Main Host
|- |-
| 2009
| 2010 || ''Venus & Vegas'' || Richie
| '']''
| Himself/Host
| Main Host
|- |-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| 2011 || '']'' || Gale
| ''Garage Mahal''
| Himself
| Episode: "Mixed Martial Arts Garage"
|-
| '']''
| Himself
| Episode: "Episode #8.2"
|- |-
| 2013
| 2012 || '']'' || Himself
| '']''
| Himself/Host
| Main Host
|- |-
| 2015
| 2017 || '']'' || Himself
| '']''
| Himself
| Episode: "Homicide"
|} |}


=== Comedy specials === ===Comedy specials===
{|class="wikitable" {|class="wikitable"
|- |-
! Year !! Title !! Format ! Year !! Title !! Format !! Publisher
|- |-
| 2000 || ''I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday ... '' || CD | 2000 || ''I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday ... '' || CD, cassette || ]
|- |-
| 2000 || "Voodoo Punanny" || CD single | 2000 || ''Voodoo Punanny'' || CD maxi-single, 12" promo || Warner Bros. Records
|- |-
| 2001 || ''Live from the Belly of the Beast'' || DVD | 2001 || ''Live From the Belly of the Beast'' || DVD || ]
|- |-
| 2006 || ''Joe Rogan: Live'' || DVD | 2006 || ''Joe Rogan: Live'' || Broadcast, DVD, streaming || ]/]/]
|- |-
| 2007 || '']'' || CD | 2007 || '']'' || CD, download, streaming || ]
|- |-
| 2010 || ''Talking Monkeys in Space'' || CD, DVD | 2010 || ''Talking Monkeys in Space'' || Broadcast, CD, DVD, download, streaming || ]/Comedy Central Records
|- |-
| 2012 || ''Live from the Tabernacle'' || Online | 2012 || ''Live From the Tabernacle'' || Broadcast, download, streaming || ]/Talking Monkey
|- |-
| 2014 || ''Rocky Mountain High'' || Comedy Central special, online | 2014 || ''Rocky Mountain High'' || Broadcast, download, streaming || Comedy Central/Comedy Central Records
|- |-
| 2016 || ''Triggered'' || ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-announces-premiere-dates-for-new-line-up-of-original-stand-up-comedy-specials-1 |title=Netflix Announces Premiere Dates for New Line-Up Of Original Stand-up Comedy Specials |website=netflix.com |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924002407/https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-announces-premiere-dates-for-new-line-up-of-original-stand-up-comedy-specials-1 |archive-date=September 24, 2016 }}</ref> | 2016 || ''Triggered'' || Streaming || Netflix<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-announces-premiere-dates-for-new-line-up-of-original-stand-up-comedy-specials-1 |title=Netflix Announces Premiere Dates for New Line-Up Of Original Stand-up Comedy Specials |website=netflix.com |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924002407/https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-announces-premiere-dates-for-new-line-up-of-original-stand-up-comedy-specials-1 |archive-date=September 24, 2016 }}</ref>
|- |-
| 2018 || ''Strange Times'' || Netflix | 2018 || ''Strange Times'' || Streaming, vinyl || Netflix
|-
| 2024 || ''Burn the Boats'' || Broadcast, streaming || Netflix
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** 2016 MMA Personality of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/3/2/14785422/world-mma-awards-2017-results|title=World MMA Awards 2017 Results|author=Bryan Tucker|date=March 2, 2017|publisher=mmafighting.com|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020061741/https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/3/2/14785422/world-mma-awards-2017-results|url-status=live}}</ref> ** 2016 MMA Personality of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/3/2/14785422/world-mma-awards-2017-results|title=World MMA Awards 2017 Results|author=Bryan Tucker|date=March 2, 2017|publisher=mmafighting.com|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020061741/https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/3/2/14785422/world-mma-awards-2017-results|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 2017 MMA Personality of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/7/3/17532430/world-mma-awards-2018-results|title=World MMA Awards 2018 Results|author=Bryan Tucker|date=July 4, 2018|publisher=mmafighting.com|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109112116/https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/7/3/17532430/world-mma-awards-2018-results|url-status=live}}</ref> ** 2017 MMA Personality of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/7/3/17532430/world-mma-awards-2018-results|title=World MMA Awards 2018 Results|author=Bryan Tucker|date=July 4, 2018|publisher=mmafighting.com|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109112116/https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/7/3/17532430/world-mma-awards-2018-results|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 2019 – July 2020 MMA Personality of the Year<ref name=wmmaa20>{{cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/amanda-nunes-israel-adesanya-jorge-masvidal-pace-major-winners-at-world-mma-awards|title=Amanda Nunes, Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal pace major winners at World MMA Awards|date=December 27, 2020|work=]|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=December 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227222055/https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/amanda-nunes-israel-adesanya-jorge-masvidal-pace-major-winners-at-world-mma-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> ** 2019 – July 2020 MMA Personality of the Year<ref name=wmmaa20>{{cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/amanda-nunes-israel-adesanya-jorge-masvidal-pace-major-winners-at-world-mma-awards|title=Amanda Nunes, Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal pace major winners at World MMA Awards|date=December 27, 2020|work=MMAjunkie.com|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=December 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227222055/https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/amanda-nunes-israel-adesanya-jorge-masvidal-pace-major-winners-at-world-mma-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
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American podcaster and comedian (born 1967)

Joe Rogan
Rogan in 2017
BornJoseph James Rogan
(1967-08-11) August 11, 1967 (age 57)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations
Years active1988–present
Spouse Jessica Ditzel ​(m. 2009)
Children3 (1 adopted)
Comedy career
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • podcast
  • television
  • film
Genres
Subject(s)
YouTube information
Channel
GenrePodcasting
Subscribers18.8M
Total views5.72 billion
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
10,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: Dec 16, 2024
Websitejoerogan.com Edit this at Wikidata

Joseph James Rogan (born August 11, 1967) is an American podcaster, UFC color commentator, comedian, actor, and former television host. He hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast in which he discusses current events, comedy, politics, aliens, religion, philosophy, science, martial arts, and hobbies with celebrity guests. His podcast is one of the most influential and most watched podcasts in the world.

Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey, and began his career in comedy in 1988 in the Boston area. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1994, he signed an exclusive developmental deal with Disney and appeared as an actor on several television shows, including Hardball and NewsRadio. In 1997, he started working for the UFC as an interviewer and color commentator. He released his first comedy special, I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday..., in 2000 and hosted the game show Fear Factor from 2001 to 2006.

After leaving Fear Factor, Rogan focused on his stand-up career and hosted more comedy specials. He launched The Joe Rogan Experience in 2009; by 2015, it was one of the most popular podcasts in the world, regularly receiving millions of plays per episode. Spotify obtained exclusive distribution rights to The Joe Rogan Experience in 2020 for $200 million. Rogan's audience has since grown significantly, and in 2024, he renewed his deal with Spotify for an estimated $250 million, but will no longer be exclusive to them.

Rogan has voiced support for same-sex marriage, recreational drug legalization, universal health care, universal basic income, gun rights, and free speech, while opposing cancel culture and military adventurism. He supported Donald Trump in 2024, having previously endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2020. Rogan has been criticized for promoting conspiracy theories, COVID-19 misinformation, and for hosting guests who spread misinformation and pseudoscience.

Early life and education

Rogan in a 1985 yearbook

Joseph James Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey, on August 11, 1967. He had one Irish grandparent, while his three other grandparents were all of Italian descent. His parents divorced when he was five, and he has not been in contact with his father, an architect, since he was seven. He recalled, "All I remember of my dad are these brief, violent flashes of domestic violence. But I don't want to complain about my childhood. Nothing bad ever really happened to me. I don't hate the guy." At the age of seven, he moved with his mother to San Francisco, California, and when he was 11 they moved to Gainesville, Florida. They later settled in Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts. He graduated from Newton South High School in 1985.

Rogan participated in Little League Baseball and developed an interest in martial arts in his early teens. He recalled being "terrified of being a loser" as a child and said, "Martial arts gave me not just confidence, but also a different perspective of myself and what I was capable of. I knew that I could do something I was terrified of, and that was really difficult, and that I could excel at it. It was a big deal for me." Martial arts were "the first thing that ever gave me hope that I wasn't going to be a loser. So I really, really gravitated toward it." At age 14, he took up karate and started taekwondo a year later. When he was 19, he won the US Open Championship taekwondo tournament as a lightweight. He was a Massachusetts full-contact state champion for four consecutive years and became a taekwondo instructor. He also practiced amateur kickboxing and held a 2–1 record; he retired from competition at age 21, as he began to suffer from frequent headaches and feared he might sustain worse injuries. He attended the University of Massachusetts Boston but found the endeavor "pointless" and dropped out early.

Career

1988–1994: Early stand-up career

I didn't have a direction until I became a stand-up comedian. I was pretty nervous about my future. I couldn't imagine myself working a 9-to-5 job.

—Rogan on his career

Rogan had no intention of being a professional comedian, but was a fan of comedy from a young age, later saying of Richard Pryor's special Live on the Sunset Strip, "It affected me in such a profound way. Nothing had made me laugh like that." His friends from gym and Taekwondo school, whom he would make laugh with impressions and jokes, convinced him to try stand-up. At 21, after six months preparing material and practicing his delivery, he performed his first stand-up routine on August 27, 1988, at an open-mic night at a Stitches comedy club in Boston.

While living in Boston and working on his stand-up, Rogan held several jobs to secure himself financially, including teaching martial arts at Boston University and in nearby Revere, delivering newspapers, driving a limousine, doing construction work, and assisting a private investigator. Meanwhile, his blue comedy style earned him gigs at bachelor parties and strip clubs. One night, he persuaded the owner of a comedy club in Boston to allow him to try a new five-minute routine. At the show was talent manager Jeff Sussman, who liked the act and offered to become his manager, which Rogan accepted.

In 1990, Rogan moved to New York City. As a full-time comedian, he was "scratching and grinding" for money and stayed with his grandfather in Newark for the first six months. Rogan later cited Richard Jeni, Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks as comedy influences.

1994–1999: Hardball and NewsRadio

In 1994, Rogan relocated to Los Angeles, where his first national television spot followed on the MTV comedy show Half-Hour Comedy Hour. The appearance led to the network offering him a three-year exclusive contract and a role in a pilot episode of a "dopey game show" for $500. Rogan declined, but it prompted Sussman to send tapes of Rogan's performances to several networks, which sparked a bidding war. After a period of negotiation, Rogan accepted a development deal with the Disney network. He secured his first major acting role in the 1994 nine-episode Fox sitcom Hardball as Frank Valente, a young, egocentric star player on a professional baseball team. Rogan called the hiring process "weird", as the network had no idea if he could act until he was asked by Dean Valentine, then-president of Walt Disney Television, to whom he replied: "If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure". The filming schedule was a new experience for Rogan, who started to work 12-hour days. Rogan later said: "It was a great show on paper until a horrible executive producer with a big ego was hired by Fox to run the show and he rewrote it". Around this time, Rogan began performing at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and was hired as a paid regular by owner Mitzi Shore. According to Rogan, he performed at the club for the next 13 years for free and paid for the venue's new sound system.

From 1995 to 1999, Rogan starred in the NBC sitcom NewsRadio as Joe Garrelli, an electrician and handyman at the show's fictional news radio station. The role was originally set to be played by actor Ray Romano, but Romano was let go from the cast after one rehearsal and Rogan was brought in. The switch caused Rogan to work with the show's writers to help develop the character before the show was set to launch, which he later described as a "very dumbed-down, censored version" of himself. Rogan befriended fellow cast member Phil Hartman, who confided his marital problems to him. Rogan claimed he tried to persuade Hartman to divorce his wife five times, but "he loved his kids and didn't want to leave". In 1998, Hartman was murdered by his wife. The loss affected Rogan's ability to perform stand-up, and he canceled a week of scheduled gigs. Rogan later saw acting as an easy job, but grew tired of "playing the same character every week", and only did so for the money. He later viewed his time on NewsRadio as "a dream gig" that allowed him to earn money while working on his stand-up as often as he could. During the series, he worked on a pilot for a show entitled Overseas.

1997–2006: UFC commentator and Fear Factor

Rogan and Gerald Strebendt flexing in a ring
Rogan (right) posing with Gerald Strebendt in a boxing ring, 2002

Rogan began working for the mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship as a backstage and post-fight interviewer. His first show took place at UFC 12: Judgement Day in Dothan, Alabama, on February 7, 1997. He became interested in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1994 after watching Royce Gracie fight at UFC 2: No Way Out, and landed the position at the organization as Sussman was friends with its co-creator and original producer, Campbell McLaren. He quit after two years as his salary could not cover the cost of traveling to the events, which were often held in rural locations.

After the UFC was taken over by Zuffa in 2001, Rogan attended some events and became friends with its new president Dana White, who offered him a job as a color commentator. However, Rogan initially declined as he "just wanted to go to the fights and drink". In 2002, White was able to hire Rogan for free in exchange for prime event tickets for him and his friends. After about 15 free gigs as a commentator, Rogan accepted pay for the job, working alongside Mike Goldberg until the end of 2016. Rogan won the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Award for Best Television Announcer twice, and was named MMA Personality of the Year four times by the World MMA Awards.

In 1999, Rogan secured a three-album deal with Warner Bros. Records and began tentative plans to star in his own prime-time televised sitcom on Fox named The Joe Rogan Show. The show, co-written by Seinfeld writer Bill Masters, was to feature Rogan as "a second-string sportscaster who lands a spot as the token male on a View-style women's show". In December 1999, he recorded his first stand-up comedy album in two shows at the Comedy Connection at Faneuil Hall in Boston, which was released as I'm Gonna Be Dead Some Day... in August 2000. It received national exposure on The Howard Stern Show and downloads from Napster. "Voodoo Punanny", a song Rogan wrote after Warner suggested to produce a song they could play on the radio, was subsequently released as a single. Around this time, Rogan also worked on ideas for a film and a cartoon with his comedian friend Chris McGuire, and began to operate a blog on his website, JoeRogan.net, which he used to discuss various topics that helped him develop his stand-up routines.

In 2001, the development of Rogan's television show was interrupted after he accepted an offer from NBC to host the American edition of Fear Factor. He declined initially as he thought the network would not air such a program due to its content, but Sussman convinced him to accept. Rogan later said that the main reason he accepted was to obtain observations and anecdotes for his stand-up comedy. The show increased Rogan's national exposure which caused turnouts at his stand-up gigs to grow. Fear Factor ran for an initial six seasons from 2001 to 2006.

Rogan's role as host of Fear Factor led to further television opportunities. In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of Just Shoot Me as Chris, the boyfriend of lead character Maya Gallo. In December 2002, Rogan was the emcee for the 2002 Blockbuster Hollywood Spectacular, a Christmas parade in Hollywood. In February 2003, Rogan became the new co-host of The Man Show on Comedy Central for its fifth season from August 2003, with fellow comedian Doug Stanhope, following the departure of original hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. A year into the show, however, the hosts entered disagreements with Comedy Central and the show's producers over content. Rogan recalled: "I was a little misled ... I was told: 'Show nudity, and we'll blur it out. Swear and we'll bleep it out.' That hasn't been the case". The show ended in 2004. Around this time Rogan entered talks to host his own radio show, but they came to nothing due to his already busy schedule.

2005–2009: Comedy specials

Rogan commentating for the UFC in 2006

In 2005, actor Wesley Snipes challenged Rogan to a cage fight. Rogan trained for the event for five months before Snipes backed out following an investigation by the IRS for alleged tax evasion. Rogan believed Snipes needed a quick payout to alleviate his debt.

After Fear Factor, Rogan focused his career on his stand-up comedy, as concentrating on television had made him feel lazy and uninspired to work on new material for his act. With the money he had earned from television, Rogan hired two people full-time to film him and his comedy friends on tour, and release clips on his website for his JoeShow web series. In May 2005, Rogan signed a deal with the Endeavor Talent Agency. Two months later, he filmed his second stand-up comedy special, Joe Rogan: Live, in Phoenix, Arizona. The special premiered on Showtime in 2007.

In 2005, Rogan wrote a blog entry on his website accusing comedian Carlos Mencia of joke thievery, a claim he had made since 1993. The situation culminated in February 2007 when Rogan confronted Mencia on stage at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. A video of the incident was uploaded onto YouTube and included evidence and comments from other comedians, including George Lopez, "The Reverend" Bob Levy, Bobby Lee, and Ari Shaffir. The incident led to Rogan's talent agent expelling him as a client of The Gersh Agency, who also managed Mencia, and his ban from The Comedy Store, causing him to relocate his regular venue to the Hollywood Improv Comedy Club. Rogan later said that every comic he had talked to was happy and thankful that he did it, and went on to sign with William Morris Agency.

In April 2007, Comedy Central Records released Rogan's fourth comedy special, Shiny Happy Jihad. The set was recorded in September 2006 at Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, and contains excerpts of an improvized Q&A session with the audience that was typical of Rogan's act at the time.

2009–present: Latest endeavors and podcast

Rogan performing stand-up in 2011

Rogan hosted the short-lived CBS show Game Show in My Head, which aired for eight episodes in January 2009. It was produced by Ashton Kutcher. The show involved contestants who try to convince people to perform or take part in increasingly bizarre situations for money. He agreed to host the show as the idea intrigued him, calling it "a completely mindless form of entertainment".

In 2010, Rogan accused comedian Dane Cook of joke thievery.

In 2011, Rogan resumed his role as Fear Factor host for its seventh and final season (until 2012). Rogan took the job, saying he "would hate to see somebody else do it". Later in 2011, Rogan played his first major film character, Gale, in the comedy film Zookeeper. He was also working on a book around this time that he tentatively titled Irresponsible Advice from a Man with No Credibility, based on his blog entries on his website. Rogan played himself in Here Comes the Boom, another action-comedy film starring Kevin James that was released in 2012.

In December 2012, Rogan released his sixth comedy special Live from the Tabernacle exclusively as a download on his website for $5, following Louis C.K.'s example.

In 2013, Rogan hosted the television show Joe Rogan Questions Everything on the SyFy network, which aired for six episodes. The show covered topics discussed on his podcasts, including the existence of Bigfoot and UFOs, and featured several comedians, experts, and scientists with the aim of trying to "put some subjects to bed ... with an open-minded perspective". SyFy agreed to produce the show without a pilot episode. The production team gave Rogan some creative control over the program and aimed to present it in his own words where possible.

The Joe Rogan Experience

Main article: The Joe Rogan Experience

In December 2009, Rogan launched a free podcast with his friend and fellow comedian Brian Redban. The first episode was recorded on December 24 and was to be a live weekly broadcast on Ustream, with Rogan and Redban "sitting in front of laptops bullshitting". By August 2010, the podcast was named The Joe Rogan Experience and entered the list of Top 100 podcasts on iTunes and in 2011, was picked up by SiriusXM Satellite Radio. The podcast features an array of guests who discuss current events, politics, philosophy, comedy, hobbies, and numerous other topics. By January 2015, the podcast reached over 11 million monthly downloads. By October that year, the podcast was downloaded 16 million times each month, making it one of the most popular free podcasts.

On May 19, 2020, Rogan announced that he had signed a multiyear licensing deal with Spotify worth an estimated $200 million, making it one of the largest licensing agreements in the podcast business. The deal made The Joe Rogan Experience available on Spotify starting September 1, 2020, and exclusive on the platform from January 2021. The podcast is available with both audio and video within the Spotify app and video is no longer streamed or uploaded to YouTube. The podcasts are typically released one day after recording, to allow time for the producers to make clips of the podcast. Clips from the video version will continue to be available on YouTube. In February 2022, Spotify removed 113 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience over the course of a few days owing in part to some of the episodes having been perceived to have racist and insensitive language.

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 that 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 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 had refused to carry 42 episodes of 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.

In early 2022, the video platform Rumble offered Rogan $100 million to switch from Spotify. Variety reported that Rogan had declined the offer.

In December 2024, Spotify confirmed that The Joe Rogan Experience was the top podcast on its platform for a fifth consecutive year.

Onnit

Rogan is a co-founder of the supplements and fitness company Onnit, which was sold to Unilever in 2021. Rogan frequently advertises for Onnit products on his podcast. In April 2024 a lawsuit was filed against Onnit, alleging that its 'Alpha BRAIN' supplement performed no better than a placebo in a clinical study and that the product was surrounded by "false, misleading and deceptive advertising".

Comedy Mothership

Rogan is also the owner of the Comedy Mothership comedy club in Austin, Texas, which opened in March 2023.

Views

Political views

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2024)

In 2020, CNN described Rogan as "libertarian-leaning". In 2019–20, Rogan described himself as socially liberal, saying he supports same-sex marriage, gay rights, women's rights, recreational drug use, universal health care, universal basic income, gun rights, and the Second Amendment. He describes himself as a strong supporter of freedom of speech, and has criticized cancel culture and what he perceives to be suppression of those who hold right-wing views in the television and film industry. He has also criticized what he describes as an American foreign policy of military adventurism.

In 2020, Rogan endorsed left-wing Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, saying "I believe in him, I like him, I like him a lot". In 2022, Rogan said Republican Ron DeSantis would be "a good president". On November 4, 2024, the day before the 2024 United States presidential election, Rogan endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump. He said that Elon Musk, who had been on Rogan's podcast a couple of days prior, "makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way".

Rogan opposes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him "a fucking dictator", and called Canada "communist" while admitting that he has "zero understanding" of Canada's political system. Rogan also said that he liked Trudeau prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In March 2024, Rogan described Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip as a "genocide". In a podcast with writer Coleman Hughes eight days later, where Hughes disputed the genocide allegations, Rogan said he appreciated Hughes' perspective, saying: "You clearly know more about it than I do".

Rogan described the way that President Vladimir Putin leads Russia as "evil" but "impressive". He called Putin a "strong leader" and said "Isn't there always a longing for a strong man". In November 2024, Rogan said the Russian invasion of Ukraine was "100% wrong". He criticized outgoing US President Joe Biden for allowing Ukraine to strike back at mainland Russia with US-supplied missiles. He also criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying "Fuck you, man. You fucking people are about to start world war three". Ukrainian world heavyweight boxing champion, Wladimir Klitschko, accused Rogan of "repeating Russian propaganda". Klitschko posted a video offering to debate Rogan on his podcast "like free men".

Drugs and spirituality

Rogan supports the legalized use of cannabis and believes it holds numerous benefits. He hosted the documentary film The Union: The Business Behind Getting High and was featured in Marijuana: A Chronic History and The Culture High. He also supports the use of LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, and DMT toward the exploration and enhancement of consciousness, as well as introspection. He was the presenter in the 2010 documentary DMT: The Spirit Molecule.

Rogan has an interest in sensory deprivation and using an isolation tank. He has stated that his personal experiences with meditation in isolation tanks have helped him explore the nature of consciousness and improve his performance in various physical and mental activities and overall well-being.

COVID-19 and vaccines

Further information: COVID-19 misinformation and Ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic

In April 2021, Rogan made contentious remarks about COVID-19 vaccines, in particular claiming that young, healthy people do not need to be vaccinated against the virus. This 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 is not a doctor and should not be taken as "a respected source of information".

On September 1, 2021, Rogan tested positive for the virus. Soon after, he released an online video reporting on the status of his condition and stating that he had begun a regimen including monoclonal antibodies, prednisone, azithromycin, NAD drip, a vitamin drip, as well as ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug that is not an effective treatment for COVID-19. This drew controversy due to multiple people reportedly being hospitalized after self-medicating with an over-the-counter form of ivermectin designed to treat ailments in livestock, which typically has a significantly larger dosage. Rogan criticized CNN for describing ivermectin as a "horse dewormer". On Rogan's podcast, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta said that ivermectin is used to treat diseases caused by parasites but that CNN should not have implied that Rogan was taking a veterinary drug since Rogan acquired it through a doctor. On September 3, 2021, Rogan tested negative for the virus.

In January 2022, 270 scientists, physicians, professors, doctors, and healthcare workers wrote an open letter to Spotify expressing concern over "false and societally harmful assertions" on The Joe Rogan Experience and asked Spotify to "establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform". The 270 signatories took issue with Rogan "broadcasting misinformation, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic" and more specifically "a highly controversial episode" featuring guest Robert W. Malone (#1757)", a biochemist who has promoted vaccine misinformation.

The episode was criticized for promoting conspiracy theories, including "an unfounded theory that societal leaders have 'hypnotized' the public". The signatories wrote that "Dr. Malone is one of two recent JRE guests who has compared pandemic policies to the Holocaust. These actions are not only objectionable and offensive, but also medically and culturally dangerous." The signatories also note that Malone was suspended from Twitter "for spreading misinformation about COVID-19".

On January 24, 2022, the songwriter Neil Young posted an open letter demanding that Spotify remove his music from their service if they would not remove The Joe Rogan Experience from their service. Young wrote that "Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform". On January 26, Spotify removed Young's music; a spokesperson said Spotify wanted "all the world's music and audio content to be available to Spotify users" and that it had a "great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators". On January 29, the songwriter Joni Mitchell removed her catalog from Spotify in support of Young and "the global scientific and medical communities on this issue".

Responding to the controversy, Rogan denied intentionally spreading misinformation and pledged "to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people's perspectives", and said that he agreed with Spotify adding a disclaimer to the beginning of his videos.

On January 10, 2025, Joe Rogan published an interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Other views, medical misinformation and advocacy

Rogan is an avid hunter and is part of the "Eat What You Kill" movement, which attempts to move away from factory farming and the mistreatment of animals raised for food.

Rogan has been an outspoken critic of transgender women competing in women's sports, including MMA matches. In April 2022, he said that transgender swimmer Lia Thomas "might be the woke straw that breaks society's camel's back". Rogan has offered a critique of transgender martial arts artist Fallon Fox, saying "If you had a dick at one point in time, you also have all the bone structure that comes with having a dick. You have bigger hands, you have bigger shoulder joints. You're a fucking man".

In October 2022, while interviewing Tulsi Gabbard on his show, Rogan shared the widely discredited litter boxes in schools hoax, claiming that public schools were providing litter boxes to students who dress up as cats. Rogan said several weeks later that "it doesn't seem that there's any proof that they put a litter box in there", but falsely claimed that there were discussions considering the idea.

During an episode of his podcast in February 2023, Rogan stated the "idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That's like saying Italians aren't into pizza. It's fucking stupid." Rogan made the comment in defense of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who faced allegations of antisemitism for saying that political support for Israel was "all about the benjamins". Jonathan Greenblatt, the Director of the Anti-Defamation League, condemned Rogan's comment as reflecting "antisemitic tropes about Jews and money".

In a February 2024 podcast with Bret Weinstein, Rogan said that he thought party drugs were "a very important factor in AIDS" and invoked the views of AIDS denialist Peter Duesberg. The American Foundation for AIDS Research reacted by saying, "The fact is that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), untreated, causes AIDS" and criticizing the podcast for "disseminating false information".

Personal life

Family

Rogan married Jessica Ditzel, a former cocktail waitress, in 2009. They have two daughters, who were born in 2008 and 2010. Rogan is also the stepfather or adopted father of Ditzel's daughter from a previous relationship. In 2008, they moved to Gold Hill, Colorado, but returned to Southern California four months later when Ditzel became pregnant. They settled in Bell Canyon, California, where Rogan had lived on and off since 2003. In 2018, they purchased a new home in the area for almost $5 million. In 2020, the family moved into a $14 million home on Lake Austin in Austin, Texas.

In October 2019, he revealed that he is a first cousin once removed of My Chemical Romance members Gerard Way and Mikey Way, although he has never met them.

Martial arts

Rogan became interested in jiu-jitsu after watching Royce Gracie fight at UFC 2: No Way Out in 1994. In 1996, he began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Carlson Gracie at his school in Hollywood, California. He is a black belt under Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, a style of no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and a black belt in gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Jean Jacques Machado.

Religion

Rogan was raised Roman Catholic, having attended Catholic school in first grade, but has since abandoned organized religion and has called himself an agnostic.

Health condition

Rogan has vitiligo on his hands and feet.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Bruce Testones, Fashion Photographer Bruce Testones Short
2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Himself TV movie
2010 Venus & Vegas Richie
2011 Zookeeper Gale
2012 Here Comes the Boom Himself
2017 Bright Himself

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Hardball Frank Valente Main Cast
1995–99 NewsRadio Joe Garrelli Main Cast
1996 MADtv Himself/Host Episode: "Episode #2.7"
2001 The Test Himself/Panelist Episode: "The Wedding Etiquette Test"
Weakest Link Himself Episode: "Comedians Special"
2001–02 Late Friday Himself/Host Main Host
2001–12 Fear Factor Himself/Host Main Host: Season 1-7
2002 Win Ben Stein's Money Himself Episode: "April 26, 2002"
Just Shoot Me! Chris Episode: "A Beautiful Mind"
2003 Good Morning, Miami Himself Episode: "Fear and Loathing in Miami"
2003–04 The Man Show Himself/Host Main Host
Chappelle's Show Himself Guest Cast: Season 1-2
2003–07 Last Comic Standing Himself/Celebrity Talent Scout Celebrity Talent Scout: Season 1-5
2005 Las Vegas Himself Episode: "To Protect and Serve Manicotti"
Beyond the Glory Himself Episode: "The Ultimate Fighting Championship"
2005–08 The Ultimate Fighter Himself/Announcer Guest Announcer: Season 1-3 & 7
2007–09 UFC Wired Himself/Host Main Host
2009 Game Show in My Head Himself/Host Main Host
2011 Garage Mahal Himself Episode: "Mixed Martial Arts Garage"
Roadtrip Nation Himself Episode: "Episode #8.2"
2013 Joe Rogan Questions Everything Himself/Host Main Host
2015 Silicon Valley Himself Episode: "Homicide"

Comedy specials

Year Title Format Publisher
2000 I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday ... CD, cassette Warner Bros. Records
2000 Voodoo Punanny CD maxi-single, 12" promo Warner Bros. Records
2001 Live From the Belly of the Beast DVD Sacred Cow Productions
2006 Joe Rogan: Live Broadcast, DVD, streaming Showtime/Image Entertainment/Netflix
2007 Shiny Happy Jihad CD, download, streaming Comedy Central Records
2010 Talking Monkeys in Space Broadcast, CD, DVD, download, streaming Spike TV/Comedy Central Records
2012 Live From the Tabernacle Broadcast, download, streaming Comedy Central/Talking Monkey
2014 Rocky Mountain High Broadcast, download, streaming Comedy Central/Comedy Central Records
2016 Triggered Streaming Netflix
2018 Strange Times Streaming, vinyl Netflix
2024 Burn the Boats Broadcast, streaming Netflix

Video games

Year Title Role
2009 UFC Undisputed 2009 Himself
2010 UFC Undisputed 2010 Himself
2014 EA Sports UFC Himself
2016 EA Sports UFC 2 Himself
2018 EA Sports UFC 3 Himself

Documentaries

Year Title
2007 The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
American Drug War: The Last White Hope
2010 DMT: The Spirit Molecule

Publications

Awards and honors

See also

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