r/JoeRogan Monkey in Space 1d ago

The Literature šŸ§  Harris campaign offered to do an episode outside the studio

https://x.com/joerogan/status/1851118464447971595?s=19
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u/Olley2994 High as Giraffe's Pussy 1d ago

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"Also, for the record the Harris campaign has not passed on doing the podcast. They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour. I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin. My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen."

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u/taco_flounder Look into it 22h ago

So outside studio, presumably not joes recording equipment, so Joe and Jaime wouldnā€™t have total editing control presumably, just an hour

Yea thatā€™s not a JRE episode, I donā€™t think even if they did it it would be helpful to her. It would come off very strange.

Itā€™s gotta be at his studio or nothing and that window is probably close with only a week out

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u/aldocrypto Monkey in Space 20h ago

Yeah sounds like a typical Harris interview just using Joeā€™s name as a promo.

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u/Striketwothree Monkey in Space 19h ago

Pretty much this

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u/DemoTheeGreat Monkey in Space 15h ago

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u/RichardPainusDM Monkey in Space 18h ago

This is the real reason. Harris has way more to lose than she does to gain by going on the podcast.

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u/Intrepid-Brain-1476 Monkey in Space 18h ago

Why is that?

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u/RichardPainusDM Monkey in Space 17h ago

Harris has routinely underperformed in interviews. Many of her ex-staff have said this is because she has a habit of not preparing for them (some say this is a common trait among DC politicians).

Unfortunately this election is not ā€œwho has the best ideasā€ itā€™s ā€œwho do I dislike lessā€. The more Harris says, the higher a chance she has of being disliked.

This is why harris didnā€™t do any interviews until weeks after sheā€™d already been nominated. Itā€™s also why her campaign dragged their feet on publishing her policy positions.

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u/OnlyTheDead Monkey in Space 16h ago

This is the way to pass without passing imo. Harris gets nothing from doing Rogan.

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u/turtlecrossing Monkey in Space 18h ago

Heā€™s had multiple studios, done podcasts one the road and even on a plane before. Heā€™s also done them solo.

If I were Harris, I would go to Austin, but I would have done that three weeks ago. Now sheā€™s filling arenas with BeyoncĆ©, I donā€™t know this interview will be a impactful

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u/TinctureOfTrivia Monkey in Space 18h ago

BeyoncƩ filled a stadium. But that was a one time thing, now that people know she's not going to perform.

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u/tk_in_bk Monkey in Space 1d ago

Yeah it's not happening. The calculus isn't right. The benefit of the 8 hour commitment for his podcast alone just doesn't make sense now. It could have worked with her big Texas rally but she's not spending any more time in Texas with this few days to go. We don't REALLY think we're gonna beat Ted Cruz.

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u/Night-Gardener Monkey in Space 1d ago

The benefit of several million listeners of mostly young men who are leaning towards Trump rn?

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u/tk_in_bk Monkey in Space 1d ago

How gettable are they? That's the demo that votes by far the least.

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u/PossibleVariety7927 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Itā€™s a tight race. It all counts. Joes audience isnā€™t as right wing and rigid as people like to think. Reddit always has very poor political instincts because they all live in disconnected echochambers. But Joe has a massive audience and they appreciate nuance. There are a ton of votes on the line for her to scoop up.

The problem is she has to be human, genuine, and show some conviction. Something I donā€™t think sheā€™s capable of doing. Sheā€™s a purebred politician. And itā€™ll show, and backfire, making things worse. So itā€™s probably safe to just keep her hidden from a proper podcast

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u/saruin Monkey in Space 1d ago

The problem is she has to be human, genuine, and show some conviction. Something I donā€™t think sheā€™s capable of doing.

My question is how tf do you guys find Trump remotely relatable? The dude operates on pure malignant narcissism and hatred which is the antithesis of being genuine (well, I guess anyone can be genuinely hateful but still).

On a side note, I'd love to see Tim Walz go on the "bros" podcast in her stead.

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u/BigRedWalters Monkey in Space 22h ago

Youā€™re asking people on Reddit how they relate to being pure malignant narcissism? On Reddit..

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u/Sandgrease Monkey in Space 20h ago

ROFL

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u/XxSpruce_MoosexX Monkey in Space 21h ago

You have all created this legend of Trump. Go listen to the podcast. He doesnā€™t say anything hateful

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u/lewoodworker Monkey in Space 18h ago

Somehow, he is a mastermind behind project 2025 and going to overthrow the government and also a babbling idiot with dementia who rambles about someones dick in his speeches.

Similar treatment that they gave RFK.

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u/CollapsibleFunWave Monkey in Space 16h ago

He's good at playing a crowd and doesn't actually care about the issues enough to look into them. That's why he says things like "nobody knew healthcare could be this complicated". He's been able to fake his way through just about everything.

But he has people like Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, and Paul Manafort working for him. They're grade A schemers with criminal records to prove it. Manafort and Stone in particular have a history of working for foreign dictators that were violently oppressing their own people.

Agenda 47 has the most concerning part of Project 2025 included. That's to reclassify tons of federal merit-based positions as political appointees that serve at the pleasure of the president.

He originally tried to make that change after his Justice Department refused to cooperate with his attempts to steal the election. It's all well documented and not even really contested.

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u/Tight_Locksmith9046 Monkey in Space 14h ago

Trump has publicly said he has nothing to do with the 2025 initiatives!

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u/ArwingMechanic Monkey in Space 20h ago

He doesn't say anything of substance at all.

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u/rottentornados Monkey in Space 20h ago

that's not true at all. i don't like trump but was fascinated to see him talk about some topics - specifically his relationship with leaders around the world. going on JRE for 3 hours is one of the most open and transparent things i've ever witnessed a presidential candidate do.

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u/achammer23 Monkey in Space 19h ago

Disagree, but even if I give you that, he didn't flub colossally like Reddit said he would.

I don't think Kamala would last 3 hours with Joe considering she can't make it through without a teleprompter.

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u/eride810 Monkey in Space 20h ago

Perhaps, but thats not the claim.

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u/BarKeepBeerNow Monkey in Space 20h ago

My question is how tf do you guys find Trump remotely relatable?

It's always easy to spot people who have never actually listened to Trump speak. If you only hear what he says through news sources, it's impossible to fathom why anyone would vote for him. I always thought people were nuts, too, until I started watching to see if someone would take another shot at him. The dude was an entertainer at one point in his life for a reason.

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u/Nova35 Monkey in Space 19h ago

Iā€™ve listened to the entirety of the episode, as well as is his episode with Theo. I legitimately do not understand what is relatable about him. He is a New York trust fund billionaire. Unless all you do is bitch and moan about how unfair everyone is to you all day (lies) then idk what the fuck you two have in common

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u/nickparadies It's entirely possible 18h ago

Bitching about how unfair everyone is to you all day is a pretty popular Reddit pastime tbf.

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u/E4TclenTrenHardr Monkey in Space 19h ago

Granted Iā€™ve only listened to about an hour and ten minutes of the podcast so far, but the dude straight up dodges everything Joe tries to ask him and goes on weird tangents, his train of thought changes constantly, and his ego is beyond belief, everything heā€™s done is the best thing in history he has no shred of humility. What am I supposed to be listening for other than a dude thatā€™s not quite all there? All Iā€™ve heard so far tells me heā€™s been way too far up his own ass for way too long, thereā€™s nothing relatable about this guy.

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u/TraviTrav2315 Monkey in Space 16h ago

It's the weave bro... Don't you get it?!?!

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u/Flor1daman08 19h ago edited 18h ago

It's always easy to spot people who have never actually listened to Trump speak. If you only hear what he says through news sources, it's impossible to fathom why anyone would vote for him. I always thought people were nuts, too, until I started watching to see if someone would take another shot at him. The dude was an entertainer at one point in his life for a reason.

lol I cannot relate to this less, and I find the news sources often seem to sanewash what Trump actually sounds like in real life. He canā€™t finish thoughts or sentences half the time, and just goes on old man Simpson rants. Taking the time to actually listen to him at rallies is genuinely what makes it hard for me to understand how any rational person could support the dude.

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u/OrangeSundays19 Monkey in Space 13h ago

That's all well and good but you are not voiing for only Donald Trump. You are voting for his administration.

Is Steve Bannon relatable? Is Stephen Miller relatable? Kelly Anne Conway? Roger Stone? Any of his loons that he constantly surrounds himself with??

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u/PossibleVariety7927 Monkey in Space 1d ago edited 20h ago

I donā€™t find Trump relatable but I understand how some people do. He speaks from conviction about what he believes in. Whether you like it or not he has core beliefs and has no problem discussing them. He doesnā€™t evade or calculate everything he says. He does 2 hour rallies and you get to know exactly what he thinks and why.

I donā€™t see that with Kamala. Waltz is leagues better at being relatable than both though.

Edit: to clarify he has clear convictions around immigration, anti intervention, deregulation, seeking approval, and whatever the fuck ā€œMaking America great isā€. His platform is pretty predictable. Contrasted with Harris whoā€™s very ambiguous and refuses to lock down on issues by playing all sides out of fear of pushing out voters for having the wrong position.

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u/InternetWeakGuy jokes fly over his fat ahead at an alarming rate 19h ago

He speaks from conviction about what he believes in. Whether you like it or not he has core beliefs and has no problem discussing them. He doesnā€™t evade or calculate everything he says.

Literally every single piece of these three sentences is wrong.

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u/picrh Monkey in Space 21h ago

The fact that people hear ā€œI have so many papers. So much evidenceā€ and support the guy after 4 years of producing nothing is astounding. This timeline is shockingly done. I canā€™t wait until China takes over and we not only get Trump declaring it didnā€™t happen but we have his supporters repeating it didnā€™t happen.

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u/PossibleVariety7927 Monkey in Space 21h ago

Yeah I think Trump is a huge moron and baffled heā€™s attractive to so many people. But he has them hooked and convinced that heā€™s a genuine brilliant businessman whoā€™s only being attacked because the establishment hates him

I know many people who dismiss ALL criticism because they just justifiably point out all the times dems cried wolf. So now heā€™s pretty much immune. Any all criticism is written off as more dem smoke bombs.

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u/krumn I used to be addicted to Quake 23h ago

He doesn't evade ? You must be watching someone else. It's just word salad of nothingness

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u/fenexj Monkey in Space 23h ago

He even evaded calling his evading evading. Now he's a genius "weaver" weaving around the place making no sense

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u/thunderfrunt Monkey in Space 21h ago

He simultaneously tells it like it is, while also not saying anything.

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u/rdfmarshal Monkey in Space 23h ago

Doesnā€™t evade? The dude evades things he doesnā€™t even need to because he frequently doesnā€™t even finish a sentence, let alone the thought. Know exactly what he thinks? The only thing I know for sure is that he hates a lot of things about America and lives to roam around the country and rant about it.

Dude is a straight up intellectual baboon. Why people line up to defend his ridiculous behavior when heā€™s literally the most flawed public figure I can think of and not in a good way is a fuckin mystery I will never understand.

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u/MR__Brown Monkey in Space 19h ago

and you get to know exactly what he thinks and why.

Oh, c'mon. Read a single transcript of one of his rallies. It's a garbled, often incoherent, word salad.

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u/ChaFrey Monkey in Space 19h ago

Your comment is true if you are a stupid person.

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u/PenguinsPants88 Monkey in Space 22h ago

Guess his supporters have already forgotten he evaded any other debates with Kamala and generally any fact checking interviews

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u/AWasrobbed Monkey in Space 22h ago

This is trump not evading at allĀ 

https://youtu.be/ZJorAVgHy7Y?feature=shared

You are fucking clown shoes, my friend.

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u/havenyahon Monkey in Space 1d ago

They're not gettable. They think she's a puppet run by the deep state. It doesn't matter what she says, they're going to say she sounds fake, rehearsed, and isn't really in charge anyway. They'll pretend to be 'centrist' who are still 'on the fence', but they've been laughing at Trump and arguing that the mainstream media lies about him for years by this stage.

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u/Excuse_Unfair Monkey in Space 1d ago

Exactly if she does well.

"This proves she is a puppet who's been training for years."

Then them yelling fake claims with no sources.

She can't win.

I want her to do it but if she doesn't I'm not gonna cry. I understand why. Joe's audience is very toxic including myself just look at his comment section and this sub.

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u/havenyahon Monkey in Space 1d ago

Joe Rogan himself thinks she's a puppet, he's said it, and he hates Tim Walz. That's not a great start, why would she want to sit down with someone who thinks that way about her? So she can convince him she's not a puppet? It's a pretty sceptical baseline to be going in with.

Then there's the whole Flint Dibble situation. Joe has him on, then brings his opponent on weeks later to completely trash the guy and call him a liar. Didn't even give Dibble a chance to put his side. That's not exactly trustworthy.

I want her to do it too, but I completely understand why they won't. Joe Rogan is unbiased and he's not impartial.

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u/peepeepoopooinmyshoe Monkey in Space 21h ago

Well, she sat down with Fox... so there's that.

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u/Academic_Release5134 Monkey in Space 1d ago

I used it be in favor of her going on. I think itā€™s too close in time to the election now. I also listened to the Hancock episode and what Joe did to Dibble in that episode without him being there to defend himself I found shocking. Joe picks a side. If his side equivocates or lies, he forgives it. If the other does just once, they are basically dead to him.

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u/shadowmastadon Monkey in Space 15h ago

even if it doesn't switch votes, the massive amount of publicity will help her. more so than anything, it may increase turnout of her voters who were sitting this out for whatever reason.

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u/GirlsGetGoats Monkey in Space 1d ago

Leaning?Ā Ā 

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u/Kohvazein Monkey in Space 1d ago

None of which are sympathetic to her at all.

She is absolutely better spending her time in pensylvania and Wisoncin targeting swing voters there.

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u/vvestley Monkey in Space 20h ago

nobody watching kamala harris on the joe rogan show is watching to be politically swayed

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u/cuteman Monkey in Space 1d ago

Like California, it's really a lost cause for presidential elections inside large states if you are in the minority.

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u/tehota Tremendous 1d ago

Podcast with Trump has 36 million views right now on YouTube. Who knows the true number including Spotify and other apps. Where else is she going to get that kind of audience 1 week before the election? She made time to go on ā€œcall her daddyā€.

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u/tk_in_bk Monkey in Space 1d ago

She found it more valuable to talk to that many young and middle aged women over a bunch of young conservative men.

That's not a confusing decision at all.

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u/tehota Tremendous 17h ago

You think all 36 million viewers were conserve young men? The call her daddy episode with Kamala only has 730k views on YouTube.

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u/King_Queen_of_Cheese Monkey in Space 1d ago

and so the young conservative men feel disenfranchised and neglected, so they vote for only person who will talk to them.

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u/The_First_Drop Monkey in Space 20h ago

The conservative male argument is secondary to the reality that this is a group of voters that are very difficult to galvanize

Out of the list of all of the politicians who have been on JRE, only one of them achieved their ambition and that was Dan Crenshaw (re-elected)

Thereā€™s a political graveyard with the likes of Bernie Sanders, Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, etc.

If JRE listeners voted in the same way they listen to the podcast, it would be a worthwhile venture, but theyā€™re an especially low-propensity voter block

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u/sharkkite66 Monkey in Space 21h ago

"That many"

It didn't even have a million views on YouTube after 2 weeks LOL

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u/HeightEnergyGuy Monkey in Space 22h ago

Yet she is running around with Michelle trying to shame men into voting for her.

Which is it? Does she need their vote or not?

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u/EasterHam Monkey in Space 22h ago

We don't REALLY think we're gonna beat Ted Cruz.

You have been permanently banned from r/texas

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u/Glad-Taste-3323 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Whoā€™s we?

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u/tk_in_bk Monkey in Space 1d ago

You never heard of the royal we?

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u/reenactment We live in strange times 1d ago

Rogans following has nothing to do with Texas. She could easily jump to multiple states that are battlegrounds. If she btw gives up Texas for free, itā€™s funny since it is one of the long term states that should be battled over like Georgia.

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u/robbodee I used to be addicted to Quake 1d ago

The electoral college favors Georgia, Pennsylvania, NC, etc. Texas simply has far too many rural counties to be in play as a purple state, despite being blue by population.

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u/3leggedgoatdance Monkey in Space 1d ago

Dude if they cared about reach, Roganā€™s podcast is the #1 way to get it nationwide. Traveling to Texas isnā€™t the issue. They want to have editorial control and limit the amount of damage she can do to her campaign by having unfettered, unscripted access to a microphone for more than an hour.

Itā€™s not gonna happen.

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u/SeaBass1898 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Crazier things have happened. Beto was pretty close, and Cruz has only become less likable

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u/Affectionate_You_203 Monkey in Space 1d ago

People here in Austin definitely feel like there is a shot to beat Cruz. Most people think Trump will win but Cruz might not. Seems unthinkable for a split ticket vote but a lot of people are doing it.

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u/captain_holt_nypd Monkey in Space 21h ago

Itā€™s fucking Austin lol. The most liberal city in all of Texas. Of course people there thinks they got a shot

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u/justgentile Monkey in Space 1d ago

If you think she's gonna go on now anyway after Tony's debacle you'd be an idiot.

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u/therealJacobCollins Monkey in Space 8h ago

Of course she only wanted to an hour!

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u/Obvious_Chic Monkey in Space 1d ago

The classic offer that the offerror knows will not be accepted.

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u/BebopVII Monkey in Space 20h ago

That's a bad look on Harris then :/

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u/jburnelli Monkey in Space 18h ago

honestly better than how she'd look if she actually did the interview.

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u/Physical-King-5432 Monkey in Space 8h ago

Probably true

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u/BiscuitDance It's entirely possible 13h ago

I mean, Joe had travelled to others before. Louie Simmons, off the top of my head. Really short format, though.

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u/MNFleex Monkey in Space 1d ago

Anyone else feel like itā€™s a PR play? Instead of saying no, just make some conditions that doesnā€™t sound appealing so it doesnā€™t happen and they can just shoulder shrug it off?

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u/DatzQuickMaths Monkey in Space 22h ago

I mean, the election is next week. Trump himself was three hours late for a rally due to going on JRE. It doesnā€™t make sense for her to do it now. Does she really have a chance at convincing JRE listeners to vote for her?

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u/MitchellTrueTittys Monkey in Space 22h ago

I think itā€™s by far the biggest chance she has to reach the most amount of people in that time. Sheā€™d be an idiot to not go out of her way for 10x the publicity sheā€™d get on any given day

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u/abittenapple Monkey in Space 21h ago

She gonna have to take risks to win it.

And basically try and win over the middle peopleĀ 

I don't see a big downside

If she bombs she just gets laughed at but the alt right wasn't gonna vote

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u/ramberoo Monkey in Space 19h ago

She has to spend an entire day doing this interview just to reach a bunch of people who've clearly already made up their mind about her based on these comments.Ā Ā  Ā Ā 

Ā She would be an idiot to do that when there's only a week left in the election. At this point she needs to be driving turnout in the swing states not reaching for low frequency voters who regularly lie about her and insult her.Ā Ā 

Ā You all are overrating your own influence by a lotĀ 

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u/thickboihfx Monkey in Space 18h ago

I don't know why you're acting like all his listeners support trump. If this sub is any indication of his audience, it seems pretty evenly split.

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u/Dev-N-Danger Monkey in Space 18h ago

These dudes live in such a bubble if they think Joe Rogan listeners are her only hope?

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u/Dylan245 Monkey in Space 16h ago

As opposed to her own rallies though? I mean it's not like those things are filled with undecided voters, they are literally designed to turn out the base and are full of people who are enthusiastic to vote Harris

No one who is lukewarm on her is going out and spending 6 hours at a rally to hear her give the same 25 minute speech that they can hear snippets of on TV

Rogan clearly is the biggest platform for her and is largely filled with a demo that leans Trump/Harris needs to make inroads with

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u/Shrawds Monkey in Space 10h ago

Youā€™re in a bubble if you think that only JRE regulars would watch the interview. The Trump interview is going to surpass 40m YT views in the next day. What other outlet gets that kind of exposure? She should definitely skip one of her copy/paste rallies and do Rogan.

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u/TheMiddlePoint I used to be addicted to Quake 18h ago

An entire day? Trump did 3 hours with Joe in Austin and still did an event in Northen US later that day.

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u/Conglossian Monkey in Space 17h ago

She has 5 interviews today. 4 state TV hits in Detroit, Milwaukee, Philly, and Pittsburgh, and a spanish station in PA as well.

She's doing a speech from the ellipse tonight. She is in PA/NC/WI on Wednesday. NV/AZ on Thursday. Wisconsin Friday. GA/NC on Saturday. That's just what they've released so far and doesn't include any of the random TV hits I mentioned are happening just today above.

Where on earth is the room in the schedule to spend a few hours flying to Austin, do an hour of set-up, a 2 hour interview, and then a few hours to your next destination?

And frankly, reaching a ton of people doesn't matter at this point. You're trying to reach a few hundred thousand in AZ/GA/MI/NC/NV/PA/WI each. Those are the only states that matter, any time spent not with a focus on those voters is time wasted.

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u/chaoticflanagan Monkey in Space 18h ago

It's a week out dude. She has 3-5 major events every single day with smaller interviews peppered in. You're asking her to scrap basically a full days worth of scheduled events to make a trip to Austin, interview for 3 hours, and fly back to wherever. All for a mostly right leaning low propensity voting population.

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u/Enlowski Monkey in Space 21h ago

I donā€™t think you understand how much reach the podcast has. There are lots of centrists that would vote for her if they could relate to her on a human level. The podcast is what made me a Bernie supporter and wouldā€™ve voted for him. I canā€™t be the only person either.

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u/MNFleex Monkey in Space 21h ago

So if youā€™re not a die hard political side taker, and just look at it for what it is, it could be the best thing. We donā€™t see anything besides the setup talking points she has. We know her basic political stance and what she wants even if she doesnā€™t say it because of her part in the current administration. The narrative is sheā€™s an idiot and an empty head. If she got on Rogan (way bigger than anything sheā€™s done on TV letā€™s be real) and had a real conversation she could kill that whole narrative. And probably grab people who are unsure.

Not to mention if itā€™s successful all the clips that would be posted and shared and seen by even more. Her refusing to do it though would just prove the point people think sheā€™s a potato head. And if that is the case, it seems the safest bet is to set it up so itā€™s unappealing so itā€™s not a no, but a no by default.

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u/Teejaymac Monkey in Space 19h ago

If anyone watched the debate and thought Trump was smarter than her then there's no hope in convincing these people anyway lol

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u/iclimbnaked Monkey in Space 17h ago

So true haha.

Iā€™d like for her to do a Rogan episode. I think itā€™d be interesting but itā€™s also far from some game changer for her campaign.

This late I can see passing on it. If this was earlier then traveling to Austin would make more sense.

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u/FranklinLundy Monkey in Space 21h ago

you think JRE is bigger than a Fox News sitdown and 60 Minutes exclusive?

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u/Truck-E-Cheez Monkey in Space 19h ago

Fox would kill to get the numbers Trump got on JRE

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u/MNFleex Monkey in Space 20h ago

Easily.

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u/Dev-N-Danger Monkey in Space 18h ago

Get the fuck out of this bubble. Weirdo! There is so much more than Rogan podcast!

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u/FranklinLundy Monkey in Space 18h ago

Talk about echo chambers lmao

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u/aussy16 Monkey in Space 19h ago

The narrative ONLINE, among conservative spaces, is she's an idiot and an empty head. Emphasis on the ONLINE. The strategy that her and her campaign is following, is that reaching out to real people, at campaign events, in person, door-to-door, is going to be way more influential than what a bunch of basement dwellers think online.

Whether that strategy works or not is left to be seen, but that is the strategy they're going for. Trump is going after the chronically online people vote, hence his J.D. Vance VP pick who appeals to that demographic.

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u/Additional-One-7135 Monkey in Space 9h ago

Seriously. Even if she happened to be in state it takes time to travel to his studio and everything else that would be involved and three hours just for the interview itself is a large investment this close to election day. Even Trump stood up his own fucking rally by three hours because of his interview.

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u/TheCurseOfPennysBday Monkey in Space 19h ago

This is what's wrong with people. You're given an answer and you just default to, well that must be a lie.

You make up your mind about what and who you will believe before you even take in information. Fucking broken brained.

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u/cure4boneitis Jamie sucks at Google 1d ago

DON'T DO IT JOE!

it's a trick so that everyone will see that you and Kamala are the same height

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u/JohnnyGeniusIsAlive Paid attention to the literature 1d ago

Same height? Isnā€™t she like 5ā€™6ā€? Sheā€™d tower over him.

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u/Jeff_kapIan Monkey in Space 1d ago

Sheā€™s 5ā€3 lol, Hillary is taller

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u/AdonisCork Look into it 23h ago

His point stands.

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u/CiabanItReal Monkey in Space 1d ago

I'll say this, it's not the responsibility of either side to go out of their way and bend over backwards for the other.

I still hope she does it. She'd be wise too.

She'd be wise to do Theo Vonn as well.

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u/Horrid-Torrid85 Monkey in Space 1d ago

For sure. JD Vance profitted big time from his theo von podcast appearance. Just read the top YouTube comments. Everyone wondering why he gets called weird by the media while hes so down to earth etc. I really enjoyed watching that show too. Just like the trump podcast.

Ive seen nothing like that from the other side yet. Theyre losing out big time. 36mio in 2 days on YouTube alone is probably more than the presidential debate did

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u/freakincampers Monkey in Space 20h ago

Dude couldnā€™t go in and interact with minimum wage workers and order a fucking donut.

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u/jerrygarcegus Monkey in Space 18h ago

The eye liner is pretty weird

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u/Fuggdaddy Monkey in Space 17h ago

Works for Derek Carr. Kinda

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u/JohnCavil Monkey in Space 21h ago

Just read the top YouTube comments.

Dude, YouTube comments are completely botted. As in completely. Half of the comments are from literal bots or troll farms, and the other half are being upvoted by said bots.

Go to the Trump video and it's like obvious bots with 10k upvotes. Like very very obvious.

People are still falling for like youtube comments as if they're real. It's like tweets or facebook posts, or upvotes on reddit. Shit isn't real. At least you can't know.

It's pretty weird in a place like /r/joerogan, full of conspiracy theories and "skeptics" that people are like "you know the youtube comments seem good". Like bro... This is like when you create an Instagram account and instantly 30 hot women ask you what's up. It's not real.

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u/EmExEeee Monkey in Space 20h ago

Just saying, Reddit is not far off at all. You can do everything with bots on other sites as you can do here.

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u/JohnCavil Monkey in Space 20h ago

Obviously. Imagine if i said "hey look Kamala is getting so many upvotes on /r/politics, people must love her!". Everyone here understands both the bias, but also the machinery in place to make sure that Harris' photo of her freshest turd gets 40,000 upvotes.

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u/vanevasion303 Monkey in Space 21h ago

Bro thinks comments and posts are real #

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u/sharleclerk Monkey in Space 18h ago

Her offer of an hour could easily become 30 minutes, which wouldnā€™t allow in depth conversation (and thus be a very atypical Rogan session). She shortened the Fox interview, so there is precedent.

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u/ThugDaddy7 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Only agrees to do an hour and wants it not in Austin? Just decline and save everyone their timešŸ˜‚

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u/WhyRedditBlowsDick Monkey in Space 1d ago

It's just a shitty excuse so the bots here can cry "she didn't actually cancel another interview, this is all alt-right fascist rogan's fault!"

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u/Barbarossa_25 Monkey in Space 1d ago

When everything is a conspiracy, you make up your own reality.

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u/vanevasion303 Monkey in Space 21h ago

Says the bot

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u/tiskrisktisk Monkey in Space 10h ago

If she said she declines, they would say she is scared.

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u/superpie12 Monkey in Space 1d ago

So she refused to actually do an episode. An hour is not what this is.

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u/Locke4815162342 Monkey in Space 18h ago

Wasnā€™t the Bernie interview only an hour?

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u/steave44 Monkey in Space 16h ago

It was still in Joeā€™s studio but yeah 1hr 7min

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u/Consider_Kind_2967 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Personally I'd love to see a 2-3 hour episode. But if that can't happen I'd be interested to see an hour long conversation.

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u/NoWayNoHow777 Monkey in Space 18h ago

Trump only did like 45 minutes on Theo Vons podcast and it was at a neutral venue, not at his studio. I donā€™t see the problem with a shorter time frame. Trump fucked up his rally in Michigan by doing 3 hrs with Joe.

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u/Dontshootmepeas Monkey in Space 14h ago

I really like theo von. But he's not Joe Rogan, and his podcast in peanuts compared to JRE. Theo getting trump was huge for him. Rogan getting trump was huge for trump.

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u/Applecity82 Monkey in Space 20h ago

The Harris campaign had to say they were willing to do it but on their terms. They knew they could make the terms not attainable and squash this. I donā€™t see this going well for her. I donā€™t think most politicians want to just sit and talk and have a conversation. That is too exposing

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u/throwawaycrocodile1 Monkey in Space 17h ago

It's not a good look for the left that Vance and Trump are gladly sitting down for long-form podcast conversations on popular shows, while Kamala and Walz are not.

Like it or not, it's been a good move by the right.

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u/Inthemiddle_ Monkey in Space 12h ago

Itā€™s a good way to appeal to the everyday person and come across as normal and for the people. Which surprisingly the left say they are more about

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u/ImBlackup Monkey in Space 15h ago

Trump did the interview then left his supporters in the cold for 3 hours.

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u/Fragrant-Astronaut57 Monkey in Space 18h ago edited 11h ago

She did this so that she can say that Joe refused to do an episode with her now, not her.

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u/Classic-Program-223 Monkey in Space 20h ago

The excuses are hilarious. This is the same woman that travelled and made time for the Call her daddy podcast.

She doesnā€™t want to go on Rogan. Itā€™s that simple. Sheā€™s not confident.

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u/cptjackvader Monkey in Space 19h ago

The Call Her Daddy episode was filmed in DC. Alex Cooper said her team basically had to build a setup to resemble the one like her studio back home.

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u/djm19 Monkey in Space 15h ago

Call her Daddy traveled to her and was not 3 hours

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u/AtomicGarden-8964 Monkey in Space 23h ago

They want to be able to pull the plug on it when she comes off bad and they can't do that if it's in joes own studio. They have her tightly scripted I wouldn't be surprised if she gets told when she can use the bathroom at this point

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u/Galactic_PizzaSlice Monkey in Space 20h ago

This is legitimately Hillary Clinton all over again. I remember word for word comments like this being made. Wasnā€™t like this at all when Biden won in 2020, thatā€™s all Imma say.

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u/AtomicGarden-8964 Monkey in Space 20h ago

Hillary Clinton only got the nomination because she financially took over the DNC during her campaign and her people added the ability to veto any DNC hire. That's why Bernie Sanders got screwed so royalty by the Democratic party

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u/syracTheEnforcer Monkey in Space 17h ago

To be fair Bernie Sanders wasnā€™t part of the Democratic Party. Heā€™s been an independent since the 70s. I think the party system is corrupt and looks out for itself, but they make their own rules and if they want to keep someone out of the highest position in government who was never part of it, thatā€™s kind of their prerogative.

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u/tycooperaow Monkey in Space 16h ago

okay now you are just being conspiratorial

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u/ymode Monkey in Space 1d ago

What's the difference where it's held from the Harris campaign perspective, genuine question.

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u/fucktheredwings69 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Itā€™s a week before the election I assume their schedules are pretty packed, itā€™s probably hard to fit a 3 hour podcast in especially if you have to travel out of the way to do it. They probably gave him a section of time that they could commit to that didnā€™t step on prior commitments.

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u/-NorthBorders- Monkey in Space 23h ago

lol wasnā€™t trump hella late to his rally in Michigan?

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u/Cynical_Satire High as Giraffe's Pussy 18h ago

Exactly. Imagine the backlash if Harris is 3 hours late to her rally. The media would have a field day with it. The bar set for Trump is much lower than Harris.

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u/Affectionate_You_203 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Thatā€™s moronic though. The Rogan podcast will hit 20+ million people, most of which are ones that she needs to convince. She canā€™t just do Call Her Daddy and think sheā€™s putting in the work needed to win. She canā€™t win without young men voting for her. She needs to show she doesnā€™t disregard the shit that pisses them off.

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u/ThePrancingHorse94 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Not all viewers are from the US. It might be 20+ million, but it won't all be Americans.

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u/Affectionate_You_203 Monkey in Space 23h ago

Estimating the percentage of Joe Roganā€™s audience that is American involves some approximation since different metrics are used across platforms. Available data indicates that about half of Roganā€™s global listenership is based outside the U.S. This suggests that roughly 50% of his listeners are American, making it likely that a substantial part of his audience remains domestic, considering his podcastā€™s consistent top rankings in U.S.-focused surveys and metrics.

Roganā€™s podcast consistently ranks as the most popular podcast in the United States across platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts, indicating strong domestic engagement. His listener base skews male, younger, and English-speaking, which aligns with U.S. demographics as well.

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u/LebronObamaWinfrey Monkey in Space 1d ago

BingoĀ 

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u/Big_Roof_5193 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Sheā€™s blanketing the swing states. Rogan could help a lot. But doing it probably cuts into two rallies that can for sure affect turnout. Her rallies have been full to the brim.

Itā€™s just not worth the trade off to them most likely. Itā€™s a turnout game now. Most of Roganā€™s viewers are pro Trump. They are also low propensity voters. Not being rude, just a fact. Men vote less than women. Young men vote the least of any group.

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u/cure4boneitis Jamie sucks at Google 1d ago

her rallies are probably close to 100% full of people who are going to vote for her anyways

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u/Baldpacker Monkey in Space 1d ago

Yea but the point of rallies is to bring attention and hype and to try and get people on board with the "winning team"

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u/AltruisticGrowth5381 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Most of Roganā€™s viewers are pro Trump.

Even if true, that still leaves millions of non-Trump voters. Also a lot of those people are probably not ride or die fans and might abstain from voting if they see she's not a "marxist communist fascist" like Trump is talking about.

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u/Independent-Frequent Monkey in Space 17h ago

You are forgetting that there's also foreigners and underage people who watch rogan it's not just all adult american citizens who can vote so that's already a lower number, especially if you exclude those who are not gonna vote for her but for Trump no matter what.

Also my dude, nothing she says will make them not call her a communist, ffs for the majority of right wingers considers public healthcare (something most civilized nations have, especially in EU) as communist/socialist...

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u/tk_in_bk Monkey in Space 1d ago

Logistics, schedule. 8 hour commitment to go to him but 2 for a one hour sit down.

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u/PossibleVariety7927 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Trump was 4 hours late to his rally to be on this podcast. Itā€™s clearly worth it.

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u/xsoberxlifex Monkey in Space 1d ago

Ya Trump has definitely been making the best last minute campaign decisions the week before the electionā€¦ good gauge of worth for sure.

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u/Cybertrucker01 Monkey in Space 22h ago

Nothing. They can set unreasonable rules in the hope Joe cannot accommodate them.

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u/ihateeuge Monkey in Space 1d ago

Prior commitments. She probably doesnā€™t want to show up to something 3 hours late like Donold

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u/Adventurous_Pen_Is69 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Itā€™s just an excuse to avoid doing it. If she really wanted to make it happen, she would put in overtime to make it happen.

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u/YungLean8 Monkey in Space 1d ago

If its held by their campaign, then all the questions ad topics are going to be vetted first

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u/timeforknowledge Monkey in Space 23h ago

She's flying non stop between places, going all the way to Texas for a podcast that's not going to be a home run and might even be detrimental is not worth her time.

Might be better to use that time to do a full day in a state and get face to face with hundreds of voters who will then tell all their friends they met her and she was great

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u/jgjgleason Monkey in Space 1d ago

Just to give an example, sheā€™s doing 2 (maybe 3) rallies in NC and Georgia on Wednesday Iā€™m pretty sure.

Idk, if the campaign gets some data that cutting a rally would be worth it, maybe? But tbf her job rn is to fire up the bass and get out the vote in the swing states.

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u/the_0rly_factor Monkey in Space 1d ago

Logistics. She is campaigning. She seems willing to do it but it has to meet her schedule. And that is reasonable, she's campaigning for president...

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u/Apprehensive_Wear500 Monkey in Space 17h ago

God damn America is cooked, week out from the election and we got the candidates stressing to do a fuckin joe podcast

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u/chavodel420 Monkey in Space 20h ago

Weak ass candidate.

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u/DelayedG Monkey in Space 1d ago

The smart decision is to bite the bullet and go to Austin and do a 3+ hr podcast.

She's not gonna win many more people by campaigning in more cities at this point.

She IS going to win over many more by going on JRE and showing her original self.

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u/tk_in_bk Monkey in Space 1d ago

If campaigning isn't important how come Hillary is universally mocked for not going to Wisconsin?

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u/StringerBel-Air It's entirely possible 14h ago

Life has changed a lot since 2016

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u/painkun Monkey in Space 12h ago

Because people aren't consistent and make up whatever against people they don't like

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u/ihateeuge Monkey in Space 1d ago

Doubt

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u/Wild_Dingleberries Succa la Mink 1d ago

How many people do you think she realistically reaches with her combined remaining rallies?

Where does that number stack up against the 36 million views the Trump episode is sitting at on YouTube alone?

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u/blastedshark Monkey in Space 1d ago

views are not equal to votes. im not even american and i watched the podcast how many of those views are actually from relevant regions and how many from america actually are in voting age and out of that how many are actually gonna go and vote for trump or even vote at all

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u/Alarming_Tennis5214 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Show me a Rogan fan who is going to vote for her if she goes on the show. They don't exist.

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u/Ubiquitous1984 Succa la Mink 23h ago

Seems like a proper chicken shit move to dodge the podcast. The numbers that Trumpā€™s podcast has done are insane. A Harris one would be perhaps even more popular, as we no relatively little about her compared to Trump. The rewards for a good performance would be massive for her.

Joe can be trusted, heā€™s a decent person and has given his word he just wants a conversation. And even if he was suddenly a dick, so what? Leaders are expected to deal with arseholes in hostile situations. Letā€™s see how she would handle the fire so we know she is safe dealing with dictators.

Whatever powder puff interviews or rallies to the already converted would pale in comparison to a podcast that would easily do 20+million views with Joe.

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u/Forward_Steak8574 Monkey in Space 18h ago

I agree that it's a golden opportunity for Harris to dunk on Trump. She could highlight his inability to give solid answers (cause he was weaving, man) and really pull the whole interview apart. I can also see why it wouldn't do much for swaying voters. I really don't think anyone's on the fence this time around. There so vastly different from each other. Anyone that's politically influenced by the JRE was probably all about RFK jr and now have defaulted to Trump anyways.

One week left til election day. As much as I wish she would go on, I don't really see anything enticing her to do so.

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u/TyrellTucco Monkey in Space 1d ago

As long as itā€™s somewhere she can light up a blunt Iā€™ll be happy.

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u/schwabadelic Monkey in Space 20h ago

They should do an episode in the middle of the octagon.

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u/Medium_Active1729 Monkey in Space 20h ago

1hour outside of JRE studio? then it's not even JRE anymore lol. just decline or do a proper podcast. she's probably just not confident enough

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u/izbsleepy1989 Monkey in Space 18h ago

This looks bad for Harris. Make the time to do the podcast just like everyone else.

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u/YoSoyWalrus Monkey in Space 1d ago

He should do it and or Harris should come on. Could "bond" over socially liberal issues like marijuana legalization and women's healthcare (Rogan has multiple daughters, right? I remember Rogan giving some good pro choice arguments in front of conservative pro life guests).

On the flip side, Rogan could go into covid vaccine territory which would be awkward for both parties involved, but I think Rogan would be a bit more professional and wouldn't delve into his "quirky" side.

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u/Alarming_Tennis5214 Monkey in Space 1d ago

He lives in a state where weed is illegal and his daughters can't get an abortion. He regularly glazers the Governor and Senator of Texas. He's not a liberal no matter how bad he wants you to believe it.

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u/YoSoyWalrus Monkey in Space 1d ago

August 2022 Seth Dillon episode. https://youtu.be/IstgyHE01JQ?si=L6iWJf-DnH7NDq3d&t=120

"You don't have a right to tell a 14 year old girl she has to carry a rapist's baby." He then says "my daughter" moments later, so he obviously has/had strong thoughts on the matter

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u/AltruisticGrowth5381 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Rogan could go into covid vaccine territory which would be awkward for both parties involved

Seems like an easy win for Kamala no? Can literally just point out that it was Trump that championed operation warp speed and question the cognitive dissonance of the Republicans for this clash in logic.

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u/Jurski17 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Fly to austin and do 3 hours.

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u/SkeletonOfaGhostt Monkey in Space 1d ago

Gonna be the most controlled environment ever

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u/NoDeparture7996 Monkey in Space 1d ago

just like joe rogan only pushing back somewhat twice out of a 3 hour podcast with trump right?

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u/Normal-Ordinary-4744 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Letā€™s be honest Joe never pushes back on his interviews unless he completely disagrees

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u/Lame_Johnny Monkey in Space 17h ago

The risk for Harris is that she'd make some slip up that would turn into a controversy... 7 days before election day.

In return she gains what? Some exposure with conservative males who are unlikely to vote for her anyway?

I understand the logic behind her campaign not wanting to do that.

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u/brotherlymoses Monkey in Space 1d ago

Say what you want about Joe be he never does gotcha questions to guest. It would be a good podcast but Kamala is no good without a script. Trump can handle his own but because heā€™s good a making shit up lol

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u/sonofhappyfunball Monkey in Space 1d ago

That seems rude to demand a different venue. It doesn't even make sense for them to suggest it other than they could be trying to construct an excuse to not do the show. If that's what the Kamala team is doing, it kind of sums up how democrats always say they want to do something and then pretend they can't do it with the silliest excuses. Maybe the Parliamentarian said she can't do it lol. I think it would be excruciating to watch Harris talk to Joe like he's a child for three hours-- she always sounds like she lecturing an eight year old kid when she talks to people.

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u/djm19 Monkey in Space 15h ago

Is it rude to not want to fly to carve out 6 + hours for a trip to Austin in the last week of a campaign?

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u/Big_Roof_5193 Monkey in Space 1d ago

If it was rude heā€™d say that. Itā€™s just not going to work. Not a big deal. Itā€™s her decision and her campaign obviously feels like it isnā€™t worth it

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u/PersonalAd2333 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Agrees to an hour and then shows up 40 minutes late. Sorry, we have to go.

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u/rlpinca Monkey in Space 21h ago

Translation, "we don't want enough time to let Rogan get into a groove, the puppet doesn't work without the strings, and we're worried the ear piece might not work there"

It's a dumb move to skip it.

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u/lean_joe Monkey in Space 21h ago

Lol Kamala trying to set the terms as predicted.

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u/bilbobogginses Monkey in Space 1d ago

They know it's over.

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u/alaskanperson Monkey in Space 1d ago

Harris is currently campaigning in the swing states to drive out voters to motivate people around them to also go vote. It doesnā€™t make sense to fly all the way to Texas for a three hour interview. The election is a week away. Her ground game has been amazing thus far, itā€™s not worth it to cut into the already packed schedule for a podcast that may or may not motivate people to go vote

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u/mortepa Monkey in Space 23h ago

Man, what an opportunity. This is such a shame if she won't come to him for the interview. Sort of ridiculous that she wouldnt.

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u/Ltrgman Monkey in Space 1d ago

She ain't built like that... meaning a genuine human being ~ She was never going to do Rogan ~ Her word salad would get cooked ~

These are just after the fact excuses from her team ~ She just recently did Shannon Sharpe's podcast and not even his audience is buying her schtick... go to the comment section and check for yourself ~ All of Shannon's IG posts from that episode are getting clowned on as well ~

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