Kamala Harris can’t get Joe Rogan out of his studio. Donald Trump recently sat down with Rogan for his podcast, TheJoe Rogan Experience, Spotify’s baby and a coveted source of entertainment or even information for young men. It’s a tight race, and young men seem to be leaning toward Trump, so you can imagine that Harris appearing on Rogan’s podcast could be beneficial for her campaign, if it didn’t do more harm.
On Tuesday, Rogan wrote on X: “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.”
He seems to be suggesting a conversation with the vice president isn’t off the table, as long as it’s in his studio in Austin, and maybe longer than an hour. (Rogan’s chat with Trump lasted three hours.) But with the presidential election a week away, it’s hard to see when that would occur, particularly given Harris delivered her closing argument, in prosecutorial style, on Tuesday night. Interestingly enough, Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, will sit down for a conversation with Rogan in his studio on Wednesday.
Rogan’s post received a comment from none other than Trump’s fiercest backer and the world’s richest man: Elon Musk. After all, he’s given at least $132 million to elect Trump and other Republicans. “Good clarification. I would definitely watch that podcast,” he wrote, adding that the second hour would resemble the smiling, melting face emoji. You’ll have to decide for yourself what that means.
During Trump’s own appearance on Rogan’s show, the former president said he hopes Harris does the podcast because “it would be a mess.” Rogan, on the other hand, said he thinks they “would have a fine conversation.” Trump’s conversation with Rogan, where they discussed supposed election fraud, Mars, taxes, and tariffs, among other topics, has more than 40 million views on YouTube alone.
Whatever happens, Harris already appeared on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy, Spotify’s second baby, also a coveted source of entertainment with a blend of advice, if you will, and open discussion, for young women. Not to mention, Cooper went to Washington, D.C., to chat with Harris; their conversation touched on what Harris calls her modern family, her famed question to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings, and her housing plan, among other things.
Either way, in this podcast- and social-media-infused election, both Cooper and Rogan were hit with some backlash following their decisions to have politicians on their shows. It isn’t obvious which presidential candidate’s appearance, or appearances, made the difference, but at the moment, polls show Harris has the tiniest of leads on Trump.