How & Where to Watch the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast?

Joe Rogan is undoubtedly one of the most reputed names in the UFC. He is also a seasoned comedian, a former TV presenter, and a former martial artist. The color commentator of the UFC left martial arts when he was 21; citing health issues. He then opted for standup comedy. And later earned a spot as a TV presenter as well. Rogan also turned into a podcast host in 2009.

Rogan partnered with his fellow comedian Brian Redban to start the production of his podcast; which was initially launched on YouTube. By 2015, it had become one of the most popular podcasts in the entire globe. Followed by millions of views per episode.

Joe Rogan’s Podcast is named The Joe Rogan Experience

The first episode of Rogan’s podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, was broadcasted on 24 December 2009. Rogan had also stated that most of the time then was spent, “sitting in front of laptops bulls***ting”.

However, it gained its official name in August 2010. In 2013, episodes of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ started being uploaded on YouTube. Rogan had named him a podcast with a vision to pay homage to the legendary musical trio, ‘The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ led by the musical legend, Jimi Hendrix.

How to watch The Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify?

In March 2020, Spotify bought the license of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ for about a whopping $200M. The podcast became a Spotify exclusive after December 2020; with only clips of entire episodes being uploaded to its official YouTube channel.

Viewers can easily watch ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ on Spotify from their smartphones, tablets, or PCs. For smartphones and tablets, users will have to download the Spotify app and search for ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to enjoy the episodes; while computer users need to log in to the website of Spotify and search for Rogan’s podcast to watch the episodes.

Where else can you watch The Joe Rogan Experience?

Full videos were uploaded to the official YouTube channel of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ called ‘Powerful JRE’. However, following that, only a few segments from each episode started to be uploaded instead of full episodes.

The Spotify deal made ‘JRE’ a Spotify exclusive. Full episodes of ‘The JRE’ cannot be watched anywhere except for Spotify. However, snippets from ‘JRE’ episodes are available throughout various social media platforms; including YouTube.

Joe Rogan and Dana White made it to 2021’s Variety 500 list of most powerful people in entertainment

The UFC president and color commentator both made it to the 2021 list of 500 most powerful people in the entertainment industry published by the noted website ‘variety.com’. Both Dana White and Joe Rogan were enlisted under the category of Live Entertainment. White was awarded his spot for his all-unique and bold stance of not making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for UFC fighters.

White stated that “the Ultimate Fighting Championship would never require its fighters to be vaccinated”. His measures also created controversies amongst the masses. But, ‘the UFC boss’ went on to hold full-scale UFC events without the mandate of social distancing or masks right from 2021.

‘The JRE host’ also had also presented similar views on the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. In an episode of his podcast, Rogan stated that he also had COVID-19 and was using ivermectin to treat it. ‘JRE’ had also been criticized by lots and even inspired protests from Spotify employees who accused it of being transphobic. Despite all this, the podcast hardly took a hit on its viewer count. It was the proof of Rogan’s influence as a podcaster that earned him his spot on this list.

Spotify themselves also certified the humongous popularity of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ as it bagged the apex spot in their ‘Top Podcasts’ list multiple times.