So basically, Harris was willing to do the podcast, but only on her own schedule and terms, meaning that Rogan would have to fly to her, and the interview would be limited to an hour. If you've listened to Rogan, you know that his podcasts can easily run 2, 3, even 4 hours sometimes. He likes to have deep conversations with his guests, and they're always filmed inside his Austin, Texas studio - just like Trump's was. Well Rogan said he wasn't willing to agree to change up the whole format of his show in order to accommodate her. But Kamala's supporters weren't happy that Rogan isn't willing to change things up in order to interview the Vice President: https://twitter.com/mannyfidel/status/1851243440282964271 https://twitter.com/4lisaguerrero/status/1851152324842176849 https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1851143437871169852 And today, Rogan addressed the controversy - and the criticism from some that he's acting like a "diva" by not simply agreeing to fly out to meet her. During his episode today with fellow podcast hosts and comedians Triggernometry, Rogan said that he gave the Harris campaign "an open invitation" to appear whenever they wanted: "She had an opportunity to come here when she was in Texas, and I literally gave them an open invitation. I said any time. I said if she's done at 10:00, we'll come back here at 10:00. I'll do it at 9 in the morning. I'll do it at midnight if she's up." As his guest points out, Rogan was offering to Harris exactly what he offered to Trump. And he says that her campaign was "difficult to tie down." But he wasn't going to budge on doing the interview in his studio: "The thing is, if I go somewhere, then there's going to be other people in the room. And they want to control a lot of things I'm sure. According to the Bret Baier interview on Fox, like people were waving them off. That's a distraction, people in the room. My whole goal with her and with him is just talk. Have a conversation like a human being. You find out things about people. You get a sense of them at least, a real sense. That was it. I don't give a fuck what we talk about, I really don't. I just want to talk to you." Rogan admits that there's a perception that he's a "MAGA guy," but he says that he considers himself politically homeless - pointing out that he was a Bernie guy back in 2020. Regardless, it doesn't seem that Joe's going to be giving in to their demands, and Kamala's team isn't going to agree to do the podcast in the same way that all his other guests have done. So at this point, I think it's safe to say we won't be getting an episode with the Vice President before the election. Of course maybe that was the campaign's plan all along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aT2grMe1I4Also, 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…
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