Well, it happened.
After the perceived daytime letdown occurred when Joe Rogan released Friday's "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast episode with very funny stand-up comedian and podcast host Sam Tripoli, instead of the highly anticipated interview with former President Donald Trump, many figured they'd have to wait at least another day for that episode to drop.
Viewers and listeners didn't have to wait long, because Rogan released the Trump episode (#2219 - Donald Trump) a little after 9:30 pm Eastern Time on Friday.
Yours truly began to watch the approximately three-hour podcast within 15 minutes of its release in order to bring you this guide to the episode that will most likely break records in the podcast realm. As of this writing (2:22 am EST), the YouTube release has been viewed about 3.5 million times with over half a million likes. To garner those numbers within four hours, for those that know YouTube, is insane, particularly for a three-hour video.
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Without any further ado, here's a comprehensive guide to the episode with summarized topics and approximate time stamps so you can jump to topics that interest you...or you could just watch the whole thing and use this to know what's coming in the video located at the bottom of this guide.
00:05:00 - What it was like to be president initially
00:21:15 - Initial appointments to different positions within Trump's administration and reflections on the decision-making aspect of them
00:31:00 - CBS editing Vice President Kamala Harris' "60 Minutes" Interview
00:40:00 - Taxes & Tariffs
00:55:00 - The environment/climate change
01:16:00 - President Joe Biden Dropping Out of 2024 Race
01:19:30 - Hunter Biden Laptop
01:20:00 - Choosing JD Vance as Trump's vice presidential running mate and his ear after the first assassination attempt
01:22:00 - Fraud/Election Denial
01:25:30 - How politics are full of evil people
01:26:30 - Afghanistan
01:30:30 - Gen. Milley telling Trump it's cheaper to leave military equipment behind than bring it back to U.S.
01:39:00 - North Korea
01:40:15 - The "enemy within," why the media jumps on him for it and what he means when he uses the phrase
01:48:00 - UFC President Dana White and the UFC itself
01:58:00 - RFK Jr., his quest to "Make America Healthy Again," and the problems with food and pharmaceuticals in the U.S.
02:05:30 - Trump's personal health
02:12:00 - Culture, young people and how being conservative is the new "punk rock"
02:14:00 - Weaponizing government to go after political opposition
02:15:30 - Former FBI Director James Comey being a "stupid son of a bitch"
02:17:00 - The 2020 Election
02:21:00 - Biden, Harris and the debates
02:30:00 - Immigration
02:31:45 - Possible election fraud and interference
02:35:40 - Voter ID
02:38:00 - Trans in women's sports
02:39:00 - Illegal immigration and human trafficking
02:40:00 - Voter ID
02:42:40 - JFK assassination files
02:45:15 - Aliens/UFOs
02:50:00 - Middle East/War
02:51:15 - If Trump wins, how he would calm the world down/end the wars
02:54:00 - Consequences if Harris wins
02:55:30 - Tariffs and technology
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