Feb. 17, 2025

The Joe Rogan Experience Trivia

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Mark Ellison kicks off Podcast Week with fascinating facts about the world's biggest podcast. From the LA to Austin transition to record-breaking episodes, this episode explores the show's incredible journey. Learn about Spotify's historic licensing deal and discover which episode changed how YouTube promotes podcast content.

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Callarogashark Media Greeting's podcast fans. I'm Mark Allison, and welcome

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to the first episode of our special podcast week All.

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This week, we'll explore fascinating trivia about some of today's

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biggest shows, starting with the Joe Rogan Experience. Question one,

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What was Joe Rogan's original reason for starting the podcast

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in two thousand and nine and which comedian helped him

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set up the first episode? Question two? In which episode

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number did Joe first use the now famous studio with

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the brickwall background and what technical problem almost ruined it?

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Question three? Which twenty twenty move set streaming records for

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the podcast and what was the licensing deal worth? Question four?

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Which famous podcast guest lasted the longest in a single episode,

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setting what record? Question five? What unique viewing record was

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set by the Elon Musk episode in twenty eighteen? Leading

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to what platform change? We'll be right back with the answers.

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Welcome back trivia, fans, Let's reveal today's answers. Question one

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asked what was Joe Rogan's original reason for starting the

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podcast in two thousand and nine and which comedian helped

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him set up the first episode? Answer he started the

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podcast to sit around and talk with his friends, with

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comedian Brian Redban helping set up the technical aspects as producer.

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The first episode was recorded with just a laptop and

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a webcam. Question two asked in which episode number did

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Joe first use the now famous studio with the brick

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wall background and and what technical problem almost ruined it? Answer?

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Episode number four, one hundred seventy introduced the La Red

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Room studio design that became iconic for the show. The

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studio underwent several iterations before settling on the final design.

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Question three asked which twoenty twenty move set streaming records

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for the podcast and what was the licensing deal worth. Answer.

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The move to Spotify was reportedly worth over two hundred

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million dollars, making it the largest licensing deal in podcast history.

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The December twenty twenty transition to exclusive Spotify distribution marked

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a major shift in podcast industry deals. Question four asked

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which famous podcast guest lasted the longest in a single episode,

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setting what record? Answer. Episode number one thousand, one hundred

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sixty nine with Alex Jones and Eddie Bravo ran for

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over five hours, becoming one of the longest single episdisodes.

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The typical episode usually runs between two and three hours.

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Question five asked what unique viewing record was set by

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the Elon Musk episode in twenty eighteen, leading to what

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platform change answer. The September twenty eighteen Elon Musk episode

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number one thousand, one hundred and sixty nine became one

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of the most watched podcast episodes ever on YouTube. It

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led YouTube to change how they promoted podcast content on

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their platform. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia Questions. I'm

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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help

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of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy five daily

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trivia questions without ads, check the link in our show notes.

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See you tomorrow for more podcast trivia

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