Joe Rogan Podcast Guest Corrects Him Over Stephen King Remark
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Joe Rogan's comment about author Stephen King was corrected on a recent episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
Newsweek reached out to King's representative via email for comment.
The Context
King, 77, who is often called the "King of Horror," is an author from Maine known for his suspenseful horror novels as well as books on science-fiction, fantasy and more. Over the years, many of his publications have been made into movies including: The Shining, Carrie, The Green Mile, Children of the Corn, It and The Shawshank Redemption.
Rogan launched The Joe Rogan Experience in 2009, and since then, he's become one of the most popular podcasters in the world. He often tops the Spotify charts and interviews a wide array of guests including comedians, politicians, philosophers, actors, scientists and others. At the time of publication, the former Fear Factor host has 2,321 episodes of his show.
(L) Joe Rogan performs during his appearance at The Ice House Comedy Club on June 24, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (R) Stephen King attends the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the 2024 Toronto...
(L) Joe Rogan performs during his appearance at The Ice House Comedy Club on June 24, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (R) Stephen King attends the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theatre on September 6, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. More
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On episode number 2,317 of The Joe Rogan Experience, which was released on May 7, Rogan sat down with TikTok star Cody Tucker, and they spoke about authors using pseudonyms while praising King's work.
King would sometimes write under the pseudonym Richard Bachman to avoid oversaturating the market, per Screen Rant. "According to Stephen King himself in the introduction to The Bachman Books collection, the pseudonym was also a way of seeing how successful his writing could be without relying on his public image."
Rogan told listeners: "He wrote so many good books that he's like, 'I'm giving these people too many books, let me write some under a fake name while I'm the biggest bookselling fiction guy in the world.'"
"It's insane," Tucker said.
"It's so funny that King was able to pull this off because how many of his f***ing stories [are] about a writer who lives in Maine?" Rogan added. "It's so crazy! The guy just picks his home state, a writer picks his profession, and then insanity ensues, you know? It's all like a writer in Maine."
"Well and they're all based on things that are happening to him," Tucker replied.
"His bookography, whatever you would call it," Rogan started to say, before Tucker corrected him.
"Bibliography," The Cody Tucker Show podcast host said.
"Bibliography. Bookography," Rogan laughed at his made-up word. "If you look at his bibliography, it's insane. I mean, so many bangers."
What People Are Saying
In the comments on Spotify, fans praised the interview between Rogan and Tucker.
Spotify user Cosmo369 wrote: "Great dynamic between these two. Awesome guest."
sam2492 said: "I've never heard of this guest. He's hilarious in a nonchalant kinda way."
MadMike414 added: "I love this dude's videos I'm glad Joe got him on."
Josephgiannatasio shared: "This young man, very refreshing."
Brandon chimed in: "This was a great episode. Cody is so chill."
Mikhael posted: "Yesssss Cody made it. Been following him for so long. Glad to see him here."
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New episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience are released weekly on platforms like Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts.
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