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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
'Do you think I will protect ...' Kash Patel opens up about Epstein in a surprise Joe Rogan podcast
Kash Patel speaks about Epstein Files in Joe Rogan podcast. FBI director Kash Patel came clean about the Epstein Files on a surprise Joe Rogan Experience episode that dropped a day after Elon Musk claimed that President Donald Trump is named in the Epstein Files and that's why they are not releasing it. The timing of the episode caught JRE fans by surprise as it's not yet known when the episode was shot. Kash Patel was seen smoking and talking in details about FBI and Epstein Files. Without mentioning the damning allegation that Musk brought against Trump regarding Epstein -- possibly because the episode was shot before, Kash Patel said people are pissed at him for the delay in releasing the files. He said he was not there when Jeffrey Epstein did the abominable act with the protection of a section of media who chose to protect Epstein because of the connections he had. Claiming that Epstein killed himself, Patel asked if anyone thinks that he and Dan Bongino would protect any information regarding the pedophile. Patel said it was the decision of the Donald Trump administration that all files would be released and they will be released "as much as possible", Patel said. The FBI director added that he knows that he would not be able to convince anyone that Epstein did kill himself in the prison cell, no matter how many files the FBI releases, because there have been 15 years of people coming in and creating fiction. Did you never think Epstein was killed, Rogan asks Kash Patel Joe Rogan asked Kash Patel what he used to think about Epstein's death before he became the FBI director. Patel said he never had a suspicion that Epstein was killed in his cell and said that he had a different background that made him acquainted with jails as a public defender. He said he knew people who committed suicides in cell and based on the information publicly available to him at that time, he always believed that it was not possible for anyone to enter Epstein's cell and kill him. Patel said the FBi would release the video of the cell and everybody would be able to see whether Epstein killed himself or not.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Guy Fieri Makes His Opinion on Joe Rogan Extremely Clear
Celebrity chef and television star Guy Fieri teamed up with Joe Rogan for a recent podcast episode. Rogan's show The Joe Rogan Experience has featured thousands of guests over the years. During that time, he's developed an immense following, but has also earned his share of criticism for his personal comments and the people he chooses to platform. Fieri was featured on the program last Friday. You can watch the full episode here, but be warned, it's nearly two-and-a-half hours long. On Saturday, Fieri promoted his appearance and gave Rogan a shoutout on X/Twitter. "It was an honor and a pleasure to be a guest on JRE 2.5 hrs just flew by!! Thanks for havin' me @joerogan," Fieri wrote. Fieri, 57, began his career as a chef and restauranteur in the 1990s. His rise to fame was expedited by his victory in season two of The Next Food Network Star in 2006. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Fieri's most popular show, debuted in 2007 and remains a Food Network mainstay to this day. The Emmy Award-winning personality has also hosted Guy's Big Bite, Guy's Grocery Games, Guy's Family Road Trip and Guy Off The Hook, in addition to appearing on a number of other food network programs. While Fieri's entire life and career has been food-oriented, he has taken a renewed focus on his health in recent years. In May 2024, Fieri revealed in an interview with Men's Health that he shed 30 pounds through a combination of rucking and various HIIT workouts. "Unfortunately, in the [Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives] world, people like to go, 'Oh, you're the chef that eats the deep-fried pizza burgers with the ice cream toppings and all those huge, fried everythings.' My response is, 'I don't want to say that you don't know what you're talking about. But you don't know what you're talking about,'" Fieri said.
Fox News
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
David Lucas compares his 'common sense' comedy to preaching, says no group gets 'special treatment' from jokes
Stand-up comic David Lucas believes that good authentic comedy can bring healing to people just like the spiritual words of a religious leader. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the rising comedian described that though he had the traditional upbringing that could have made him the leader of a congregation, he found the ability to bring another type of healing to people through his blunt style of comedy. He described his comedy as "in some sense preaching and also healing to a lot of people who are going through different periods of their life." The Macon, Georgia native talked about growing up with a single mom and his strict religious grandfather as his father figure. "Yeah, I was raised in Macon, Georgia, and I grew up with a, you know, traditional Southern Baptist household. My granddaddy was very strict," he said. Lucas mentioned how his grandfather would take him to "church all the time," joking that it was as if his grandfather was preparing him for religious life. "So it's crazy that I turned out this way because it seems like he was preparing me to be a preacher of some sort," he said. Like preachers helping souls navigate spiritual darkness, Lucas believes comedians like him, Joe Rogan and others are helping people see the truth in an era where traditional media has been widely discredited. "I feel like in a very dark period, Rogan's podcast brought a lot of enlightenment to people, especially when he started bringing on accredited people that could back what he was saying," Lucas said. "But a lot of what we know as public media has been discredited. And I think that came along with the territory of COVID and the George Floyd situation. You know, they really pumped a lot of fear into us – a lot of fearmongering, a lot of doubt, to where people didn't know where to turn." He continued, "So when you turn on JRE [Joe Rogan Experience], you hear this guy, you know, telling you like, 'Hey, maybe don't get vaccinated if you're a healthy adult.' Then people are like, 'Well, that aligns with what I believe, because why would I put a vaccine in my system that I know absolutely nothing about?'" Rogan's podcast, along with others – like comedian Theo Von's podcast – were widely credited with beating out traditional media and news networks in delivering people information in recent months, especially around the 2024 presidential election. Many say President Trump appearing on those long-form programs won him the election. On his latest special, "Uncancellable," the comic showcases his own anti-status-quo point of view, putting up a barrage of jokes skewering the cultural and political norms of our current era. Lucas' special, which dropped online in 2024, features jokes against politicians like former President Joe Biden and President Trump, as well as digs against the #MeToo movement and the LGBTQ movement – particularly the trans community. However, despite going after highly political subject matter, Lucas insisted to Fox that he doesn't see himself as a political comic but as someone who makes jokes based on "common sense." "I don't really like to take a political stance, even though a lot of my views in life are more right-leaning. But I have some liberal views as well. But it's like, at the end of the day, common sense is common sense." A big part of his motivation to drill some straight talk and common sense into his audiences is his contempt for groups that believe they should be off-limits from being made fun of. He stressed to Fox that he refuses to go easier on more sensitive groups, saying that no one deserves to be shielded from jokes. "But, it's like some groups want this special treatment, and they want to be a part [of society]. Well, being a part of it comes with jokes and criticism. So, you got to accept all facets of it. It's not just one-sided," he said. "Blacks get talked about, fat people get talked about, men get talked about, women get talked about, straight get talked about, gay get talked about. That's just how it is." Going after sensitive groups or sensitive subjects seems to be one of Lucas' favorite aspects of comedy. The comic, who started his career as a roast comic on MTV's "Yo Momma" back in the 2000s, told Fox, "Crowds will turn on me because I will go down some deep, deep, dark pathways. And sometimes I like to put myself in a hole to see if I can get myself out of it." "It's challenging, bro. It's challenging," he said, describing that being able to dig himself out of those holes during a show is a "very great feeling." The comic has his own podcast called "Fishing With David Lucas," where he sits down with famous comedians, influencers and other interesting people to talk about their lives, interests and other topics in a peaceful nature setting. "Like, you're in nature, you're relaxed. And then people that come on the podcast are like, 'This is so much better than being in the studio. Like, I just feel at peace by the water,'" the comic said. "This is just like two old men sitting at the lake talking s---, you know? So, you're very relaxed, and I think a lot of people appreciate that nature side of doing a podcast because you don't really get that anywhere else." The comedian is currently on tour in the United States. You can watch his special "Uncancellable" at and catch his podcast on YouTube.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joe Rogan Lights Up Claim That Podcast ‘Screwed Over' Kamala Harris: ‘We Have All the Receipts'
Joe Rogan says a new book that suggests he 'screwed over' Kamala Harris for an interview on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' during the presidential campaign is full of falsehoods – and that he has 'all the receipts' to show that he negotiated in good faith while the campaign never actually committed. A more-animated-than-usual Rogan spent more than 10 minutes on an episode that dropped Tuesday laying out all the ways he tried to accommodate the then-Vice President, but that at no point along the way did her campaign ever actually express a willingness to do it. The book Rogan was surely referencing is 'Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House' by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. A large section details the failed negotiations, with the authors suggesting difficulties and miscommunications during the long back-and-forth that never led anywhere. 'They said a bunch of things that weren't true,' Rogan said to guest Dan Richards. 'They supposedly talked to like 150 different people about her … but they didn't talk to us, which is kind of crazy. Like, they didn't even ask.' Rogan says as a result, the book got several facts wrong: 'One of the things they said that wasn't true was that we lied about the day that Trump was coming on,' Rogan said. 'No, we just didn't tell you that Trump was coming on. He was already booked a long time ago. … Trump was really easy to book, like super easy. We offered one day, he said yes, and that was it. There was no 'What are we going to talk about? How long is it going to be? Is it going to be edited?' There was nothing.' Rogan says the book also claims that the Harris campaign scheduled the Beyoncé appearance in Houston so they could be in Texas to visit his Austin studio. 'They never agreed to do the show. None of that's true. They never agreed,' he said. 'They also said that they sent someone down here to the studio to do a walkthrough of the set. That's not true. The Trump administration did.' Rogan recalled how the Harris campaign offered for him to come to Washington for a shorter interview – 45 minutes to an hour – less than a third of his normal conversations (Trump went the full three hours), but he didn't want to do a 'fake' version of 'JRE.' 'And I said, look, [Trump] did it here,' Rogan said. 'We should probably do it here. Like, if it's possible to do it here — obviously when he did it, it had an enormous result. I'm willing to do the same thing for her. I wanted to release both of them on the same day. This was my goal.' As the missed opportunity has been widely seen as a major campaign blunder for the Democrats, Rogan suggested that 'someone's trying to preserve their job. Maybe someone's trying to say, 'Hey, it wasn't my fault, you know, they became difficult. … No, we didn't become difficult.' Rogan said he offered multiple workarounds so Harris could appear in his Austin studio, and has 'a whole list of conversations that took place' – but not once did anyone from the Harris campaign commit to actually sitting down. 'So this idea that I sabotaged her—there's a bunch of people that say I screwed her over or whatever — that's not true. So, you can think whatever you want.' The post Joe Rogan Lights Up Claim That Podcast 'Screwed Over' Kamala Harris: 'We Have All the Receipts' appeared first on TheWrap.
