Joe Rogan responded to rumors that his podcast episode was interviewing Republican candidate Donald Trump was censored by YouTube.

The former president spoke with Rogan for a three hour episode of The Joe Rogan Show, which was published on Friday October 25. But the episode was not initially listed on YouTube, meaning it could only be shared via a direct link and did not appear in search results on the website.

Rogan wrote about X, formerly Twitteron October 26: “There is no problem with YouTube censoring the Trump episode. It was just supposed to go live on Spotify and YouTube at the same time and there was a problem in Spotify’s upload system so we removed the YouTube link until it was fixed. It should be fine now.

However, several days after Rogan said there was “no problem” with the video listing, he posted the entire episode on X for his listeners, writing: “Since there has a problem finding this episode on YouTube, here is the full podcast with Trump. “.

Rogan also reposted an article by David Heinemeier Hansson, CTO of software company Basecamp and racing driver, who wrote: “I tried to find the Rogan/Trump interview on YouTube, but no matter what I search, it does not appear. It would be beyond crazy if they actively tried to remove it. This must be a problem, right? » His post included a video of Rogan-Trump clips appearing in YouTube search results, but not showing the full episode of the podcast.

“For some searches on Monday, the original three-hour interview did not appear prominently,” YouTube said in a statement seen by Variety. “Short extracts posted online by the Joe Rogan The channel appeared, but we know it was frustrating for users trying to find the full video. We’ve worked to resolve this issue and viewers will soon start seeing the full podcast in more YouTube search results. »

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During the episode, Trump reflects on his regrets following his first term in the White Housespoke about proposed policy initiatives such as abolishing the income tax and reiterated his baseless claims about rigging the 2020 election.

Rogan also spoke to X to address a potential episode featuring the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

“Also, for the record, the Harris campaign hasn’t given up on doing the podcast. They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to go to her house and they only wanted to do an hour,” he said. he writes. “I’m convinced the best way to do that is in the Austin studio. My sincere wish is just to have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we We can get there.”

Harris campaign spokesman Ian Sams told Reuters an interview would not be possible during this election campaign. “We’ve discussed the podcast with Rogan and his team. Unfortunately, it’s not going to work at this time because of the timing of this…campaign period,” Sams said.