The Joe Rogan Experience podcast became a Spotify exclusive on December 1, 2020 which coincided with its removal from iTunes, YouTube, and all other podcast apps. Spotify did not make the entire JRE catalog immediately available as fans quickly noticed that 48 episodes were missing. These episodes featured several of the more controversial guests who’ve appeared on the podcast, although some episodes with seemingly uncontroversial guests were also missing for unclear reasons. Only a few of these episodes were made available at later dates.
Rogan initially attributed the missing episodes to technical issues with transferring the files to Spotify. However, during JRE #1607 with Fahim Anwar, Rogan finally admitted that it was Spotify’s decision to not host certain episodes on their platform. Around 100 of the most viewed JRE episodes along with Joe Rogan’s personal favorites are permitted to remain on his YouTube channel.
Listed below are the 42 episodes of the JRE podcast still missing from Spotify’s library. Two of these episodes, both featuring Alex Jones (#911 and #1255), can be viewed on the JRE YouTube channel. This leaves a total of 40 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience that are no longer available anywhere.
UPDATE: 69 full episodes and 1 partial episode were removed from Spotify on February 4, 2022 as indicated below (*). This brings the total number of missing episodes to 111 plus 1 partial episode. According to an internal memo by Spotify CEO Daniel Elk, it was Rogan who made the decision to remove these episodes.
UPDATE 2: An additional 34 full episodes and 2 partial episodes were removed from Spotify on May 24, 2022 as indicated below (**). This brings the new total number of missing full episodes to 145 plus 3 partial episodes. Two of these missing episodes are still available on the official JRE YouTube channel: JRE #1436 – Adam Curry and JRE #1516 – Post Malone.
According to Spotify, the latest episode removals were temporary and due to a ‘technical issue’. These episodes were restored on May 26, 2022.
List of Spotify’s Missing JRE Episodes
JRE #4 – Brian Redban*
JRE #20 – Tom Segura*
JRE #21 – Brian Redban*
JRE #27 – Sam Tripoli*
JRE #40 – Tyler Knight*
JRE #42 – Duncan Trussell*
JRE #48 – Brian Redban*
JRE #50 – Little Esther*
JRE #55 – Duncan Trussell*
JRE #57 – Jayson Thibault, Brian Redban
JRE #66 – Nick Swardson*
JRE #72 – Ari Shaffir*
JRE #75 – Sam Tripoli*
JRE #81 – Pete Johansson
JRE #82 – Dave Foley*
JRE #88 – Andy Dick*
JRE #91 – Bill Burr*
JRE #92 – Jim Norton*
JRE #97 – Freddy Lockhart, Brian Redban
JRE #98 – Daryl Wright, Brian Whitaker
JRE #102 – John Heffron*
JRE #107 – Doug Benson*
JRE #108 – Joey Diaz, Brian Redban
JRE #110 – Duncan Trussell*
JRE #112 – Cliffy B, Johnny Cristo*
JRE #113 – Brian Posehn*
JRE #114 – Neal Brennan*
JRE #116 – Russell Peters, Junior Simpson*
JRE #118 – Ari Shaffir*
JRE #119 – Jan Irvin
JRE #122 – Jamie Kilstein*
JRE #128 – Joey Diaz, Brian Redban
JRE #132 – Bert Kreischer*
JRE #134 – Kevin Smith (Part 4)*
JRE #149 – Live from the Icehouse
JRE #152 – Brian Redban*
JRE #155 – Dave Attell*
JRE #159 – Nick Thune*
JRE #176 – Steve Rinella*
JRE #182 – Bryan Callen, Jimmy Burke, Brian Redban
JRE #198 – Brody Stevens*
JRE #213 – Eddie Bravo
JRE #227 – Ari Shaffir*
JRE #232 – Giorgio Tsoukalos*
JRE #239 – Adam Kokesh
JRE #246 – Maynard J Keenan (Part 1 & 2)*
JRE #256 – David Seaman
JRE #275 – Dave Asprey
JRE #276 – David Seaman, Abby Martin, Dell Cameron, Brian Redban
JRE #294 – Ari Shaffir*
JRE #303 – Matt Vengrin, Brian Redban
JRE #314 – Ian Edwards*
JRE #320 – Tim Ferriss*
JRE #324 – Sam Sheridan*
JRE #331 – Dr. Steven Greer
JRE #340 – JD Kelley*
JRE #344 – Stanley Krippner, Christopher Ryan*
JRE #349 – Greg Fitzsimmons*
JRE #354 – Ari Shaffir, Amy Schumer*
JRE #358 – Bert Kreischer*
JRE #361 – Dave Asprey, Tait Fletcher
JRE #368 – David Seaman
JRE #374 – Marc Maron*
JRE #375 – Shane Smith*
JRE #411 – Dave Asprey
JRE #441 – Brian Dunning
JRE #443 – Neal Brennan*
JRE #454 – War Machine
JRE #461 – David Seaman
JRE #463 – Louis Theroux
JRE #487 – David Seaman
JRE #488 – Iliza Shlesinger*
JRE #506 – Moshe Kasher*
JRE #512 – Dan Savage*
JRE #520 – David Seaman
JRE #525 – Bert Kreischer*
JRE #533 – Chris D’Elia
JRE #537 – Rich Vos*
JRE #538 – Stefan Molyneux
JRE #570 – Ryan Parsons*
JRE #582 – David Seaman
JRE #594 – Russell Peters*
JRE #640 – Charles C. Johnson
JRE #664 – Tom Segura, Christina Pazsitzky*
JRE #674 – Brian Redban*
JRE #702 – Milo Yiannopoulos
JRE #710 – Gavin McInnes
JRE #742 – Aubrey Marcus*
JRE #746 – TJ Kirk*
JRE #750 – Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn
JRE #810 – Big Jay Oakerson*
JRE #820 – Milo Yiannopoulos
JRE #911 – Alex Jones, Eddie Bravo
JRE #912 – Pete Holmes*
Fight Companion (UFC Fight Night 105) – Eddie Bravo, Ian McCall*
JRE #920 – Gavin McInnes
JRE #925 – Theo Von*
JRE #963 – Michael Malice*
JRE #979 – Sargon of Akkad
JRE #980 – Chris D’Elia
JRE #998 – Owen Benjamin
JRE #1033 – Owen Benjamin
JRE #1036 – Ari Shaffir, Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura*
JRE #1093 – Owen Benjamin, Kurt Metzger
JRE #1103 – Tom Segura*
JRE #1141 – Theo Von*
JRE #1187 – Kyle Kulinski*
JRE #1197 – Michael Malice*
JRE #1206 – Mike Ward, Pantelis*
JRE #1218 – Gad Saad*
JRE #1255 – Alex Jones Returns
JRE #1458 – Chris D’Elia
