President-elect Donald Trump emerges victorious tough 2024 election cycle It marks a dramatic shift in the types of media that can influence Americans, aided by candid, long-form interviews broadcast directly into voters’ ears.

The Poynter Institute noted that some are even calling 2024 the “podcast election” because both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have made multiple appearances on very specific, mass-reaching programs. However, it was seen that one candidate benefited more from this environment.

While Trump surrogates Lara Trump and Elon Musk say podcasts “make a difference,” the Trump campaign believes podcasts help voters see the candidate’s “human side.”

“This is the future. Long-form podcasts and, of course, Elon Musk’s X,” said Fox News contributor Joe Concha.

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Many think Trump’s marathon run on “The Joe Rogan Experience” in late October, which has been viewed a staggering 47 million times on YouTube alone, helped swing the momentum back in Trump’s favor ahead of Election Day.

Podcasts have made a significant impact on the 2024 presidential election. (Getty Images)

Podcasting giant Joe Rogan also held talks to include Harris in the program, but said that the plans were canceled due to Harris’ participation in this program. campaign requested interview Instead of recording at his podcast studio in Austin, Texas, he told her to travel to meet him only an hour later.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said ahead of Election Day that “the Kamala Harris campaign badly mishandled the Joe Rogan interview by not doing it” because it appealed to the exact group of voters Democrats need to spend time winning.

Rogan, who publicly supported Trump on the eve of Election Day, was impressed by Trump after the long interview, stating that the former president was sincere and funny. He was also amazed that he could sustain a focused interview for more than three hours. Perhaps Rogan could have impressed Harris just as much if he sat next to her, but voters will never know.

MSNBC reported that an Arizona voter told the liberal network she was “undecided” but voted for Trump because Harris did not appear on Rogan’s podcast. Voters told MSNBC that he didn’t want to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Rogan because he “didn’t seem like a real person.”

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Podcast host Joe Rogan called former President Trump very popular with Americans because of “crazy things.” (Screenshots/Joe Rogan Experience)

Trump has also appeared on “This Past Weekend with Theo Von,” “Shawn Ryan Show,” “Six Feet Under” and wrestler The Undertaker, Andrew Schulz’s “Flagrant,” Barstool Sports podcast “Bussin with the Boys” and “Nelk Boys” He also took part in the programmes. , “Impulsive” with Logan Paul, “All in One Podcast”, “Lex Fridman Podcast”, “PBD Podcast” with Patrick Bet-David and “Care with Tyrus”.

“It’s impossible to say how much of an impact Trump’s appearance on the podcast had on his victory. But those around him certainly credit them,” the Poynter Institute said. Angela Fu wrote.

“For political candidates, interviews with podcasters provide benefits beyond exposure to millions of voters. They are relatively easy to do and allow candidates to target specific audiences. Podcast hosts who are sympathetic to a candidate’s views may offer less pushback during the interview than a traditional journalist.” would,” Fu continued. “Interviews that can last for hours provide more opportunities for candor, allowing listeners to feel like they really know the candidate.”

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UFC CEO Dana White thanked Rogan and other podcasters earlier Wednesday after Trump gave his victory speech. Theo Von later took to social media to thank White “for helping podcasts contribute to the political landscape” and offered a nuanced look at the Harris-Walz campaign.

“We invited all the candidates, but only three showed up,” Von wrote.

Trump told Von that his youngest son, Barron TrumpHe is a big fan of the stand-up comedian and encouraged him to accept the invitation. The president-elect said his 18-year-old son was influential in the podcasts he attended throughout the campaign.

Concha said Rogan, who also hosts running mate J.D. Vance, is probably the best platform to reach young men and that “Trump increased his numbers by 30 points compared to 2020.”

“Meanwhile, Kamala Harris passed up this opportunity because her handlers were afraid she would have to do a three-hour interview. Instead, she went back to her safe havens and did old media interviews where she didn’t make the news. Or when she did, she didn’t make the news. “To make the news, it’s usually a simple one,” Concha said. “It was necessary to give a bad answer to the question,” he said. Fox News Digital.

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“Hopefully this will be the last Democratic candidate to say no to Joe Rogan.” Journalist Ryan Grim recently said: Far-left pundit Mehdi Hason responded: “I’d go further than that… you need your own Joe Rogan.”

But Rogan is not a traditional Trump supporter and has long espoused liberal ideology. He even supported Bernie Sanders in 2020. While the Trump-Vance ticket gave Rogan a chance, the Harris-Walz campaign did not.

Journalist and podcaster Bari Weiss believes the rise of new media is one of the critical takeaways from the historic election.

“They ran a campaign where both candidates, J.D. Vance and Donald Trump, went on like three-hour podcasts…they embraced a new medium. They adopted platforms like “The life of his life,” he said on Newsroom.

Harris also sat down with a series of podcasts. But as the honeymoon phase of his candidacy began to fade, he emerged after weeks of avoiding interviews at all costs.

Harris has appeared on popular podcasts like “Call Her Daddy,” “All The Smoke” and “The Shade Room” and spoke with NFL Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe for “Club Shay Shay,” but she wasn’t having any of that. Viral moments Trump has achieved many times, such as peppering Von with questions about cocaine.

Hosted by former Barstool personality Alex Cooper, “Call Her Daddy” reaches a wide audience, predominantly women. It’s the “most listened to podcast by women,” according to Spotify, but NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham said there’s a reason Rogan can’t help Harris the way he helped Trump.

“Rogan listeners are ready for some political content. ‘Call Her Daddy’ listeners are expecting to hear sex talk and sex gossip. They’re probably disappointed about that,” Graham told Fox News Digital.

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Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Dad” podcast. (Call His Father podcast)

During her appearance on the famously salacious “Call Her Daddy,” Harris talked about abortion, sexual abuse and other women’s issues, but didn’t delve into her own sex life or reveal anything particularly interesting.

Graham thinks that if Harris appeared on Rogan’s podcast, she might have asked tough questions that Americans would want to hear from her. But Graham doesn’t believe Harris is up to the task.

“There’s no way Kamala Harris could or would do the Rogan interview. She’s too harsh and unrealistic in five-minute interviews. How bad would she look for three hours? That would be a word salad assembly line,” Graham said.

While Trump has appeared on numerous long-form podcasts, it’s important to remember that he also skipped CBS’ “60 Minutes,” which was seen as a critical election cycle for previous generations. Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel believes podcasters like Rogan are now trusted to deliver factual information and analysis from legacy media.

“The Founders gave the press the honor of being included in the First Amendment, recognizing the vital role it plays in keeping politics honest. The industry aims to attack the government in droves on both sides for the benefit of the people. This is not just for transparency, but also for self-deluding politicians.” is also important for providing ongoing internal control over how its policies are doing for the nation,” Strassel wrote.

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Fox News Digital’s David Rutz, Timothy HJ Nerozzi, Alexa Moutevelis and Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.