Former vice president Kamala Harris now claims her decision to skip the Joe Rogan interview in 2024 came down to logistics. In her new book 107 Days, Harris says flying from a Houston campaign rally to Joe Rogan’s Austin studio—less than an hour by plane—“wasn’t feasible.”
Harris recalls that she “really wanted to do” Rogan’s podcast, but campaign aides “argued it was a bad idea.” Rogan’s team offered to host her the morning after her Houston rally on reproductive rights. “They said they could do it at 8:30 a.m., not later, as Joe had ‘commitments,'” Harris writes. “I had commitments as well, and it wasn’t feasible to get from Houston to Austin by 8:30 a.m.”
The explanation has drawn scrutiny, given that Harris routinely traveled on Air Force 2 and her campaign spent $2.6 million on private flights in October 2024 alone. Commercial travelers can make the trip from Houston to Austin in under an hour.
Rogan disputes Harris’s version of events. “She had an opportunity to come here when she was in Texas. I literally gave them an open invitation,” Rogan said. “I said, ‘Any time, if she’s done at 10 o’clock, I’ll come back here at 10 o’clock.’ I go ‘I’ll do it at nine in the morning, I’ll do it at 10 p.m., I’ll do it at midnight.'”
Her refusal to sit down with Rogan—who hosts one of the most influential platforms in the country—illustrates the campaign’s fear of unfiltered media moments.
