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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joe Rogan's Comedian Pals Regret Following Him to Texas
A number of Joe Rogan's comedy and podcasting buddies are having second thoughts about following him to Texas. Rogan, who has been criticized for promoting vaccine skepticism and COVID theories on his hugely popular The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, moved from California to the Lone Star State in 2020 in part due to Texas' looser pandemic restrictions. But as Texas-based outlet Chron reports, a growing list of stand-ups who trailed him to Austin believing it could offer a true alternative to the comedy scenes in California and New York, are now rethinking their decisions or openly criticizing the state. 'Texas f---ing blows,' comedian Shane Gillis declared in June on Andrew Schulz's podcast. Gillis hit out at the state, which has its own power grid, while describing how his home had a blackout for three days because of a storm. 'The second we ran out of power, the house was 90 degrees,' Gillis said. 'And just bugs, bugs came in immediately, the house filled with bugs and I'm just laying in the dark.' Gillis relocated from New York City to Austin in 2023, hoping for better tax perks and to be closer to Rogan's stand-up venue, the Comedy Mothership. 'I just wanted to move to a place where you can do stand-up during the week,' Gillis told Theo Von in 2024. 'Forever it was just New York and L.A., now you can do it in Nashville, in Austin.' Gillis, who has appeared numerous times on Rogan's podcast, isn't the only one who is regretting their move to Texas, according to Chron. Brendan Schaub, a former professional mixed martial artist turned stand-up comedian, lamented on his podcast that 'I miss my community and my routine,' last month after moving from L.A. to Austin earlier this year. Tim Dillon, another Rogan-adjacent comic who fled to Austin during the height of COVID restrictions, torched the city in a brutal tirade on Whitney Cummings' podcast in September 2024. He called it a 'soulless city that should be burned to the ground,' and mocked its supposed thriving music scene as just 'three heroin addicts busking with guitars.' Cummings even mocked all the comedians who followed Rogan to Austin believing it would help them be invited onto his podcast. 'He'd rather have someone that makes bespoke knives on, than you, right?' Cummings said. 'They're just hoping the people he's flying miss their flight and they need someone at the last minute.' Dillon has since moved back to Los Angeles, but says he gave Texas a real shot. 'Yes, the taxes are better. And yes, there are benefits to not being in L.A. And yes, L.A is a host of problems,' he said on his podcast. 'But I moved here because, first and foremost, I said, something new will be good. I was wrong.' Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Megyn Kelly hires former MAGA megastar for plum role at her growing media empire
Megyn Kelly has hired former top Trump aide Hope Hicks to be chief operating officer at her podcasting company Devil May Care Media. Kelly announced Hicks' hiring Monday morning in a statement, where she hailed Hicks as 'exactly the kind of woman I want running my company with me.' '[S]trong, smart, strategic and the embodiment of class and poise,' she said of the 36-year-old senior advisor to the first Trump administration, who will now help Kelly grow Devil May Care as it expands its slate of podcasts. The brand is also set to hire a new set of stars as well. Personalities under the Devil May Care Umbrella already include the likes of Mark Halperin, Link Lauren, Emily Jashinsky and Maureen Callahan. 'Megyn has used her talent, integrity, and unparalleled credibility to create content unlike anything else available today,' said Hicks of the venture. 'In the past several months, she has used her impeccable eye for talent and ever-growing platform to launch other worthy names under the MK Media umbrella with impressive results.' This is a developing story; please check back for updates...
Associated Press
4 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Women Road Warriors Empowerment Talk Show Wins Two Acquisition International Awards
Women Road Warriors hosts tapped for influential businesswoman awards Women Road Warriors, a women's empowerment talk show podcast, is proud to announce that its hosts have been chosen for two prestigious Influential Businesswoman Awards for 2025 by Acquisition International magazine. Shelley M. Johnson has been named the Most Empowering Podcast Host (USA), while Kathy Tuccaro has received the Excellence Award for Female Empowerment Podcasting. Acquisition International has showcased influential businesswomen with these awards for 10 years. The magazine recognizes cutting-edge leadership and excellence across all business sectors, including the media. A panel of judges conducts a thorough review of all nominees for their outstanding contributions before bestowing the awards. The accolades are based solely on merit and are awarded for people's ingenuity and hard work in their chosen fields. The panel chooses women most deserving of commendation for their commitment to excellence, distinguishing them from their competitors. Women Road Warriors co-host and executive producer Shelley Johnson says she and her co-host are ecstatic to receive these accolades. 'Kathy and I are over the moon with this wonderful distinction. It is a tremendous honor and recognition of our work as talk show hosts with our program, which features celebrities and experts with topics designed to empower and inspire women and future generations. We feel very privileged to be officially recognized on an international level and to know we are making a difference. We look forward to continuing to be the vanguards of empowerment for women. We humbly thank Acquisition International magazine for this commendation.' In an official press release, Acquisition International's Awards Coordinator Melissa Bramall said it was fitting to celebrate all the award winners. 'It has been a pleasure to work with such spectacular women who are continually altering the business landscape. Guiding their teams to success time and time again, we thought it fitting to showcase their contribution to companies of all sizes and calibers. Congratulations again! Long may your success continue.' About Women Road Warriors Women Road Warriors is a multiple award-winning women's empowerment talk show hosted by Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro. The show features trailblazers, experts and celebrity guests on a variety of topics that empower women. As a vanguard for change, the program 'powers women on the road to success.' The show is humorous, entertaining, educational and sometimes quirky, with a lively banter between Shelley, Kathy and their guests. Women Road Warriors has been ranked in the top 2% of podcasts globally by Listen Notes. FeedSpot has listed it among the top 10 in its Top 100 Best Women Empowerment Podcasts worldwide. It was recently named Self-Improvement Podcast of the Year by Corporate LiveWire. Women Road Warriors airs on WNEW-HD3 (102.7-3) in New York City and is available on demand via all major podcast channels, as well as at For more information, visit About Acquisition International Acquisition International is an international, monthly digital business magazine dedicated to providing its readers with up-to-the-minute news, commentary and analysis. As the voice of modern business, the staff is dedicated to delivering vital updates to their corporate readers so they remain ahead of the curve. Each month, the magazine delivers the latest news across the corporate world that focuses on excellence, innovation, and evolution through business. To learn more, visit About AI Global Media Since 2010, AI Global Media has been committed to creating engaging B2B and B2C content that informs readers and helps businesses market to a global audience. They create content for and about firms across a range of industries to ensure they are recognized and rewarded for their commitment to their causes, teams, and clients, no matter the challenges their industries may face. For more information, visit Media Contact Shelley Johnson [email protected] ### SOURCE: Women Road Warriors Copyright 2025 EZ Newswire
Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Conservative stars now REGRET leaving California to follow Joe Rogan to Texas: 'It's no Los Angeles!'
More and more conservative stars are beginning to turn on Texas after leaving New York and California. Joe Rogan was the first big star to make the move, with the podcasting titan fleeing Los Angeles and moving his family into a $14 million mansion in Austin in 2020. Many of Rogan's comedian pals enthusiastically followed him there - only to deeply regret their decision after arriving. Tim Dillon was the first to jump ship, with the Thanksgiving star fleeing Austin after just a few months in the Lone Star State. Dillon had followed Rogan to Austin in 2020, only to make an emergency exit by the end of that year after discovering that the city didn't have enough good restaurants. 'It's a horrible city without a soul,' he told fellow comedian Whitney Cummings when describing his stint in Austin. 'It's not the live music capital of America. It's three heroin addicts busking with guitars. There's zero talent here in any capacity,' he raged. 'There's three restaurants that are good and I've been to all of them twice.' In another interview, Dillon said that Austin 'can't be compared to New York and Los Angeles.' He also told the H3 podcast that the city was filled with homeless people, had a 'sewage colored lake,' and that most of the residents would 'get drunk and shoot each other' for fun. Rogan's longtime friend, comedian and MMA fighter Brendan Schaub, has also come to regret his move to Austin. The 42-year-old relocated his family to the city earlier this year, but he recently confessed on his Fighter and the Kid podcast that he was 'heartbroken' about leaving Los Angeles and said he misses the city terribly. 'I miss my community and my routine,' he admitted. He also shared a bleak story about meeting another Los Angeles transplant in Texas who warned him that it might take up to three years for him to acclimate to life in Austin. 'He said, "Texas is great, best decision I've ever made. But you should know that it's no LA. There's no replacing LA",' Schaub recalled. Comedian Shane Gillis, who is another one of Rogan's pals, has also shared a similar sentiment. Gillis has repeatedly complained about the homeless situation in Austin, calling the drug-crazed vagrants in town 'screaming runners.' 'Texas f***ing blows,' he told comedian Andrew Schulz while sharing a story about how the power in his Austin home went out for three days due to a bad storm. 'It's hot as f**k. The second we ran out of power the house was 90 degrees and bugs came in immediately. The house was filled with bugs.' Gillis moved to Austin in 2023 because Texas has no income tax. He also wanted to be close to Rogan's standup club the Comedy Mothership. Even celebrities with no connection to Rogan or the comedy scene have voiced regrets about moving to Texas. Male model Lucky Blue Smith and his influencer wife Nara, who is famous for her trad wife content, left Los Angeles in 2022 to move to Dallas. However, within just two years the couple announced that they were leaving the city to live in Connecticut so that they could be closer to New York. In a TikTok video, Nara said that living in Connecticut would allow the couple to own a large house where they could raise their family, while still 'being closer to a bigger city for all the work that we do.' Earlier this week, transgender conservative influencer Blaire White announced that she was leaving Texas after four years to return to her home state of California. The 31-year-old fled her Hollywood home in 2021 amid rising homelessness and the state's tyrannical Covid policies to move to Austin, Texas. Conservative social media star Mike Cernovich, who lives in Orange County, has also come out swinging against Austin However, she announced this week that she's ready to return to California after spending the last four years in Austin. Addressing the major life change in a YouTube video, the transgender social media star shared her surprising reason behind the shock relocation. 'I was born there, so it is home for better or for worse,' Chico-born Blaire said. 'There are a lot of problems with California and a lot of people like to write off New York and California and say, "Just let them go overboard, let them burn," and I find that to be a very un-American perspective to hold,' she continued. 'California in my opinion is the most beautiful place in the world. Yes, I said the world,' she added. 'And it's even more of a shame because of that that it's run by demons.' While Blaire said that Los Angeles has now become 'ghetto and downtrodden,' she explained that she wants to return to the City of Angels to help improve it. 'I want to be someone who's part of the solution. I want to be someone who doesn't run from problems,' she insisted. 'I moved to Texas in the middle of Covid. So I moved to Texas in crisis. The lockdowns weren't ending, so much trauma from that, so much craziness, so it was kind of like an evacuation,' she continued. The YouTube star said that she's also eyeing a run for political office in the future and is excited to add her voice to California politics as a political commentator. Conservative social media star Mike Cernovich has also come out swinging against Austin. The MAGA influencer, who is based in Orange County, recently called the Texas city a 'total dump.' 'Austin was disgusting when I first went there, 2017 or so. I expected culture or whatever, it got so much hype,' he posted on X (formerly Twitter). 'I was looking forward to it. Total dump. There's like two blocks, a dirty river, flat land, and that street where all the drunks go to try kill each other.' From the early 1800s to the 1960s, New York was the undisputed most populous state in America. California overtook New York in 1964 and has been the most crowded ever since. New York dropped back to third place in 1994, when Texas surged past 18.1 million people. Florida later surpassed the Empire State. 'California in my opinion is the most beautiful place in the world. Yes, I said the world,' Blaire said in a YouTube video A February study from moveBuddha projected that Texas and Florida would be the first and second biggest states, respectively, by 2100, followed by California, Georgia, North Carolina, and New York. California has been steadily losing hundreds of thousands of citizens since 2019, before posting a moderate gain in 2023. Many cite high cost of living and poor quality of life as reasons why they left the Golden State. Data has shown nearly half of the people moving out of California in 2021 were millennials. Many of them headed to Texas counties around major cities such as Houston, Dallas and Austin. Florida, like Texas, has also had a population boom, with more than 700,000 people moving there in 2022. The fact that Texas and Florida don't levy income taxes on their citizens is a major pulling factor from California and New York, both of which have top marginal rates over 10 percent. Still, there are some major drawbacks that could slow these states' march to dominance. For one, both Texas and Florida have been hit with dramatically more natural disasters in the last 10 years, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
New York Times
22-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
How Does This Podcast Star Make $20 Million a Year?
The podcaster Joe Budden, an ex-rapper who has been called the 'Howard Stern of hip-hop,' wanted to flex a little. He accidentally over-flexed. Last month, he posted a screenshot of his traffic from Patreon, a subscription service that allows fans to pay creators directly through monthly contributions. It showed more than 30 million visits in 30 days. Revenue figures on the Patreon data had been scribbled over. But sleuths manipulated the image, and to them, it appeared that he had earned more than $900,000 — a number that made headlines. Yet that was just his earnings from the month of June. Overall, the Joe Budden Network is on a pace to generate more than $20 million this year, according to its chief executive, Ian Schwartzman. Mr. Budden agreed to share those and other details about his podcast business with The New York Times, offering a rare window into the economics of podcasting. Publishers of shows rarely share details of their revenue, or even their download or streaming figures. They want to maintain a competitive edge in the advertising marketplace and, like many private businesses, simply aren't keen to open their books. Mr. Budden's reason for releasing figures now, he said in an interview, goes beyond flexing; he and Mr. Schwartzman want to make a broader argument for maintaining independence as creators. They have been podcasting for a decade; although they spent two years working exclusively with Spotify, they are not affiliated with any outside podcast network or media company today. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
