This Is Not Happening
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This Is Not Happening has come up in 2 episodes across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan says Comedy Central threatened to cancel Ari Shaffir's show if he did not film his special with them instead of Netflix.
“They said, well, if you don't do it, we're going to cancel your show”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2523 - Ali Siddiq (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 2:05:01
Rogan recounts offering to host This Is Not Happening for free to keep it on air.
“I go, tell Comedy Central I will host it for free”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2492 - Ari Shaffir (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 2:15:56
Rogan says Comedy Central canceled Shaffir's successful show because he took his special to Netflix.
“Ari had a successful show that was doing very well on Comedy Central, and they canceled it because he wouldn't do a comedy special on Comedy”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2492 - Ari Shaffir (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 2:14:08
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Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 2 episodes
Episodes
#2523 - Ali SiddiqThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 7, 2026 · 2 h 47 min
Joe Rogan and comedian Ali Siddiq discuss sports betting, social media pressure on comics, organic career building, comedy club stories, ghosts, psychedelics, TV shows, and meat.
#2492 - Ari ShaffirThe Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 h 42 min
Joe Rogan and comedian Ari Shaffir discuss Shaffir's seven months of off-grid travel, psychedelic drug policy, MMA weight cutting, Gaza, ancient megaliths, and his storytelling series The End.