Joe Rogan’s Latest Guest Might Turn Texas Blue - POLITICO
State Rep. James Talarico opens up about what it’s like to go on the most coveted podcast in politics, his potential run for Senate and how his party needs to change. Texas state Rep. James Talarico at the State Capitol in Austin in 2023. | Tamir Kalifa for POLITICO The hottest interview a politician can land these days is, obviously, on Joe Rogan’s podcast. But for James Talarico, it fell in his lap — and couldn’t come at a better time. The Democratic Texas state representative may not yet be a household name nationally but he is weighing a dark horse bid for the U.S. Senate, and the appearance on Rogan’s show released Friday can only boost his cred as a rising star for a party desperate to connect with young men and other disaffected voters. At one point, Rogan told him, “James Talarico, you need to run for president.” In an interview with POLITICO Magazine, Talarico discussed what it was like to go on Rogan’s show and why he thinks the podcaster who endorsed Donald Trump in 2024 is