“Jamie is like half of my memory now.” -Joe Rogan
Young Jamie has the best job in the world, working with Joe Rogan in Austin, Texas, being surrounded with famous celebrities, and getting paid very handsomely. So many Rogan fans would happily do this job for free, but the person behind the job – Young Jamie – is a person whom people know very little about.
Jamie Vernon aka ‘Young Jamie’ has been the podcast producer for The Joe Rogan Experience podcast since 2013, taking over for Brian Redban. He is credited with improving the JRE podcast credibility significantly, having improved the presentation of the audio and video, being innovative with their YouTube channel, and leading the podcast on a successful transition to Spotify.
How Young Jamie Changed the Podcast Industry
One could definitely make the argument that Young Jamie was a critical component to the success and wild growth of the JRE podcast. After he took over for Brian Redban, the podcast’s production quickly became much more professionalized and was expanded across platforms.
Jamie is widely considered as a pioneer in the industry of YouTube podcasting. One of the main innovations he made was that in addition to uploading full-length Joe Rogan podcasts, he started the practice of breaking up long podcasts to a smaller, more easily consumable lengths for viewers.
Many other podcasts followed suit, like those of Lex Fridman, Theo Vonn, and Jocko Willink, among many others, and is now considered an industry best-practice.
Rogan has become increasingly dependent on Young Jamie over the years. So much so, that he said in JRE #1578 with Richard Rawlings, “I need him in real life. There’s times in real life that I turn and oh (realize) that ‘Jamie is not here.’”
How much does Joe Rogan pay Young Jamie?
Although fans love to wildly speculate on Reddit forums, nobody actually knows how much Young Jamie earns except for him and Joe Rogan. The speculative answer is a lot of money, for these simple reasons:
- Base salary of JRE podcast
- YouTube Revenue of JRE clips
- Wild Growth of JRE podcast
- New Spotify deal
- Rogan is a generous guy
- Jamie sells merchandise
“He was discovered after placing 37th in a googling competition and was willing to be paid in elk jerky and expired alpha brain.”
-Reddit poster guessing Young Jamie’s compensation
See also: Do Joe Rogan Guests Get Paid?
Why did Joe Rogan hire Young Jamie?
Jamie started working on the podcast in 2013 as an assistant to help producer and co-host Brian Redban with the workload.
Redban had been the sole producer of the podcast since the beginning. When Rogan wanted to start doing more podcasts but was limited to working around Redban’s schedule, he hired Young Jamie as an assistant producer.
It wasn’t long after Jamie was hired that Redban left the position as producer and went on to other things. Rogan and Redban are still friends and he now comes on the podcast as a guest.
Young Jamie’s Education
Born and raised in Ohio, Young Jamie’s LinkedIn indicates he went to Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. The university specializes in audio, video, design and computer animation degrees, which makes sense given his career path.
Young Jamie Loves Sneakers
On the JRE #1578, Rogan said that what muscle cars are to him, sneakers are to Young Jamie.
One of his favorite brands are Yeezy’s, which are created from a partnership between Kanye West and Adidas. Interestingly, Kanye came onto the JRE podcast in episode #1554.
Rogan mentioned on JRE #1129 with Tom Papa, “I judge people that wear Yeezy’s”. Although he was just poking fun, Rogan disclosed that Young Jamie had actually gifted him a pair but he refused to wear them.
Young Jamie Loves Playing Video Games
Young Jamie’s Instagram description indicates that he is a partner for Twitch, a video livestreaming service.
And in his free time, Young Jamie enjoys playing the video games Call of Duty: Warzone, Apex Legends, Fortnite, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. On his YouTube channel, he posted several videos of him battling it out online.
See also: 20 Instagrams That Joe Rogan Thinks You Should Follow
Young Jamie Sells Merch & Photography
On top of what he makes from the podcast, Jamie has created his own little niche following. He sells his brand apparel on youngjamie.com. On there, he has cool t-shirts and apparel.
His photography website has some stunning photos of concerts, comedy clubs, and street shots. And you can even book Young Jamie for a photo-shoot.
Fun Facts about Young Jamie:
- Jamie is an Ohio State Buckeyes fan.
- Jamie owns a Super Nintendo and suggested that he would live stream gameplay on Twitch.
- Jamie enjoys playing golf when he’s not podcasting.
- Jamie is a fan of the band Tool.
- Jamie can play the guitar and has a Fender Stratocaster.
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