WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Republican presidential

candidate Donald Trump will participate in an interview on

Friday with popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who has a devoted

following in the tens of millions of listeners.

Two campaign officials said Trump would travel to Rogan's

studio in Austin, Texas, for the session.

Trump criticized Rogan in August on Truth Social, his social

media platform, after the podcaster praised then-independent

candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has since pulled out of the

race and endorsed Trump. Trump later called Rogan a "good guy."

Trump's opponent in the Nov. 5 election, Democratic

presidential candidate Kamala Harris, has been considering doing

an interview with Rogan to try to expand her appeal to male

voters.

Spotify ( SPOT ) said in March that "The Joe Rogan

Experience" had 14.5 million followers. This was almost triple

the platform's second most popular program. He also has more

than 19 million followers on Instagram and 17 million followers

on YouTube.

A poll by YouGov last year found that 81% of his listeners

are male and 56% are under 35 years old, a similar demographic

that tends to support Trump over Harris.