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- Joe Rogan warned that a growing push toward communism among young Americans threatens the United States.
- Rogan interviewed comedian Yakov Smirnoff, who recalled listening to Voice of America while fearing Soviet punishment.
- Smirnoff said his family secured a U.S. visa via a 1970s deal negotiated by President Jimmy Carter.
- Former RNC spokesperson Elizabeth Pipko likened Smirnoff’s story to her family’s USSR escape and urged protecting freedoms.