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Joe Rogan Experience #1440 - Fortune Feimster

Joe Rogan and Fortune Feimster on fortune Feimster Talks Standup, UFC, Coronavirus, and Comedy Craft.

Joe RoganhostFortune FeimsterguestJamie VernonguestJamie Vernonguest
Mar 12, 20202h 50mWatch on YouTube ↗
Explosion of comedy specials and Tom Segura’s makeup fiascoUFC fights, injuries, and how fight sports differ from other sportsCoronavirus, pandemics, wet markets, and overpopulation concernsGuns, self-defense laws, and safety versus danger of firearmsWeed, edibles, extreme dosing (Joey Diaz), and mental health risksStandup craft: writing process, The Comedy Store, and touringReligion, televangelists, tithing, and medical pseudoscience
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In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Fortune Feimster, Joe Rogan Experience #1440 - Fortune Feimster explores fortune Feimster Talks Standup, UFC, Coronavirus, and Comedy Craft Joe Rogan and Fortune Feimster riff on everything from UFC fights and coronavirus fears to bad makeup jobs, dog puke in cars, and bizarre food like bat and horse meat.

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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Fortune Feimster Talks Standup, UFC, Coronavirus, and Comedy Craft

  1. Joe Rogan and Fortune Feimster riff on everything from UFC fights and coronavirus fears to bad makeup jobs, dog puke in cars, and bizarre food like bat and horse meat.
  2. They dive into guns, self-defense laws, extreme weed use, televangelist scams, and whether we might be living in a simulation, all filtered through Rogan’s curiosity and Feimster’s Southern, self-deprecating humor.
  3. A big chunk of the conversation centers on the craft and business of standup—how Fortune writes, the evolution of The Comedy Store, the impact of Netflix specials, and what it really takes to build an hour.
  4. Throughout, Fortune tells her origin story from journalist to headliner, discusses weight loss and health, and previews her Netflix special and first theater tour.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

The standup boom is real—and Netflix is central to it.

Rogan and Feimster note how unprecedented the current wave of comedy specials is, with Netflix creating massive reach that can jump a comic from clubs into theaters if they’re ready with material and touring.

Fighting is compelling partly because it can end instantly.

Unlike most sports that always go the distance, combat sports can end in seconds, which Rogan explains is why even short, anticlimactic knockouts still feel thrilling to live audiences.

Pandemics expose how underprepared and interconnected we are.

Their coronavirus discussion highlights concerns about wet markets, population pressure, and airborne spread, alongside the reality that global travel and dense cities accelerate disease transmission.

Guns are simultaneously a danger and an equalizer.

They wrestle with the paradox that firearms enable terrible accidents and impulsive violence, yet also protect vulnerable people from stronger attackers, with huge differences in state laws around self-defense and liability.

Weed affects people very differently—and high doses can be risky.

While Rogan enjoys moderate use, he recounts Joey Diaz’s massive edible habits and references research suggesting extreme THC doses may trigger psychotic breaks or schizophrenia in predisposed individuals.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

You can just do it on stage and you will come up with an act—but you’re doing yourself a disservice.

— Joe Rogan

I went from zero to sixty. I wish I had middled.

— Fortune Feimster

If no one had guns, the world would be a way better place—but then we’d be at the mercy of giant people.

— Joe Rogan

I never knew when I started standup that it would be so much writing.

— Fortune Feimster

We should treat healthcare in this country the same way we would treat fighting demons.

— Joe Rogan

QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THIS EPISODE

5 questions

How much of a modern comic’s success is talent versus strategy—writing discipline, platform choice, and touring decisions?

Joe Rogan and Fortune Feimster riff on everything from UFC fights and coronavirus fears to bad makeup jobs, dog puke in cars, and bizarre food like bat and horse meat.

What ethical responsibilities do comics and podcasters have when they discuss pandemics or medical issues in such casual, humorous ways?

They dive into guns, self-defense laws, extreme weed use, televangelist scams, and whether we might be living in a simulation, all filtered through Rogan’s curiosity and Feimster’s Southern, self-deprecating humor.

At what point does gun ownership shift from reasonable self-defense into statistically unjustifiable risk, given human error and impulsivity?

A big chunk of the conversation centers on the craft and business of standup—how Fortune writes, the evolution of The Comedy Store, the impact of Netflix specials, and what it really takes to build an hour.

If high-dose cannabis can trigger severe mental health crises in some people, how should legalization and marketing be designed to account for that?

Throughout, Fortune tells her origin story from journalist to headliner, discusses weight loss and health, and previews her Netflix special and first theater tour.

How will the rise of VR, simulation theories, and on-demand content change the future of live standup, if at all?

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