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Joe Rogan Experience #1143 - Candice Thompson

Candice Thompson is a comedian, writer, and actor. Check out her podcast called "The Struggle w/ Candice Thompson" here: http://www.candicethompsoncomedy.com/the-struggle-podcast

Joe RoganhostCandice ThompsonguestJamie VernonguestGuestguest
Jul 11, 20181h 48mWatch on YouTube ↗

At a glance

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Candice Thompson, Comedy, Dating, and Dark Realities with Joe Rogan

  1. Joe Rogan and comedian Candice Thompson have a long, loose, and often darkly funny conversation that bounces between horror movies, peeping Toms, dating struggles, drugs, cults, religion, body image, and stand-up comedy.
  2. Candice shares personal stories—from a peeping Tom incident to bad dating app experiences and edible-induced paranoia—using humor to process fear, trauma, and frustration.
  3. They discuss broader social issues like fame, cult dynamics, abusive parents, Michael Jackson’s alleged chemical castration, Trump-era politics, immigration and separated children, and body positivity versus health.
  4. Throughout, they keep returning to stand-up, happiness, and identity—how childhood, parents, and pain shape ambition, pathologies, and the choice to do comedy for love of the craft versus love of fame.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

Humor can be a powerful way to process real fear and trauma.

Candice turns a genuinely terrifying peeping Tom incident into material for a joke, explaining that writing about it was the only way she could cope without becoming paranoid.

Strong, independent women often struggle to find compatible partners in modern dating.

Candice and Joe explore how educated, self-sufficient women who don’t “need” a man frequently intimidate potential partners, and how app culture amplifies superficiality and misalignment of values.

Childhood love or neglect heavily shapes adult ambition and pathology.

They repeatedly tie extreme drive, narcissism, and sociopathy in entertainment and business to abusive or neglectful upbringings, contrasting that with Candice’s more stable, loved background and her “non-sociopathic” level of ambition.

Tribal politics pressure people to adopt full ideological packages, even absurd ones.

Using Candace Owens, Tomi Lahren, abortion, and climate denial as examples, they discuss how media figures and partisans often toe party lines—sometimes against facts or self-interest—to occupy lucrative or attention-rich niches.

High-fat, low-carb diets differ drastically from the old “low-fat” dogma.

Joe explains that past low-fat trends simply replaced fat with sugar, contributing to weight gain, whereas modern paleo or even carnivore approaches change how the body uses fat and carbs—though they remain controversial and require discipline.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

I wrote a joke about my Peeping Tom because it was the only way I could deal with it without getting too paranoid.

Candice Thompson

If my parents had been just a little bit more abusive, I could’ve had five sitcoms by now.

Candice Thompson

It’s hard finding quality human beings to spend time with—friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, whoever it is.

Joe Rogan

I know for sure it is me, because I refuse to settle.

Candice Thompson

There’s a level of fame that you get to where you’re just fucked up—you got too fucking famous.

Joe Rogan

Horror movies, fear, and Candice’s real-life peeping Tom storyDating struggles, gender dynamics, and modern app culture (Tinder, eHarmony, Bumble)Fame, abusive parents, Michael Jackson, and the psychology of celebrityPolitics and culture: Trump, Candace Owens, race, immigration, and media tribesDrugs and alcohol: weed, edibles, cocaine avoidance, addiction, and DUI cultureBody image, diet trends (vegan, paleo, carnivore) and “body positivity” versus healthComedy careers, The Comedy Store, ambition, childhood pain, and personality formation

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