Joe Rogan Experience #1257 - Steve Sweeney

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

March 5, 2019

Duration

1h 31m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Steve Sweeney is a comedian, writer, and actor. His movie "Sweeney Killing Sweeney" will be available everywhere this month at : https://sweeneykillingsweeney.com/

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Steve Sweeney

  guest

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Steve Sweeney and Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience #1257 - Steve Sweeney explores Boston comedy legend Steve Sweeney on stand-up, fights, survival, reinvention Joe Rogan and Boston comedy veteran Steve Sweeney reminisce about the brutal, legendary 1980s Boston stand-up scene, from Chinese restaurants and mobbed‑up clubs to open mics and cocaine-fueled nights. They dive into what really makes a stand-up, emphasizing bombing, tough rooms, and developing emotional “scar tissue” over raw funniness or TV credits. Sweeney talks about sobriety, his work teaching meditation and impulse control to inmates, and his late‑career shift into producing and starring in the indie film “Sweeney Killing Sweeney,” featuring many Boston comics. Along the way they veer into boxing history, street fights, homelessness, politics fatigue, religion, and why Rogan prefers comics to actors.

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