The Joe Rogan ExperienceJoe Rogan Experience #1317 - Andrew Santino
CHAPTERS
- 0:00 – 1:29
Charcoal lookalike gag and Rogan’s steak setup (Traeger, tallow, rosemary)
Joe welcomes Andrew Santino by joking that a Jealous Devil charcoal ad photo looks exactly like him. That quickly turns into a mini masterclass on easy grilling and finishing steaks in cast iron with beef tallow, garlic, and rosemary.
- 1:29 – 4:12
Italian accents, Buca di Beppo portions, and the pasta coma
They riff on why Italian restaurants “need” an Italian accent, then spiral into chain-restaurant reality and absurd portion sizes at Buca di Beppo. The conversation becomes a celebration of carbs—and the sluggish, drug-like aftermath of overeating pasta.
- 4:12 – 21:20
Thanksgiving tryptophan myth and why comics avoid eating before shows
They fact-check the classic idea that turkey’s tryptophan causes post-Thanksgiving sleepiness and conclude it’s mostly the total feast (carbs + booze). That leads into performance habits—why standups often avoid big meals before going on stage.
- 21:20 – 25:01
Texting overload, needy messages, and the ‘mental diet’ of negativity
They shift from food to communication habits—why texting can become relentless, and how calling is more personal but less scalable. Joe expands it into a broader idea: constant negative news and online content acts like junk food for the mind.
- 25:01 – 29:15
Living on Snickers (Sober October joke) and extreme single-food diets
A joke about surviving on only Snickers turns into a thought experiment about how long you could last and what it would do to cognition. They compare it to real-world oddities like a man eating only pizza for decades and the ‘skinny fat’ phenomenon.
- 29:15 – 33:01
Fitness discipline, ‘meat vehicle’ maintenance, and fighting resistance
Joe argues that neglecting your body isn’t noble—it’s avoidable self-sabotage—and Santino agrees. They talk about how MMA/jujitsu/CrossFit made fitness appealing to people who once rejected it, and Joe frames motivation as pushing through ‘resistance.’
- 33:01 – 34:55
Owning land: why you own trees but not deer + logging clearcuts and ecology
They debate a weird property-rights quirk: landowners can own trees but not wildlife on their land. From there, Joe describes how logged clearings change habitats and even create productive hunting zones as new growth attracts animals.
- 34:55 – 40:58
Deer hunting realities: scent control tech, wind checking, and animal perception
Joe explains why scent is the real enemy in hunting and why most ‘cover scents’ don’t matter. He breaks down tools like Ozonics and wind-checkers, plus a HECS suit concept meant to reduce detectable electromagnetic signals—then admits the big question is whether animals can truly perceive it.
- 40:58 – 45:39
Polar bear horror stories, BBC “box” video, and population nuance
The conversation escalates into how terrifying polar bears are—speed, strength, and sensory abilities—plus a famous clip of a bear attacking a reporter’s protective box. Joe also adds nuance about conservation narratives versus Inuit realities when bears enter villages.
- 45:39 – 55:32
Knots, metric-system stubbornness, and why soccer never ‘felt American’
After getting sidetracked into boat-speed ‘knots’ and measurement history, they joke about American resistance to the metric system. They also unpack why soccer struggles culturally in the U.S., arguing that Americans crave frequent scoring highlights.
- 55:32 – 1:04:59
Stephen King praise, alien stories (Tommyknockers/Dreamcatcher), and dunking on dreamcatchers
They detour into Stephen King’s range (including Shawshank Redemption) and swap favorite eerie premises, from alien craft stories to the ‘Dreamcatcher’ movie. The bit broadens into mocking dreamcatchers as décor and the adjacent world of astrology and crystal spirituality.
- 1:04:59 – 1:09:27
Acupuncture, eye tattoo insanity, and Santino’s ‘Sandal Steve’ incident
Santino vouches for acupuncture (except needles near the face), which leads into a tangent about extreme body mods like eyeball tattoos. Then Santino tells a fresh standup story: a fan literally threw sandals at him during a San Diego show—ruining a daughter’s 21st birthday outing in the process.
- 1:09:27 – 1:15:57
Hecklers, getting kicked out, Mexican fans’ loyalty, and death-row meal logic
Joe and Santino compare stories of disruptive audience members and the strange way some people blame performers for consequences. The topic shifts to food again—Mexican cuisine love (lengua quesadillas)—and then a darkly comic debate about whether you’d eat a ‘death row meal’ or plot escape/violence.
- 1:15:57 – 2:52:26
Punisher rant → weird hair science → Boy Scout chaos → church abuse + chemical cover-ups
The final stretch becomes a chain of big tangents: Joe critiques bad comic adaptations (Punisher), then they obsess over mustaches, hair growth, and why pubic hair is coarse/curly. Joe tells a wild Boy Scout camp story with dangerous kids and firearms, which then transitions into Catholic Church abuse scandals and cover-ups—followed by modern paranoia fuel: Teflon contamination, arsenic in bottled water, plastics, Trudeau’s awkward answer, and performative ‘male feminist’ behavior.
