The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan Experience #1409 - Joey Diaz

Joey “CoCo” Diaz is a Cuban-American stand up comedian and actor. Joey also hosts his own podcast called “The Church of What’s Happening Now”.

Joey DiazguestJoe RoganhostJamie Vernonhost

Jan 13, 20203h 5mWatch on YouTube ↗

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Cars, Comedy, and Chaos: Joey Diaz and Rogan on Life’s Extremes

Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz riff through a sprawling, free-form conversation that swings from cars and technology to comedy craft, drugs, sex, crime, and cultural change. They nostalgically dissect old muscle cars, boxing legends, and vintage TV, while comparing past eras to today’s entertainment and political correctness. The pair dig into dark territory—Catholic church abuse, Jeffrey Epstein, R. Kelly, Hollywood predators—and how power, fame, and denial enable predation. Interwoven throughout are insights on stand-up discipline, touring routines, aging, health, and why laughter and self-deprecation are essential survival tools.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

Reliability and value often matter more than status in big purchases.

Diaz’s almost comical loyalty to Subaru and Toyota/Lexus underlines a practical lesson: choose tools (cars, etc.) that give long-term value and dependability over flash, especially if you don’t enjoy constant maintenance or repairs.

Sustainable creative careers require disciplined systems, not just inspiration.

They emphasize structured writing (pads, iPads, tagging bits), tight travel routines, working out on the road, and limiting distractions (social media, podcasts) to keep stand-up sharp over decades instead of burning out.

Testing new material in high-stakes rooms is crucial for growth.

Diaz talks about “sucking a bag of dicks” at The Comedy Store on purpose—using the toughest stage, not side rooms, to develop new jokes—accepting short-term failure for long-term improvement.

Power plus secrecy creates ideal conditions for abuse.

Their discussions of priests, Epstein, Weinstein, Fox News, and conversion-therapy camps repeatedly show the same pattern: insulated authority figures, lack of oversight, and communities unwilling to confront uncomfortable truths.

Cultural standards shift dramatically, but archives don’t.

From racist songs and blackface-era media to transphobic 90s comedies, they note that much beloved legacy content would be “unairable” today—raising hard questions about whether to censor, context-label, or leave it untouched.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

All cars are good now. You can’t make a shitty car anymore.

— Joe Rogan

The only way you learn how not to be a me-too’er is by me-too’ing somebody once and going, ‘That wasn’t right, I’ll never do that again.’

— Joey Diaz

Sometimes great people have done horrible, horrible things.

— Joe Rogan

Once you learn how to laugh at yourself, your life changes completely.

— Joey Diaz

The question has always been whether or not a rich man has the motivation to work like a poor man.

— Joe Rogan

Car culture, reliability, and the evolution of automotive techStand-up comedy process, touring lifestyle, and career longevityHollywood, #MeToo, and systemic abuse of power (Weinstein, Epstein, R. Kelly)Violence, crime stories, and personal brushes with predatorsNostalgia for classic TV, films, and boxing erasReligion, Catholic Church scandals, and institutional cover-upsDrugs, aging, health routines, and coping with stress

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