Joe Rogan Experience #1461 - Owen Smith

Owen Smith is a comedian, writer, actor and television producer. Check out his new show "Notebooks" available now on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/owensmithtv @owensmithtv

Joe RoganhostOwen SmithguestJamie VernonguestGuest (unidentified brief interjection)guest

Apr 22, 20202h 51mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: April 22, 2020
Duration: 2h 51m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
Watch on YouTube: ▶ Open ↗

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Owen Smith is a comedian, writer, actor and television producer. Check out his new show "Notebooks" available now on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/owensmithtv @owensmithtv

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Joe Rogan
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Owen Smith
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Jamie Vernon
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Guest (unidentified brief interjection)
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Owen Smith, Joe Rogan Experience #1461 - Owen Smith explores joe Rogan and Owen Smith Confront COVID, Comedy, Culture, And Control Joe Rogan and comedian Owen Smith dive into the early COVID-19 era: antibody testing, mortality-rate confusion, and media narratives around the pandemic. They examine risk, personal responsibility, and racial myths about who can get sick, while contrasting cautious behavior with cavalier attitudes. The conversation branches into economic fallout for restaurants and small businesses, systemic problems like student debt and redlining, and anxieties about government overreach, surveillance, and China’s role. Woven through are long riffs on comedy craft, relationships, race, food, martial arts, and how this crisis might permanently alter everyday life and live performance.

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