Joe Rogan Experience #1808 - Dan Soder

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum music) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. NANarrator0:00

      (drum music) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. The Joe Rogan Experience.

   2. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) All good, Dan Soder, all good, we're up and running. What's happening, brother? How are you?

   3. DSDan Soder0:18

      So, Joe, what's up, Joe Rogan?

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:18

      Very nice to meet you officially.

   5. DSDan Soder0:20

      Very nice to officially meet you.

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:21

      I've, I've enjoyed your comedy online.

   7. DSDan Soder0:23

      Thanks, man.

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:23

      It's nice to, nice to see you in person.

   9. DSDan Soder0:25

      Friend of a friend of multiple friends.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:27

       Yeah. You're in the tight group of, of excellent people, so-

   11. DSDan Soder0:29

       Yeah, thanks.

   12. JRJoe Rogan0:30

       ... you're respected.

   13. DSDan Soder0:31

       Yeah. I got, I got a lot of funny friends that are also fucking weirdos.

   14. JRJoe Rogan0:34

       (laughs) Yeah. Well, I don't know a funny one that's not a weirdo.

   15. DSDan Soder0:37

       Yeah. Show me someone that's funny, and they're not gonna be, you know-

   16. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       Who-

   17. DSDan Soder0:40

       They can be, they can be quiet, but they're weird.

   18. JRJoe Rogan0:42

       Everyone who tells jokes for a living is fucking weird.

   19. DSDan Soder0:46

       Psychos and phonies.

   20. JRJoe Rogan0:47

       Yeah. (laughs)

   21. DSDan Soder0:47

       I said that to Santino. We're all either psychos or phonies.

   22. JRJoe Rogan0:51

       Is there any phonies that are good, though?

   23. DSDan Soder0:53

       They get found out.

   24. JRJoe Rogan0:54

       Yeah, but they're only psychos then.

   25. DSDan Soder0:56

       Here, here's the thing. No, the phonies, they can trick you for a little. It's got-

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:00

       Hm.

   27. DSDan Soder1:00

       ... 'cause you gotta have a little sweetness in it.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:02

       Right.

   29. DSDan Soder1:02

       And then they, then they, like, whip it into... You know what it is? It's a Oz.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:07

       Ah.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Yeah, and then he…

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      like such a dad. He was the baddest man in Russia.

   2. DSDan Soder15:02

      Yeah, and then he would come, and it was like, uh, he was like a myth in the United States-

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:07

      Yeah.

   4. DSDan Soder15:07

      ... 'cause they couldn't get him in the UFC, so they were like, "Dude, this guy in Russia."

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:10

      Yeah.

   6. DSDan Soder15:10

      'Cause, like, you know, my friends, I'm a casual fight fan, but then my friends who are super into it, like Louis and Dave Smith were like, "Dude, Fedor, this guy is fucking crazy."

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:19

      He was, uh, awesome, but the thing about it is by the time he was coming to, like, Strikeforce when, like, Fabricio Werdum beat him-

   8. DSDan Soder15:27

      Mm-hmm.

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:27

      ... like, he had already had so many years on the clock.

   10. DSDan Soder15:30

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:30

       It's, like, I, when I think about Fedor, when I think about fighters, I think about fighters during their peak period of performance. And during Fedor's peak period of performance was the Nogueira fights. It was, um-

   12. DSDan Soder15:42

       And the Nogueira brothers-

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:43

       ... Cro Cop.

   14. DSDan Soder15:43

       ... were like, they, like, flew him to Russia being like, "This is the fight of the century," right, like, when they fought?

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:48

       Well, when Nogueir- Nogueira, I think, I wanna say Nogueira lost the title to Fedor. See if that's true. I'm pretty sure he lost the Strikef- the S- the PRIDE title.

   16. DSDan Soder15:59

       Could he get the belt around his fucking torso? That'd be awe-

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:02

       Yeah.

   18. DSDan Soder16:02

       That'd be awesome if you, like-

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:03

       Most of the time, they just carry them on their shoulders anyway, but-

   20. DSDan Soder16:05

       I know, but I can't snap, my head's too big. I can't wear a snapback.

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:08

       You can't wear any snapbacks? (laughs)

   22. DSDan Soder16:09

       Not... It's on the last one, it pops. I fucking hate it. I'm like, "Dude, I can't-"

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:13

       I like Velcro better anyway.

   24. DSDan Soder16:14

       Yeah, I do fitted 'cause I have to wear-

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:16

       Oh.

   26. DSDan Soder16:16

       I wear a size-

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:16

       Sides are nice.

   28. DSDan Soder16:17

       ... eight, if anyone's wondering. It's a big.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:18

       That's a big head, bro. You got a lot of brain in there.

   30. DSDan Soder16:20

       Yeah, I think, or water.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Yeah. What is it,…

   1. DSDan Soder30:00

      like, "What is eight of 28 divided by six is fucking-"

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:02

      Yeah. What is it, is it 15%?

   3. DSDan Soder30:04

      Yeah. I mean, I still do, you know, I still get checks dropped on me in clubs. And you're like, and you're, but that's also what we're talking about, like how bombs are good for you.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:12

      Yeah.

   5. DSDan Soder30:12

      You know, when I was doing a check spot, I learned how to win the room. I learned how to like, "Oh, I can get 'em." Also, you also learn like a little bit phonies and psychos.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:21

      Mm-hmm.

   7. DSDan Soder30:21

      You learn how to be like politic and be like, "All right, how can I get the least amount of brutal time?" Like, "How can you-"

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:28

      Right, right, right.

   9. DSDan Soder30:29

      ... 'cause I don't wanna..." You, I mean, dude, it was, you would go up there and be talking to a room that's not paying attention.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:35

       Yeah.

   11. DSDan Soder30:35

       It butt-fucks your ego. (laughs)

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:37

       Well-

   13. DSDan Soder30:37

       You get off stage and you're like-

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:38

       ... it's crazy that they do that for one spot.

   15. DSDan Soder30:40

       Yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:40

       They have like one spot that's designated that way. That's not-

   17. DSDan Soder30:43

       It's-

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:44

       Is that the right, the right way to do it? Like how come-

   19. DSDan Soder30:45

       I don't know, but they-

   20. JRJoe Rogan30:46

       ... people just have their fucking shit together?

   21. DSDan Soder30:48

       Well, most clubs now, like the seller does it after the show.

   22. JRJoe Rogan30:51

       Oh.

   23. DSDan Soder30:52

       You, you, you, you do the show, and then you pay.

   24. JRJoe Rogan30:54

       Oh, that's the perfect way to do it.

   25. DSDan Soder30:55

       Yeah, but there it was like, but that was also, you know, I could complain about it, but that's how I got my in in New York. I was just a glutton for punishment.

   26. JRJoe Rogan31:02

       Right, you just took those check spots.

   27. DSDan Soder31:03

       And this, this-

   28. JRJoe Rogan31:04

       Yeah.

   29. DSDan Soder31:04

       ... uh, great comic, Mike Britt, who I love to death, I'll never forget, was like, "Anytime I'm hosting at Stand-Up New York, you can do the check spots."

   30. JRJoe Rogan31:13

       Oh, wow.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Fuck yeah, I was…

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      armor? Yeah. Fuck yeah.

   2. DSDan Soder45:01

      Fuck yeah, I was like, "Dude-"

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:01

      Of course.

   4. DSDan Soder45:02

      I sucked at it. So knowing that I'm gonna go get laid out, I was still, like, putting on my pads like, "This is fucking cool." And then just getting... dude.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:11

      Ugh.

   6. DSDan Soder45:12

      I got, I used to... Practice when I was in high school and I was on JV and you'd have to go against varsity and a guy would just grab you and just be like, "You're gonna go in the dirt now." (laughs) And just put you in the dirt and just hold you there and you're like, (gasps) .

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:23

      (sucks air through teeth)

   8. DSDan Soder45:23

      It fucking sucks. Like, what's funny is Shane was awesome at football.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:28

      Yeah.

   10. DSDan Soder45:29

       And then he showed me a picture and I saw him in his pads and I was like, "You would've kicked the shit out of me every day in practice. You look..." He's got helmet face.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:36

       Yes.

   12. DSDan Soder45:36

       Like, his hel- his face fits perfectly in a helmet.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:38

       It formed that way.

   14. DSDan Soder45:40

       Formed, exactly.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:40

       Yeah.

   16. DSDan Soder45:40

       My face is so far back but I, yet I have a bigger head.

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:44

       Shane's got a trainer now.

   18. DSDan Soder45:45

       I know, I've, uh, yeah. He-

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:46

       He's working out.

   20. DSDan Soder45:47

       He was, he was puffing up on me.

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:49

       Yeah, he showed me his guns.

   22. DSDan Soder45:50

       In Nashville.

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:50

       I was like, "Dude, those are big. Like, your body's coming back."

   24. DSDan Soder45:51

       This is a, this is my impression of, this is my impression of Shane flexing.

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:55

       That's it. (laughs) That's pretty good. The face.

   26. DSDan Soder45:56

       He goes, he goes, "Touch me, dude."

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:57

       The face. (laughs) The mouth.

   28. DSDan Soder45:59

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan45:59

       That's pretty good. (laughs)

   30. DSDan Soder46:00

       I could, I do a good F- Shane face. Uh, but yeah, dude, he, we were in Nashville together and he's like, I was like, "All right."
5. 1:00:00 – 1:01:32

   Paramount's dope. …

   1. DSDan Soder1:00:00

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      Paramount's dope.

   3. DSDan Soder1:00:00

      Oh my God.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:01

      Dope, dope theater. Really cool.

   5. DSDan Soder1:00:02

      I've been trying to work that... I tried to, (laughs) I tried-

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:05

      Cool people working there too.

   7. DSDan Soder1:00:06

      I tried to film my Comedy Central Hour special there.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:08

      Oh, yeah?

   9. DSDan Soder1:00:09

      In 2015 'cause I loved it. I opened for Hannibal there at Moontower and I was like, "That's the- that's the best set I've ever had." It was the most fun on stage and I was like, "I wanna do my hour special there." And (laughs) Comedy Central was like, "You can't do that many people." And then I had to look at it and be like, "All right." Again, comedy humbled me. They were like-

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:26

       Yeah.

   11. DSDan Soder1:00:27

       ... "All right. Go to a fucking rock club, idiot." So do, being able to do it last night meant a lot.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:31

       It's a dope spot.

   13. DSDan Soder1:00:31

       And it's, the crowd was... I had Adrian Iapalucci there. It was, and Josh Adermeyer. It was fun, man.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

       Look at you, pal.

   15. DSDan Soder1:00:36

       Dude, it was like... That's why I hope comedy stays around, 'cause it's-

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:39

       It's not going anywhere, man.

   17. DSDan Soder1:00:40

       ... the best.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:41

       Or, we're fucked.

   19. DSDan Soder1:00:42

       (laughs)

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:00:43

       If it's the la... Like, when, when COVID hit and, uh, they lo- closed down everything, and clubs shut down, and they locked down, it was two weeks to flatten the curve those days. There was a moment when two weeks became a month and, you know, all the fearmongering was being ramped up on television, that I was like, "Okay. I have to accept this new world, and in this new world, comedy's gone."

   21. DSDan Soder1:01:04

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:01:05

       I'm o- okay. I had a great time.

   23. DSDan Soder1:01:06

       Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:06

       And I just let it go. And then I thought, "Okay, now I just, I have to one... If this gets worse-"

   25. DSDan Soder1:01:13

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:13

       "... I have to think about where I'm living and I have to think about survival." Like, you have to really think about actual, real survival, not like-

   27. DSDan Soder1:01:20

       The real shit.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:21

       Not like you're, you know, you're fucking LARPing for a movie or, you know, you're do- doing-

   29. DSDan Soder1:01:26

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:01:26

       ... a survival show where you're canning peaches. No. Like, y- large swaths of people could die. If you make the wrong choice, it could be you.

Episode duration: 3:22:30