Joe Rogan Experience #1845 - Zachary Levi

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. NANarrator0:00

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

   2. ZLZachary Levi0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) How are you, uh, uh, acclimatizing to Austin?

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      I love it.

   4. ZLZachary Levi0:15

      It's great, isn't it?

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:16

      Yeah, I've been here now ... Like, we're going? Yeah, so I've been here now for two years and just totally feels like home. I love it.

   6. ZLZachary Levi0:22

      It's such a great town.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:23

      It's the best. The people are so nice.

   8. ZLZachary Levi0:25

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:25

      It's such a great place to live.

   10. ZLZachary Levi0:27

       Yeah. And it's, one of the things I love about it is how well nature is protected here.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       Mm-hmm.

   12. ZLZachary Levi0:31

       Like Barton Springs, for example. Or even like, I can't think of another s- major city I've been to, anywhere in the world, that has a river that goes through the middle of the city-

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       Yeah.

   14. ZLZachary Levi0:40

       ... that anyone is playing on. Austin is the only place I've ever been to where there's a river in the middle of the city and there's people kayaking and paddle boarding and doing all of the things. You're like, "That's what we should be doing in all of our rivers."

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:50

       And it's clean.

   16. ZLZachary Levi0:51

       It's so clean.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:52

       Yeah, that's what's crazy.

   18. ZLZachary Levi0:53

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:53

       You know, one of the comedy clubs that I was going to buy, there was a problem with it, and the problem was there was a parking lot, and the parking lot was at the bottom of a long hill. And if it rained, the rainwater would come down and get all the oil and all the bullshit from people's cars-

   20. ZLZachary Levi1:13

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:13

       ... from the parking lot and then take it over the hill into the creek.

   22. ZLZachary Levi1:15

       Oh.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:16

       And so they, they were supposed to have installed this big-

   24. ZLZachary Levi1:20

       Grape or something?

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:20

       ... bio containment pond.

   26. ZLZachary Levi1:23

       Oh.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:23

       Yeah, it's a really wild thing. They had to like literally build a pond and then, then they had to surround the pond with very specific plants that filter out shit-

   28. ZLZachary Levi1:32

       To kind of suck it up. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:33

       ... and suck everything up. I was like, "I'm out." (laughs) I was like-

   30. ZLZachary Levi1:35

       (laughs) That's more than I want. Thanks.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Let's find out his…

   1. ZLZachary Levi15:00

      um, Luke Kirby? Uh, I think it's Luke Kirby. I could be totally wrong.

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:04

      Let's find out his name, give him some props-

   3. ZLZachary Levi15:05

      If I'm mangling this, I'm so sorry.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:06

      ... because he does a really good job.

   5. ZLZachary Levi15:07

      He's so good, man.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:08

      Really good job.

   7. ZLZachary Levi15:09

      Like, it's so spot on.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:10

      Yeah. You believe it.

   9. ZLZachary Levi15:12

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:12

       Yeah.

   11. ZLZachary Levi15:13

       I love, I love standup comedy. I've been, um...

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:16

       Oh, Luke Kirby.

   13. ZLZachary Levi15:16

       Yeah, Luke Kirby.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:17

       You nailed it.

   15. ZLZachary Levi15:17

       There you go, Lukie boy.

   16. JRJoe Rogan15:18

       And he looked very much like Lenny Bruce.

   17. ZLZachary Levi15:20

       Oh, yeah. His man- He's really got the mannerisms down.

   18. JRJoe Rogan15:23

       Yeah.

   19. ZLZachary Levi15:23

       I remember watching and rehearsing, like, listening to old Lenny Bruce-

   20. JRJoe Rogan15:26

       Yeah.

   21. ZLZachary Levi15:26

       ... and, like, just trying to find that rhythm and the cadence and stuff. And, oh, it, he's so good. I mean, everybody in the cast is so good.

   22. JRJoe Rogan15:33

       That time is a strange t- Like, standup by itself is a very strange thing, because it's, a lot of the old standup doesn't work anymore, because it's just, you already know those things. Like, uh, they're not f- they're not shocking. They're, you know, like-

   23. ZLZachary Levi15:47

       Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan15:47

       ... these are all like, uh... But it's because people like him-

   25. ZLZachary Levi15:49

       Well, the envelope has been pushed so far.

   26. JRJoe Rogan15:52

       Yeah.

   27. ZLZachary Levi15:52

       I mean, the envelope is off the, (laughs) the edge at this point-

   28. JRJoe Rogan15:55

       Yes.

   29. ZLZachary Levi15:55

       ... as far as what is comedic material and what, you know, what roads can be crossed and all that jazz.

   30. JRJoe Rogan15:59

       For sure, but Lenny was the first guy to push it.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   I- …

   1. ZLZachary Levi30:00

      and-

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:01

      I-

   3. ZLZachary Levi30:01

      ... feel something very deep through it. You know what I mean?

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:03

      I think it's a method to achieve focus, for sure. And I think, just, one of the things about prayer is prayer is very similar to meditation in that they're both, like-... really good. They're both really good for you.

   5. ZLZachary Levi30:13

      Certainly.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:13

      So meditation where you're th- literally thinking about nothing, and prayer, where you're praising God or thinking about the energy of the universe-

   7. ZLZachary Levi30:22

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:22

      ... or whatever it is.

   9. ZLZachary Levi30:22

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:23

       What you're doing is, you're, you're putting out gratitude. You're putting out this, like, feeling of, of appreciation.

   11. ZLZachary Levi30:30

       Yes.

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:31

       And all of those things are, like, really good ideas.

   13. ZLZachary Levi30:33

       Absolutely. But that-

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:35

       All those things are really good.

   15. ZLZachary Levi30:35

       And but that, by doing that, j- I mean, ju- the thought exercise is, by doing that, you change your aura. You change your energy. You are also rewriting the neuroplasticity in your mind to break those habits and those cycles that have just been stuck there.

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:48

       I think, I think you definitely do something. Something's going on. I don't know if it's through your aura, though.

   17. ZLZachary Levi30:53

       I don't know.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:53

       When people start talking auras and chakras, I'm like, "Slow down. Slow down."

   19. ZLZachary Levi30:59

       Listen, I-

   20. JRJoe Rogan30:59

       Are we talking nonsense? (laughs)

   21. ZLZachary Levi31:00

       I don't know. I mean, listen, listen, listen.

   22. JRJoe Rogan31:02

       I'm not sure. (laughs)

   23. ZLZachary Levi31:02

       Maybe it is. Maybe it is.

   24. JRJoe Rogan31:03

       I don't know.

   25. ZLZachary Levi31:03

       But i- it's no more nonsense than anything else that we think-

   26. JRJoe Rogan31:06

       Right.

   27. ZLZachary Levi31:06

       ... is probably true. Like, I don't know, man.

   28. JRJoe Rogan31:08

       Right. And it probably really also puts you in a positive state of mind, which can be very effective at improving your life.

   29. ZLZachary Levi31:15

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan31:15

       Yeah. And-
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   They, they have done…

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      same amount of people would be doing drugs if we just legalized everything. I bet it would all, uh, I bet it would even out. I bet it would hav- actually drop a level.

   2. ZLZachary Levi45:09

      They, they have done s- studies. I mean, there are some, some cases already, in Colorado, I read an article not too long ago, that, uh, Colorado's, uh, marijuana usage has dropped.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:19

      Yeah.

   4. ZLZachary Levi45:20

      Because it's-

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:20

      'Cause it's too fucking strong. (laughs)

   6. ZLZachary Levi45:22

      (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:22

      Have you tried some of that shit?

   8. ZLZachary Levi45:24

      Uh-

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:24

      Colorado's not fucking around, man.

   10. ZLZachary Levi45:26

       No, no, no.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:27

       Colorado has some preposterous marijuana, 'cause they were first to the game.

   12. ZLZachary Levi45:31

       I know.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:32

       You know, Warren Buffett-

   14. ZLZachary Levi45:32

       I know.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:33

       ... invested in grow ops there.

   16. ZLZachary Levi45:34

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:35

       He invested in warehouses-

   18. ZLZachary Levi45:36

       Yeah, yeah, yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:36

       ... that they would, uh, put these, 'cause they, a lot of them, they grow 'em indoors.

   20. ZLZachary Levi45:42

       The ... Oh, yeah, almost all of them, I feel-

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:43

       Yeah, I feel like all of 'em.

   22. ZLZachary Levi45:44

       ... like, I've been to, I've been to some really interesting grow houses before. Yeah, Okla- Oklahoma actually has, um, it's medically, um, cool there, and I think they're gonna be working toward making it recreational as well.

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:54

       Really?

   24. ZLZachary Levi45:54

       Which I hope they do. I think it would be great for the, for the state, for taxes, for, like, all of the things that could be done with that, and, you know, allowing people to have more liberty in that regard, because I think we ought to have that. I think it's preposterous that we're all allowed to drink booze, which has some of the worst, you know, ultimate effects in our bodies and the decision-making that we do, and yet these other things are still seen with so much stigma. It's like, guys, come on. Again, choosing fear.

   25. JRJoe Rogan46:21

       Exactly.

   26. ZLZachary Levi46:21

       Fear, fear, fear, and it's like, "Guys, the, there, there's w- ... Some of this stuff is really good for you. It's really good for you."

   27. JRJoe Rogan46:26

       Yeah, and the amount of money that could be generated for tax revenue, too. Colorado had some crazy tax on, on weed.

   28. ZLZachary Levi46:34

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan46:34

       It was like... I don't remember what it was, but it was very high. And, like, good. Weed's still cheap. It's still cheaper than, than alcohol, and maybe that money will go to good. Maybe we could actually use that money.

   30. ZLZachary Levi46:45

       Yeah. Yeah.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:06:14

   They, they can't be…

   1. ZLZachary Levi1:00:00

      no. Politic-

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      They, they can't be picked.

   3. ZLZachary Levi1:00:01

      I mean, it's, a politician... Ah, man, it just breaks my heart. It breaks my heart how fucked up our entire political system is. It's so sad. It is so fucking sad.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:08

      It's so weird.

   5. ZLZachary Levi1:00:09

      It's so weird, and it's so-

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:11

      They're so-

   7. ZLZachary Levi1:00:12

      ... bought. Everyone's bought, all, the lobbyists-

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:14

      Yeah.

   9. ZLZachary Levi1:00:14

      ... bought everything and everyone. And we're all just w- looking around being like, "How is this all not working?"

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:19

       Yeah.

   11. ZLZachary Levi1:00:19

       It's because the fucking money, guys. Just follow the goddamn money.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:22

       Yeah.

   13. ZLZachary Levi1:00:22

       Um, I don't know, man. I mean, like, uh, the Dalai Lama, you know, like, legitimately, like, uh, I- I don't know that he's-

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

       You know he got canceled?

   15. ZLZachary Levi1:00:31

       The Dalai Lama got canceled?

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:33

       Dalai Lama got canceled. He was saying a bunch of-

   17. ZLZachary Levi1:00:35

       How?

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

       ... sexist shit.

   19. ZLZachary Levi1:00:36

       What?

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:00:37

       Yeah. He was, uh... (laughs)

   21. ZLZachary Levi1:00:39

       Well, here's the thing.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:00:39

       It was a while back. Let me remember what he was saying. Oh, he was talking about how (laughs) he doesn't, uh, he, he doesn't want to get married. And he sees his friends that are all married, and, uh, a lot of times they get divorced and they lose all their money. And then this lady goes, uh, "Well, sometimes the woman has her own money. She makes her own money." He goes, "Yeah, good one."

   23. ZLZachary Levi1:01:01

       ... oh, what?

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:02

       (laughs)

   25. ZLZachary Levi1:01:02

       The Dalai Lama said that?

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:03

       Yes, yes. He- (laughs)

   27. ZLZachary Levi1:01:06

       Oh, wow.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:06

       Dalai Lama was also asked-

   29. ZLZachary Levi1:01:07

       The Dalai Lama's got jokes.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:01:07

       ... about some comments he made in 2015, that if a female Dalai Lama were to replace him, that she must be very attractive, otherwise not so much use. (laughs)

Episode duration: 2:25:32