Joe Rogan Experience #1966 - Big Jay Oakerson & Ari Shaffir

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 27, 2024

Duration

3h 22m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Big Jay Oakerson is a stand-up comic, on-air personality, and podcaster. He's a host of "The Legion of Skanks", "SDR Show", and "The Bonfire" podcasts, and has a new comedy special, "Dog Belly", premiering April 5 on YouTube. www.bigjaycomedy.com Ari Shaffir is a stand-up comic and the host of "The Skeptic Tank" and "You Be Trippin'" podcasts. His latest special, "Ari Shaffir: Jew," is available now via YouTube.www.arishaffir.com

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Narrator

  other

• Big Jay Oakerson

  guest

• Ari Shaffir

  guest

• Jamie Vernon

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Narrator, Joe Rogan Experience #1966 - Big Jay Oakerson & Ari Shaffir explores from Cults To Comedy: Rogan, Big Jay, Ari Dive Into Madness This episode jumps rapidly between dark documentaries, cult psychology, tech paranoia, and stand-up comedy craft. Rogan, Big Jay Oakerson, and Ari Shaffir spend a long stretch on cults (NXIVM, the “Holy Hell” yoga cult, Charles Manson), hypnosis, and how gullible people can be when they’re lonely and looking for meaning. They pivot into AI and surveillance (TikTok/RESTRICT Act, data scraping, deepfakes), then into drugs, psychedelics, and mental health, and finally into stand-up careers, club building, and the culture around podcasting and OnlyFans. The tone is loose, graphic, and often extremely darkly comic, with the trio constantly undercutting serious points with bits and shocking stories.

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