Joe Rogan Experience #1984 - Brian Redban

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drumbeats) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. BRBrian Redban0:00

      (drumbeats) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.

   2. NANarrator0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day.

   4. BRBrian Redban0:10

      (instrumental music) Hello, Joe.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:13

      Hello, Joe. What's going on?

   6. BRBrian Redban0:15

      How you doing?

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      I'm good.

   8. BRBrian Redban0:16

      You have a nice sh- nice spacesuit.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:17

      You have a nice spacesuit as well. (laughs)

   10. BRBrian Redban0:19

       (laughs) Whoa, cool.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:20

       Why'd you choose blue?

   12. BRBrian Redban0:21

       I don't know.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       The silver one's a little intense.

   14. BRBrian Redban0:23

       Yeah, it, it's a sweat box.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:25

       It's weird how warm they get.

   16. BRBrian Redban0:26

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:26

       It's like one of them, um, emergency blankets. You ever seen them? Those little thin, silver ones?

   18. BRBrian Redban0:31

       Yeah. (laughs)

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       Like, how can that help you?

   20. BRBrian Redban0:32

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:32

       But I guess it does somehow. Maintains heat?

   22. BRBrian Redban0:35

       Mm-hmm.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:35

       Hmm.

   24. BRBrian Redban0:36

       Hmm.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:37

       So what is it like being a club owner?

   26. BRBrian Redban0:38

       What's it like to be a club owner f-

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       (laughs)

   28. BRBrian Redban0:41

       ... to you, sir? (laughs)

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:42

       It's weird. Who would have ever thought?

   30. BRBrian Redban0:44

       I know, that makes no sense.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   I just like the…

   1. BRBrian Redban15:00

      uh, it's tequila with soda and a splash of Sprite. It's- it's just, it's- it's great.

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:07

      I just like the taste of tequila. I don't like... I mean, I'll drink stuff, like at the bar downstairs. I always have those Wild Child's. Those are good, they're tasty. But I like- I like booze that tastes like booze. I like to know what I'm getting into.

   3. BRBrian Redban15:20

      Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:21

      I like the s- smell and the fucking evilness in it. (laughs)

   5. BRBrian Redban15:26

      (laughs) I don't. I mix my shit with, like, Kool-Aid and stuff like that.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:30

      Yeah, you get a Prime.

   7. BRBrian Redban15:31

      Yeah. This shit...

   8. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)15:33

      (laughs)

   9. BRBrian Redban15:33

      It's just, like, the most sugary drink that doesn't have sugar in it. Like-

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:35

       What are they using for, uh, a sweetener?

   11. BRBrian Redban15:37

       Uh, I don't know. I might also-

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:39

       I haven't had the hydration one, but I had the energy drink one. It was pretty good.

   13. BRBrian Redban15:42

       Yeah?

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:43

       Yeah.

   15. BRBrian Redban15:43

       I mean, they taste amazing but they also taste like- like Kool-Aid for, like with three times the sugar in it.

   16. JRJoe Rogan15:48

       Really?

   17. BRBrian Redban15:49

       So, it's really good. I mix this with, like, vodka and stuff. It's a good mixer, but...

   18. JRJoe Rogan15:54

       Oh.

   19. BRBrian Redban15:54

       Yeah, it's too much. It's too strong.

   20. JRJoe Rogan15:56

       Well, that hydration market, all of a sudden everyone's realizing they're not hydrated.

   21. BRBrian Redban16:02

       Yeah. (laughs)

   22. JRJoe Rogan16:03

       (laughs)

   23. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)16:03

       (laughs)

   24. JRJoe Rogan16:03

       There's so many hydration products out now.

   25. BRBrian Redban16:06

       And all those hydration products, uh, the sodium content in those are out of control. I don't know if you ever looked at, like, just like a, one of the hydration products' sodium levels.

   26. JRJoe Rogan16:15

       Oh.

   27. BRBrian Redban16:15

       'Cause I've been drinking, like, two or three of these thinking I'm drinking water, like, doing good for my body. But then you look at the sodium level, it's like 1,000 milligrams or... (laughs)

   28. JRJoe Rogan16:23

       I don't necessarily think sodium in and of itself is bad for you.

   29. BRBrian Redban16:29

       No?

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:29

       No.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   (laughs) …

   1. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:00

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      (laughs)

   3. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:00

      (laughs)

   4. BRBrian Redban30:00

      (laughs)

   5. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:00

      It's so true, but...

   6. BRBrian Redban30:02

      (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:02

      This place that I went to in the Bronx, the, the Italian deli that made us a sandwich, G&R Deli, that place, if they moved out here, that, they would make a f-... fucking killing.

   8. BRBrian Redban30:12

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:13

      If you had a place like that, that made sandwiches like that out here-

   10. BRBrian Redban30:15

       Like the pepper place? The pepper sauce?

   11. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:16

       They, they could get the same stuff? Like the ingredients and all that shit?

   12. BRBrian Redban30:18

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:18

       Yeah, it's imported from Italy. Oh, okay. Well, then yeah. Okay. It's all imported from Italy.

   14. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:22

       Then yeah, fuck it.

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:23

       I mean, how won- uh, what would be the difference?

   16. BRBrian Redban30:25

       Nothing.

   17. JRJoe Rogan30:26

       It's important to here.

   18. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:26

       Well, yeah. The thing they've always said, like when we were in California, it's like, "It's the water. The water sucks out here. That's why you can't get the right dough." And it's like, "Nah. I don't know if that's really it."

   19. BRBrian Redban30:34

       Maybe. It's just-

   20. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:34

       In Ohio, a lot of it's the oven. Like they've made these ovens they don't use everywhere else, kinda.

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:38

       Like, that was always the thing about California, that the water in California sucks, that's why the bagels suck.

   22. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:43

       Right. I don't know if-

   23. JRJoe Rogan30:44

       Right? Everyone always said that.

   24. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:46

       Maybe.

   25. JRJoe Rogan30:46

       I mean, maybe? Can't you just ship water? Like how much water do you need?

   26. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:51

       (laughs) Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan30:51

       You know, like is this prohibitively expensive? Is it impossible to do? Like what is wrong?

   28. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)30:55

       Yeah, I don't know. It doesn't make sense. I feel like I've heard it busted, like a myth busted, but maybe. Maybe it is, I don't know.

   29. JRJoe Rogan30:59

       But what do you think is in water, other than water, that would make your pizza better?

   30. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)31:03

       Well, the thing that makes sense as I'm saying it out loud now is the yeast, 'cause that's in the air, isn't it? Is it not? Wouldn't that come from like the environment?
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   If there's n- ...…

   1. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)45:00

      people ... You would ask a question and people would a- do the ... They would answer for you and then respond sort of like cha-cha or some shit like that.

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      If there's n- ... There's something super creepy about the fact that it's become totally normal for companies to use people in other countries that make almost no money to make things that they sell for thousands of dollars, like iPhones.

   3. BRBrian Redban45:22

      Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:22

      It's so weird. It's so weird that no one has shifted to manufacturing something like an iPhone in America. No one has shifted to manufacturing all these things that you see, these fucking creepy places where they're digging minerals out of the ground to make your phone. Like, wha-

   5. BRBrian Redban45:41

      Mm-hmm.

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:42

      One, just one company. One company. Make everything here. Pay everybody well. Make everything. Make me not feel like shit for buying a phone. I've tried to, like, find ... Is there a p- phone you can buy that's the most ethical phone?

   7. BRBrian Redban45:54

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:55

      Eh. Not really. Not unless you want a fucking cord plugged into the wall.

   9. BRBrian Redban45:59

      Right.

   10. JRJoe Rogan46:01

       Like, uh, what's the most ethical phone?

   11. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)46:03

       I looked this up. Uh-

   12. JRJoe Rogan46:04

       Yeah.

   13. BRBrian Redban46:05

       There used to be this one-

   14. JRJoe Rogan46:06

       Is there the Fairphone? Is that, like, one?

   15. BRBrian Redban46:08

       There used to be that one.

   16. JRJoe Rogan46:09

       Aren't they wack, though?

   17. BRBrian Redban46:10

       Yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan46:10

       The problem is they can't compete.

   19. BRBrian Redban46:12

       Yeah.

   20. GNGuest (secondary, unknown name)46:12

       Well, you also have to use Android.

   21. JRJoe Rogan46:14

       (sucks teeth) Yeah. I would never use an iPhone.

   22. BRBrian Redban46:17

       (laughs)

   23. JRJoe Rogan46:17

       Is there anybody that's more in a cult than the Android people?

   24. BRBrian Redban46:19

       (laughs) Talking to Brian Simpson, I would have to agree with that.

   25. JRJoe Rogan46:23

       Brian Simpson's ready to switch.

   26. BRBrian Redban46:25

       Oh, is he?

   27. JRJoe Rogan46:25

       He's ready to s- ... I work on him sometimes.

   28. BRBrian Redban46:26

       Oh, you work on him?

   29. JRJoe Rogan46:27

       Yeah.

   30. BRBrian Redban46:29

       (laughs)
5. 1:00:00 – 1:08:10

   Mm-hmm. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      has a great time. It's magic. It's like everything I could've ever hoped it would be.

   2. BRBrian Redban1:00:05

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:06

      Really is. And I'm glad that you're right next door too.

   4. BRBrian Redban1:00:09

      Yeah.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

      It's fucking awesome. It's awesome to have so many clo-... 'Cause, like, even people that are staff there, the, like... Those- those folks that work the door, those- those folks are all standups. So if they have a spot, like at the Creek in the Cave at, like, 9:30-

   6. BRBrian Redban1:00:23

      Mm-hmm.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:23

      ... they can punch out-

   8. BRBrian Redban1:00:24

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:25

      ... and go do their spot and then come back and punch back in.

   10. BRBrian Redban1:00:28

       Yeah. And- and that's... It's amazing, 'cause, like, you know, I did the Secret show and, uh, there... Y- half your staff is on the show when they're wearing their comedy m-

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:34

       (laughs)

   12. BRBrian Redban1:00:35

       Like, everyone's wearing the same s- staff shirts, you know?

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:37

       Yeah (laughs) .

   14. BRBrian Redban1:00:38

       Uh, and that's a good thing, 'cause that's... I... That would never... That's never heard of if any comedy club, like in LA, they would never let you, like, clock out at the Laugh Factory to go do a spot at the Improv. Are you kidding me? You know?

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:49

       Yeah.

   16. BRBrian Redban1:00:49

       That would never happen. So that's what... There almost needs to be a position that all the clubs pay for, like a Yoni or somebody that goes in between each one and goes, "Hurry, you have three minutes to go back to work," you know, and- (laughs)

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:00:59

       Right, right. (laughs) Well, it's... We- we're trying to set it up for new talent too.

   18. BRBrian Redban1:01:06

       Mm-hmm.

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:01:06

       Like, the- the big thing that, uh, you know, Burr and I actually talked about this, is like the big mistake that a lot of these big clubs did is they stopped doing open mics, 'cause you don't- you don't ever develop any local talent. You gotta, like, bite the bullet on those nights, and you gotta have two nights of amateurs.... I think two nights is the way to do it. 'Cause that's how the store did it.

   20. BRBrian Redban1:01:24

       Mm-hmm.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:01:24

       And I think, you know, the development process here is probably gonna be more accelerated, because you have more opportunities for sets. There's sets all around town, there's sets all around that block, and you're gonna get to see, like, top flight comics who come into town.

   22. BRBrian Redban1:01:41

       Mm-hmm.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:01:42

       Which is big for, like, young comics to see good comics. It's very important.

   24. BRBrian Redban1:01:46

       Mm-hmm.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:01:47

       For me, like, uh, growing up in Boston, especially, starting out there, I was so lucky to be able to see guys that are already, like, really good. 'Cause if you're in a spot like, you know, some city where there's not that much com- you start your own open mic night, like, who are you, who are you working with? Like-

   26. BRBrian Redban1:02:04

       Right.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:02:04

       ... there's no one there. It's like, it's hard to develop if, unless there's other, like, comics to sort of compare to and watch.

   28. BRBrian Redban1:02:12

       Absolutely. And that doesn't help happen in a lot of these corporate clubs in cities, where they just have-

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:02:17

       Yeah.

   30. BRBrian Redban1:02:17

       ... like, you know, a wacky comedy club. You know, you, you can't just hang out there.

Episode duration: 2:37:17