Joe Rogan Experience #2006 - Brian Simpson

1. 0:00 – 1:38

   Brian plugs tour dates & why comics benefit from podcasts

   1. NANarrator0:00

      (drumbeats) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.

   2. The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. (rock music)

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:13

      ... Simpson, what's happening?

   5. BSBrian Simpson0:14

      Hell yeah, what's up, Joe?

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      Good to see you, bro.

   7. BSBrian Simpson0:16

      Glad to be back. Can I plug my dates real quick-

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:18

      Yeah.

   9. BSBrian Simpson0:18

      ... before I forget? Yeah, I'm gonna, I'm gonna be in, uh, Denver at Comedy Works on July 13th through the 15th. And Levity Live in West Nyack, New York, on July 20th through the 22nd. Get those tickets on the, uh, briansimpsoncomedy.com.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:35

       Nice.

   11. BSBrian Simpson0:36

       Listen to the podcast, BS with Brian Simpson, it's pretty good.

   12. JRJoe Rogan0:38

       Yeah, it's very good.

   13. BSBrian Simpson0:39

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       You enjoy doing it?

   15. BSBrian Simpson0:41

       I love it, man. I love it. I feel like you, you need something outside of comedy, like when you start doing it for money.

   16. JRJoe Rogan0:46

       Mm-hmm.

   17. BSBrian Simpson0:47

       You know, you have to do something else so you don't, so you're not just doing com... You know?

   18. JRJoe Rogan0:50

       Yeah. It also helps your brain just 'cause you're talking about stuff and thinking about stuff.

   19. BSBrian Simpson0:54

       Yeah, yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan0:55

       'Cause the subjects.

   21. BSBrian Simpson0:56

       Yeah. And I'm, and I'm getting better at it too. Just, just having to find your own energy every week...

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:01

       Yeah.

   23. BSBrian Simpson1:01

       ... or whatever. I like, I like, I just like having something to do.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:03

       Yeah. No, it's great. It's fun. It's a... I think the best tool for comics is the one-person podcast, which you, you do too.

   25. BSBrian Simpson1:11

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:11

       It's like where one person gets to rant about things.

   27. BSBrian Simpson1:14

       Oh, yeah.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:14

       Like you have guests on, but sometimes you just rant about things.

   29. BSBrian Simpson1:17

       Right, yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:17

       I think that is like where, where Burr comes up with a lot of his material, that's where Tim Dillon comes up with a lot of his material.
2. 1:38 – 3:46

   Titanic sub crisis: countdown, fear, and what it’s like to die trapped

   1. BSBrian Simpson1:38

      When I heard about the submarine people, I was...

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:40

      (laughs)

   3. BSBrian Simpson1:40

      The first thing I said was, "What kind of stupid..." You know?

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:42

      Yeah.

   5. BSBrian Simpson1:43

      But I forget like I do, I st- I got empathy for the people still.

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:46

      I do too.

   7. BSBrian Simpson1:46

      You know, they're dumb as fuck, but being trapped in a box is...

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:51

      (sighs)

   9. BSBrian Simpson1:51

      That's one of the worst ways to go.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:52

       And they, they haven't found them yet, but they're hearing banging now.

   11. BSBrian Simpson1:56

       Yeah. And the, and, and...

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:57

       What does that mean? I mean, how... They have 30 hours, less than 30 hours now just to, before they run out of air.

   13. BSBrian Simpson2:05

       Yeah, I think they're dead. I think they're already gone.

   14. JRJoe Rogan2:08

       Well, if there, if there's banging, if someone's banging...

   15. NANarrator2:11

       It's... As of Tuesday afternoon, they had 40 to 41 hours, that was 24 hours ago now or so...

   16. JRJoe Rogan2:16

       Oh, Jesus Christ.

   17. NANarrator2:17

       ... as of recording.

   18. JRJoe Rogan2:18

       So they got like 20 hours.

   19. BSBrian Simpson2:19

       Yeah. Like everybody that's still alive is, is, is really sleepy right now.

   20. JRJoe Rogan2:24

       Jesus Christ.

   21. NANarrator2:25

       5:00 or 6:00 AM Thursday Eastern Standard Time is when they run out of breathable air.

   22. JRJoe Rogan2:30

       Oh, my God. Tomorrow morning. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

   23. BSBrian Simpson2:35

       Well, that's if, that's if they're all still alive.

   24. NANarrator2:37

       True.

   25. BSBrian Simpson2:38

       Right?

   26. JRJoe Rogan2:38

       Right.

   27. BSBrian Simpson2:39

       I think somebody on there might have made a heroic sacrifice or something.

   28. JRJoe Rogan2:43

       Ah- what does that do for anybody?

   29. BSBrian Simpson2:45

       It, it leaves the air for one person to breathe.

   30. JRJoe Rogan2:47

       Do you think someone killed someone so they have more air?
3. 3:46 – 7:20

   Warnings ignored: whistleblowers, unsafe viewport ratings, and hubris

   1. JRJoe Rogan3:46

      Well, the crazy thing is, Jamie pointed this out yesterday and it's, um, there's lawsuits apparently. Did you point it out? Were you the one who told... No, you didn't tell me. Someone told me in the green room.

   2. BSBrian Simpson3:55

      I did.

   3. JRJoe Rogan3:55

      It was you?

   4. BSBrian Simpson3:56

      About the, the window?

   5. JRJoe Rogan3:57

      Yes.

   6. BSBrian Simpson3:58

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan3:58

      Oh, that was you. Yeah. Oh, my God.

   8. BSBrian Simpson4:00

      Yeah, the guy-

   9. JRJoe Rogan4:00

      So tell people.

   10. BSBrian Simpson4:01

       Yeah. The, the some- someone yesterday on... I read that they, uh... There was a lawsuit in 2018, a whistleblower was trying to report that the, the, uh, the window, the glass wasn't, wasn't, wasn't rated for that depth.

   11. JRJoe Rogan4:16

       Yeah.

   12. BSBrian Simpson4:16

       And he... And they fired him apparently.

   13. JRJoe Rogan4:19

       I'll send it to you, Jamie. Yeah, y- you sent it to me on Twitter. Oh, you found it? Okay. "OceanGate was warned of potential for catastrophic problems with Titanic miss- TiTa- Titanic mission." What's it say there? Do, do, do, do, do. Uh, "January 2018, the company's engineering team was about to hand over the craft, named Titan, to the crew it would be responsible for ensuring the safety of its future passengers, but the experts inside and outside the company were beginning to sound alarms. OceanGate's Director of Marine Operations, Da- David Lochridge, started working on a report around the time, according to court documents, ultimately producing a scathing document to which he said the craft needed more testing, and stressed the potential dangers of the passengers of the Titan as the submersible reached extreme depths. Two months later, OceanGate faced similar dire calls from more than three dozen people, industry leaders, deep sea explorers and oceanographers who warned in a letter to its Chief Executive, Stockton Rush, that the company's experimental approach and its decision to forego a traditional assessment could lead to potentially catastrophic problems with the Titan- Titanic mission." So apparently they've done this a 100 times?

   14. BSBrian Simpson5:29

       Yeah. That's not enough. Yeah, they've done it a 100 times.

   15. JRJoe Rogan5:32

       Imagine being number 99...

   16. BSBrian Simpson5:34

       Oh.

   17. JRJoe Rogan5:34

       And you hear about this.

   18. BSBrian Simpson5:36

       Yeah. You know, I just... And I read too this morning, some reporter was on one, he was on the boat last year and it got lost for like five hours, the s- the submersible.

   19. JRJoe Rogan5:45

       Oh.

   20. BSBrian Simpson5:46

       And he didn't say anything.

   21. JRJoe Rogan5:47

       Oh, my God. It says, "Mr. Lochridge reported learning that the viewport let, that lets the passengers see outside the craft was only certified to work at depths of up to 1,300 meters. That is far less than would be necessary for trips to the Titanic, which is nearly 4,000 meters below the ocean surface."

   22. NANarrator6:07

       ... the paying passengers would not be aware and would not be informed of this experimental design, lawyers for Mr. Lochridge wrote in court firings, filings. The meeting led OceanGate to fire Mr. Lochridge. Wow. According to court documents filed by both sides, OceanGate has said in court records that he was not an engineer, that he refused to accept information from the company's engineering team, and that the acoustic monitoring of the hull strength was better than the kind of testing that Mr. Lochridge felt necessary. The company said in its lawsuit that it appeared Mr. Lochridge was trying to be fired. Mr. Lochridge responded by alleging wrongful termination, legal battle ended in a settlement later in 2018. So, it seems like it was him, but two dozen other people? A separate warning came from-

   23. JRJoe Rogan6:54

       38 experts.

   24. NANarrator6:55

       ... yeah, received the same year from 38 experts in the submersible craft industry. All of them were members of the Manned Underwater Vehicles Committee of the Marine Technology Society, a 60-year-old industry group that promotes studies and teaches the public about ocean technology. The experts wrote in their letter to Mr. Rush that they had unanimous concern about the way the Titan was developed and about the planned missions to the Titanic rush- wreckage.

   25. JRJoe Rogan7:19

       Oh-ho.

4. 7:20 – 19:23

   How much money is enough? Freedom, dominance, and billionaire psychology

   1. NANarrator7:20

      Oh, look at this shit. The letter said that OceanGate's marketing of the Titan had been at minimum misleading because it claimed that the submersible would meet or exceed the safety standards of a risk assessment company known as DNV, even though the company had no plans to have the craft formally certified by the agency. Oh, God. People are gross. (blowing) Money, it's always money. It's always money, man.

   2. JRJoe Rogan7:40

      It's always money.

   3. NANarrator7:41

      E- yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan7:42

      It's m- money and hubris.

   5. NANarrator7:44

      Man, it's weird because for some people there's no such thing as enough money. Yeah. It does, and I don't, I don't understand that. I don't understand it either. Like, if I, if I go the rest of my life making the money I'm making right now, I'll be great. Yeah. Yay! I got enough money. And, look, it was like, I, I, I got enough money where I would not, I don't make decisions based on that. Like- You know what Bryan Callen told me once? It's a great quote. He said, "Once you have enough money to go to a restaurant and not worry about what food costs," he goes, "everything else is bullshit." Right. Yeah. Yeah, just about there. You just go, go to dinner and not think about it, not worry. Yeah. What was that old saying? It was like $70,000, once you pass $70,000, it d- more money doesn't make you happy. Right. I mean, that was years ago. It's probably like 85 now. Right. But it was like, once you pass that, once you up around there- Yeah. ... where you can just buy s- you know, a- Yeah. ... good meal and not think about it.

   6. JRJoe Rogan8:27

      Yeah.

   7. NANarrator8:27

      Yeah, it's like y- I, I don't make decisions with that's the number one factor-

   8. JRJoe Rogan8:31

      Right.

   9. NANarrator8:31

      ... where it's like, oh, well, you could make, you could make $10,000 and, and, and, and do, do a good job, or you could make $100,000 and betray your two closest friends. It's like, I-

   10. JRJoe Rogan8:42

       Nah.

   11. NANarrator8:42

       ... think I'll just take the 10.

   12. JRJoe Rogan8:44

       (laughs) Yeah.

   13. NANarrator8:44

       I don't need $90,000, you know what I mean? But they don't think about the guilt that would come along with the betrayal, or- Oh, it's like, ima- imagine bringing your son down there. (inhales deeply) Imagine the arrogance.

   14. JRJoe Rogan8:54

       Oh. Well, that guy, I think the guy with his son, is that the same guy that flew in Jeff Bezos' rocket ship?

   15. NANarrator9:01

       Um, I'm not sure. I, yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan9:02

       This dude's a risk-taker.

   17. NANarrator9:03

       I think that's the guy that owns the whole...

   18. JRJoe Rogan9:05

       Oh, God.

   19. NANarrator9:05

       I think he owns the ship, not the submersible, not the submersible company.

   20. JRJoe Rogan9:09

       Oh.

   21. NANarrator9:09

       But... Dude, that is so terrifying. But didn't James Cameron do that? Yeah, d- James Cameron went down there at, fo- before he filmed Titanic. Yeah. But I don't think he-

   22. JRJoe Rogan9:20

       I think he went solo.

   23. NANarrator9:21

       But he didn't take all, but he was in control of the craft. I don't think somebody-

   24. JRJoe Rogan9:24

       Yeah.

   25. NANarrator9:24

       ... was controlling it from somewhere else.

   26. JRJoe Rogan9:26

       See if you have footage of that. James Cameron's a wild motherfucker.

   27. NANarrator9:30

       Yeah.

   28. JRJoe Rogan9:30

       He's a wild dude. I mean, just to, to be him and decide to do that because you're filming the Titanic. Oh, no, I think that was- It's different.

   29. NANarrator9:39

       ... he was filming Avatar, right?

   30. JRJoe Rogan9:40

       This, he-
5. 19:23 – 26:17

   Anti-aging extremes: blood transfusions, biohacking, and too much data

   1. BSBrian Simpson19:23

      He's doing all that anti-aging shit.

   2. JRJoe Rogan19:25

      Yeah. He's going ham.

   3. BSBrian Simpson19:26

      Who, who, who's that one billionaire that I was telling you about? He, like, he takes-

   4. JRJoe Rogan19:29

      Oh, yeah.

   5. BSBrian Simpson19:29

      ... blood transfusions from his son.

   6. JRJoe Rogan19:30

      Yes. That guy's weird.

   7. BSBrian Simpson19:32

      Man, but he does look younger.

   8. JRJoe Rogan19:34

      He looks great. But, I mean, um, you probably could look that... There's guys that look that good that are his age that just work out all the time.

   9. BSBrian Simpson19:40

      What, right, but that's what... I don't know, 'cause he's doing so many things, that I don't-

   10. JRJoe Rogan19:45

       Yeah.

   11. BSBrian Simpson19:45

       ... I, I don't know what thing, what is he going overboard with. Like, he takes, like, 40 vitamins in the morning-

   12. JRJoe Rogan19:50

       Yeah.

   13. BSBrian Simpson19:50

       ... and 40 more in the afternoon.

   14. JRJoe Rogan19:51

       Mm-hmm.

   15. BSBrian Simpson19:52

       He alwa- he, he always sleeps at the same exact time no matter what.

   16. JRJoe Rogan19:56

       (sighs) That seems tedious.

   17. BSBrian Simpson19:58

       I know. It's like, I'd rather just die sooner.

   18. JRJoe Rogan20:00

       You know, like, I was telling you I had a headache last night 'cause of, you know, all the shit that's going on in the club. Nonsense. There's nothing bad. But, so, uh, then I had a hard time going to sleep, and then I got up in the morning, and I was foggy as shit, got in the cold plunge. Like, I know I'm not at optimum today.

   19. BSBrian Simpson20:17

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan20:17

       I know it. But, you know, that's life.

   21. BSBrian Simpson20:20

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan20:20

       That's life.

   23. BSBrian Simpson20:21

       That is life.

   24. JRJoe Rogan20:21

       Suck it up, bitch. (laughs) Like, is that him and his son? So, he looks to me like a normal, fit 40-year-old guy.

   25. BSBrian Simpson20:29

       No, show, but show a picture of him from, like, five years ago.

   26. JRJoe Rogan20:32

       Well, did he look bad?

   27. BSBrian Simpson20:33

       It, he just, didn't-

   28. JRJoe Rogan20:34

       He looks better?

   29. BSBrian Simpson20:34

       He, he looks worse. Yeah. He looks better now.

   30. JRJoe Rogan20:37

       Well, maybe back then he was working, too.
6. 26:17 – 29:51

   Training discipline, mood regulation, and the value of respect

   1. JRJoe Rogan26:17

      I just listen to my body for the most part. I mean, I do measure my heart rate and I do wear a heart rate strap when I do some of my workouts. But, uh, what... Like yesterday, my, my... There's a couple people in my family that are sick right now. Not bad, but enough, you know, that it's like they're, they're sick. And, uh, I was working out yesterday, I was like, "Boy, do I feel like a bitch." Like, I just wanted to stop. But I felt strong enough to do it. But it was like this, these... So I'm riding this line where I don't want to overstress myself and like tax my immune system, but I don't want to pussy out of my workout. So I got to feel it along the way while I'm doing it. It's like I'm going through a dark room and I'm just feeling the walls by hand.

   2. BSBrian Simpson26:57

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan26:58

      You know?

   4. BSBrian Simpson26:58

      Yeah. See, that's the... You got more discipline than me. I would just, I would just give in.

   5. JRJoe Rogan27:03

      Well, I have a particular type of mental illness. Like I, like I need to do physical things.

   6. BSBrian Simpson27:07

      Hard things.

   7. JRJoe Rogan27:08

      If I don't, I, my brain doesn't work that good. It just, it's like it's too confused. Just it, it's riddled with extra energy and data that it doesn't need. It, it concentrates on stupid shit.

   8. BSBrian Simpson27:20

      Oh, yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan27:20

      It's not good for me. For me, I, I need exertion. But when I have exertion, I'm calm and friendly and nice and easygoing, and, and I'm compassionate, and I, I think about other people, like their problems before I react to things. But when I'm like amped up, like if I haven't worked out for three days, like I'm not good at decisions.

   10. BSBrian Simpson27:38

       Oh, yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan27:38

       You know? 'Cause then I'm... You know, you want to say things like, "Shut the fuck up."

   12. BSBrian Simpson27:41

       (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan27:42

       But when you say, "Shut the fuck up," nobody hears shut the fuck up. They, they, they get mad at you. Like they don't think, "Oh, I should shut the fuck up." Like it's the most ineffective thing to say. Unless you're really thinking about violence.

   14. BSBrian Simpson27:53

       Right.

   15. JRJoe Rogan27:53

       And you're letting someone know, "If you don't shut the fuck up, I'm going to put you in the hospital."

   16. BSBrian Simpson27:57

       Right, right.

   17. JRJoe Rogan27:57

       If you... Unless it's that...

   18. BSBrian Simpson27:59

       Yeah. We were talking about-

   19. JRJoe Rogan28:00

       Unless you, it's a warning.

   20. BSBrian Simpson28:01

       We were talking about respect the other day, how like that shit will, that shit will save your life in a whole bunch of situ... Like, you know?

   21. JRJoe Rogan28:05

       Fuck, yeah. Respect people.

   22. BSBrian Simpson28:07

       If all else fails, just be respectful.

   23. JRJoe Rogan28:08

       Always.

   24. BSBrian Simpson28:09

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan28:09

       Always be respectful.

   26. BSBrian Simpson28:10

       But it, it's wild now because nowadays it's like, it just seems like a lot of people are comfortable being disrespectful.

   27. JRJoe Rogan28:17

       It's internet.

   28. BSBrian Simpson28:17

       It... Yeah. It's, it's kind of crazy, man.

   29. JRJoe Rogan28:20

       Yeah.

   30. BSBrian Simpson28:20

       Yeah.
7. 29:51 – 31:12

   Fighting culture: Mike Perry, Slap League, and spectacle entertainment

   1. JRJoe Rogan29:51

      I had Mike Perry on the podcast the other day. He's a bare knuckle boxing guy that, uh, came over from the UFC. That dude, like some people pretend to not give a fuck. That dude doesn't give a fuck.

   2. BSBrian Simpson30:02

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:02

      He doesn't give a fuck.

   4. BSBrian Simpson30:03

      Better him than me.

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:04

      (laughs)

   6. BSBrian Simpson30:05

      Thank God it's people like that though.

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:06

      Yeah. There's people like that out there, and they're so fucking entertaining to watch them fight.

   8. BSBrian Simpson30:11

      Yeah. And you know what as much as I made fun of it when it first came out? The Slap League.

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:16

      Ah, you like it?

   10. BSBrian Simpson30:17

       I like the highlights.

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:18

       (laughs)

   12. BSBrian Simpson30:18

       I, I haven't watched the full match, but I will... But some of the people in there are, are characters, man.

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:23

       (laughs) Yeah, for sure. If you're gonna get slapped in the face for a living, probably be a character. (laughs)

   14. BSBrian Simpson30:29

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       It's just-

   16. BSBrian Simpson30:30

       That-

   17. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       It's, it's designed for those clips.

   18. BSBrian Simpson30:32

       I think-

   19. JRJoe Rogan30:32

       It's perfect.

   20. BSBrian Simpson30:33

       I think Dana needs to spring off. They need to have a, they need to have a separate champ for front hand and backhand slaps.

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:40

       Ooh, backhand slap, hip slap.

   22. BSBrian Simpson30:41

       Yeah, they need a backhand slap champion.

   23. JRJoe Rogan30:44

       ... if you backhand slap, you gotta be dressed like a pimp.

   24. BSBrian Simpson30:47

       (laughs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan30:47

       You gotta have some fly velvet-

   26. BSBrian Simpson30:50

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan30:50

       ... suit on, something just beautiful and purple.

   28. BSBrian Simpson30:53

       Instead of a belt, it's just a cape for the champ.

   29. JRJoe Rogan30:55

       Yeah.

   30. BSBrian Simpson30:56

       Yeah.
8. 31:12 – 33:48

   TV obsession corner: HBO’s batting average and 'Succession' ending breakdown

   1. BSBrian Simpson31:12

      Yeah. HBO, listen, we gotta give HBO their flowers.

   2. JRJoe Rogan31:16

      Yes.

   3. BSBrian Simpson31:16

      They've made some of the most in- sensational TV since... I mean, from the time I was a kid-

   4. JRJoe Rogan31:21

      Fuck yeah.

   5. BSBrian Simpson31:22

      ... on t- up to now. They, they got some f- they got more, they probably got... Their batting average is higher than every other network, for sure.

   6. JRJoe Rogan31:28

      Their batting average is sensational.

   7. BSBrian Simpson31:30

      Yeah, yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan31:31

      So many good shows.

   9. BSBrian Simpson31:32

      I mean, it... There's more good shows than bad shows on HBO.

   10. JRJoe Rogan31:34

       Just Succession, which just ended.

   11. BSBrian Simpson31:37

       Yeah, Succession was great.

   12. JRJoe Rogan31:38

       Fucking great show.

   13. BSBrian Simpson31:39

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan31:40

       Fucking great show.

   15. BSBrian Simpson31:41

       Yeah. And when the, when-

   16. JRJoe Rogan31:42

       And the ending, holy shit.

   17. BSBrian Simpson31:44

       Man, you know what? I, I-

   18. JRJoe Rogan31:44

       I clapped in my house. (clapping) I was like, "Thank you."

   19. BSBrian Simpson31:46

       I feel different about the ending every time I think about it.

   20. JRJoe Rogan31:49

       Well, it's, it's so... There's so much there. There's so... It's so... You're so conflicted 'cause there's no heroes.

   21. BSBrian Simpson31:54

       There's no heroes. They're all fucking losers.

   22. JRJoe Rogan31:56

       And they're... That's real. That's the real corporate world.

   23. BSBrian Simpson31:59

       'Cause think about the fact that, at the end of the day, losing was still them all being rich.

   24. JRJoe Rogan32:07

       Billionaires.

   25. BSBrian Simpson32:07

       Like unbelievably wealthy, right?

   26. JRJoe Rogan32:09

       Unbelievably wealthy.

   27. BSBrian Simpson32:10

       And, and they were so unh-... 'Cause like I told you, like, people like that-

   28. JRJoe Rogan32:13

       Yeah.

   29. BSBrian Simpson32:13

       ... it's not about the amount of money. They wanted to be CEO. They all-

   30. JRJoe Rogan32:17

       Yeah.
9. 33:48 – 38:16

   Addictions and compulsion: gambling, alcohol, and chasing ‘action’

   1. JRJoe Rogan33:48

      But it's a, it's a thing, like gambling addicts. Like I was, uh, I was talking to my friend Sean about gambling addicts the other day. Like, growing up in pool halls, you know, not growing up, but, you know, being in pool halls when I was younger, uh, those were my first exposure to real gambling addicts. And it is a sickness that's different than anything that I ever thought it was.

   2. BSBrian Simpson34:07

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan34:07

      It is ju- just like crack. Like, these guys, they want that fucking... They just gotta be in action, and that's what they s- they call it. They call it action. "I gotta be in action." They wanna be in action. It's all... Money is just gambling coupons.

   4. BSBrian Simpson34:21

      Yeah. They love the risk of it. They don't-

   5. JRJoe Rogan34:23

      Yes.

   6. BSBrian Simpson34:23

      It's not the winnings or the losings. It's the-

   7. JRJoe Rogan34:24

      It's the fucking adrenaline rush and-

   8. BSBrian Simpson34:27

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan34:27

      ... you're watching the ga- Did you see Uncut Gems?

   10. BSBrian Simpson34:29

       Oh, yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan34:29

       Uncut Gems.

   12. BSBrian Simpson34:30

       Once.

   13. JRJoe Rogan34:31

       It's fucking great.

   14. BSBrian Simpson34:32

       I can't watch it again.

   15. JRJoe Rogan34:33

       It's so anxiety ra- 'Cause like, I knew people like that. I knew people like that. I knew people that blew everything, blew everything. I watched people blow tons of money. I've seen it. In, in pool halls, man, it's like everyone's a junkie. They're all junkies. You got your players-

   16. BSBrian Simpson34:53

       Mm-hmm.

   17. JRJoe Rogan34:53

       ... who are like... They, they just, they're in- in- addicted to playing, and they're also addicted to winning. And they're, they're addicted to, you know, making scores. But then you got the lying people, the people that aren't even... They're not playing. They're fucking betting on the side.

   18. BSBrian Simpson35:06

       Oh.

   19. JRJoe Rogan35:06

       And those are the big bets. That's the big money. Sometimes people are playing for $25,000, but there's $500,000 in the room.

   20. BSBrian Simpson35:16

       Mm-hmm.

   21. JRJoe Rogan35:16

       These are like big money games in the Philippines, big money games in... You know, like when, when they get... Some guy will come over from Europe and match up with somebody. They'll have these, like, uh, th- three-day tournaments where they're playing for $100,000, but there's so much betting on the side.

   22. BSBrian Simpson35:32

       But has anyone ever ju- I wonder if they just sit down and do the math and realize like you lose way more than you win.

   23. JRJoe Rogan35:38

       Yeah, but it's the fucking action.

   24. BSBrian Simpson35:40

       (sighs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan35:40

       You think you win sometimes. You're gonna keep winning. You're gonna win again. "I'm gonna get 'em back." I mean, that was Uncut Gems. It was always, like, chasing after that money. That's what they all do, man. It's wild to watch 'cause it was so scary to me. I got... I was nervous about gambling on pool. Like, I would only gamble a certain amount.

   26. BSBrian Simpson35:58

       You think it's easier to have a friend with a gambling problem or a drinking problem?

   27. JRJoe Rogan36:03

       (smacks lips) (sighs) I know a lot of good people that have kicked drinking. I know a lot of really good people-

   28. BSBrian Simpson36:09

       Right.

   29. JRJoe Rogan36:10

       ... that, that had drinking problems, and now they're awesome. Like, look at Dave Attell. He had a drinking problem, and he kicked it and became... It... He was already one of the best comics alive when he was a drinking guy and then quit and got even better. I mean-

   30. BSBrian Simpson36:24

       Yeah.
10. 38:16 – 44:09

    Comedy scene talk: Mothership shows, Bottom of the Barrel, and fly-gun lore

    1. JRJoe Rogan38:16

       Yeah, I can't wait to see him. Uh, Adrienne is there tomorrow.

    2. BSBrian Simpson38:19

       Pelusi?

    3. JRJoe Rogan38:20

       Yeah.

    4. BSBrian Simpson38:20

       Oh, okay. Dope, dope, dope.

    5. JRJoe Rogan38:21

       Yeah, I love her.

    6. BSBrian Simpson38:23

       Yeah, she's funny as shit.

    7. JRJoe Rogan38:23

       She's funny as shit.

    8. BSBrian Simpson38:24

       Yeah.

    9. JRJoe Rogan38:24

       And she's on the rise, you know? She's like a new kinda interesting talent.

    10. BSBrian Simpson38:29

        Y- yeah.

    11. JRJoe Rogan38:30

        Fascinating person. Super fucking smart.

    12. BSBrian Simpson38:32

        She go hard too.

    13. JRJoe Rogan38:33

        She goes hard.

    14. BSBrian Simpson38:35

        Yeah.

    15. JRJoe Rogan38:36

        She goes hard on stage.

    16. BSBrian Simpson38:37

        Yeah.

    17. JRJoe Rogan38:37

        But thank God for her.

    18. BSBrian Simpson38:38

        But I've nev- I've never met her, I've never met her personally. She gonna be there tonight?

    19. JRJoe Rogan38:40

        S- yeah, Sweetheart.

    20. BSBrian Simpson38:41

        Okay. My friend Adrienne.

    21. JRJoe Rogan38:41

        I don't know if she's here tonight. She'll be here tomorrow.

    22. BSBrian Simpson38:43

        Okay.

    23. JRJoe Rogan38:43

        She might come in tonight. Uh, but yeah, I g- I got to meet her, uh, during, um, The Moontower. She came by.

    24. BSBrian Simpson38:48

        D- um, the Mothership is so d... How about Bottom of the Barrel? See, I didn't talk about Bottom of the Barrel-

    25. JRJoe Rogan38:53

        (laughs)

    26. BSBrian Simpson38:53

        ... at the beginning of the show.

    27. JRJoe Rogan38:54

        Yeah.

    28. BSBrian Simpson38:54

        But it's so much fucking fun.

    29. JRJoe Rogan38:57

        It's the... I look forward to it so much.

    30. BSBrian Simpson38:59

        Yes.
11. 44:09 – 1:00:08

    Texas wildlife spiral: bugs, snakes, cats, and pet health fears

    1. JRJoe Rogan44:09

       We got a fire ant problem, too.

    2. BSBrian Simpson44:11

       Oh, yeah.

    3. JRJoe Rogan44:12

       Those little motherfuckers. Woof.

    4. BSBrian Simpson44:14

       Man.

    5. JRJoe Rogan44:14

       It's very impressive, the mounds that they make. Like, those guys go ham.

    6. BSBrian Simpson44:18

       Yeah. They, Texas is wild with the bugs. I feel like every kind of bug in the world is here.

    7. JRJoe Rogan44:22

       Bugs, snakes. I got a booklet that they sell at the supermarket of like, the snakes from Central Texas, like what's dangerous and what's not.

    8. BSBrian Simpson44:30

       That's here in Austin?

    9. JRJoe Rogan44:31

       Yeah.

    10. BSBrian Simpson44:31

        Oh, wow.

    11. JRJoe Rogan44:32

        Yeah. My friend called me, uh, she goes, "What is this?" And she sent me photos or videos of two big ass coral snakes in her garage and I'm like, "Those are real bad." Like, get the fuck, get those fucking things out of there.

    12. BSBrian Simpson44:44

        Yeah, that'll, that'll kill you.

    13. JRJoe Rogan44:45

        Oh, yeah. Yeah, a coral snake can kill you. Yeah.

    14. BSBrian Simpson44:48

        Yeah. They usually aren't trying to fuck with you, though.

    15. JRJoe Rogan44:50

        No. No, they don't, but the problem is sometimes you don't know they're there.

    16. BSBrian Simpson44:53

        Right, right.

    17. JRJoe Rogan44:54

        And so you're stepping and you step too close to them and they bite you.

    18. BSBrian Simpson44:57

        And you, and yes, it's a wrap.

    19. JRJoe Rogan44:58

        Especially if you're not looking, you know, you're just wandering through the woods, "God, it's so beautiful out here, ha."

    20. BSBrian Simpson45:03

        And espe- especially if you don't know what bit you, that's a whole other thing.

    21. JRJoe Rogan45:05

        Oh, yeah. And you don't get to a hospital.

    22. BSBrian Simpson45:07

        Yeah, you gotta get to the hospital with the thing that killed you.

    23. JRJoe Rogan45:09

        Yeah, right.

    24. BSBrian Simpson45:09

        You gotta know what it was.

    25. JRJoe Rogan45:10

        Right.

    26. BSBrian Simpson45:11

        You know?

    27. JRJoe Rogan45:12

        I'm sure hospitals out here probably carry antivenom.

    28. BSBrian Simpson45:14

        Yeah?

    29. JRJoe Rogan45:14

        My dogs got bit a ton of times by rattlesnakes.

    30. BSBrian Simpson45:17

        Really?
12. 1:00:08 – 1:10:00

    Corruption & media skepticism: BlackRock sting video, donations, and ‘two tiers’ of justice

    1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:08

       What is happening with that Sam Bankman-Fried guy? I heard they dropped five of his charges.

    2. BSBrian Simpson1:00:13

       Mm.

    3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:14

       Which is wild. (laughs)

    4. BSBrian Simpson1:00:15

       I wonder how that happened.

    5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:16

       Which is wild. They just quietly did that while they're telling us about aliens. (laughs)

    6. BSBrian Simpson1:00:20

       Yeah, man. This is the, this is the end of, this is the end of the death of truth. This is the age where you can't tell what's true, you can't tell who's who.

    7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:28

       Yeah.

    8. BSBrian Simpson1:00:28

       Who's being bribed, who's not, who has an agenda.

    9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:31

       Right.

    10. BSBrian Simpson1:00:32

        So now, people are going based off, it's, it's like what you're likely to believe is whatever you want to be true.

    11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:39

        Did you see that, um, you know James O'Keefe left Project Veritas? He was the guy that does all those gotcha videos, investigative reporter videos where they-

    12. BSBrian Simpson1:00:47

        No, I don't under-

    13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:48

        ... undercover videos. He got a lot of 'em, uh, like... (sighs) I don't know what led him to leave Project Veritas, but he started his own group and his own group yesterday, he got some guy from...... this corporation talking about how easy it is to bribe politicians. So he's on a date with this-

    14. BSBrian Simpson1:01:05

        Oh, yeah, you sent me this, this Instagram thing.

    15. JRJoe Rogan1:01:07

        Yeah.

    16. BSBrian Simpson1:01:07

        Oh, yeah.

    17. JRJoe Rogan1:01:08

        It's wild. It's wi- 'cause this guy, he's bl- he's like s- you know, you can get a senator for like 10 grand. Like he was, it's hot-

    18. BSBrian Simpson1:01:17

        Does he i- does he know he's being recorded? It doesn't look like he does.

    19. JRJoe Rogan1:01:19

        No, he's on a date.

    20. NANarrator1:01:20

        At some point he says that that pr- he's like, "You might be an undercover reporter." But then he still keeps telling the girl stuff.

    21. JRJoe Rogan1:01:25

        Yeah, 'cause he's trying to be funny. He's, he's... find that. G- he, I think he's trying to impress a girl. But that's what it always is. Like a lot of them are these chatty gay guys and they get some cute gay guy to go on dates with them.

    22. BSBrian Simpson1:01:37

        Yeah, but, but there's one part of the video where he's like at a job fair or something. He's just talking.

    23. JRJoe Rogan1:01:42

        Yeah, so this is it. Play it.

    24. NANarrator1:01:45

        Oh, I mean, oh, okay.

    25. I don't think that they... I don't know, but I suspect it's probably because it's easier to do things when people aren't thinking about it. All of these financial institutions, they buy politicians. You can take this big (beep) ton of money and then you can start to buy people. I work for, uh, a company called BlackRock.

    26. JRJoe Rogan1:02:04

        Meet Serge Varley, a recruiter at BlackRock.

    27. NANarrator1:02:09

        And it's like it's not-

    28. BSBrian Simpson1:02:12

        Oh.

    29. NANarrator1:02:12

        It's who's controlling the, the wallet.

    30. Fucking music is really killing me.

Episode duration: 3:13:58