Joe Rogan Experience #2015 - Zach Bryan

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. NANarrator0:00

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

   2. The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) What's happening, baby?

   4. ZBZach Bryan0:14

      How you doing, Joe?

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      Good to see you, brother.

   6. ZBZach Bryan0:15

      How you doin'?

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      And we're drinking Bud Light, ladies and gentlemen.

   8. ZBZach Bryan0:17

      Sorry, guys. (smacks lips)

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:18

      Sorry.

   10. ZBZach Bryan0:19

       We're fucked.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:20

       There's nothing wrong with it.

   12. ZBZach Bryan0:21

       Mm-mm. Mm.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       People are so... Cheers, sir.

   14. ZBZach Bryan0:23

       Cheers, brother.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       People are so silly. We were just talking about how silly it is. One person made a really stupid decision, and now everybody's decided that Bud Light is the enemy. But that's, like, this thing that people do in America, where they just decide, "Now I hate thes- these people, these people are the enemy." And, you know-

   16. ZBZach Bryan0:38

       And it's over.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:39

       Yeah, and it's over.

   18. ZBZach Bryan0:40

       The reason ... (sighs) I've drinking Bud Light and Budweiser, like, my entire adult life. And then on, on Twitter, I defended my, my sister's spouse, and people were like ... People were pissed. And I was like, "I'm so ... I didn't mean to do this." It was crazy. Then Travis Tritt came after me, and I was like ... He didn't come after me. Travis Tritt is so respectable, and he's, like, a good guy. And I met him at the Two Step Inn, where you were. And it was just, it was cool to get to talk to him about it and see, like, two different views. And it was-

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:07

       Yeah.

   20. ZBZach Bryan1:07

       It was cool, sitting in the room with him and hearing it.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:09

       Well, you know, people d- just the culture war in this country is so goofy. It's so overblown. And a lot of it is people just not talking to each other. It's people talking through social media and talking through narratives. And it's just ...

   22. ZBZach Bryan1:23

       It freaks me out.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:24

       Yeah?

   24. ZBZach Bryan1:24

       It freaks me out. And being so public, you too a- as well, it's so scary. I feel like it keeps people from being who they actually are-

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:30

       Oh, yeah.

   26. ZBZach Bryan1:31

       ... which is terrifying 'cause every time I get anywhere, I'm like, "Shit, man, I can't say or do this." And then when you do, it's fucking ... It's crazy.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:39

       (laughs)

   28. ZBZach Bryan1:40

       It's psychotic.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:40

       There's a lot of self-censoring.

   30. ZBZach Bryan1:42

       I know.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Yeah. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      really looked down on, 'cause those are the people that don't carry their own weight, those are the people that get in the way, those are the people that panic and battle.

   2. ZBZach Bryan15:08

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:08

      Those are the people that can't control their emotions. So, when we think about someone who's exploring their emotions or expressing their emotions, we like kind of automatically think about the most annoying aspect of expressing your emotions.

   4. ZBZach Bryan15:23

      Other people in your childhood who were just crying all the time and stuff like that.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:26

      Yeah. Well, people ... There's some people that just like anything that goes wrong in their life, they think the universe is out to get them.

   6. ZBZach Bryan15:32

      The universe and the world. Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:32

      Like Goddammit, like have, have you ever seen Africa? You ever seen like-

   8. ZBZach Bryan15:36

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:36

      ... people that are living in third world countries? You ever seen p- people that are walking from Guatemala to try to get through to Mexico to get to America?

   10. ZBZach Bryan15:43

       Wake up every morning so happy to breathe the air-

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:45

       Yeah.

   12. ZBZach Bryan15:45

       ... in America, man.

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:46

       Yeah. Yeah.

   14. ZBZach Bryan15:46

       I wake up every morning, I'm like, "Holy shit, this could be so much worse."

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:50

       Fuck yeah. Yeah. That's like when this whole border crisis thing is going on. And ugh, I'm like, "Listen, if I was living in Honduras and I had no way of making out-"

   16. ZBZach Bryan16:00

       I'm out.

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:00

       "... and I knew that I could walk all the way to America ... My cousin was gonna do it, my brother was gonna do it."

   18. ZBZach Bryan16:05

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:06

       "It's gonna take us two weeks to walk to America. Like, let's fucking go, man. Otherwise, we're stuck."

   20. ZBZach Bryan16:11

       And you have to think about that being a story in itself.

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:12

       Yeah.

   22. ZBZach Bryan16:13

       Like for you as that, that person-

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:15

       Right.

   24. ZBZach Bryan16:15

       ... who's like, "I'm gonna go make this trek and make this journey in my life to make it better," that's like an odyssey, right? Like you're-

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:21

       Well, people do what they have to do in order to make their life better. And when there's nothing you have to do, 'cause your life's pretty fucking easy-

   26. ZBZach Bryan16:30

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:30

       ... then people find all sorts of stupid shit to complain about.

   28. ZBZach Bryan16:33

       To complain about. Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:34

       Because people ha- ... There's like a level of dissatisfaction that most people just contain all day long. And a lot of it is like they have a lot of disfac- dissatisfaction with their own self.

   30. ZBZach Bryan16:42

       Yeah.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   It's a, it's a…

   1. ZBZach Bryan30:00

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      It's a, it's a different game.

   3. ZBZach Bryan30:00

      ... you think?

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      Yeah. Way different. Yeah. Those people are-

   5. ZBZach Bryan30:01

      Maybe that's why I think I'm so damn good.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:03

      Yeah, 'cause you've been playing lemons.

   7. ZBZach Bryan30:04

      'Cause I've been playing ball. Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:05

      Yeah.

   9. ZBZach Bryan30:05

      That's crazy.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:06

       But a lot of pool players that are really good go to bars, 'cause people do think they're good at pool. And they'll go and talk shit.

   11. ZBZach Bryan30:12

       Hustle up, man.

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:13

       And someone will try to gamble. Next thing you know, they're walking out of there with 10 grand.

   13. ZBZach Bryan30:16

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:16

       I, I have a bunch of friends that have done that.

   15. ZBZach Bryan30:18

       We do the dumbest shit at bars when it comes to pool, 'cause we'll all, like, be drinking beers all night. It'll be like ...... midnight, and someone's like, "I'll bet you on this one." And then, like, the whole bar will, like, get around, you know-

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:28

       (laughs)

   17. ZBZach Bryan30:28

       ... and just watch us play. It's crazy.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:29

       (sighs) Yeah.

   19. ZBZach Bryan30:31

       It's psychotic.

   20. JRJoe Rogan30:32

       Yeah. Gambling.

   21. ZBZach Bryan30:34

       It's ca- scary.

   22. JRJoe Rogan30:35

       Dude, I was in Vegas with Dana White, Taylor Lewan. Who, who else was gambling?

   23. ZBZach Bryan30:40

       Will Compton.

   24. JRJoe Rogan30:41

       Will Compton. Who else was gambling? That was... What, what was gambling?

   25. ZBZach Bryan30:44

       Me and Shane.

   26. JRJoe Rogan30:45

       Yeah.

   27. NANarrator30:45

       And Shane.

   28. JRJoe Rogan30:45

       And Shane Gillis-

   29. NANarrator30:46

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan30:46

       ... was with us and, and Jamie. And Dana White was gambling, and he was down $600,000-
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Look at him go.…

   1. ZBZach Bryan45:00

      man ...

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:01

      Look at him go.

   3. ZBZach Bryan45:02

      As a young person, that's not easy.

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      No, man.

   5. ZBZach Bryan45:04

      These guys- 'cause they're devoted, man.

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      Yeah.

   7. ZBZach Bryan45:06

      They're so into it, they're ...

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:08

      And the show was epic, right? So it's at this outdoor racetrack, and they have these giant fucking screens, this huge stage, and you're seeing Keith Richards and Mick Jagger right there.

   9. ZBZach Bryan45:20

      Come on, man.

   10. JRJoe Rogan45:21

       Right there.

   11. ZBZach Bryan45:22

       Come on.

   12. JRJoe Rogan45:22

       Dude, I'm telling you, it was like being on drugs.

   13. ZBZach Bryan45:23

       Dude, but-

   14. JRJoe Rogan45:24

       It was like a psychedelic experience. Like, I couldn't believe they were really there.

   15. ZBZach Bryan45:27

       Those guys are so iconic sometimes, I wonder if they ever think about it. Like, d- like, do they ask themselves the same questions that I ask myself? Or, uh, not ... That sounded shitty, but, like, since I'm smaller, obviously, like, watching those guys, I wonder if they came up and accidentally became legends. Or, like, they-

   16. JRJoe Rogan45:44

       But they were so young when they h- hit the scene. You have to stop and think about the 1960s, right?

   17. ZBZach Bryan45:49

       Was their dream to become massive musicians?

   18. JRJoe Rogan45:51

       No, no, I don't think anybody could have imagined-

   19. ZBZach Bryan45:53

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan45:53

       ... they coulda been the Rolling Stones.

   21. ZBZach Bryan45:54

       That's what freaks me out when I-

   22. JRJoe Rogan45:55

       There's no way anyone could imagine being the Rolling Stones.

   23. ZBZach Bryan45:57

       Exactly. (laughs)

   24. JRJoe Rogan45:58

       Like, do you think Taylor Swift imagined she'd be Taylor Swift?

   25. ZBZach Bryan46:00

       No way.

   26. JRJoe Rogan46:00

       Nobody c- you can't.

   27. ZBZach Bryan46:02

       Uh, maybe.

   28. JRJoe Rogan46:02

       You c-

   29. ZBZach Bryan46:02

       Maybe.

   30. JRJoe Rogan46:02

       Maybe.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:00:23

   (laughs) …

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      know what country he was in. I don't know if it was America or somewhere else. But this dude was climbing these fucking beams, these metal beams like an athlete. I was watching him do it. I'm like, "I can't do that." So, not only is he skilled, but he's carrying tools, and he can physically do things that I can't do.

   2. ZBZach Bryan1:00:15

      (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:16

      And while I'm watching him cli- watch this guy.

   4. NANarrator1:00:17

      This is a different guy, but he's also doing-

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:18

      Okay, well, this is another guy that's doing the same kind of thing. Look at ... He's got a harness on. The other guy didn't have a harness.

Episode duration: 3:06:15