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Joe Rogan Experience #2146 - Deric Poston

Deric Poston is a stand-up comic and host of "The Solid Show" podcast alongside Ehsan Ahmad. www.dericposton.com

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May 6, 20243h 2mWatch on YouTube ↗

At a glance

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Joe Rogan and Deric Poston on Comedy, COVID, Culture Wars, Community

  1. Joe Rogan and Deric Poston have a long-form, freewheeling conversation that jumps between stand-up comedy craft, the rise of Austin as a new comedy hub, and their shared experiences during COVID-era lockdowns and cultural upheaval.
  2. They detail how The Comedy Mothership and Kill Tony created a meritocratic ecosystem for comics, contrasting it with old Hollywood’s scarcity mindset and backstabbing culture.
  3. Rogan and Poston also criticize pandemic policies, media narratives, and social-media-driven tribalism, arguing these broke people psychologically and fueled censorship, division, and bad decisions.
  4. Throughout, they return to themes of discipline, hard work, non-resentful camaraderie, and choosing love and community over envy, fear, and control.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

The healthiest comedy scenes are meritocracies, not quota systems.

Rogan emphasizes that at The Comedy Mothership, lineups are built purely on who is funniest, not on identity categories, arguing that this naturally produces diverse but undeniably strong shows and careers.

Surrounding yourself with killers makes you sharper—if you drop your ego.

Both describe deliberately following or touring with extremely strong comics (Joey Diaz, Shane Gillis, Tony Hinchcliffe, Andrew Schulz) to force their own material to tighten, rather than choosing weak openers to protect their egos.

Resentment and envy quietly destroy careers and friendships.

They contrast bitter comics who root for others to fail with people like Brian Simpson and Tony Hinchcliffe who actively promote other comics; Rogan frames resentment as a self-imposed mental illness that blocks growth and joy.

COVID policies revealed how easily fear and tribalism override reason.

Rogan argues that mask mandates, school closures, and coercive vaccination campaigns abandoned real risk/benefit analysis—especially for children—and became tribal identity markers and outlets for online cruelty rather than science-driven policy.

Long-term discipline around food, health, and work beats short-term indulgence.

Rogan admits to severe glutton tendencies but uses strict dietary discipline (carnivore phases, cutting bread, resetting after “cheat” meals) and high training volume as a way to manage health, performance, and self-respect.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

You gotta be undeniable. When you're undeniable, it's all gonna come your way.

— Joe Rogan

Loving is so much more fun. Just loving is so much more fun.

— Deric Poston

The connection between comedy and Hollywood is one of the worst ideas of all time.

— Joe Rogan

If you have fuck-you money and you don't say fuck you, it's a crime against fortune.

— Joe Rogan

If someone makes you feel bad because they're so good, go to work. That’s a good feeling.

— Joe Rogan

Building The Comedy Mothership and Austin’s new comedy ecosystemDiet, discipline, gluttony, and Rogan’s carnivore/clean-eating approachCOVID lockdowns, vaccines, media narratives, and social divisionComedy culture: meritocracy vs. Hollywood scarcity and envyDevelopment of material: process, bombing, and learning from killersRap beefs, culture wars, and performative activism on campusesHuman nature, tribalism, history, and the dangers of dehumanization

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