Joe Rogan Experience #2159 - Sal Vulcano

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

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

   2. NANarrator0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) What's up, Sam?

   4. SVSal Vulcano0:14

      What's up, brother? How you doing?

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      Good to see you, man. What's cracking?

   6. SVSal Vulcano0:16

      Nothing, thanks. So, thanks for having me, man.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:17

      My pleasure. What are you doing out here, man? What are you doing in Austin, Texas?

   8. SVSal Vulcano0:20

      Um, I got a ... My s- my special comes out today, actually.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:23

      Oh, shit.

   10. SVSal Vulcano0:24

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:25

       Oh, shit.

   12. SVSal Vulcano0:25

       Special comes o- Terrified.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:26

       What's it on?

   14. SVSal Vulcano0:27

       Uh, YouTube.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:28

       That's the move.

   16. SVSal Vulcano0:28

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:29

       Yeah. I'm, I'm very happy when guys do that. Makes it easily accessible. It's the best thing for, like, distributing your stuff.

   18. SVSal Vulcano0:35

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:36

       People share it easy.

   20. SVSal Vulcano0:38

       It's nice that that's a g- uh, a v- ... like, a good option now, because when everybody turns you down ... (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:43

       (laughs)

   22. SVSal Vulcano0:43

       It's, it's a-

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:43

       It's a great option.

   24. SVSal Vulcano0:44

       It's still like, "Well, I still got a good option."

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:46

       But it's an option to ... I would think about it even if it, you know, even if I had other options, just 'cause I think-

   26. SVSal Vulcano0:50

       Now at this point, right?

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:50

       ... it's like the best distribution plat- ... As long as they don't fucking censor you.

   28. SVSal Vulcano0:55

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:55

       Which is a little bit of an issue.

   30. SVSal Vulcano0:56

       Yeah.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   That's not that spooky.…

   1. SVSal Vulcano15:00

      uncomfortable ab- about that. And then she closed everything and then, like, whatever. She used to lock it after that. And then she'd lock, and one day, like months later, she had locked it again, when she opened it they were all open again. I tell her I don't even believe, like I don't, I don't know what I... She's not lying to me, but I don't know what to make of it, but I don't think it's a ghost. But my grandfather-

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:20

      That's not that spooky. (laughs) That's like The Hulk.

   3. GUGuest15:22

      (laughs)

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:22

      Like, that's way too loud for the Hulk.

   5. SVSal Vulcano15:23

      Yeah, I, I, I was about to get, I was about to get a massage.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:25

      (laughs) Yeah, that was like, waiting for the candles to be lit.

   7. SVSal Vulcano15:29

      Um, but my grandpa-

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:30

      Relax.

   9. SVSal Vulcano15:30

      My grandfather d- died in the house, but like, I don't know. You know?

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:33

       Mm.

   11. SVSal Vulcano15:34

       But this is not, that's not... But I'm just saying, one night I was home.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:38

       There we go.

   13. SVSal Vulcano15:39

       It was foggy out. And, uh, no sorry. (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:43

       (laughs)

   15. SVSal Vulcano15:44

       Um, uh, so I was just, I used to live alone, and I'm just, uh, I'm in bed and I'm getting... You know, I'm laying in bed, my television is on. And I, I do lock, even when I live alone, I lock my bedroom door when I go to sleep. I lock my bathroom door when I'm taking a shower. I always have. Right? So I l- my door's locked and I'm laying there and I'm watching TV and I, uh, I sleep with a CPAP, right? So I, what's good about that is, like, I can go all the way under the covers like a cocoon and I still have a form of to breathe. So I like wrap myself up like a fucking burrito for real.

   16. JRJoe Rogan16:20

       (laughs)

   17. SVSal Vulcano16:20

       It's so delightful.

   18. JRJoe Rogan16:21

       With the CPAP machine on.

   19. SVSal Vulcano16:23

       (laughs)

   20. JRJoe Rogan16:23

       So you're breathing, you're scuba diving.

   21. SVSal Vulcano16:24

       There's just a hose coming out of it.

   22. JRJoe Rogan16:25

       Bro, you're scuba diving in your sleep.

   23. SVSal Vulcano16:27

       Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan16:27

       That's so crazy.

   25. SVSal Vulcano16:29

       So, so I, um, I love it. So I w- I wrap myself up, over my head and everything. And what I really do, like what's really fun when you're in there is to like just poke out a foot or just-

   26. JRJoe Rogan16:39

       (laughs)

   27. SVSal Vulcano16:39

       ... or a hand.

   28. JRJoe Rogan16:40

       That's really fun.

   29. SVSal Vulcano16:41

       And just get like a cool breeze.

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:43

       And then wonder about what's under the bed that's gonna bite your feet.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Y- if you're lo...…

   1. GUGuest30:00

      where you were going with that. (laughs) I think-

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:01

      Y- if you're lo... If you're lost in the Amazon, forget a fire. It's not gonna happen.

   3. GUGuest30:05

      So your broken spirit will kill you before the- the elements?

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:07

      You, you, you will realize how hopeless your plight is when it is impossible-

   5. GUGuest30:12

      Ah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:12

      ... for you to make a fire. So now you're gonna realize that everything that you eat is gonna be raw, and you're gonna have to catch things and eat them raw to stay alive.

   7. GUGuest30:22

      Right.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:22

      And now you're an animal.

   9. GUGuest30:23

      No.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:24

       Yeah.

   11. GUGuest30:24

       I don't even know. Like I'd h... I'd be, I'd be on... I'd try... Be on the f... Trying to catch the smallest animal and strangle it? What am I gonna do?

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       And the likelihood of them finding you is so small. If you just go on a walkabout. If you're like some wacky dude who goes off his meds and decides to go on a walkabout in the Amazon, they're not gonna find you.

   13. GUGuest30:43

       W... So many walkabouts just turn... Don't turn out well.

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:46

       A lot of them don't.

   15. GUGuest30:48

       Why, why keep walking about it?

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:49

       But why are walkabouts so romantic to us? You know, like that movie with the kid who, uh... What was the movie called where he lived in the bus?

   17. GUGuest30:57

       Alaska.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:58

       In Alaska? Yeah.... into the wild.

   19. SVSal Vulcano31:00

       Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan31:01

       Into the wild. Like, why is that so romantic to us, for someone who just goes out into the wild? And even if the dude dies out there, like that- that guy did.

   21. SVSal Vulcano31:09

       Maybe there's some type of, like, whether it be just finding yourself or, like, just being at one with these elements as much as possible feels like something romantic, I guess.

   22. JRJoe Rogan31:19

       Yeah. It feels like this understanding that we're disconnected from the rest of the world because of what we've created.

   23. SVSal Vulcano31:25

       It's pres- it puts... Gives you perspective, for sure.

   24. JRJoe Rogan31:27

       Yeah.

   25. SVSal Vulcano31:27

       Perspective. I mean-

   26. JRJoe Rogan31:29

       It does give you perspective. It's also like, the more disconnected we are, the more ridiculous we behave. Like, 'cause where do people behave the most ridiculously? In big cities. Y- they're the most disconnected from nature, the most.

   27. SVSal Vulcano31:42

       Right.

   28. JRJoe Rogan31:42

       You're living in concrete jungles. Honk, honk, fuck you. You're living in New York City, like, you're disconnected from nature, period.

   29. SVSal Vulcano31:48

       Right.

   30. JRJoe Rogan31:48

       Fuck your park. The park's cute.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Yeah. I mean, if…

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      or was the stroke because of him getting bitten?

   2. SVSal Vulcano45:03

      Yeah. I mean, if it was the bo-

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:03

      He might be rationalizing.

   4. SVSal Vulcano45:05

      Yeah, yeah. He coulda just had the stroke, and that would be bad enough, but he coulda just had a stroke.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:10

      Do they know when he had the stroke?

   6. GUGuest45:12

      No, man, I, I don't see ...

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:15

      He, what he's saying makes sense though, if that cat loves him-

   8. SVSal Vulcano45:18

      If that makes sense, yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:18

      ... and the cat sees him faint and the cat wants to drag him to safety.

   10. SVSal Vulcano45:21

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:22

       It's just they don't know they can't just bite you.

   12. SVSal Vulcano45:24

       (laughs)

   13. GUGuest45:24

       (laughs)

   14. SVSal Vulcano45:24

       You s- you ever see the reunions with these th- the reunions of, like, the trainers and they, they haven't seen 'em in years. Like, the, the, like, these, like, uh, zoo guys-

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:32

       Oh, yeah?

   16. SVSal Vulcano45:33

       ... that raise, like, tigers and set them free and then they reunite them?

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:36

       Aw.

   18. SVSal Vulcano45:36

       Like, in the wild, they reunite them.

   19. GUGuest45:38

       Wow.

   20. SVSal Vulcano45:38

       And these tigers just come charging at the guy, jump up and just start licking him.

   21. GUGuest45:41

       Aw.

   22. SVSal Vulcano45:42

       Yeah. You see that and ...

   23. GUGuest45:43

       Yeah.

   24. SVSal Vulcano45:44

       I think that's bad press to put out there, really, to tell you the truth.

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:46

       Why?

   26. SVSal Vulcano45:47

       Because it's, it's making 'em, it looked like a domesticated house cat. The thing looks adorable, it's licking it, I'm like, "Maybe I could raise a lion."

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:53

       Yeah, don't do that. Yeah, that's a good point. But, it's like, if you raise one from the time it's a baby, it realizes, like, "Oh, my God, that life is so much better than this bullshit life of chasing gazelles."

   28. SVSal Vulcano46:05

       I know, right?

   29. JRJoe Rogan46:06

       You know, that life sucks.

   30. SVSal Vulcano46:07

       Dude, these are, the guy's are ... And this guy's, like, leather sectional-
5. 1:00:00 – 1:02:19

   Right. …

   1. SVSal Vulcano1:00:00

      it on, eat my soft dick." I mean, I, you know, I just tried ... You know.

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:02

      Right.

   3. SVSal Vulcano1:00:02

      Anything that could help me, really. 'Cause I wasn't allowed to say no. You can't say no to these things. That's the whole point like of the show. When you lose, you can't say no to whatever's coming your way. So, there was a fan boat tour that passed the route and they wanted me to come out during the fan boat tour so the guy could be like, "Oh, the, the, the, you know, the lure of the bog monster." Like, just fucking with me. Not to scare the people. To make me look like a moron and to just ... (laughs)

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:25

      Yeah. Do they know for sure, "Okay, this is fine?"

   5. SVSal Vulcano1:00:30

      No. So ... (laughs) They didn't tell me that that was happening. Um, but ... So, that's my friend just attacking me. But, so they ... I had to hide behind that area over there. That's me just getting into it. Yeah, dude.

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:43

      What I would worry about doing this in Louisiana is someone who's got a gun and is like, "I'm gonna finally kill me a Bigfoot."

   7. SVSal Vulcano1:00:51

      Yeah. Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:52

      You know?

   9. SVSal Vulcano1:00:53

      Well, they wanted a tour.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:54

       'Cause there's just ... There's people that are not smart.

   11. SVSal Vulcano1:00:57

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:57

       And they are armed.

   13. SVSal Vulcano1:00:58

       Yeah. Yeah. Well, (laughs) I mean, I didn't think of that. I was worried about the alligators.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:01:02

       I'd be worried about them more than there would be the alligators.

   15. SVSal Vulcano1:01:05

       Yeah, well-

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:01:06

       Scaring like regular white people. (laughs)

   17. SVSal Vulcano1:01:10

       In that moment ... (laughs) In, in that moment though, I, I, I ... Actually, I was, uh, so, got so nauseous, 'cause it was 105 degrees, the smell and

   18. NANarrator1:01:16

       (laughs)

   19. SVSal Vulcano1:01:17

       ... I threw up. And I couldn't leave the, where I had to stay for the bit, so I was just standing, sitting like in my own throw up.

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:01:24

       Oh, God.

   21. SVSal Vulcano1:01:25

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:01:25

       Jesus Christ, dude.

   23. SVSal Vulcano1:01:26

       And then, and then like about 15 minutes in, they go, "Oh, Sal, Sal, get back." And they, and they point and there's a, there's an alligator. And it's coming at me. And I, I think it's even okay, and I go, "Ah," and I turn and I run toward the boat screaming and it was a fucking remote control alligator that they got that I didn't even know existed. But it was an alligator. And I ... For a, for a good-... 10 seconds, my reality was that an alligator was coming at me. I, I-

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:54

       And that would be the end of your show.

   25. SVSal Vulcano1:01:54

       ... I wasn't mobile. Look at the outfit I was in. I couldn't really move.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:57

       Right.

   27. SVSal Vulcano1:01:57

       That would be the end of the show. (laughs) It would be the end of me. (laughs)

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:02:01

       Yeah, and then the end of the show. But you were thinking about the show, right?

   29. SVSal Vulcano1:02:03

       Yeah. I mean, I was like, "I c- I, I cannot..." What about all the basic cable fans?

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:02:07

       What about all the people that work on, behind the scenes?

Episode duration: 3:07:48