Joe Rogan Experience #2286 - Antonio Brown

1. 0:01 – 1:46

   Meeting Antonio Brown: X fame, “cracker of the year,” and bringing fun back

   1. NANarrator0:01

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

   2. NANarrator0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. NANarrator0:06

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

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:09

      (instrumental music) Bro.

   5. ABAntonio Brown0:12

      Let's do it.

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:13

      What's going on, man? Pleasure to meet you. What's happening?

   7. ABAntonio Brown0:14

      How you doing, man? Good to see you, baby.

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:16

      Look at ... Papa, look at that ring.

   9. ABAntonio Brown0:17

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:17

       Holy shit.

   11. ABAntonio Brown0:19

       Good to see you.

   12. JRJoe Rogan0:19

       Pleasure to meet you, man. The most fun follow on Twitter by far, excuse me, X.

   13. ABAntonio Brown0:24

       Thank you.

   14. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       Whatever they wanna call it. You're the most fun.

   15. ABAntonio Brown0:26

       Thank you, man. You ma-

   16. JRJoe Rogan0:27

       (laughs)

   17. ABAntonio Brown0:27

       ... you make my job easy, you know?

   18. JRJoe Rogan0:29

       (laughs)

   19. ABAntonio Brown0:29

       All the entertainment you give me.

   20. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       How did you, uh, s- decide to start doing this? How did you ... First of all, were you always this funny?

   21. ABAntonio Brown0:36

       (laughs) I would like to think so. (laughs)

   22. JRJoe Rogan0:41

       (laughs) But, like, your social media presence, like ... I forget who. I think Tony Hinchcliffe told me about you.

   23. ABAntonio Brown0:47

       Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan0:47

       He's like, "Dude, you have to follow Antonio Brown."

   25. ABAntonio Brown0:49

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan0:49

       "You must fo- He's the most must follow on the internet." I'm like, "Really?" And then I go to your page, and I'm fucking dying laughing.

   27. ABAntonio Brown0:57

       (laughs)

   28. JRJoe Rogan0:57

       We're sharing it around the green room at the comedy store like, "Ah!" And then when I won cracker of the day, I was like, "Yes!"

   29. ABAntonio Brown1:04

       Yes. (laughs) Of the year.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:06

       Yes. Cracker of the year, that's right.
2. 1:46 – 4:57

   #CTESPN: turning CTE talk into awareness (and dark humor)

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:46

      How did you come up with, uh, #CTESPN? 'Cause that's my favorite.

   2. ABAntonio Brown1:51

      I feel like when I stopped playing football and I walked off the field, people was like, "This guy's crazy." Like, "He's retarded."

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:58

      (laughs)

   4. ABAntonio Brown1:58

      You know what I'm saying? (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:59

      (laughs)

   6. ABAntonio Brown1:59

      "He's illiterate." So, you know, I was like, "You know what? Maybe I could, you know, rebrand CTESPN with, you know, giving people perspective of different challenges people face and-

   7. JRJoe Rogan2:11

      Yeah.

   8. ABAntonio Brown2:12

      ... great individuals, how they overcome adversity, and just kinda share in tune with perspective of, you know, how people is getting through trauma, you know?

   9. JRJoe Rogan2:20

      Mm-hmm.

   10. ABAntonio Brown2:20

       No matter if you're a football player. I mean, what it's like for you. You started damn UC ... UFC ... UC ... yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan2:26

       Yeah.

   12. ABAntonio Brown2:27

       UFC, like.

   13. JRJoe Rogan2:28

       You ... The, the reality of head trauma is something that we're all like ... As a society, we're just embracing over the last 10, 20 years.

   14. ABAntonio Brown2:37

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan2:37

       Like, it wasn't for that Concussion movie. I think that opened up a lot of people's eyes.

   16. ABAntonio Brown2:41

       Yeah. Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan2:41

       That Will Smith movie.

   18. ABAntonio Brown2:42

       Yes.

   19. JRJoe Rogan2:43

       And the story that doctor of him f- finding how many people have-

   20. ABAntonio Brown2:47

       Have.

   21. JRJoe Rogan2:47

       ... like significant brain trauma from football.

   22. ABAntonio Brown2:50

       Yes. So for me, I try to use it i- 'cause this is a serious standpoint. A lot of ex-players and players have ... actually has been diagnosed and, you know, passed away from CT. So for me, you know, on a serious point of, you know, a, uh, bringing rec- uh, awareness and bringing, you know, a reality standpoint of what athletes and people fighting or anyone in they d- daily lives facing from head trauma, of just people writing 'em off, you know, and-

   23. JRJoe Rogan3:19

       Yeah.

   24. ABAntonio Brown3:19

       ... encouraging therapy, encouraging how do you get through tough situation a- and then making it funny.

   25. JRJoe Rogan3:25

       Right.

   26. ABAntonio Brown3:25

       You know what I'm saying?

   27. JRJoe Rogan3:26

       Right.

   28. ABAntonio Brown3:26

       Because I feel like nowadays if you do something crazy, people are like, "Oh yeah, that guy's crazy." So it's like, "Let's just show why they crazy in CTESPN."

   29. JRJoe Rogan3:35

       (laughs)

   30. ABAntonio Brown3:35

       And show (laughs) show what the, the cause of the craziness. You know what I mean?
3. 4:57 – 6:24

   Money, fame, and vulnerability: retirement shocks and “scavengers”

   1. JRJoe Rogan4:57

      That's the hardest thing, right? For like ... for pro athletes, you go from being a kid to all of the sudden you are making millions of dollars.

   2. ABAntonio Brown5:05

      Yes.

   3. JRJoe Rogan5:05

      And you're young-

   4. ABAntonio Brown5:07

      Yes.

   5. JRJoe Rogan5:07

      ... and you're wild, and you're-

   6. ABAntonio Brown5:09

      Yes.

   7. JRJoe Rogan5:09

      ... not thinking it's gonna go away, and then-

   8. ABAntonio Brown5:10

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan5:10

      ... all your friends are buying jewelry.

   10. ABAntonio Brown5:12

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan5:12

       And all your friends are buying Mercedes Benz and Bentleys-

   12. ABAntonio Brown5:15

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan5:15

       ... and all this shit, and you're like, "Fuck." And i- uh, I think the number was something like 85% of NFL players go bankrupt within X amount of years after retirement.

   14. ABAntonio Brown5:26

       Exactly, 'cause the lifestyle, you know, and making so much money and being able to transition in regards of having a new career and not making that much money all at once like you used to.

   15. JRJoe Rogan5:36

       Yeah.

   16. ABAntonio Brown5:37

       You know? And I think sometime bankrupt could be used to protect assets in regards of people coming after you too, knowing you're a-

   17. JRJoe Rogan5:43

       Right. For sure.

   18. ABAntonio Brown5:43

       ... big target when you're in position.

   19. JRJoe Rogan5:45

       Of course. Yeah. But that is another problem with-

   20. ABAntonio Brown5:48

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan5:48

       ... getting wealthy is that you become vulnerable to scoundrels and-

   22. ABAntonio Brown5:51

       Yeah, scavengers.

   23. JRJoe Rogan5:52

       And dirty hoes.

   24. ABAntonio Brown5:54

       Yeah, dirty hoe, dirt bag.

   25. JRJoe Rogan5:55

       Dirty, dirty money-grabbing, like-

   26. ABAntonio Brown5:56

       Yeah. Musty business.

   27. JRJoe Rogan5:57

       ... like calculated hoes.

   28. ABAntonio Brown5:59

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan6:00

       You know, ones that-

   30. ABAntonio Brown6:00

       (laughs)
4. 6:24 – 7:35

   Hypergamy and dating dynamics in the spotlight

   1. JRJoe Rogan6:24

      Did, did you ever have situations where you thought, like, girls were trying to, like, get over on you?

   2. ABAntonio Brown6:28

      I just feel like nowadays, girls just want the BB ... like, the BBD, the biggest and better dill.

   3. JRJoe Rogan6:36

      Right. Yeah.

   4. ABAntonio Brown6:37

      It's like, you know what I'm saying? Who want-

   5. JRJoe Rogan6:38

      That's built into human nature.

   6. ABAntonio Brown6:40

      Yeah, it's like, yeah, human nature-

   7. JRJoe Rogan6:41

      That's, that's genetic.

   8. ABAntonio Brown6:41

      ... like, what's the next best thing?

   9. JRJoe Rogan6:43

      Yeah. They, uh-

   10. ABAntonio Brown6:44

       So-

   11. JRJoe Rogan6:44

       ... it's called hypergamy.

   12. ABAntonio Brown6:46

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan6:46

       It's, like, a natural state that women, uh-

   14. ABAntonio Brown6:48

       Stay in, right?

   15. JRJoe Rogan6:49

       Well, they, they look for ... Like, if, if you're doing okay, but then all of a sudden, she starts working for a billionaire and he gets divorced and he's real friendly to her, next thing you know, she starts-

   16. ABAntonio Brown6:59

       In the op.

   17. JRJoe Rogan6:59

       She starts picturing that closet.

   18. ABAntonio Brown7:00

       Seeing the op, right?

   19. JRJoe Rogan7:01

       She starts picturing that closet-

   20. ABAntonio Brown7:03

       (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan7:03

       ... seeing all those shoes and purses and-

   22. ABAntonio Brown7:05

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan7:05

       ... all that jewelry and-

   24. ABAntonio Brown7:07

       She start licking chops going to the movie theater.

   25. JRJoe Rogan7:09

       Yeah, like, "I ... He's actually nicer to me than my boyfriend."

   26. ABAntonio Brown7:12

       Yeah, yeah. (laughs)

   27. JRJoe Rogan7:12

       And then they start justifying it, and next thing you know, old Jeff's a billionaire. (laughs)

   28. ABAntonio Brown7:15

       She's going, she's going to the movie theater.

   29. JRJoe Rogan7:18

       It's hypergamy. Yeah.

   30. ABAntonio Brown7:20

       It- (laughs)
5. 7:35 – 14:49

   CTE realities up close: losses, identity, and why therapy matters

   1. JRJoe Rogan7:35

      Yeah. When, when, you know, when you talk about CTE, um, wh- when did you first start noticing the effects of football?

   2. ABAntonio Brown7:45

      I feel like, to me, I always knew, like, the game was gonna come to an end. And I feel like, to me, I always played the game smart as a receiver, li- not putting myself in bad positions, getting hit. But I did have a chance to, you know ... Rest in peace Demaryius Thomas, one of the ex-receivers who came in the NFL around the time I came in. I had a chance to see him experience, you know what I'm saying, some of that CTE trauma. And then I met-

   3. JRJoe Rogan8:09

      How did he pass?

   4. ABAntonio Brown8:11

      From CTE.

   5. JRJoe Rogan8:12

      Yeah?

   6. ABAntonio Brown8:12

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan8:13

      He passed from CTE?

   8. ABAntonio Brown8:14

      Yeah, when they studied his brain, yeah. 'Cause I don't want to speak about the-

   9. JRJoe Rogan8:18

      I understand.

   10. ABAntonio Brown8:18

       ... problems that he really had, but-

   11. JRJoe Rogan8:20

       Yeah.

   12. ABAntonio Brown8:20

       ... you know, being a close friend to him, you know, we seen some of the experience that he was going through. And, uh, playing for Tampa my last year when we won the Super Bowl, I think it had a player, Vincent Jackson, rest in peace, also passed from, uh, CTE.

   13. JRJoe Rogan8:34

       (sighs)

   14. ABAntonio Brown8:34

       So for me, you know, it's, it's a real thing.

   15. JRJoe Rogan8:37

       It's a real thing.

   16. ABAntonio Brown8:37

       And, uh, not only just from the hits you take, but like you said, aftermath of-

   17. JRJoe Rogan8:41

       Mm-hmm.

   18. ABAntonio Brown8:42

       ... your career or, you know, having a moment in your career, where some guys can't get over it or, you know, you done seen fighters have a fight where it may not go the way that they wanted to go-

   19. JRJoe Rogan8:52

       Uh-huh.

   20. ABAntonio Brown8:52

       ... and it may could possibly affect the outcome of how they look at it. And I feel like we all have traumas in our lives from all-

   21. JRJoe Rogan8:58

       Mm-hmm.

   22. ABAntonio Brown8:58

       ... no matter if you play sports or not.

   23. JRJoe Rogan9:01

       Yeah.

   24. ABAntonio Brown9:01

       So just raising awareness of getting mental therapy and being able to, you know, work on yourself so you can have a better life.

   25. JRJoe Rogan9:08

       Yeah, that's a i- important point you brought up, like the psychology of a, of an athlete. You have to learn how to, like, put losses behind you and failures behind you-

   26. ABAntonio Brown9:17

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan9:17

       ... and regain your confidence and then excel and move forward.

   28. ABAntonio Brown9:20

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan9:20

       Right?

   30. ABAntonio Brown9:21

       You got- You just gotta not let one moment overtake the overall moments of your career.
6. 14:49 – 15:50

   Post-NFL pivot: music, Rolling Loud, and linking with Kanye

   1. JRJoe Rogan14:49

      Did you have a plan when you stopped? Like, did you know what you were gonna do?

   2. ABAntonio Brown14:53

      I didn't know what I was gonna do, but it s- it kinda just, like, happened. You know, I was making music, uh, with a distribution label, with video. So, as soon as I walked off the field, they released the music. Uh, I ended up linking with Kanye West right after.

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:08

      (laughs)

   4. ABAntonio Brown15:08

      (laughs) After that, I was doing Rolling Loud. After that ... You know what I'm saying? So, for me, I was grateful, you know, as soon as I walked off the field. Music song dropped-

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:18

      How'd you link up with Kanye?

   6. ABAntonio Brown15:20

      Man, he was looking for me right when I walked off the field.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:23

      Really?

   8. ABAntonio Brown15:23

      Yeah. They was calling me, uh, Justin Laboy, like, uh, calling me in New York, like, "Yo, Kanye wanna meet you." I ended up flying to LA with, uh ... to meet, uh, Rich with Fashion Nova. And, uh, we met right in Craig's, randomly in Craig's, but he was looking for me in LA, and after that, ended up hanging with him, making his album, Donda 2, and then-

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:44

      Wow.

   10. ABAntonio Brown15:45

       ... just getting opportunities, so ...

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:46

       That's crazy.

   12. ABAntonio Brown15:47

       I've been blessed to be able to have that happen for me, you know, coming off the field.

7. 15:50 – 20:16

   Inside Kanye’s workflow: 8 AM meetings, genius, and controversy marketing

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:50

      What is it like working with Kanye? 'Cause I can imagine that motherfucker's-

   2. ABAntonio Brown15:53

      Kanye, a lot of energy, genius-

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:55

      ... driven.

   4. ABAntonio Brown15:55

      ... uh, meetings at eight o'clock. All the music engi-

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:58

      8:00 AM or 8:00 PM?

   6. ABAntonio Brown15:59

      8:00 AM.

   7. JRJoe Rogan16:00

      Really?

   8. ABAntonio Brown16:00

      Every day, yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan16:01

      Really?

   10. ABAntonio Brown16:02

       All the engineers there, uh, everyone on the team, uh-

   11. JRJoe Rogan16:06

       That's unusual. Rappers at 8:00 AM?

   12. ABAntonio Brown16:08

       Nah, ye- ... Kanye is really a, a business guy who put in a lot of work. I know a lot of people see his rants and him going off, but he's really passionate about his work and, uh ...

   13. JRJoe Rogan16:17

       He's a genius.

   14. ABAntonio Brown16:18

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan16:18

       He's just scattered.

   16. ABAntonio Brown16:19

       Literally, literally.

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:19

       He's all over the place. And sometimes he goes a little off, a little ou- out- off the reservation, but-

   18. ABAntonio Brown16:23

       I feel like he think in a lot of forms that-

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:25

       Yes.

   20. ABAntonio Brown16:26

       ... so many areas-

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:27

       Bro.

   22. ABAntonio Brown16:27

       ... he like to think so ...

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:28

       You don't make music like that consistently unless-

   24. ABAntonio Brown16:31

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:31

       ... you got a very different mind.

   26. ABAntonio Brown16:33

       He's real creative.

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:33

       That dude has a very different mind. All of his shit.

   28. ABAntonio Brown16:36

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:36

       He doesn't have one bad album.

   30. ABAntonio Brown16:38

       Yeah. He's real creative.
8. 20:16 – 23:13

   Crashout bucket and culture war talk: politics, division, and comedy as relief

   1. JRJoe Rogan20:16

      Yeah, what's with the helmet?

   2. ABAntonio Brown20:17

      I'm going to crash out.

   3. JRJoe Rogan20:18

      Why'd you, why'd you, why'd you choose the helmet?

   4. ABAntonio Brown20:20

      I feel like this is one of the lucrative helmets that they wear when they go to war.

   5. JRJoe Rogan20:24

      (laughs) Lucrative?

   6. ABAntonio Brown20:25

      Yeah, lucrative.

   7. JRJoe Rogan20:27

      (laughs)

   8. ABAntonio Brown20:27

      You know, this the crash out bucket, 'cause I feel like when you wear this helmet, you already crashed out. It's like you committed to the crash out, like-

   9. JRJoe Rogan20:34

      Right, right, right, you're all in.

   10. ABAntonio Brown20:36

       All in. So I feel like we at war right now with the Democrats. I know you-

   11. JRJoe Rogan20:42

       (laughs)

   12. ABAntonio Brown20:46

       (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan20:46

       (laughs)

   14. ABAntonio Brown20:46

       Is that... Isn't that crazy to say? I know, but it is.

   15. JRJoe Rogan20:48

       That's crazy to say, but I know exactly what you're saying.

   16. ABAntonio Brown20:50

       Exactly.

   17. JRJoe Rogan20:51

       I just can't believe people will say it and it's true.

   18. ABAntonio Brown20:54

       It's wild life right now. Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan20:55

       What is ha- Like, the Democrats are now the Republicans.

   20. ABAntonio Brown20:57

       Yes, it's wild. The Democrat didn't even clap-

   21. JRJoe Rogan20:59

       They're the ones trying to control speech.

   22. ABAntonio Brown21:00

       They didn't even clap for the little kid.

   23. JRJoe Rogan21:02

       No, no.

   24. ABAntonio Brown21:02

       That was some bullshit.

   25. JRJoe Rogan21:04

       They didn't clap for the little kid, they didn't clap for the lady who-

   26. ABAntonio Brown21:06

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan21:06

       ... got fucked up by that volleyball player-

   28. ABAntonio Brown21:08

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan21:08

       ... that was a dude.

   30. ABAntonio Brown21:09

       We at war.
9. 23:13 – 29:09

   Building the CTESPN brand: awards show success and athlete media futures

   1. JRJoe Rogan23:13

      So, when you did the awards-

   2. ABAntonio Brown23:15

      Yes.

   3. JRJoe Rogan23:15

      ... like, uh, who put that together?

   4. ABAntonio Brown23:17

      Me and my guy, uh, Jacob. We put it together.

   5. JRJoe Rogan23:19

      Genius.

   6. ABAntonio Brown23:20

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan23:20

      Genius.

   8. ABAntonio Brown23:21

      That was amazing.

   9. JRJoe Rogan23:22

      And everybody loved it. It was huge.

   10. ABAntonio Brown23:23

       Everyone was loving it, yeah. I think it was bigger than the award show at the Oscars. I feel like we had a lot of numbers.

   11. JRJoe Rogan23:28

       You had a lot of numbers on X, man.

   12. ABAntonio Brown23:30

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan23:30

       Like, a lot of people watched that. What was the final numbers on that?

   14. ABAntonio Brown23:33

       I think almost, uh, 200 million engagement on-

   15. JRJoe Rogan23:35

       That is so crazy.

   16. ABAntonio Brown23:37

       Yeah, right on the X, yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan23:38

       That's so cr- But it's fun. People are starving for fun.

   18. ABAntonio Brown23:42

       It's fun, it's exciting. They need excitement.

   19. JRJoe Rogan23:43

       Yeah.

   20. ABAntonio Brown23:43

       A little uncomfortable but a little cool, 'cause-

   21. JRJoe Rogan23:45

       Yeah.

   22. ABAntonio Brown23:46

       ... we make the uncomfortability cool when it's like things.

   23. JRJoe Rogan23:48

       Also, you're doing it all with a big smile.

   24. ABAntonio Brown23:50

       It's happiness, man.

   25. JRJoe Rogan23:51

       Yeah, you're having a good time.

   26. ABAntonio Brown23:52

       Yeah, having a good time, making people feel good.

   27. JRJoe Rogan23:54

       Yeah.

   28. ABAntonio Brown23:54

       That's what we need more of.

   29. JRJoe Rogan23:56

       Are you gonna do more award shows?

   30. ABAntonio Brown23:57

       I need to. We need to do more, especially if you a part of it. If you gonna come support it, of course.
10. 29:09 – 34:39

    Crypto and meme coins: gambling, pump-and-dumps, and “unruggable” promises

    1. ABAntonio Brown29:09

       How do you feel about crypto, man? You got Phantom wallet? How do you get your money in crypto?

    2. JRJoe Rogan29:13

       Well, Jamie and I have been talking about starting our own bullshit coin.

    3. NANarrator29:16

       No.

    4. ABAntonio Brown29:16

       That would be dope.

    5. JRJoe Rogan29:17

       You're not in? (laughs)

    6. NANarrator29:18

       I'm not doing it.

    7. JRJoe Rogan29:19

       Now I thought you were gonna-

    8. ABAntonio Brown29:21

       A bullshit coin?

    9. JRJoe Rogan29:21

       I thought you were gonna do a pull it up Jamie coin.

    10. NANarrator29:22

        Oh, no. No, no, no.

    11. ABAntonio Brown29:23

        What about the butt coin? You heard of butt coin?

    12. JRJoe Rogan29:25

        No. (laughs) What's butt coin?

    13. ABAntonio Brown29:26

        The Dogenu Dogs coin?

    14. JRJoe Rogan29:28

        Hmm?

    15. ABAntonio Brown29:28

        Dogenu. I read a show today, a Dogenu Dodge coin. I mean, it's a bunch of coins.

    16. JRJoe Rogan29:33

        There's, like, a million coins, right?

    17. ABAntonio Brown29:35

        Yeah, there's, like, a million coins out here.

    18. JRJoe Rogan29:35

        How many coins are there? How many, like-

    19. NANarrator29:37

        Yeah, the meme coin is over, though. It's over.

    20. JRJoe Rogan29:39

        It's over?

    21. NANarrator29:40

        Yeah.

    22. JRJoe Rogan29:40

        What do you mean?

    23. ABAntonio Brown29:41

        The meme coin?

    24. NANarrator29:42

        It all fell apart, like-

    25. JRJoe Rogan29:43

        When?

    26. NANarrator29:43

        ... last week.

    27. JRJoe Rogan29:44

        This week?

    28. NANarrator29:45

        Yeah.

    29. JRJoe Rogan29:45

        Jamie. For real?

    30. ABAntonio Brown29:48

        Everything fell apart? (laughs)
11. 34:39 – 38:47

    Weed, legality, and the comfort trap: discipline and purpose after success

    1. ABAntonio Brown34:39

       I seen you get high with Elon Musk on here. You hit the joint and it's like ...

    2. JRJoe Rogan34:42

       Allegedly.

    3. ABAntonio Brown34:44

       You hit the-

    4. JRJoe Rogan34:44

       Allegedly.

    5. ABAntonio Brown34:45

       Allegedly. Yeah, allegedly. I like that. Allegedly.

    6. JRJoe Rogan34:47

       He got in trouble for that.

    7. ABAntonio Brown34:48

       I don't know. I think-

    8. JRJoe Rogan34:48

       'Cause he has top secret clearance.

    9. ABAntonio Brown34:50

       Yeah, I figured. He was, that was-

    10. JRJoe Rogan34:52

        Think about that. We can't show that on YouTube anymore. YouTube is, uh ...

    11. ABAntonio Brown34:54

        Oh, yeah. YouTube is not liking the smoke right now?

    12. JRJoe Rogan34:56

        YouTube is taking some-

    13. ABAntonio Brown34:57

        All right.

    14. JRJoe Rogan34:58

        ... some precautions. Protecting people from themselves.

    15. ABAntonio Brown35:00

        Make sure Bae Smokes, man. 56, it's the cracker pack.

    16. JRJoe Rogan35:02

        So, this stuff that you have is-

    17. ABAntonio Brown35:03

        Yes.

    18. JRJoe Rogan35:03

        ... is legal in 50 states?

    19. ABAntonio Brown35:04

        Yes, Bae Smokes.

    20. JRJoe Rogan35:05

        I don't even wanna ask how. I just trust you.

    21. ABAntonio Brown35:07

        Bae Smokes. Bae Smokes making it legal.

    22. JRJoe Rogan35:09

        How is it legal in 50 states? I'm gonna ask how. How?

    23. ABAntonio Brown35:11

        Bae Smokes.

    24. JRJoe Rogan35:12

        Right.

    25. ABAntonio Brown35:12

        Bae Smokes, you gotta explain to us. I, I know how it's legal.

    26. JRJoe Rogan35:14

        How?

    27. ABAntonio Brown35:15

        Bae Smokes got the paperwork.

    28. NANarrator35:18

        (laughs)

    29. ABAntonio Brown35:19

        (laughs) He figured it out.

    30. JRJoe Rogan35:20

        Well, it all should be legal.
12. 38:47 – 43:58

    Old Twitter fear vs. today: cancel culture, Rashard Mendenhall, and free speech

    1. JRJoe Rogan38:47

       Yes. When you first started posting wild shit on Twitter-

    2. ABAntonio Brown38:50

       Yeah.

    3. JRJoe Rogan38:50

       ... did, did anybody ever call you and go, "Hey man, you gotta stop..." (laughs)

    4. ABAntonio Brown38:53

       Of course, everyone. They was like, "Bro, what the fuck?" (laughs) They were like calling my phone like, "Bro, you an idiot. You calling people crackers now? What the fuck is wrong with you?"

    5. JRJoe Rogan39:01

       (laughs)

    6. ABAntonio Brown39:01

       I'm like, "Bro, it's, it's an uncomfortable sense of humor for comedy, bro."

    7. JRJoe Rogan39:05

       Well, cracker is the most benign of all insults. That doesn't work at all.

    8. ABAntonio Brown39:10

       That's what I'm saying, it's like-

    9. JRJoe Rogan39:11

       Because-

    10. ABAntonio Brown39:11

        Everyone love crackers.

    11. JRJoe Rogan39:12

        Yeah, no one's upset.

    12. ABAntonio Brown39:12

        Ritz Crackers, Cheez-Its.

    13. JRJoe Rogan39:13

        Yeah. No one's upset.

    14. ABAntonio Brown39:15

        I just feel like when it first started, when I first started, they were like, "What the hell is you doing?"

    15. JRJoe Rogan39:18

        Yeah.

    16. ABAntonio Brown39:18

        Or if I get at it a day, they're like, "Whoa."

    17. JRJoe Rogan39:23

        (laughs)

    18. ABAntonio Brown39:23

        (laughs)

    19. JRJoe Rogan39:25

        Yeah.

    20. ABAntonio Brown39:25

        You know what I mean? But I was like, "You know what? It's not meant to like... it's meant to bring people up to say like, 'Yo, we could have a funny moment.'" Like-

    21. JRJoe Rogan39:33

        For fun.

    22. ABAntonio Brown39:34

        Yeah.

    23. JRJoe Rogan39:35

        Yeah, fun.

    24. ABAntonio Brown39:35

        Yeah, enjoy yourself, man.

    25. JRJoe Rogan39:36

        Enjoy yourself. Yeah. We-

    26. ABAntonio Brown39:38

        Yeah.

    27. JRJoe Rogan39:38

        We need a lot more of that. And-

    28. ABAntonio Brown39:40

        Yeah.

    29. JRJoe Rogan39:40

        But I think, you know, we were conditioned because of the way the old Twitter worked, to be very careful of what you said.

    30. ABAntonio Brown39:46

        Cautious. Yeah.
13. 43:58 – 50:20

    Internet chaos: Snapchat surveillance, memes, and viral culture

    1. ABAntonio Brown43:58

       No, I was texting myself.

    2. JRJoe Rogan43:59

       You don't Snapchat, do you?

    3. ABAntonio Brown44:00

       Nah, I don't really Snapchat.

    4. JRJoe Rogan44:01

       No, the kids Snapchat. My-

    5. ABAntonio Brown44:03

       Yeah.

    6. JRJoe Rogan44:03

       ... my kids don't even text. They just snap their friends.

    7. ABAntonio Brown44:06

       Snapchat, eh, eh.

    8. JRJoe Rogan44:06

       They're in the middle of the movie theater or something, they'll just like take a weird face, send it to their friends. I'm like, "What are you doing?"

    9. ABAntonio Brown44:11

       They're ke-

    10. JRJoe Rogan44:11

        "This is a weird way to communicate."

    11. ABAntonio Brown44:14

        Snapchat's just got all the filters of the face, you could just make a crater with the text.

    12. JRJoe Rogan44:18

        Oh, yeah. Kids are just all in addicted to Snapchat.

    13. ABAntonio Brown44:20

        Yeah, I was just texting my son.

    14. JRJoe Rogan44:21

        You know another thing that's weird too? Is they all have a Snap map so they know where they all are.

    15. ABAntonio Brown44:25

        Oh, they can see where you at all the time.

    16. JRJoe Rogan44:26

        They're like, "Oh, she's with him, that fucking bitch." You know? Like-

    17. ABAntonio Brown44:29

        (laughs)

    18. JRJoe Rogan44:30

        (laughs) You see, you see where all your friends are.

    19. ABAntonio Brown44:31

        They stalking every sign, yeah.

    20. JRJoe Rogan44:33

        You, like, you got a map of all your friends that you let follow you.

    21. ABAntonio Brown44:36

        You can see the whole layout, where everyone at.

    22. JRJoe Rogan44:37

        Yeah, it's weird, man. They're all little surveillance experts.

    23. ABAntonio Brown44:40

        It's kind of awkward, right? Looking at it standing on the map. (laughs)

    24. JRJoe Rogan44:42

        Yeah, they're all little narcs. They're all narcing on each other. (laughs)

    25. ABAntonio Brown44:46

        (laughs)

    26. JRJoe Rogan44:46

        But the crazy thing is they give it up to each other. They all-

    27. ABAntonio Brown44:49

        Yeah.

    28. JRJoe Rogan44:49

        Like, you have to ... If you have friends, you have to let your friends know where you are on the Snap map.

    29. ABAntonio Brown44:55

        That's right.

    30. JRJoe Rogan44:55

        And if you block it, like if you block them temporarily-
14. 50:20 – 1:04:50

    Famous friends and comedy circles: Sean Kingston call, Theo Von, Shane Gillis

    1. ABAntonio Brown50:20

       Yo. You know Sean Kingston? My guy loves you.

    2. JRJoe Rogan50:22

       No.

    3. ABAntonio Brown50:22

       He's calling right... You never met Sean Kingston? He's calling me right now 'cause he loves you.

    4. JRJoe Rogan50:25

       Tell him I said, "What's up?"

    5. ABAntonio Brown50:27

       Yo, Sean.

    6. NANarrator50:28

       Yo.

    7. JRJoe Rogan50:28

       What's up, Sean?

    8. NANarrator50:31

       Yo, what's up, my brother?

    9. JRJoe Rogan50:31

       What's going on, my man? How you doing?

    10. NANarrator50:33

        I'm good. I'm a huge fan, man. We gotta do an interview, man. That's my brother you got up there, man. Tony O'Brien is my brother, man.

    11. ABAntonio Brown50:38

        He loves you.

    12. JRJoe Rogan50:38

        All right, man. Well, cool. That sounds great.

    13. ABAntonio Brown50:41

        We'll set it up for you.

    14. JRJoe Rogan50:41

        I love him, man.

    15. NANarrator50:42

        I would love to go up there. What's up, A-Bizzle?

    16. ABAntonio Brown50:44

        What's up, baby?

    17. JRJoe Rogan50:45

        (laughs)

    18. ABAntonio Brown50:46

        We're here with Joe right now.

    19. JRJoe Rogan50:47

        With who? We're live right now.

    20. NANarrator50:49

        Yo, Joe Rogan.

    21. ABAntonio Brown50:49

        You live right now, Sean.

    22. NANarrator50:51

        Yeah. Shout out to Joe Rogan, the best motherfucking podcast. Can I curse? I don't know if I'm-

    23. ABAntonio Brown50:54

        Yeah, you allowed. You're allowed.

    24. NANarrator50:56

        This is the, this is the best podcast. I go to sleep watching this. This man taught so many... This man got knowledge of a man. Listen, Joe Rogan is the best.

    25. ABAntonio Brown51:03

        He is the man.

    26. NANarrator51:03

        The best.

    27. JRJoe Rogan51:03

        Thank you, sir. Appreciate you, man. Thank you very much. Thank you.

    28. NANarrator51:06

        Love, brother love.

    29. ABAntonio Brown51:07

        We love you, brother.

    30. NANarrator51:08

        Call me after, bro. Call me after.

Episode duration: 1:44:42