Bill Thompson on Joe Rogan: How Pre-1840 Rules Rebuild Men

Thompson runs pre-1840 rendezvous camps where all modern gear is banned; immersive constraints, he argues, rebuild the rites of passage that modernity eroded.

Joe RoganhostBill Thompsonguest

Mar 25, 20262h 21mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: March 25, 2026
Duration: 2h 21m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Bill Thompson is a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer and the founder and CEO of Spartan Forge, a company that develops AI-powered mapping and predictive tools for hunting. https://www.youtube.com/@spartanforgeai https://www.spartanforge.ai Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan. Visit https://ketone.com/Rogan for 30% OFF, or find Ketone-IQ at Target nationwide. Visit https://ThreatLocker.com/JRE to learn more

SPEAKERS

Joe Rogan
host
Comedian and podcast host of The Joe Rogan Experience.
Bill Thompson
guest
Founder of Spartan Forge and former national-security/cyber technical advisor.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Joe Rogan, Bill Thompson on Joe Rogan: How Pre-1840 Rules Rebuild Men explores frontier reenactment, military cyberwarfare, and skepticism toward institutions and AI Thompson describes “rendezvous” camps where participants live with only pre-1840 gear, using them as a way to disconnect from modern life and transmit practical skills and rites-of-passage to younger men.

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