Joe Rogan Experience #2549 - Jared Diamond

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

September 3, 2026

Duration

2h 28m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jared Diamond, PhD, is a professor, scientist, historian, and author of several books, including “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” “Collapse,” and “Why Is Sex Fun?” His latest book, “Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings,” is available now. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/profits-prophets-coaches-and-kings-jared-diamond https://www.jareddiamond.org 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. Get 30% off + 2 free gifts at https://ARMRA.com/rogan

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

  Host of The Joe Rogan Experience; comedian and UFC commentator.

• Jared Diamond

  guest

  Author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse; scientist and historian known for work on geography, societal development, and New Guinea fieldwork.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Jared Diamond, Joe Rogan Experience #2549 - Jared Diamond explores how leaders, language, and contingency shape history’s biggest outcomes Jared Diamond explains why he wrote his book on leadership: a lifetime shaped by WWII, the Holocaust’s impact on his family, and shocks like Pinochet’s coup convinced him that individual leaders can matter enormously under certain conditions.

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