Joe Rogan Experience #1358 - Sober October 3
Joe Rogan (host), Bert Kreischer (guest), Ari Shaffir (guest), Tom Segura (guest), Bert Kreischer (guest), Bert Kreischer (guest), Bert Kreischer (guest), Bert Kreischer (guest), Ari Shaffir (guest), Tom Segura (guest), Ari Shaffir (guest), Ari Shaffir (guest), Bert Kreischer (guest), Tom Segura (guest), Tom Segura (guest), Ari Shaffir (guest), Joe Rogan (host), Joe Rogan (host)
In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Bert Kreischer, Joe Rogan Experience #1358 - Sober October 3 explores comedians Debate Sobriety, Health, and Chaos in Sober October Reunion Joe Rogan, Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura, and Ari Shaffir reunite to hash out rules, resentments, and temptations around their annual “Sober October” challenge. The conversation jumps from private helicopters and environmental guilt to diet, fatty livers, extreme workouts, and sleep optimization using fitness wearables. A major thread is Ari secretly dosing Bert with molly before a podcast, triggering a serious ethical argument about consent, health risks, and trust among friends. They ultimately soften the challenge into a self‑improvement month—10 classes and 500 pages read—while dangling an intense weight‑loss goal for Bert tied to a live UFC weigh‑in and the Sober October “championship” belt.
Comedians Debate Sobriety, Health, and Chaos in Sober October Reunion
Joe Rogan, Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura, and Ari Shaffir reunite to hash out rules, resentments, and temptations around their annual “Sober October” challenge. The conversation jumps from private helicopters and environmental guilt to diet, fatty livers, extreme workouts, and sleep optimization using fitness wearables. A major thread is Ari secretly dosing Bert with molly before a podcast, triggering a serious ethical argument about consent, health risks, and trust among friends. They ultimately soften the challenge into a self‑improvement month—10 classes and 500 pages read—while dangling an intense weight‑loss goal for Bert tied to a live UFC weigh‑in and the Sober October “championship” belt.
Key Takeaways
Overly competitive fitness challenges can backfire.
Their previous Sober October turned into an obsessive points race that wrecked recovery, strained relationships, and left them burned out, leading them to dial back this year’s format to avoid repeating the same mistake.
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Health crises can force real behavioral change.
Bert’s cardiologist warning about a fatty liver and his weight (258 lbs) triggered a month of no/low booze, rigorous hot spin classes, and a 21‑pound loss—showing how a concrete medical scare can break ingrained habits more effectively than peer pressure alone.
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Non‑consensual drugging is a serious breach of trust, even among comics.
Ari spiking Bert’s drink with molly without telling him created panic attacks, health fears, and family stress; while Ari treats it as a bit, Rogan and Tom underline how wrong—and dangerous—it is, especially given Bert’s meds and cardiovascular risks.
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Data from wearables can be a powerful behavioral mirror.
The group’s use of Whoop straps to track sleep, heart rate variability, and strain makes it harder to lie to themselves about rest and stress, highlighting chronic undersleep and the health importance of consistent, quality sleep.
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Sobriety means different things to different people.
They debate whether cigars, edibles, or kombucha with alcohol ‘count,’ revealing how people rationalize around rules and how “Sober October” has shifted from strict abstinence to a broader self‑improvement framework.
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Big, specific goals can be highly motivating, but risky.
They propose that if Bert can hit 205 lbs by Nov. ...
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Friend groups can normalize and reward unhealthy behavior.
From constant offers of drinks to celebrating wild stories (like the molly incident), their dynamic shows how social reinforcement can make it harder to change, even when everyone intellectually acknowledges health risks.
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Notable Quotes
“You do realize how hard it is to be your friend?”
— Bert Kreischer (to Ari, after the molly incident)
“I would be enraged if you did this to me.”
— Joe Rogan, on being secretly dosed
“If you could get this in a pill—this feeling of not giving a fuck…”
— Bert Kreischer, describing the mental calm from extreme daily cardio
“You’re not supposed to have money if you’re not gonna spend it.”
— Joe Rogan, on enjoying financial success instead of hoarding it
“If you make 205, I will bring that belt to New York City and I will put it on you on the stage where the UFC fighters weigh in.”
— Joe Rogan, challenging Bert to a drastic weight‑loss goal
Questions Answered in This Episode
Where is the ethical line in comedy between ‘a bit’ and genuinely endangering a friend, especially with drugs or health issues involved?
Joe Rogan, Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura, and Ari Shaffir reunite to hash out rules, resentments, and temptations around their annual “Sober October” challenge. ...
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Does gamifying fitness (points, belts, public rankings) help or hurt long‑term health and mental well‑being for people with obsessive tendencies?
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How much responsibility do public figures like these comedians have when fans imitate their extreme behavior around drinking, drugs, or stunts?
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Is it realistic—or even desirable—for heavy‑drinking entertainers to fully embrace sobriety, or is a moderated approach more sustainable?
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What does this conversation reveal about how male friendship groups handle vulnerability, fear, and health anxiety under a layer of jokes?
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... skipped traffic in LA. There's no way he's not doing that again. We're live.
Dude, yeah. Dude, 10 minutes, LAX to Burbank.
What are you doing, helicopters?
I rented a helicopter last night.
You rented one?
10 minutes. (laughs)
How much did it cost?
A thousand dollars.
It cost you more than that.
A thousand dollars.
To go where? Where you going?
A thousand dollars.
LAX... So, to skip coming up?
Check out Blade.
Yeah.
Wait, why do you, why do you wanna go-
I was-
... oh, because Burbank's closer to your house?
Because I'm only, I'm only home for less than 24 hours th- this trip.
Yeah.
And I was panicking, and then I was like, "F- what does it cost to get a helicopter?" My assistant, Andrew, my cousin, Andrew, was like, uh, he's like, "Let's check." And he's like, "It's actually, it's not that expensive." He's like, "It's a thousand dollars." And I was like... I go, "Fuck it, let's shoot some videos. We'll get in the helicopter."
Wow.
And so we just shot a video to promote dates, but-
What does it cost to just fly straight to Burbank?
You can't fly fr- from LAX to Burbank.
So-
So, I mean-
From wherever you were.
Yeah, but you gotta connect, right?
Explain to me what you're doing it for again.
Oh, right, right.
Just to put it on... Just promote dates.
No, but it's also to skip. It's to skip traffic.
But no, but...
Oh, you skip the... You skip the 405.
Yeah, you're, you're sk-
But where, where were you going though, to skip the 405?
We were going from... Eh, we landed at LAX last night-
Right.
... and at 5:00. And I was like, "We're gonna be in hour traffic for two hours."
Right.
And I was like, "I'm gonna get home and I won't see the girls. They'll already be asleep." And so I was like, "Fuck it. Let's get a helicopter." And then they grab you at the... from the door of the plane. They drive you on the... across the tarmac, over to the helicopter, and you're home in 10 fucking minutes.
That's pretty nice.
Wow.
And it was at sunset.
It's pretty cool.
It was beautiful.
It's a big thing now in New York too.
That's pretty nice.
There's actually, like, three or four-
Let's go to Long Island.
No, you can even fly-
To the airport.
You can go to JFK.
Oh, from Newark to JFK?
Three different... No, ju- like I'm saying, you can go from Midtown, you can go from Downtown to these Blade stations and fly to JFK.
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