Joe Rogan Experience #2018 - Post Malone
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In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Narrator, Joe Rogan Experience #2018 - Post Malone explores post Malone, Weight Loss, AI Music, Psychedelics, and Haunted Theaters Joe Rogan and Post Malone spend a long-form, freewheeling conversation bouncing between health, touring, fame, drugs, technology, and the paranormal, with a lot of humor and self‑deprecation. Post talks about losing weight by quitting soda, the joy and weirdness of touring (from Brazil to corporate gigs), and the pressures and depression that came with getting famous at 18. They dive deep into AI music and whether it can replace human artists, the role of psychedelics (especially mushrooms) in healing and even human evolution, and the mental dangers Post experienced from one bad weed experience. The pair also wander into UFOs, ancient civilizations, war, gambling, gaming addiction, cars, country music, and Rogan’s own potentially haunted comedy club, tying it all together with a theme of trying to live like a kid while still protecting your sanity in a chaotic world.
Post Malone, Weight Loss, AI Music, Psychedelics, and Haunted Theaters
Joe Rogan and Post Malone spend a long-form, freewheeling conversation bouncing between health, touring, fame, drugs, technology, and the paranormal, with a lot of humor and self‑deprecation. Post talks about losing weight by quitting soda, the joy and weirdness of touring (from Brazil to corporate gigs), and the pressures and depression that came with getting famous at 18. They dive deep into AI music and whether it can replace human artists, the role of psychedelics (especially mushrooms) in healing and even human evolution, and the mental dangers Post experienced from one bad weed experience. The pair also wander into UFOs, ancient civilizations, war, gambling, gaming addiction, cars, country music, and Rogan’s own potentially haunted comedy club, tying it all together with a theme of trying to live like a kid while still protecting your sanity in a chaotic world.
Key Takeaways
Small, sustainable changes can dramatically improve health.
Post Malone dropped around 55 pounds largely by cutting out soda and high-sugar drinks. ...
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Use vices as occasional rewards, not daily defaults.
Rogan and Post both talk about enjoying soda, beer, or gaming as treats after a show or hard work, but emphasize that when these become all-day, everyday habits, they turn from comfort into damage.
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Authenticity will be the key differentiator in an AI-saturated art world.
They acknowledge AI will soon write highly convincing songs and even personalized tracks on demand, but Rogan argues audiences will increasingly value the human origin, story, and soul behind art, not just the sound.
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Psychedelics can be powerful tools—but not for everyone.
They discuss psilocybin and MDMA’s therapeutic potential (e. ...
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Cannabis can trigger lasting depersonalization in some users.
Post describes one bad joint that left him feeling like a spectator in his own life for years. ...
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Long-form, in-person conversations are a counterweight to algorithmic, short-form life.
They lament that most modern interaction is filtered through phones, short clips, and outrage cycles, and argue there’s enduring value in unfiltered, hours-long discussions that aren’t governed by networks or click incentives.
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Work and ambition must be balanced with play, presence, and “kid energy.”
Both men describe how constant grinding, touring, or content creation can hollow life out, and advocate for intentionally carving out “me time” (gaming, vacations, roses with your kid) and protecting a childlike sense of fun as a life goal.
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Notable Quotes
“The goal of life is to be a kid forever.”
— Post Malone
“You’re supposed to be enjoying yourself. All this life is supposed to be, you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself.”
— Joe Rogan
“As a fan, why would I wait for Post Malone to maybe write a song for me when I can type in a prompt and get the most personalized experience ever?”
— Post Malone
“I had one bad joint and ever since then it’s felt like I’ve been watching my life happen instead of actually living it.”
— Post Malone
“When they invented likes, boy did they hotwire our brain.”
— Joe Rogan
Questions Answered in This Episode
If AI can write songs tailored perfectly to your life, will you still value songs written by human artists more—and why?
Joe Rogan and Post Malone spend a long-form, freewheeling conversation bouncing between health, touring, fame, drugs, technology, and the paranormal, with a lot of humor and self‑deprecation. ...
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Where is the line between using psychedelics for growth and using them as another form of escape?
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How would your life change if you actually structured your schedule around being more like a kid—curious, playful, and less career-obsessed?
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What responsibilities do public figures have when it comes to sharing (or not sharing) their children’s lives online?
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Does the increasing normalization of shoplifting, digital surveillance, and financial control signal a broader attempt to reshape how much freedom ordinary people have?
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(drumming music) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.
The Joe Rogan Experience.
Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) Yo, bro, what's happening, my brother?
I'm hanging out.
Dude, you look fucking great. I told you that when I saw you-
Thank you, sir.
... but I wanna tell you that on air. You look fucking great, man.
Thank you, sir.
You said you lost 60...
Like 6... I was like 240, now I'm like 185.
That's amazing.
Yes, sir.
And you did it just by cutting out soda-
Yeah. I don't drink.
... and a lot of shows.
Yeah, like shows, soda. Soda's so bad.
It's so bad. (laughs)
It's so bad. But it's so good. I'll have a soda. I'm a bad boy and I'll have a Monster Energy.
Every now and then.
But Celsius is so good too. Have you had one of those?
Yeah, I have. They're good.
It's so good.
Yeah. The, the key to those things is just every now and then. That's the thing.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
You know, every now and then you reward yourself with a Coca-Cola.
Yes, sir.
You're like, "Ah, this is nice."
Oh, man, and these hot Texas days.
Mm-hmm.
I've been here, we did Dallas two days yesterday, back-to-back. Yesterday and the night before.
I'm coming to see you tomorrow night.
Let's go.
I'm coming to Houston.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Did we... Did you buy tickets?
Yeah.
Aw, Joe, you didn't have to do that.
Ah, man.
'Cause if you said, if you said, "We hooked you up." I would've said, like, "What the hell? I didn't hook you up."
(laughs)
But since you said you bought 'em, thank you so much for coming to Rogan.
You're my pleasure. You're my pleasure. I'm excited.
Me too, man.
I'm excited, man. I'm excited to see you.
But, yeah, especially out in this heat, dude. Just like, you know what? I had a great show. You know what? I'm feeling a little bit naughty.
Yeah.
I'm gonna have myself a Coke on ice.
Yeah.
So good.
Reward yourself. The problem is when people do it all day, every day.
Yeah.
That's when it's just... Your body doesn't know what to do with that kinda sugar-
Yeah.
... because it's so unnatural. Your body never gets sugar like that in the wild. You get sugar in fruit. You know, when you have like a glass of sugar water, it's just pouring right into your bloodstream. Your body's like, "What the fuck is this?"
I like, I like guaraná.
Ooh, that's good stuff.
That is crazy stuff.
Yeah. Yeah.
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