Joe Rogan Experience #1447 - Tom Segura
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In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Tom Segura, Joe Rogan Experience #1447 - Tom Segura explores joe Rogan and Tom Segura Swap Outrageous Stories, Viruses, and Jokes Joe Rogan and Tom Segura have a long, free‑form conversation that bounces from food, dogs, wildlife and brutal injury videos to fighting, gigantic athletes, and the limits of human toughness.
Joe Rogan and Tom Segura Swap Outrageous Stories, Viruses, and Jokes
Joe Rogan and Tom Segura have a long, free‑form conversation that bounces from food, dogs, wildlife and brutal injury videos to fighting, gigantic athletes, and the limits of human toughness.
They dig into COVID‑19: how it’s spreading, strange symptoms, economic fallout, political/media absurdities, and how it’s disrupting stand‑up, live events, and everyday life.
They talk shop about comedy—specials, touring, Spanish‑language shows, social media, and audience behavior—while repeatedly veering into dark humor about death, racism, conspiracies, and celebrities.
Throughout, the tone is a mix of morbid curiosity, comics’ gallows humor, and genuine concern about health, money, and what post‑pandemic life will look like.
Key Takeaways
COVID‑19 is unpredictable, hitting some young, fit people hard while others stay asymptomatic.
They cite a 31‑year‑old Olympic swimmer and comedian Michael Yo getting severely ill, contrasted with people like Idris Elba who feel fine, underscoring that you can’t assume you’re safe based on age or fitness.
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The economic shock from the pandemic is massive, immediate, and structurally hard to absorb.
They describe production companies, casinos, restaurants, comedy clubs, and hotels collapsing overnight, with owners unable to pay staff once revenue stops, pushing millions toward unemployment at the same time.
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Asymptomatic carriers and limited testing make containment especially difficult.
They note that people can shed the virus for days without symptoms, tests are hard to get, and some high‑profile figures are tested despite being fine while clearly sick people can’t, feeding frustration and distrust.
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Social media amplifies the loudest and often least stable voices, distorting public perception.
Rogan and Segura describe obsessively online extremists, conspiracy theorists, and outrage merchants as a tiny but noisy minority that can make fringe views (anti‑vax, Q‑style pedophile accusations) feel mainstream.
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Big institutions frequently profit off talent while underpaying or exploiting them.
They slam the IOC and NCAA for generating billions while most athletes make little or nothing, comparing it to unpaid labor that props up the “image” and revenues of universities and Olympic committees.
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Comedians are uniquely disrupted by the loss of stage time and live audiences.
Both point out that most working comics have never gone months without performing; they worry about rust, rhythm, and the impossibility of doing “virtual” stand‑up without a crowd’s energy and feedback.
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Celebrity attempts to be inspirational can backfire when they’re tone‑deaf.
They mock the “Imagine” sing‑along video during a deadly pandemic as self‑indulgent and useless, contrasting it with more grounded, self‑aware content like Rita Wilson rapping for fun while sick.
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Notable Quotes
“You probably don’t have the cure at home right now.”
— Tom Segura
“We need a disease that kills morons… specifically low‑IQ people who are mean.”
— Joe Rogan
“Most of us comics, at most two weeks we’ve gone without doing stand‑up. We might be two, three months.”
— Tom Segura
“If the fucking regular news, that horse shit, if that’s media… we’re definitely media.”
— Joe Rogan
“I feel bad for people who’ve never killed. They don’t know what that feels like.”
— Tom Segura
Questions Answered in This Episode
How will months without live shows change stand‑up comedy styles and what audiences expect when clubs reopen?
Joe Rogan and Tom Segura have a long, free‑form conversation that bounces from food, dogs, wildlife and brutal injury videos to fighting, gigantic athletes, and the limits of human toughness.
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In what ways does social media help people cope with crises like COVID‑19, and where does it clearly make things worse?
They dig into COVID‑19: how it’s spreading, strange symptoms, economic fallout, political/media absurdities, and how it’s disrupting stand‑up, live events, and everyday life.
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What level of economic sacrifice should individuals and businesses make to protect public health during a pandemic?
They talk shop about comedy—specials, touring, Spanish‑language shows, social media, and audience behavior—while repeatedly veering into dark humor about death, racism, conspiracies, and celebrities.
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How do we realistically reform exploitative systems like the NCAA or IOC when so much money and prestige are at stake?
Throughout, the tone is a mix of morbid curiosity, comics’ gallows humor, and genuine concern about health, money, and what post‑pandemic life will look like.
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Will the pandemic permanently change how people think about germs, travel, and personal risk—or will most habits snap back quickly?
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Transcript Preview
Hey, ball hog.
Hey, buddy.
(laughs)
(laughs)
What's going on?
(sighs)
Dude, you know what I had today?
Hmm?
Duck eggs.
Duck eggs?
You don't need 'em.
No?
You don't need 'em in your life.
No good?
There's a reason why they sell chicken eggs-
And not duck eggs?
... they tricked me.
Where'd you-
I'm like, "Oh, duck eggs."
Where did you get duck eggs?
Erewhon.
Oh, yeah, I go to Erewhon.
Yeah. I'm like, "Oh, duck eggs."
And taste notably shitty?
Ugh.
Really?
Yeah, like gooey. Like, it sticks to the roof of your mouth.
Is it smaller, too, or is it-
No, they're bigger. They're big.
They're bigger?
Ducks are-
Maybe quail eggs, I've had.
Yeah, those are good.
Those are good, and they're small.
Yeah, they're really little, 'cause quail are tiny.
Yeah.
But ducks are big fucks.
Yeah, they are.
They shit out some big eggs.
And they're nasty.
They like-
Really?
They like (smacks lips) stick to your mouth, like (smacks lips) .
And did you fry it? (smacks lips)
Mm-hmm.
Same way, like-
Same way.
... a loose yolk, or no? Like, easy yolk?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's like regular yolk, but the yolk sticks to your mouth.
All right.
Stays inside your mouth.
It sounds like a ball hog. (laughs)
Yeah, it's not... I don't recommend it. I'm feeding the rest of 'em to my dog, I think.
(laughs) Really?
He loves 'em.
Loves eggs?
He loves eggs, yeah.
Marshall does.
Yeah, I crack open an egg and mix it in with his kibble sometimes.
That's awesome.
Yeah, most of the time I feed him, um, either he gets a little bit of kibble and some elk meat. I give him ground elk meat, or some-
Man.
... some other kind of meat. He eats-
Marshall's spoiled. He eats well.
He eats well.
That's awesome, dude.
He's a happy dog.
Yeah, I think everyone loves Marshall.
(sighs) Y- have you met him?
Yeah, I met him.
You met him here, right?
Couple times, yeah.
Yeah. He's the sweetest dog in the world.
Yeah, adorable.
Like, I didn't even know that dogs were like that.
Yeah, no, it's a special dog.
It's, uh, golden retrievers, man.
They're smart, too.
They're real smart.
I have a fucking box of sand as a dog, but she's-
(laughs)
... adorable. She's sweet, but she's dumber than shit.
What is she?
Brussels Griffon.
Woah, I don't even know what that is.
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