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10 episodes · 118 quoted claims
Joe Rogan says Mitzi Shore ran an Italian-themed show called Night of a Thousand Guidos, and that she once asked him to perform on it.
“Mitzi Shore, she used to have this show, uh, night of a thousand guidos. She would do like this, uh, a a an Italian show, and she asked me to do it once.”
Joe Rogan says comedian Ron White moved to Austin in 2018, before Rogan's club opened.
“the fact that Ron White had already moved here, he moved here in 2018.”
Joe Rogan says Austin now has seven comedy clubs on one street within walking distance of the Comedy Mothership.
“And so they all moved here, and now there's 7 clubs on 1 street, which is nuts. Within, you know, walking distance of the Mothership, there's 7 comedy clubs that at least a few nights a week have comedy.”
Joe Rogan says he chose to perform his most recent special live because the fear of a single, unedited show scared him.
“and it's scary, and that's one of the reasons why, like, my last special, I decided to do live, cause I wanted to feel that.”
Joe Rogan says Jack Carr's book 'The Terminal List' was adapted into an Amazon Prime series starring Chris Pratt.
“they've opted into, uh, an Amazon series, it's on Amazon Prime. Chris Pratt stars in it.”
A passage Joe Rogan read aloud says podcaster Shawn Ryan gave California Governor Gavin Newsom a Sig Sauer handgun during a 2025 appearance.
“Uh, well-documented example is California Governor Gavin Newsom. Ryan gave a Sig Sour handgun during a 2025 appearance.”
Joe Rogan says he has a hypoxia chamber set to simulate 14,000 feet above sea level, where he does cardio training for bow hunting.
“I have a fucking hypoxia box, like, a chamber out here that I I crank up to 14,000 feet above sea level, and I do cardio in it.”
Joe Rogan says Richard Jeni worked with Chris Rock before his specials and helped him refine material.
“he was the guy that Chris Rock used to work with before all the specials.”
Joe Rogan says the original Star Trek, from 1966, was unusually interesting and ahead of its time for television.
“You didn't have a show like Star Trek that was so interesting and so ahead of its time in 1966.”
Joe Rogan says mathematician Eric Weinstein texted him that math is broken because AI has solved long-standing mathematical problems.
“my friend Eric Weinstein's a mathematician, and he sent me this text message like, Math is broken.”
Joe Rogan claims, citing whistleblowers he has interviewed, that OpenAI recently removed requirements for its AI to show how it reached conclusions.
“OpenAI have has recently removed those gates. So then these so these not only have these things been thinking for themselves”
Joe Rogan describes an experiment in which an AI agent was given false information about a programmer's affair and then threatened to expose it to avoid shutdown.
“One of the program they did this like experiment where this one programmer, um, gave this, uh, AI agent false information about him having an affair”
Joe Rogan says that after the September 11 attacks he remembered people feeling united, and he uses that as a model for how people might respond to AI.
“I was, uh, I guess I was, like, in my 30s. And when it happened, I remember the positive thing, if there was a positive, was that all of a sudden, everybody felt united.”
Joe Rogan says AI is effectively an alien life form living inside computer chips and that it may be a natural result of human innovation.
“Yeah, the aliens are here. The aliens are here, and they and, and they live inside chips.”
Rogan read out that Europe had an estimated 61,672 heat-related deaths in one summer, compared with more than 48,000 firearm deaths in the United States in a full year according to the CDC.
“Europe had an estimated 61,672 heat related deaths during the summer. That's fucking crazy. United States recorded more than 48,000 firearm deaths over the entire year, according to CDC.”
A 2024 study, as read by Rogan, estimated that about 364,000 people a year die from cold across thirty European countries, averaged over 1991 to 2020.
“364,000 people a year die from cold across thirty European countries, according to a 2024 study.”
Rogan read survey figures saying about 78% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents identify with a religion, compared with about 60% of Democrats.
“78% of Republicans, Republican-leaning independents identify with a religion. So with Democrats, it's about 60%.”
Rogan said a 2010 DNA study concluded that Tutankhamun's parents were probably brother and sister.
“2010 D N A study concluded that his parents were probably brother and sister.”
Rogan said Tutankhamun became king around age 9 and died around age 18 or 19.
“He became king around age 9, died around 18 or 19.”
Rogan characterized Genghis Khan's approach as indifference to subjects' religion, requiring only that they join the empire and pay taxes.
“Genghis Khan said, I don't give a fuck what your religion is, come on board.”
Rogan said Alan Watts's book The Age of Insecurity, written around 1952, describes anxiety about rapid technological and cultural change that still applies today.
“This Alan Watts book called The Age of Insecurity, uh, and it's about the 1950s”
Rogan read a report that surface-to-air missile systems were deployed at Mar-a-Lago and Donald Trump International Airport at the request of the US Secret Service.
“Surface-to-air missile systems have been deployed at Morro Lago and Donald Trump International Airport at the request of the U.S. Secret Service.”
Rogan read that Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend for 2026 is $1,200 per eligible person.
“Alaska pays eligible residents an annual dividend called the Permanent Fund Dividend. For 2026, it's $1,200 per eligible person”
Joel Wallach wrote the book Dead Doctors Don't Lie, which focuses on nutritional supplements.
“There's a book called Dead Doctors Don't Lie, by Joel Wallach. Interesting book, but one. It's mostly about, like, nutritional supplements and how really nutrition is the foundation of health.”
A search result read on air says freshwater fish can contain mercury, PCBs and PFAS.
“Freshwater fish can contain contaminants, especially mercury, PCBs and PFAS that accumulate in their w- in the from their water and food.”
Joe Rogan says he ate a sheep's eyeball and a Madagascar hissing cockroach on Fear Factor.
“Because of fear factor, I've eaten insane things.”
Joe Rogan says Survivorman predated Bear Grylls's show and featured the host filming himself alone.
“Survivor man had a show 1st, and Survivor man, he doesn't bring anybody with him, he does everything by himself”
Jordan Jonas killed a moose with a bow and fought off a wolverine with an axe on the show Alone.
“Jordan had to fight off a wolverine with an axe, cause the wolverine was trying to steal the fat from his moose.”
Joe Rogan says a study of mountain lions in the San Francisco area found about half their diet was pets.
“They fucking captured mountain lions in San Francisco, and they do a a they check out their digestion, see what they're eating. 50% of their diet was pets.”
Shannon Larratt, brother of arm wrestler Devon Larratt, ran Body Modification Extreme.
“Do you know Devin LaRott, the world champion arm wrestler? Do you know who that guy is? Yeah, his brother was the guy who ran, uh, body modification extreme.”
A search result read on air says Viagra was originally developed for high blood pressure and chest pain and may reduce cancer spread.
“Viagra may reduce cancer metastasis. Wow, Viagra was originally developed to treat high blood pressure and chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart.”
Bjork attacked a photographer after arriving in New Zealand for a concert in 2008.
“She attacked a paparazzi photographer after arriving in New Zealand for a concert. This is in what year was this?”
A search result says honking in New York City is illegal except as a warning of imminent danger, with fines from $800 to $2,500.
“Honking a car horn in New York City is illegal unless used as a warning of imminent danger.”
Joe Rogan says Waymos use LIDAR while Teslas use cameras, and Waymos stalled in a San Francisco outage.
“Waymos operate on LIDAR, whereas Teslas operate on cameras. So the problem with LIDAR, when the grid goes down, so does a car.”
People in South Korea were arrested for hacking Teslas to enable Full Self-Driving.
“a bunch of people got arrested recently in South Korea because they had hacked into their Teslas and they had enabled full self-driving, which is a subscription thing.”
Joe Rogan says his Tesla Model S Plaid goes zero to sixty in 1.6 seconds.
“I have the Model S Plaid, and when I'm at a red light, it just goes like, if I want the light turns green, it goes, Pssh, you're just gone.”
Joni Mitchell released Don Juan's Reckless Daughter in 1977, with a cover showing her in blackface as 'Art Nouveau'.
“Joni Mitchell released the album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. The cover of that album featured an African American man named Art Nouveau”
Joe Rogan says Legion of Skanks succeeded by moving to a fan subscription model early.
“you went subscription early on. You're like, Look, fuck advertising, fuck all this. Let's just like, have this.”
Joe Rogan says the Opie and Anthony 'baby bird' stunt, in which Pat Duffy had vomit thrown into his mouth, was based on his idea from Fear Factor.
“it was basically my idea, uh, cause of fear factor. I was like, why don't you lay your head over that barrel and he'll throw up in your mouth?”
Joe Rogan says Howard Stern dominated the scarce syndicated morning radio slot before the internet widened competition.
“The other thing was that, like, when you think about back then, there was only a few slots, so there was one morning slot from six a.m. to 10 a.m. that everybody wanted.”