In brief
This is a free-wheeling comedy hangout in which Joe Rogan and the three Legion of Skanks hosts trade stories about medicine, death, animals, fetishes, cars and food. Beneath the jokes, the recurring theme is that people and institutions, from hospitals to tech companies to the church, often behave worse and more strangely than the rules suggest.
The episode drifts from organ donation and medical errors to wildlife, self-driving Teslas and burgers, then lands on the history of radio shock-jock culture. The tension is between uninhibited, offensive comedy and a culture the guests say now punishes it, which they argue led them to embrace a subscription model and openness about being offensive.
Facts
Stated by the speakers. Each quote matches the transcript, which shows what was said, not that it is true.
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.”
0:01:33 · Joe Rogan · Books
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.”
0:36:44 · Joe Rogan · Food Safety
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.”
0:38:31 · Joe Rogan · Television
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”
0:40:27 · Joe Rogan · Television
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.”
0:42:35 · Joe Rogan · Television
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.”
0:56:10 · Joe Rogan · Wildlife
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.”
1:14:39 · Joe Rogan · Internet
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.”
1:24:55 · Joe Rogan · Medicine
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?”
1:31:04 · Joe Rogan · Music · 2008
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.”
1:45:02 · Joe Rogan · Law
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.”
1:54:14 · Joe Rogan · Self-driving
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.”
1:55:01 · Joe Rogan · Technology
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.”
1:58:56 · Joe Rogan · Cars
Luis J. Gomez says San Sebastian, Spain has many Michelin-star restaurants per square meter and a famed burger spot.
“in San Sebastian, Spain, called Bar Desi, and the”
2:02:31 · Guest · Food
Ari Shaffir and Bobby Kelly reportedly visited a top-rated restaurant in Spain.
“Ari and Bobby Kelly went to, uh, what's considered the best, you know, restaurant in the world, somewhere in Spain.”
2:05:30 · Big Jay Oakerson · Restaurants
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”
2:19:47 · Joe Rogan · Music · 1977
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.”
2:21:22 · Joe Rogan · Podcasts
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?”
2:22:14 · Joe Rogan · Radio · 2003
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.”
2:31:18 · Joe Rogan · Radio
Joe Rogan says comedian Michael 'Chicken' Roof received the biggest development deal at the time, which then fell through.
“it was confusing. You would watch his comedy, you're like, What are they laughing at? I don't understand.”
2:33:17 · Joe Rogan · Comedy · 1990s
Luis J. Gomez says he, Dave Smith and Big Jay Oakerson glued their shaved pubic hair to Ari Shaffir's face as a punishment on Legion of Skanks.
“The punishment for Ari was, though, me, Dave Smith and Big J shaved all of our pubes and we glued them to Ari to make a Hitler mustache.”
2:37:33 · Guest · Podcasts