Painkiller came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 9 times across the episodes we processed. This page collects every one of those moments: who said it, what they said, and the exact point in the episode.
The opioid crisis miniseries Painkiller has racked up nine mentions on Joe Rogan alone, which is a lot of airtime for one show to spend on one series.
Guests keep bringing it up when the topic turns to pharma accountability. We pulled each reference straight from the transcript and timestamped it so you can watch the reaction in real time.
“Painkiller, that's what it was called. It was so good. That's Peter Berg's. Yeah, we talked about that the other day. It's an amazing series. Amazing series.” — Joe Rogan 01:13:30
Ari Shaffir returns from seven months abroad to riff with Joe on psychedelics, ancient megaliths, weight cutting, comedy gatekeepers and his self-financed storytelling show.
“Did you ever see that Netflix docu-series Painkiller? It's really good. It's all about the Sackler family. Peter Berg made it.” — Joe Rogan 00:32:10
RZA joins Joe Rogan to talk martial arts, his new film One Spoon of Chocolate, Congo cobalt mining, cinema, and lab-grown diamonds.
“When that documentary Painkiller came out on Netflix, which is just so good. Peter Berg did that. It's so good.” — Joe Rogan 01:47:13
Cheryl Hines tells Joe Rogan what it's really like being married to RFK Jr. through a presidential run, plus tangents on owls, ants, and politics.
“Jamie painkiller is that what it's called that's the Peter Berg One Peter Berg came in and explained it all to us and talked about the documentary it's great it's so good” — Joe Rogan 01:21:13
Comedian Adrienne Iapalucci and Joe Rogan riff on gambling addiction, prison, dark comedy, Genghis Khan, CTE, and ancient Roman toilet sponges.
“Peter Berg was on the podcast and he uh produced that painkiller documentary for Netflix about the docu drama about the Sackler family it's amazing piece” — Joe Rogan 01:51:11
Sam Altman and Joe Rogan explore AGI's future, job loss, neural interfaces, human-machine merging, simulation theory, and psychedelic therapy.
“he's the guy that produced that Netflix uh series painkiller I listened to that one was awesome he's amazing Peter's amazing” — Shane Dorian 00:06:15
Big-wave surfer and bow hunter Shane Dorian on stem-cell recovery, the carnivore diet, archery mindset, and distrust of modern medicine.
“he created that series uh painkiller on Netflix if you haven't seen it's [ __ ] incredible but it's about the Sackler family” — Joe Rogan 01:38:20
Comedian Matt Rife and Joe Rogan riff on insomnia, ghost hunting, cryptids, chimp attacks, conspiracy theories, video games and the nature of the universe.
“I just watched the uh that the Netflix short series on painkiller oh my God amazing I just saw that” — Charles Wesley Godwin 02:08:12
Country singer Charles Wesley Godwin tells Joe Rogan how he nearly went broke before breaking through, plus coal mining, creativity, and chasing the dream.
“the story from the documentary sensation the series on Netflix is Sensational and it just it just shows how evil evil those people” — Kurt Angle 00:33:58
Olympic gold medalist and WWE legend Kurt Angle on wrestling with a broken neck, painkiller addiction, recovery, and MMA history.
