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Why Roger & Me keeps getting recommended on podcasts

Roger & Me came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 8 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.

Michael Moore's Roger & Me has come up eight times on Joe Rogan, usually when the conversation shifts to deindustrialization and corporate accountability.

It's a documentary from 1989 still getting cited decades later on a modern podcast, which tells you something about its staying power. Each of the eight mentions is timestamped to the source.

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Roger & Me

8 on-air endorsements1 show: Joe Rogan8 episodes
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The endorsements, in their words

Joe Rogan · 2026-04-30
“That's Roger and me, that documentary. Michael Moore's greatest documentary is all his first one is his best one.” — Joe Rogan 00:40:24

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.

Joe Rogan · 2025-05-22
“Destroyed Flint, Michigan. Roger and me is a great documentary about that.” — Joe Rogan 02:30:48

Jimmy Carr and Joe Rogan riff on play, comedy as craft, AI as an emerging god, work ethic, taxes, and the mystery of consciousness.

Joe Rogan · 2024-11-14
“you watch Roger and me Michael Moore in the early days made some great films” — Joe Rogan 01:11:41

Joe Rogan and comedian Jeff Dye riff on dogs, sobriety, trans politics, wealth, COVID-era woke excess, and Boston stand-up history.

Joe Rogan · 2024-10-30
“that Roger and Me movie The Have You Ever Seen Michael mois documentary on about Flint Michigan it's a great documentary” — Joe Rogan 01:30:56

Joe Rogan, Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin dissect tribal politics, free speech, immigration, AI, and combat sports.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“it's a great documentary and it's about Flint Michigan it's about right after they closed all the plants down” — Joe Rogan 01:44:08

Roadster Shop builders Jeremy & Phil Gerber and Josh Henning talk restomod muscle cars, driving feel and culture with Joe Rogan.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“it's a Michael Moore documentary it's the first one that he did it's his best one I think and it's uh about Flint Michigan” — Joe Rogan 00:04:44

Country singer Charles Wesley Godwin tells Joe Rogan how he nearly went broke before breaking through, plus coal mining, creativity, and chasing the dream.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“that Flint Michigan documentary that Michael Moore did Roger and me is amazing it's amazing that's it to me that's his best work” — Joe Rogan 00:09:29

Joe Rogan, Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban riff on comedy, conspiracies, drugs, the JFK film and Kill Tony's rise.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-13
“you ever see Roger and me it's uh Michael Moore's best documentary I think and it's uh the first one... it's really good and it's really heartbreaking” — Joe Rogan 00:48:02

Action Bronson and Joe Rogan riff on combat sports, cold plunges, US manufacturing, AI, aliens, and New York City life.

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