War Is a Racket came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 6 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.
Smedley Butler wrote War Is a Racket in 1935 after a career as one of the most decorated Marines in history, and it keeps resurfacing on Joe Rogan's show. It's logged 6 recommendations so far.
Each mention links to the exact clip where a guest brought it up. We pulled the quotes directly from the transcripts, no paraphrasing.
"Originally printed in 1935, War Is a Racket is General Smedley Butler's frank speech describing his role as a soldier as nothing more than serving as a puppet for big-business interests. In addition to photos from the notorious 1932 anti-war book The Horror of It by Frederick A. Barber, this book includes two never-before-published anti-interventionist essays by General Butler. The introduction discusses why General Butler went against the corporate war machine and how he exposed a fascist coup d'etat plot against President Franklin Roosevelt.
Where to get it & every mention“Did you ever read um that uh War is a racket? Smedley Butler. It's really good. It's not long. It's really good.” — Joe Rogan 00:50:55
Protest folk singer Jesse Welles and Joe Rogan riff on healthcare greed, war rackets, false flags, the music industry, and AI-made songs.
“war is a racket is a relatively short book that anyone can buy online and I highly recommend it to everyone” — Ian Carroll 01:15:56
Independent researcher Ian Carroll walks Joe Rogan through his sprawling theory connecting Epstein, the CIA, organized crime, and the corporate 'deep state'.
“it's called war is a racket really I recomend you talked about that before I've talked about it every time I can” — Joe Rogan 02:33:57
Joe Rogan and the Sober October crew riff on viral pranks, near-death thrills, fighting, comedy, gourmet food, and ancient-civilization conspiracies.
“war is a racket it always has been it is possibly the oldest easily the most profitable surely the most vicious” — Joe Rogan 03:14:28
Comedian-libertarian Dave Smith and Joe Rogan dissect government corruption, COVID policy, media and Big Tech censorship, and the Ukraine war's hidden history.
“have you ever read um uh war is a racket by medley Butler” — Joe Rogan 00:49:25
Gold miner John Reeves returns to detail his Alaskan Ice Age 'Boneyard' and his fight to reclaim fossils from museums.
“Smedley Butler wrote about it in 1933 war is a racket yeah that's right you read that read that from 1933 folks” — Joe Rogan 01:04:54
Billy Carson argues Sumerian tablets, the pyramids, and ancient texts encode advanced science, anunnaki engineering of humanity, and lost technology.
