The guest
Shane Gillis: Stand-up comedian, co-creator of the sketch series Gilly and Keeves and the Netflix special Beautiful Dogs, who had recently been doing Rogan's workouts.
What this episode covers
This is a loose, comedic episode with no central theme. Rogan and Gillis bounce between bro-fitness talk (cold plunges, vitamins, kettlebells), Viking and Roman history, surveillance and Pegasus spyware, toxoplasmosis and primate behavior, the causes of World War I and II, religion and conspiracy theories, and a long run of UFC fight breakdowns. Much of it is improvised riffing and crude jokes rather than substantive interview. Genuine recommendations are sparse and mostly films (Napoleon, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Outlaw Josey Wales) plus Gillis's own comedy projects.
Recommended on this episode
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Viking Waffles
Viking Waffles
“they're good they [ __ ] taste like a real waffle”
“look at that and they're good they [ __ ] taste like a real waffle people love Vikings”— Joe Rogan
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Napoleon
Ridley Scott
“I loved it”
“I saw Napoleon how was it I loved it you did I loved it why do people not like it”— Shane Gillis
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Netflix
“you got to watch that it's so good”
“no that's the new one right yes you got to watch that no I haven't you got to watch that it's so good”— Joe Rogan
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood
“[ __ ] rules ... it's a good movie man”
“you've seen All Quiet on the Western Front bro how I'll watch that Outlaw Josie Wales [ __ ] rules”— Joe Rogan
The guest's own work
MediaBy the guest
Beautiful Dogs
Shane Gillis
“Shane Gillis watch this new special on Netflix beautiful dogs It's [ __ ] amazing”— Joe Rogan
MediaBy the guest
Gilly and Keeves
Shane Gillis
“all your [ __ ] Gillian kees available on was on patreon it's on YouTube it's on everywhere some of the best sketches”— Joe Rogan
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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Vikings
“that show Vikings you ever watch that show no I heard it's great [ __ ] great”— Joe Rogan
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Game of Thrones
“you know those guys like the guy the mountain from Game of Thrones streaks what you think”— Joe Rogan
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Hoyt compound bow
Hoyt
“with one of those heavy duty compounds like a Hoy shooting [ __ ] 300 feet per second razor sharp Broadhead”— Joe Rogan
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Bud Light
Anheuser-Busch
“I'm going to get a lot of flack for now wearing a not Dame hat right now is Bud Light coming back”— Shane Gillis
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SLNT (Silent) faraday backpack
SLNT
“you ever heard of the company silent no slnt they uh make backpacks in inside that backpack there's a faraday sleeve”— Joe Rogan
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Grand Theft Auto VI
Rockstar Games
“the the the grand off there the Grand Theft Auto thing leaked the trailer leaked and they said it the way it happened”— Shane Gillis
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Chimp Empire
Netflix
“that chimp Empire ship bugged me out I didn't like it it's wild I liked the dude that in the beginning”— Shane Gillis
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Wall Street
Oliver Stone
“I think that was in uh what's that movie uh about greed is good what's that called Wall Street”— Joe Rogan
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Best Evidence
David Lifton
“there's this book I'm going to give you the book I just finished it Crossfire no uh best evidence David lton”— Shane Gillis
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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
John Marco Allegro
“it's called The Sacred Mushroom in the cross is by this guy named John Marco Allegro who was a u he was an ordained Minister”— Joe Rogan
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Men in Black
“if that guy holds his Jack is that like an racing machine like from [ __ ] Men In Black”— Shane Gillis
Big reveals from this episode
- Joe recounts how Jeff Bezos's phone was allegedly hacked via WhatsApp by the Saudi Crown Prince using Israeli Pegasus spyware before Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
- Shane tells the story of his friend 'Lam' repeatedly getting scammed out of money chasing a fake orgy advertised on Reddit in city after city.
- Shane describes getting into a heated argument at a comedy festival defending the fact that the US Women's National soccer team lost a scrimmage to an under-15 boys squad.
- Joe reveals Kanye West wanted to build a 'womb' set to record his podcast appearance, a plan derailed when Jamie got COVID.
- They unpack a Reddit post from reporter Scoop Malanowski, the man who yelled 'put him in a straight jacket' and got Mike Tyson's infamous 'I'll f*** you till you love me' tirade.
Worth remembering
- Archaeologists have found only one intact Viking helmet (which was horn-free) and one suit of chain mail; the horned-helmet image is a myth.
- Toxoplasmosis from cats is linked to a disproportionate number of motorcycle crash victims and is thought to affect impulse control.
- Robert Sapolsky's baboon study: aggressive alpha males died after eating poisoned garbage, leaving the troop unusually peaceful for about a decade.
- In primates there is a direct correlation between the promiscuity of nearby females and male testicle size; chimps have large testicles, gorillas small ones.
- World War I was triggered when 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Serbia.
- During WWI, Russian and German forces negotiated a ceasefire so they could fight off packs of wolves attacking soldiers in the trenches.
- After the Spartacus slave revolt, Rome crucified 6,000 people along a 120-mile stretch of road between Rome and Capua, one every 100 feet.
- Yasuke, a man of African origin, became a sword-bearing retainer to Oda Nobunaga in 16th-century Japan.
- The Zapruder film of JFK's assassination first aired on television in 1975, 12 years later, after comic Dick Gregory got it onto Geraldo Rivera's show.
- Nick Diaz reportedly swam back from Alcatraz multiple times, fueling the legendary cardio that powered his Strikeforce dominance.
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