The guest
Steve-O: Stephen Glover, Jackass star turned sober touring stand-up comedian, author, and entrepreneur
What this episode covers
Steve-O joins Joe Rogan for a wide-ranging conversation that opens on their shared obsession with the UFC, calf kicks, and recent fights, then moves into Steve-O's history of addiction and his decade-plus of sobriety. They dig into CTE and head trauma, including Steve-O smashing hundreds of beer cans over his head on his old 'Don't Try This at Home' tour, plus the dangers of everyday drugs like Tylenol, Advil, and aspirin. Steve-O explains how he reinvented his stand-up by editing stunt footage into his specials, and the two riff on the 'abundance vs scarcity' mindset around comedy and getting good at hard things. The back half covers mountaineering deaths, Teslas, regenerative versus factory farming, seed oils, and finally Steve-O's many broken-nose stories and the butt-related products he now sells.
Recommended on this episode
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The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
“this incredible book”
“he wrote this incredible book about it but one of the things he wrote In the book was once you understand the way broadly you can see it in all things”— Joe Rogan
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Uncut Gems
“amazing ... so good”
“the uncut gem amazing unbelievably disturbing so good and such a perfect representation of a gambling addict”— Joe Rogan
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The Alpinist
“that was such a great movie”
“oh my God that was such a great movie yeah I mean he decided that regular rock climbing wasn't scary enough”— Steve-O
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Jew (Ari Shaffir comedy special)
Ari Shaffir
“amazing it's amazing”
“how good is Ari's juice amazing it's amazing so impressed by that I'm so happy for him”— Joe Rogan
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Tesla Model S Plaid
Tesla
“without a doubt the fastest car I have”
“I have a lot of fast cars that is without a doubt the fastest car I have yeah and it's so silent that when you hit the gas”— Joe Rogan
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Tushy
Tushy
“my favorite ... it's the best”
“my favorite uh sponsor of the podcast is tushy so legit product it's the best”— Steve-O
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Squatty Potty
Squatty Potty
“you gotta have Squatty Potty”
“you gotta have Squatty Potty and you gotta have a good day”— Joe Rogan
The guest's own work
BookBy the guest
A Hard Kick in the Nuts
Steve-O
“I've got my new books um a hard kick in the nuts whatever that's a perfect name for you for a book”— Steve-O
MediaBy the guest
Jackass 3D
Steve-O
“the first time I broke my nose was when we were filming Jackass 3D right and in that movie like bam had this trick”— Steve-O
ProductBy the guest
Steve-O's hot sauce
Steve-O
“they allowed me to make my own recipe combining the habanero and the XXX habanero and habanero garlic ... you can buy both of my hot sauces on Amazon”— Steve-O
ProductBy the guest
Steve-O's Butthole Destroyer hot sauce
Steve-O
“now we've got the new Stevo's butthole Destroyer ... the top three ingredients on the butthole Destroyer are the three hottest peppers”— Steve-O
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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The Smashing Machine
“they were filming a documentary The smashing machine which is really crazy because they didn't film that documentary with the intent of like capturing this guy's life falling apart”— Joe Rogan
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Killer Sally
Netflix
“I just watched that killer Sally Show on Netflix what's that it's uh oh that's a woman bodybuilder”— Steve-O
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Free Solo
“this other guy wins an Oscar with the free solo like what's the difference”— Steve-O
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Back to the Future
“the Back to the Future movie came out I was in sixth grade and I saw Michael J fox holding onto the back of the car”— Steve-O
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The Biggest Little Farm
“like that documentary the biggest little farm or I don't know about that one yeah but it's probably the same sort of a situation”— Joe Rogan
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Hot Sauce Depot
Hot Sauce Depot
“we've got a place in Texas and it's called hot sauce Depot and they allowed me to make my own recipe”— Steve-O
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Polyface Farms
Polyface Farms
“he has a place called polyface farms and it's the same sort of a situation where they use the manure to fertilize the land”— Joe Rogan
ProductReferenced
Cottonelle flushable wipes
Cottonelle
“Cottonelle break down like toilet paper all right maybe they're making it different yep”— Joe Rogan
ProductReferenced
Apple TV
Apple
“I get it on my phone and then I use the Apple app and I stream it to my television through Apple TV”— Joe Rogan
ProductReferenced
Budweiser
Budweiser
“I would walk out with like a suitcase of Budweiser cans and I'd toss them out of the crowd”— Steve-O
Big reveals from this episode
- Steve-O broke three Budweiser cans over his head every night on his 'Don't Try This at Home' tour, hundreds of times, raising CTE concerns.
- Steve-O pioneered editing his real stunt footage into his stand-up specials, creating what he calls the first multimedia comedy special.
- Steve-O had a crane operator hoist his Tesla over 100 feet in the air outside the UFC so he could sleep in it overnight, arranged by Dana White in 24 hours.
- Steve-O deliberately broke his nose on Mike Tyson's fist at the Charlie Sheen roast, then had a random Kung Fu instructor from the audience set it.
- Joe Rogan says he has never filled a painkiller prescription since getting sober, and once sold his post-surgery Vicodin/Percocet because he hated the feeling.
- Steve-O wrote about Joe in his new book as the prime example of an 'abundance mentality' supporter versus comics with a 'scarcity mentality'.
Worth remembering
- A gene (apoE4) predisposes people to Alzheimer's and CTE; Tony Hawk got tested and learned he doesn't carry it.
- Taking about 20 times the recommended Tylenol dose can be fatal, with roughly 500 acetaminophen deaths per year in the US.
- In the UK, daily aspirin and other anti-platelet drugs are linked to more than 3,000 deaths per year from bleeds.
- Annapurna has roughly a 29% fatality rate, the deadliest of the major peaks, while Everest sits around 4%.
- Hundreds of bodies remain on Everest because retrieval is too dangerous, including the famous 'Green Boots'.
- Calf kicks have transformed MMA; Michael Bisping got through his entire championship career before they became a staple.
- A study cited on the show showed Impossible Burgers were toxic to rats.
- UFC fighter Justin Gaethje continues to fight with no ACL in one of his knees.
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