The guest
Whitney Cummings: Stand-up comedian and podcaster, seven months pregnant at 40, whose uncensored special 'Mouthy' premieres on OnlyFans TV.
What this episode covers
Whitney Cummings joins Joe Rogan for a sprawling, three-and-a-half-hour conversation that bounces from kratom and pool-hall drug culture to the way social-media algorithms have desensitized people to real violence. A major thread is Whitney's pregnancy: she describes going off birth control, Adderall, Prozac and weed in January, eating mostly steak and eggs, and feeling far clearer mentally than before. They dig into corporate and government failures (Johnson & Johnson talc lawsuits, DuPont's Teflon pollution, Flint and Appalachian water, coal-town exploitation) and the collapse of California and Hollywood. Lighter stretches cover Joe's Comedy Mothership, regenerative farming, grills and bone broth, coyote and owl encounters, and a shared anxiety about AI eventually running everything.
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“there's a movie with Mark Ruffalo great movie he did it again the movie Dark Water covered it but it was about Teflon”— Joe Rogan
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“this guy Kashif Khan he wrote that DNA way book about how the forever chemicals in women's yoga pants oh right in the crotch”— Whitney Cummings
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Simulacra and Simulation
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“I used to be obsessed with Jean Baudrillard like the simulacra he wrote about how we actually prefer the fake to the original”— Whitney Cummings
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Adderall
“they put me on it... and then they put me on Aderall because I was too and then it just becomes this wacka thing”— Whitney Cummings
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Prozac
“then I was put on Prozac and then I was like smoking weed to try to fall asleep because I couldn't sleep”— Whitney Cummings
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Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar
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“have you seen the little robot food delivery guys they're called Cocos they're just it's a little cooler on wheels”— Whitney Cummings
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Wild Wild Country
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“remember Wild Wild Country they took all so that they could win the election smart as fuck and then they were putting beavers and blenders”— Whitney Cummings
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Big reveals from this episode
- Whitney says she went off birth control, Adderall, Prozac and weed entirely in January and feels much more mentally clear and balanced.
- Whitney reveals she's pregnant at 40, eating almost only steak, eggs and what she craves, and feels better pregnant than she did before.
- Joe recounts Harvey Weinstein coming to The Comedy Store to see him, and Joe deliberately not going back to meet him.
- Whitney describes microdosing psilocybin chocolate during the comedy roasts and feeling clear and free of self-critical inner voices.
- They cite that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades asbestos lurked in its baby powder, leading to 50,000+ ovarian-cancer lawsuits.
- Joe argues the presidency may ultimately be relinquished to a superior 'hive intelligence' AI that makes purely logical decisions.
- Whitney tells a story of a friend stalked by a coyote that returned 15 minutes later with six others to surround her and her dog.
Worth remembering
- Kratom reportedly acts as a stimulant in small doses but produces a sedative-like effect in larger doses.
- Per Dan Flores' book Coyote America, coyotes now live in every US city; killing them triggers females to produce more pups.
- The Centralia, Pennsylvania coal-mine fire has burned underground since the 1960s and could keep burning for over 250 years.
- Burning Mountain in Australia is a coal seam that has been on fire underground for at least 5,500 years.
- A study reportedly found roughly 90%+ of people have phthalates (microplastics) in their bodies.
- Bulldogs were bred with deep wrinkles so blood would drain down during bull-baiting fights.
- During Italy's Calcio Storico, community violence reportedly drops to near zero, suggesting a catharsis effect.
- The reMarkable tablet looks like paper and can convert handwriting into typed text.
- Salt Lake City reportedly has one of the highest plastic-surgery rates, attributed to women having many children young.
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