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Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27

Joe Rogan Experience #2093 - Sober October Crew

Joe Rogan and the Sober October crew riff on viral pranks, near-death thrills, fighting, comedy, gourmet food, and ancient-civilization conspiracies.

Joe Rogan Experience #2093 - Sober October Crew
The guest

Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura & Ari Shaffir: Stand-up comedians and Joe Rogan's longtime 'Sober October' challenge crew

What this episode covers

Joe Rogan reunites with the Sober October trio for a loose, three-plus-hour hangout that bounces between subjects with almost no structure. They open trading the most disturbing prank and gore videos Instagram's algorithm feeds them, then drift into harrowing personal near-death stories on ski slopes, in the ocean, and in the octagon. The conversation digs into MMA (Nick Diaz, Cain Velasquez, commentating neutrally), Tom's nerve-transplant arm surgery, fitness routines, and the hormone therapy that revived Tom's marriage. It closes with long riffs on AI deepfakes, war as a racket, determinism and the Sackler family, gourmet meals across Asia, and Joe's theories about lost advanced ancient civilizations.

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

War Is a Racket

Smedley Butler

“I recomend... I've talked about it every time I can because people need to understand”
“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
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Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan

“it's amazing”
“did you see Oppenheimer it's amazing I read the book shut up don't read I don't read I don't even read”— Joe Rogan
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The Menu

“I love that movie such a good movie”
“did you ever see the movie the menu yes good isn't it amazing I love that movie such a good movie”— Joe Rogan
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Rogue (nicotine pouches)

“the Rogues are good they're very tasty”
“the Rogues are good they're very tasty and I don't take as many of them in as I do with the uh zins”— Joe Rogan
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Blue Cube (cold plunge)

“blue cube is the way to go”
“if you want to be a guy who tortures yourself blue cube is the way to go”— Joe Rogan
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SIG Sauer MPX

SIG Sauer

“good gun I want to get one of those... I've been thinking about that gun for two years”
“that 6h hour MPX that Taran has good gun I want to get one of those I've been thinking about that gun for two years”— Bert Kreischer
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Andalusian Bull (cigar)

“this is the best cigar you'll ever have in your life... that cigar is next level”
“the Florida Min LF the Andalusian bull this is the best cigar you'll ever have in your fucking life”— Bert Kreischer
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Cam Hanes running shoes

Cam Hanes

“those shoes are great... they're excellent shoes... they're amazing”
“those shoes are great I wanted to put a toast out or a post out today cuz they're that good oh they're excellent shoes”— Joe Rogan

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Chariots of the Gods

Erich von Daniken

“Eric von danin is the one who wrote the Chariots of the Gods he wrote that book about ancient aliens coming down here”— Joe Rogan
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The Bible

“if you read the Bible the Bible talks about in the beginning there was light boy that sounds a lot like the big bang”— Joe Rogan
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The Day the Clown Cried

Jerry Lewis

“wasn't there a Jerry Lewis movie that was never released where he was like a clown in the Holocaust”— Joe Rogan
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Patch Adams

“it was Robin Williams Patch Adams Patch Adams in a hospital though he was a doctor who was a clown for kids”— Joe Rogan
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Zyn (nicotine pouches)

“I don't take as many of them in as I do with the uh zins I'll take those any day over people dipping”— Joe Rogan
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Backwoods (rolling papers)

“he was talking about how we had to switch to Backwoods rolling papers and he was like the young kids are telling me”— Joe Rogan
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OxyContin

Purdue Pharma

“yo get out of Comedy the sackers have this thing called oxy cotton and it's really helping with cancer”— Bert Kreischer

Big reveals from this episode

  • Joe recounts watching his father pull a lifeless 19-year-old woman from the bottom of a resort pool and revive her with CPR when Joe was nine.
  • Tom details a state-of-the-art nerve-transplant surgery on his arm after injury, where the surgeon admitted he'd only ever done the procedure once.
  • Ari reveals he did Sober October entirely by himself this year, with no weed and nothing else.
  • Tom shares that his wife Leanne went on testosterone and progesterone through a wellness clinic, which transformed their sex life.
  • The crew discusses Cain Velasquez, whose son was molested by a daycare worker, prompting Cain to chase and shoot at the man and land in jail.
  • Tom opens up about his father's Vietnam combat, throwing grenades into bunkers and, before death, confessing he thought daily about the men he lost.
  • Tom relives panicking face-down in four feet of powder while heli-skiing at high altitude, rescued by his guide.

Worth remembering

  • Nick Diaz reportedly swam from Alcatraz to shore five times, through great-white shark territory, as triathlon training.
  • Henry Rollins was once a serious powerlifter, writes essays constantly, and owns an enormous vinyl collection of roughly 250,000 records.
  • Bruce Willis licensed his likeness to a deepfake company after his aphasia diagnosis, letting a digital twin appear in new content.
  • A Belgian prankster was arrested for repeatedly dumping a bucket of liquefied dog feces on train passengers.
  • David Goggins's knee is bone-on-bone with no cartilage and severe edema, yet he still runs hundreds of miles.
  • Tony Ferguson wrecked his knee tripping over wires during an ESPN promo shoot before his planned Khabib fight.
  • Joe says red light therapy noticeably improved his skin laxity within about a month and a half of daily use.
  • Geologist Robert Schoch's erosion analysis of the Sphinx temple suggests thousands of years of rainfall, implying a far older civilization.