The guest
Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura & Ari Shaffir: Stand-up comedians and Rogan's longtime friends who completed the month-long Sober October fitness/sobriety challenge together
What this episode covers
This is the annual Sober October recap, recorded the moment the four comedians break their 31-day sobriety with 21-year Glenlivet, cigars and new shirts. They reminisce about Joe's early podcast days, debate made-in-America manufacturing and Kanye West's genius and recent meltdown, and tell long war stories about jiu-jitsu, Joey Diaz and getting drugged with edibles. The bulk of the episode covers the workout challenge itself (500 calories and 100 push-ups a day), the anxiety-killing benefits of daily hard exercise, and a running live push-up contest where Joe knocks out 75. They also riff endlessly on trolling Garth Brooks via Tom's 'Your Mom's House' fanbase, and Bert leaks the unreleased teaser for his movie while Ari promotes his free YouTube special.
Recommended on this episode
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Yeezy Gap Hoodie
Yeezy Gap
“the greatest thing I've ever put on my tits... it is phenomenal”
“the Gap collab Kanye hoodie is the greatest thing I've ever put on my tits yeah it is phenomenal”— Bert Kreischer
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Yeezy Boost 350
Adidas Yeezy
“yeezy's phenomenal... they're so comfortable”
“yeezy's phenomenal... they're so comfortable like Crocs they're so comfortable the 350s are super”— Bert Kreischer
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Peloton Bike
Peloton
“which was great”
“I did a lot of Peloton bike which was great when we did on cardio days”— Bert Kreischer
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Rogue Echo Bike
Rogue Fitness
“that's the [best]... that thing's crazy”
“that Rogue Echo Bike that's the of I think yeah that thing's crazy do no Sprints those Tabata Sprints”— Bert Kreischer
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Keith Weber Extreme Cardio kettlebell workouts
Keith Weber
“some good extreme cardio kettlebell workouts... one of the best ones”
“that guy uh Keith Weber he has some good extreme cardio kettlebell workouts six minute workouts one of the best ones”— Joe Rogan
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Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller
“one of my favorite movies ever in my entire life”
“I go one of my favorite movies ever in my entire life... win harder than Tropic Thunder”— Bert Kreischer
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Black Skinhead
Kanye West
“one of the greatest songs of all time”
“Black Skinhead it's one of the greatest songs of all time dude n words in Paris”— Bert Kreischer
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Friends in Low Places
Garth Brooks
“this is the greatest song in the world”
“that song came on and I had a drink and I was like this is the greatest song in the world people were singing along”— Bert Kreischer
The guest's own work
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The Machine
Bert Kreischer
“the machine that movie that we were not supposed to talk about this is not your trailer this is your teaser”— Bert Kreischer
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Fat Astronauts
Bert Kreischer & Tom Segura
“we've been working with Eton now on this movie on this movie Fat astronauts for a while now”— Bert Kreischer
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Jew (Ari Shaffir comedy special)
Ari Shaffir
“I would like every one of Joe Rogan's 380 million listeners to just go to YouTube right now and look up my new special Ari shaffir Jew”— Ari Shaffir
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Glenlivet 21 Year Old
The Glenlivet
“no alcohol to now 31 days gentlemen we did it... that's good scotch that's 21 year old Glenn libbit very nice damn”— Joe Rogan
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Crocs
Crocs
“they're so comfortable like Crocs they're so comfortable the 350s are super”— Bert Kreischer
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New Balance
New Balance
“she goes calm down white people ain't nobody trying to take your new balance... proud to be the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs”— Joe Rogan
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Tom's of Maine
Tom's of Maine
“What about Toms of Maine I think that is American made I think New Balance might be Is that real”— Joe Rogan
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Adidas
Adidas
“Adidas was started by Nazis IBM and Adidas oh yeah Adidas you know their brother their brother they split up”— Joe Rogan
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Puma
Puma
“he started uh Adidas and his brother started Puma yeah his brother who's Brother”— Joe Rogan
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Nike
Nike
“and every Nike's made basically overseas yeah but that's there wouldn't it be there'd be a great market for a really good sneaker”— Joe Rogan
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Origin
Origin (Jocko Willink)
“origin is a company that I work with that makes American it's Jocko's company they make American-made jeans American Way Jiu Jitsu geese American-made boots”— Joe Rogan
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Tesla
Tesla
“he made the Tesla sexy people want it because they want it”— Joe Rogan
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American Apparel
American Apparel
“I remember buying American Apparel For My Shirt they cost two bucks more but you're like no no it's the right thing to do”— Bert Kreischer
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Whoop
Whoop
“take a look at my it's amazing my whoop recovery recovery is up 19 heart rate variability is up 37”— Bert Kreischer
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ShipStation
ShipStation
“he's a ship station you gotta ship your out you're a goddamn America you need a ship station”— Bert Kreischer
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John Wick
Chad Stahelski
“that was what got me through our sober October competition I watched John Rick 50 times in a row once”— Joe Rogan
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Borat
Sacha Baron Cohen
“going to opening night of the first Borat and like it was packed and that experience was so fun”— Joe Rogan
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Succession
HBO
“and you were like I have one week off I got offered succession for a week now I don't have any time”— Tom Segura
Big reveals from this episode
- The crew breaks Sober October on-air after 31 days, toasting with 21-year-old Glenlivet, cigars and matching shirts.
- Long debate praising Kanye West's creative genius while criticizing his antisemitic remarks and Lex Fridman interview.
- Bert tells the Hard Rock Hotel story of Brian Tate choking a belligerent 6'6" stranger unconscious with an omoplata-to-rear-naked-choke.
- Ari leaks the unreleased teaser for Bert's movie 'The Machine' on the podcast despite legal uncertainty.
- Live push-up contest: Joe Rogan grinds out 75 push-ups while genuinely worried about hurting himself.
- Tom reveals his nerve doctor found his left back has atrophied from suspected spinal nerve compression, prompting an MRI.
- Bert reveals he was recruited to play college baseball at Florida State but quit on day one to party instead.
Worth remembering
- Adidas and Puma were founded by two German brothers (the Dasslers), who were literal Nazis before splitting up.
- New Balance markets itself as the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA.
- Brian Tate appears as a fighter killed in the John Wick disco scene alongside Keith Jardine.
- Garth Brooks sold over 400,000 concert tickets in Ireland and built Amazon Music's platform via an exclusive deal, plus Walmart-only CD sales.
- Joe explains Pavel Tsatsouline's 'strength is a skill' method: more rest between fewer reps means less injury for the same total work.
- Jake Paul made roughly $40 million from his three fights in 2021, rivaling top boxers.
- Dana White overhauled his health onto a keto/carnivore diet after a doctor warned his lifestyle would kill him within five years.
- The group's core takeaway: a hard daily workout burns out the body's threat-response system and drops anxiety to almost nothing.
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