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Joe Rogan · 2026-01-09

Joe Rogan Experience #2435 - Bradley Cooper

Joe Rogan Experience #2435 - Bradley Cooper

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Creatine

(generic supplement)

“creatine is incredible”
“I started taking creatine like two and a half months ago. creatine is incredible. It's incredible for your brain as well”— Bradley Cooper
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The Beast in Me

Netflix

“Holy [ __ ] dude”
“Have you watched The Beast in Me on Netflix? Oh dude. Holy [ __ ] dude. and that guy Matthew Reese”— Joe Rogan
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Fleishman Is in Trouble

FX

“it's really good”
“Fleshman is in trouble. it's on FX. it's really good. There's a scene where she's basically having a mental breakdown”— Joe Rogan
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Hamnet

Chloe Zhao (inferred)

“her performance in that movie is so She's so good”
“I just saw this movie Hamnit. So Jesse Buckley in this movie, her performance in that movie is so She's so good, dude”— Bradley Cooper
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Homeland

Showtime (inferred)

“it's great. It's really good”
“She was great in [ __ ] Homeland, too. Oh, it's great. It's really good. She just locks in”— Joe Rogan
BookRecommended

Guns Up

Johnnie Clark (inferred)

“an incredible book”
“his father came and talked about this book Guns Up which is an incredible book about machine gunner in Vietnam”— Bradley Cooper
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Avatar

James Cameron

“I [ __ ] love those movies”
“I love Avatar. I love you know and I love sci-fi stuff... I loved one and two. I [ __ ] love those movies”— Bradley Cooper
BookRecommended

The MANIAC

Benjamin Labatut

“this great book”
“I read this great book called the maniac by Benjamin Lebatude who talked about Yan Newman”— Bradley Cooper
BookRecommendedISBN verified

Empire of the Summer Moon

S.C. Gwynne (inferred)

“this incredible book”
“it's documented in the book Empire of the Summer Moon. this incredible book that all talks about the conquering of Texas”— Joe Rogan

The guest's own work

MediaBy the guest

Is This Thing On?

Bradley Cooper (director)

“I watched your movie um Is This Thing On? And it's good. It's really good, man. It's one of the best representations of someone attempting to do standup”— Bradley Cooper
MediaBy the guest

American Sniper

Clint Eastwood

“Did you ever see American Sniper? There's that scene where he goes to the hospital and there's all the guys that have been wounded”— Bradley Cooper
MediaBy the guest

Burnt

John Wells (inferred)

“I did a movie with him years ago called Burnt about a chef and we had never met”— Bradley Cooper
MediaBy the guest

Maestro

Bradley Cooper (director)

“in Maestro, I got to go with the London Symphony Orchestra. Each person since they were four have been doing this”— Bradley Cooper
MediaBy the guest

A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper (director)

“Stars Born was really about I just love I always wanted to direct... all these musicians”— Bradley Cooper

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Kill Tony

Tony Hinchcliffe (inferred)

“I think that's one of the reasons why Kill Tony is so popular. You get to see that raw reality of someone who has never done standup before”— Joe Rogan
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The Elephant Man

David Lynch

“I remember being 11 and watching The Elephant Man and knowing at that moment that oh, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life”— Bradley Cooper
BookReferencedISBN verified

American Sniper

Chris Kyle

“he wrote that book which is how I came across and then gave it to Clint”— Bradley Cooper
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Raging Bull

Martin Scorsese (inferred)

“a great actor doing like Dairo when he played Jake Lamada, Raging Bull, of course. like that. he became a different person”— Joe Rogan
MediaReferenced

American Hustle

David O. Russell (inferred)

“I learned from Christian Bale in American Hustle like he just stayed in because I didn't understand this stay in the character all the time”— Bradley Cooper
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Training Day

Antoine Fuqua (inferred)

“him and Denzel in Training Day. There's a few scenes where you're like, okay, this is really in the car. Hawk's so good in that movie”— Joe Rogan
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The Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick

“Thin Red Line destroyed me. Terrence Malik movie and Apocalypse Now I was like obsessed with”— Bradley Cooper
MediaReferenced

Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola (inferred)

“Thin Red Line destroyed me. Terrence Malik movie and Apocalypse Now I was like obsessed with”— Bradley Cooper
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Apocalypto

Mel Gibson

“Remember the end of the Mel Gibson movie? Apocalyptto. Yeah. he finally escapes and he gets to the beach and then the boats are coming”— Joe Rogan
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Dances with Wolves

Kevin Costner (inferred)

“how many people wanted to be a Native American and live with the Native Americans because they saw Kevin Cosner do it”— Joe Rogan
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Stand By Me

Rob Reiner (inferred)

“there was a movie theater across my backyard... Loved it. Watch Standby Me a hundred times”— Bradley Cooper
MediaReferenced

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese (inferred)

“all of a sudden I can watch Taxi Driver 14 times and The Elephant Man and Popey and Apocalypse Now and Raging Bull”— Bradley Cooper
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Inside the Actors Studio

James Lipton (inferred)

“They did that show inside the actor studio. Do you remember that on TV... so all these incredible people would come on”— Bradley Cooper