Woody Harrelson: Oscar-nominated actor known for Cheers, Natural Born Killers, True Detective and Zombieland. A longtime cannabis and raw-vegan advocate, he stars in the deep-sea thriller Last Breath.
What this episode covers
The conversation opens on Harrelson's SNL monologue and spirals into a long critique of pandemic-era profiteering, vaccine mandates and mainstream-media distrust. The two bond over cannabis legalization, the 1970s war on psychedelics, and how compassion-inducing drugs threaten the 'us vs them' status quo. They cover prison-for-profit, foreign wars tied to the drug trade, and the corruption of pharmaceutical and journalistic institutions. Lighter stretches touch on chess (Magnus Carlsen, Willie Nelson), Bob Lazar and alien-abduction lore, and Harrelson's raw-food, enzyme-focused vegan philosophy. They close on regenerative farming, glyphosate in Girl Scout cookies, and cautious optimism about the MAHA movement.
No purchasable items were genuinely recommended in this episode.
Big reveals from this episode
- Harrelson says Jimmy Carter privately confirmed to him the Reagan 'October surprise' hostage story was true.
- Harrelson recounts refusing to wear a mask on set during COVID despite cast and crew compliance.
- Rogan lays out Graham Hancock's lost-civilization 'younger Dryas' reset theory.
- Harrelson shares his 'kid juice' epiphany: smiling at a stranger he'd judged dissolved his own contempt.
- Rogan says Dr. Sanjay Gupta essentially agreed with him by the end of their CNN-prompted interview.
- Rogan claims Plum Island researchers tested infecting ticks and fleas as a bioweapon, tying it to Lyme disease.
- Rogan reveals the Bob Lazar UFO episode is his biggest ever, with ~60 million YouTube views.
- Harrelson and Rogan cite an investigation finding 100% of tested Girl Scout cookies contained glyphosate.
Worth remembering
- Rogan cites a Yale study claiming spike protein detected 700+ days after injection.
- Harrelson says he hasn't been sick in roughly eight years.
- Rogan tells a story of a man with $3 billion who feels poor among $30 billion friends.
- Both argue over 70% of people in jail are there for victimless, mostly drug-related crimes.
- Rogan's moderation philosophy: Doritos and whiskey are fine occasionally, the key is recovery and not every day.
- Rogan says CNN put a yellow filter on his video to make him look sick during the ivermectin controversy.
- Rogan recounts Freeway Ricky Ross learning to read in jail, studying law, and overturning his own case.
- They note Afghanistan produced ~90% of the world's heroin during US occupation; Myanmar has since surpassed it.
- Harrelson reveals Magnus Carlsen praised his chess after Harrelson replicated one of Carlsen's opening moves.
- Harrelson explains his raw-vegan belief that cooking above 118 degrees destroys the food's enzymes.