This film or show by Mel Gibson has come up 4 times on Joe Rogan. 4 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Joe Rogan, That Mexican OT. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2024-03-15 and the most recent from 2025-09-18. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Joe Rogan Experience #2381 - Taylor Kitsch
“You know what I watched again recently? Apocalyptto. Amazing. Same, by the way... It's [ __ ] amazing.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Taylor Kitsch: Canadian actor known for Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, True Detective, John Carter, Savages, Waco, American Primeval, and The Terminal List. He is famous for an intensely physical, deeply researched approach to playing real military men and damaged characters. Taylor Kitsch walks Joe Rogan through his immersive acting process, SEAL-trained war roles, his sister's addiction, his father's death, and playing David Koresh.
Joe Rogan Experience #2309 - Joey Diaz
“Like Mel Gibson when he made Apocalypto, you don't know anybody in that movie. That's a great movie. It's a great movie. It's perfect.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Joey Diaz: Cuban-American stand-up comedian, actor, and longtime Rogan friend known for wild personal storytelling. Author of the memoir 'Tremendous' and a fixture of the comedy-store and podcast world. Joe Rogan and old friend Joey Diaz ramble through Austin vs. LA, COVID, due process, UFOs, MMA, and Joey's brush with heart failure.
Joe Rogan Experience #2276 - Felipe Esparza
“the way like Mel Gibson did Apocalypto that was a badass movie bro you felt that movie”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Felipe Esparza: Stand-up comedian, Last Comic Standing winner, and host of the 'What's Up Fool?' podcast. His Netflix special 'Raging Fool' is out now. Felipe Esparza and Joe Rogan trade comedy-club war stories and spiral through history's grossest, weirdest, and most disturbing rabbit holes.
Joe Rogan Experience #2120 - That Mexican OT
“I think is like the most gangsterous movie ever Apocalypto oh that's a good one bro that's a good one”— That Mexican OT
The guest here is That Mexican OT: Texas rapper (real name Virgil Gazca) who broke out with the country-rap hit Cowboy Killer; son of a trainer father and a gangster mother who pushed him to rap from age four. Texas rapper That Mexican OT tells Joe Rogan his rags-to-rap origin story and they riff on movies, music, animals and life.
