This film or show by Ridley Scott has come up 4 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrej Karpathy, Joe Rogan, Roger Avary, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-10-29 and the most recent from 2026-02-11. 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 #2452 - Roger Avary
“I also very much like Gladiator... Gladiator 1 is magnificent. It had some kind of secret sauce”— Roger Avary
The guest here is Roger Avary: Oscar-winning screenwriter who co-wrote Pulp Fiction with Quentin Tarantino, and wrote/directed films like Silent Hill and the 2007 Beowulf. Now building an AI-filmmaking company. Screenwriter Roger Avary trades film deep-dives with Joe Rogan, then spirals into Epstein, 9/11, flat-earth and demon-haunted cinema theories.
Joe Rogan Experience #2191 - Russell Crowe
“I know exactly what fall that was from what movie Gladiator of course”— guest
The guest here is Russell Crowe: Academy Award-winning actor (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man) and musician who also runs a regenerative cattle farm in Australia. Russell Crowe tells wild on-set stories, talks regenerative cattle farming, boxing, stem cells, fame, and his outlook on America.
Joe Rogan Experience #1972 - Jim Breuer
“Gladiator Russell Crow monster monster movie that movie so good oh my God I cried like a baby at the end”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Jim Breuer: Stand-up comedian and actor, former SNL cast member known for Half Baked, and a roughly 31-year friend of Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan and comedian Jim Breuer ramble through COVID skepticism, trucks, deadly predators, true crime and lost ancient civilizations.
Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
“movies that I've seen five plus times but I'm ready and willing to keep watching Interstellar Gladiator contact Goodwill Hunting”— Andrej Karpathy
The guest here is Andrej Karpathy: Former director of AI at Tesla and a founding member of OpenAI, previously a researcher at Stanford. One of the most influential figures in deep learning, known for his teaching (CS231n) and hands-on explanations of neural networks. Andrej Karpathy on Tesla's vision-only self-driving, Optimus, the Transformer, aliens, simulation theory, and the path to AGI.
