This film or show by Peter Berg has come up 10 times on Joe Rogan. 9 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Charles Wesley Godwin, Joe Rogan, Kurt Angle, Shane Dorian. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2024-06-27 and the most recent from 2026-04-30. 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 #2492 - Ari Shaffir
“Painkiller, that's what it was called. It was so good. That's Peter Berg's. Yeah, we talked about that the other day. It's an amazing series. Amazing series.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Ari Shaffir: Stand-up comedian, host of the podcasts Skeptic Tank and You Be Tripping, and co-host of Legion of Skanks. Creator of the storytelling show This Is Not Happening, his Netflix special Jew, and his new self-financed show The End. Ari Shaffir returns from seven months abroad to riff with Joe on psychedelics, ancient megaliths, weight cutting, comedy gatekeepers and his self-financed storytelling show.
Joe Rogan Experience #2490 - RZA
“Did you ever see that Netflix docu-series Painkiller? It's really good. It's all about the Sackler family. Peter Berg made it.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is RZA: Rapper, producer, and de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan, and a writer-director whose fourth feature film, One Spoon of Chocolate, is produced by Quentin Tarantino. RZA joins Joe Rogan to talk martial arts, his new film One Spoon of Chocolate, Congo cobalt mining, cinema, and lab-grown diamonds.
Joe Rogan Experience #2451 - Cheryl Hines
“When that documentary Painkiller came out on Netflix, which is just so good. Peter Berg did that. It's so good.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Cheryl Hines: Emmy-nominated actress best known as Larry David's wife on Curb Your Enthusiasm. She is married to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and author of the memoir Unscripted. Cheryl Hines tells Joe Rogan what it's really like being married to RFK Jr. through a presidential run, plus tangents on owls, ants, and politics.
Joe Rogan Experience #2227 - Adrienne Iapalucci
“Jamie painkiller is that what it's called that's the Peter Berg One Peter Berg came in and explained it all to us and talked about the documentary it's great it's so good”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Adrienne Iapalucci: Bronx-raised stand-up comedian known for dark, taboo-pushing material; her Netflix special The Dark Queen was filmed at the Comedy Cellar. Comedian Adrienne Iapalucci and Joe Rogan riff on gambling addiction, prison, dark comedy, Genghis Khan, CTE, and ancient Roman toilet sponges.
Joe Rogan Experience #2044 - Sam Altman
“Peter Berg was on the podcast and he uh produced that painkiller documentary for Netflix about the docu drama about the Sackler family it's amazing piece”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Sam Altman: CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Sam Altman and Joe Rogan explore AGI's future, job loss, neural interfaces, human-machine merging, simulation theory, and psychedelic therapy.
Joe Rogan Experience #2052 - Shane Dorian
“he's the guy that produced that Netflix uh series painkiller I listened to that one was awesome he's amazing Peter's amazing”— Shane Dorian
The guest here is Shane Dorian: Professional big-wave surfer and avid bow hunter who has traveled the world surfing and hunting axis deer and elk. Big-wave surfer and bow hunter Shane Dorian on stem-cell recovery, the carnivore diet, archery mindset, and distrust of modern medicine.
Joe Rogan Experience #2026 - Peter Berg
“painkiller on Netflix can't recommend it enough I'm only two episodes deep I started the third today it's so good dude”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Peter Berg: Film and television director/producer (Painkiller, Lone Survivor, Patriots Day, Friday Night Lights). Director Peter Berg on his Netflix series Painkiller, the Sacklers' opioid empire, runaway military spending, and combat-sport brain trauma.
Joe Rogan Experience #2033 - Matt Rife
“he created that series uh painkiller on Netflix if you haven't seen it's [ __ ] incredible but it's about the Sackler family”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Matt Rife: Stand-up comedian who blew up via viral crowd-work clips; relentlessly touring theaters and prepping his next special. Comedian Matt Rife and Joe Rogan riff on insomnia, ghost hunting, cryptids, chimp attacks, conspiracy theories, video games and the nature of the universe.
Joe Rogan Experience #2085 - Charles Wesley Godwin
“I just watched the uh that the Netflix short series on painkiller oh my God amazing I just saw that”— Charles Wesley Godwin
The guest here is Charles Wesley Godwin: West Virginia country/Americana singer-songwriter from Morgantown; a former WVU finance student who took up guitar at 20 after his football dream died and discovered he could sing while studying abroad in Estonia. Country singer Charles Wesley Godwin tells Joe Rogan how he nearly went broke before breaking through, plus coal mining, creativity, and chasing the dream.
Joe Rogan Experience #2036 - Kurt Angle
“the story from the documentary sensation the series on Netflix is Sensational and it just it just shows how evil evil those people”— Kurt Angle
The guest here is Kurt Angle: 1996 Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medalist and WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler, now actor and owner of supplement company Physically Fit (joined on the show alongside comedian Tony Hinchcliffe). Olympic gold medalist and WWE legend Kurt Angle on wrestling with a broken neck, painkiller addiction, recovery, and MMA history.
