This film or show by Clint Eastwood has come up 5 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. 5 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Dan Houser, Felipe Esparza, Graham Linehan, Joe Rogan. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2024-06-27 and the most recent from 2025-10-31. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #484
“I love Unforgiven, but the truth is with Red Dead, I'd seen a lot of Westerns as a kid.”— Dan Houser
The guest here is Dan Houser: Legendary video game creator, co-founder of Rockstar Games, and lead writer behind the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series. He has since founded a new company, Absurdventures, building new worlds across books, comics, audio, and games. Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on creating GTA and Red Dead Redemption, the craft of storytelling in games, and his new studio Absurdventures.
Joe Rogan Experience #2361 - Graham Linehan
“that's Unforgiven. I think it's the best western of all time because I think it's probably the most accurate about how up life was back then.”— Graham Linehan
The guest here is Graham Linehan: Irish comedy writer behind hit British sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd, winner of several BAFTAs. Now a controversial gender-critical activist who says his career collapsed after he spoke out on women's rights and trans issues. Comedy writer Graham Linehan tells Joe how the gender-ideology backlash destroyed his career, then they roam from AI to Kubrick.
Joe Rogan Experience #2276 - Felipe Esparza
“my favorite one is The Unforgiven man when that guy's crying could they kill somebody”— Felipe Esparza
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 #1937 - Punkie Johnson
“meanwhile that dude also did The Unforgiven which was like the greatest Western of all time like he did a lot of corny ass movies”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Punkie Johnson: New Orleans-born stand-up comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member who started out bartending at The Comedy Store before passing as a comic. SNL comedian Punkie Johnson and Joe Rogan trade Comedy Store war stories, boxing obsessions, psychedelics fears, and Hollywood phoniness.
Joe Rogan Experience #1972 - Jim Breuer
“I love The Unforgiven CU that's the most realistic of his westerns... I think that's the Best Western of all time”— 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.
