Episode #793
Whitney Cummings
Books mentioned
Sapiens
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:49:41
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Whitney Cummings discusses her charitable work with children in Vietnam, parenting, relationships, fertility, and the emotional effects of pregnancy and surrogacy. She and Joe Rogan also explore smartphones, evolution, combat sports, conspiracy theories, environmental impacts, animal ecology, hunting, and her experiences with fame, crowds, hecklers, and performing under pressure.
What they talked about
- Whitney's charity work with Operation Smile in Vietnam
- Phone addiction and turning phone to black and white
- Cleft palate surgery and medical needs in Vietnam
- Comedy origins and childhood trauma
- Dangers and trauma of drone warfare
- Aquatic ape theory and human evolution
- Regressive left and recreational outrage
- Italian bare-knuckle fighting tradition
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