Episode #861
Bryan Callen
Books mentioned
Fit for Life
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:39:30
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Going Clear
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 02:39:11
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The Book of Five Rings
Mentioned by Bryan Callen · at 02:56:35
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Actor and stand-up comedian Bryan Callen joins Joe Rogan for a wide-ranging conversation about politics, media distrust, drug policy, food production, animal welfare, nutrition, psychedelics, and extreme athletic performance. They also examine Alex Honnold’s free-solo climbing, comparing the physical demands and calculated risk of his approach with the ideas of Miyamoto Musashi.
What they talked about
- Voting age and drinking age debate
- Parasites, food safety, and farming runoff
- Critique of mainstream media bias
- Trump and Clinton corruption discussion
- Definition of beauty and facial symmetry
- Human instincts and ancient reward systems
- War on drugs and psychedelic prohibition
- Sexual assault definitions and campus justice
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