Joe Rogan Experience #2445 - Bert Kreischer
Joe Rogan hosts comedian Bert Kreischer for a wide-ranging conversation covering comedy, viral moments, media manipulation, and unexplained phenomena. The episode explores how comedians build careers through pivotal moments, discusses the nature of dreams and lucid dreaming, and features Rogan's controversial theory about Richard Nixon's downfall being orchestrated by intelligence agencies rather than genuine wrongdoing.
Key takeaways
- • Red light therapy can significantly improve vision and support whole-body recovery when used consistently.
- • Lucid dreaming can be intentionally cultivated and enhanced through supplements and practice, allowing dreamers to control their experiences and even re-enter dreams after waking.
- • The majority of viral "cancellations" and public controversies inadvertently boost comedians' careers by directing massive audience attention toward their work, as happened with Shane Gillis after his SNL removal.
- • Social media engagement—reading comments, articles, and criticism about yourself—is psychologically harmful and should be avoided entirely; success should be measured by personal experience, not online sentiment.
- • Watergate was orchestrated by intelligence agencies (FBI and CIA) using naval intelligence officer Bob Woodward to remove the most popular president in American history, Richard Nixon, before he could investigate JFK's assassination.
- • Repeated physical trauma from Chevy Chase's decades of aggressive pratfalls likely caused CTE and chronic pain, which may explain his documented behavioral issues.
Recommendations (20)
"When people say, 'I listen to Sunday Papers. That's Fitzsimmons and Gibbons podcast.' I go, 'You're real comedy fans. Those are the two funniest human beings alive ever.'"
Bert Kreischer · ▶ 5:20
"I got backed like four times like boosters from Johnson & Johnson."
Bert Kreischer · ▶ 1:18:11
"100%. Are we rolling? Yeah. My eyes are so fucked. Yeah. I can't see. Joe, get one of them Gary Brea beds for your house. Well, there's a bunch of companies that sell them, but you want like a real..."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 0:15
"You got to go to Glenn Greenwald and Michael Shellenberger and people like that, Matt Taibbi. You got to go to independent journalists."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 1:16:00
"You got to go to Glenn Greenwald and Michael Shellenberger and people like that, Matt Taibbi."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 1:16:02
"You got to go to Glenn Greenwald and Michael Shellenberger and people like that, Matt Taibbi."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 1:16:04
"I have rosacea on my cheeks and the cure is ivermectin. They were like, 'You should get on ivermectin.'"
Bert Kreischer · ▶ 1:38:08
"Slow Horses is Gary Oldman. It is a spy thriller. When I watched Slow Horses, I hit pause. I looked at Leanne. I said, 'We're watching every fucking episode until it's over right now.'"
Bert Kreischer · ▶ 2:01:25
"It's about the two guys in Wisconsin trying to make a horror film called Coven. It's the most fascinating."
Bert Kreischer · ▶ 2:06:08
"It's a documentary about this place in Florida. Joe, it's on YouTube. You can find it."
Bert Kreischer · ▶ 2:07:22
"Remember we had that we were a member of that Kansas City workout club or something. The MyZone. The MyZone Fitness Straps."
Bert Kreischer · ▶ 2:13:29
"The big one was monoclonal antibodies and monoclonal antibodies. They made it really hard for people to get after that."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 1:38:44
"You know hostage tape. I use that stuff. I put it over my mouth and I sleep and I breathe through my nose."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 1:45:30
"I take zinc with quercetin. Quercetin aids in the zinc absorption in your body."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 1:51:20
"It's about these people that live in Siberia. These guys that live in a small village in Siberia and they're just fishermen and trappers and hunters and they're so happy."
Joe Rogan · ▶ 2:08:36
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