The Joe Rogan Experience

Gad Saad, evolutionary behavioral scientist and marketing professor known for books on ideology, discusses his new book Suicidal Empathy. Conversation covers how empathy can be hijacked into harmful outrage, cultural theory of mind, examples of excessive empathy in crime and activism, immigration and demographic friction, geopolitics including Israel, Iran, and consequences of intervention.

Julia Mossbridge, cognitive neuroscientist and author studying time perception, precognition, and exceptional human capacities. She talks about studying precognition scientifically, dream journaling, psi research and academic resistance. They explore consciousness, retrocausality, non-speaking autistic telepathy, informational substrates like photons, and cultural shifts around disclosure and inner discovery.

Tim Burchett, a Tennessee congressman and member of the UAP Caucus, talks about UFO briefings, pilot and deep-water sightings, and the politics around disclosure. He discusses whistleblowers, back-engineering theories, MKUltra-era influence tactics, insider trading concerns in Congress, and veterans’ mental health and psychedelic therapies.

Joe sits down with Dan Hardy, a mixed martial artist, host of the “Full Reptile” podcast, and commentator for the Professional Fighters League.www.youtube.com/@DanHardyFRwww.pflmma.com Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan. Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/rogan Get Visible for just $20/mo for 1 year. Use code FRESHSTART. Switch & see terms at  https://www.visible.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chamath Palihapitiya, venture capitalist, engineer, and founder of Social Capital, dives into AI, attention, and the fight between labor and capital. He gets into tech power, censorship fears, white-collar job anxiety, and why parents may become AI police. The conversation also explores meaning in a post-work future, government waste, geopolitics, and the strange pull of fame and status.

Ari Shaffir, globe-trotting comic behind You Be Trippin’, joins stand-up firecrackers Mark Normand of Tuesdays with Stories! and Shane Gillis of Tires. They bounce through fake corporate scandals, MKUltra and surveillance paranoia, prostitution laws, acid nightmare stories, rock music nostalgia, healthcare failures, roast-joke pressure, and internet masculinity weirdness.

Ari Shaffir, a stand-up comic and storyteller behind You Be Trippin’ and The End, drops in for a wild, funny chat. They bounce from terrifying edible tales and psychedelic therapy to corporate greed, broken industry, and weird sports like chess boxing. It also veers into ancient mysteries, chaotic travel stories, war, politics, and how unplugging sparked new creative freedom.

Brian Simpson, comedian, writer, and Netflix special comic, dives into recovering from a heart attack with dark humor and wild hospital stories. Then it swerves into chaotic pet tales, urban coyotes and pythons, gaming obsession, nicotine habits, crypto scams, nightmare neighbors, and mind-bending space mysteries.

RZA, Wu-Tang Clan founder and visionary rapper-filmmaker, dives into his movie One Spoon of Chocolate and the darker ideas behind it. He gets into martial arts, cold plunges, discipline, and channeling rage into art. The conversation also hits the opioid crisis, Congo cobalt mining, AI, movie theaters, and why authenticity still matters.

Ryan Bingham, singer-songwriter and Yellowstone actor with deep rodeo roots, talks mountain guide school, survival skills, horses, hunting, and why ranch life still captivates people. He also gets into wild bull-riding injuries, fleeing California fires with horses, and the road from Texas bars to music, films, and television.