On a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan sat down with Scott Eastwood, and the conversation drifted into territory that cuts through much of the mythology surrounding celebrity culture: the difference between wanting to be famous and wanting to be wealthy. The topic emerged after Scott reflected on behavior he had … Read more
Recently, comedian Mark Normand revealed on a podcast that he had invented a story about Netflix pressuring him to remove a joke targeting Muslims from his special’s promotional material. “I fabricated that,” Normand said plainly. “So I made it up in this whole story. So that was on me. I lied. They didn’t do anything … Read more
Tucker Carlson rarely shies away from uncomfortable territory, but his recent conversation on the Jack Neel podcast ventured into territory that most mainstream media figures avoid: the idea that artificial intelligence is not simply a technological breakthrough, but something with deep connections to the occult and the metaphysical. When asked whether AI’s rapid rise is … Read more
Jeff Bridges arrived on Theo Von’s podcast carrying more than just stories about his legendary career. Tucked inside his satchel, alongside a photograph of the first words he ever spoke to his wife, was a laptop running an AI he had named Gary. The moment arrived naturally. Bridges and Von had been talking about the … Read more
A British environmental lawyer and self-described “river guardian” is now facing an investigation and the possibility of two years in prison, not for polluting a waterway, but for cleaning one. Paul Powlesland is a barrister who specializes in environmental law and lives on a narrowboat on the River Roding in East London. He also founded … Read more
In a conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience, comedian Tim Dillon and host Joe Rogan discussed the growing influence of therapy in American culture and what it may be doing to family relationships. Dillon illustrated his point with a personal story about a political disagreement involving his father and stepmother. When he told his therapist … Read more
Terrence Howard has built a career on playing complicated men, but nothing he has done on screen is quite as bewildering as what he is now doing online. The actor, best known for his role as Lucious Lyon on ‘Empire’, has spent the better part of a decade championing an alternative theory of mathematics and … Read more
There was a time when Joe Rogan was the guy asking the questions nobody else would ask. The outsider. The independent voice who built a platform on the promise that no topic was off limits and no guest would get a free pass. That version of Rogan feels like a long time ago. Stavros Halkias, … Read more
When comedian Bill Burr sat down on The Big Podcast with Shaq, most people expected sharp comedy and sharp exchanges. What they got was all of that, plus a full-on flat earth debate with one of basketball’s biggest legends. The conversation began during a game of “White People or Black People,” where Burr and Shaq … Read more
Content creator Vlad Ncl is speaking out after being punched during his first IRL broadcast in Ireland, an incident that quickly spread across the internet. Vlad, who presents as a woman in his content, was approached by a man on the street while filming. After engaging in casual conversation, the man asked him to come … Read more
