#1198 - Derren Brown

Joe Rogan (0:02)

Four, three, two, boom.

What's up, man? How are you?

Derren Brown (0:09)

Hello.

Well, I'm pleased to get here. It's kind of a strange day in this part of LA, isn't it?

Joe Rogan (0:17)

This is as strange as it ever gets. The big concern in Los Angeles has always been, according to a firefighter that I talked to once, that the right wind catches a fire and it takes it all the way through Los Angeles down to the coast.

It's not quite that. It didn't go through Hollywood. They think one day it's going to happen, and with the right wind, they're not going to be able to stop it. But this is pretty bad. This is about as bad as I've ever seen it happen all in one day.

Derren Brown (0:42)

Yeah, it was extraordinary driving down the road to get here. Just these huge, just huge, pillowy, I thought it was just mountains, and I thought it was a strange cloud formation, but it was just simply smoke.

Joe Rogan (0:58)

Yeah, it looks like a giant gray mountain in the distance. It's insane how bad it's gotten. I've had it happen three, this is the third time I've been evacuated since I've moved here 20 plus years ago.

Yeah, it gets rough, but this is the roughest I've ever seen. Jamie and I were doing the podcast yesterday, and when it was over, I had like five text messages from friends that live in my neighborhood saying how bad it was. And then when we got home, the wind was just crazy, and it's just, it's humbling, you know? I mean, it's super unfortunate for all the people that are losing their homes and losing their, you know, losing their property. But the reality is, this is, it's nature, you know? This is just something that you just can't avoid. There's nothing you can do about it. It gets dry like this, and I don't know what started it. I hope it wasn't a cigarette.

Because that's the big, I see so many morons throwing cigarettes out the window when they dry.

Derren Brown (1:54)

It's not just a weather thing that just happens. It is literally things like cigarettes and...

Joe Rogan (1:59)

Yeah. Unfortunately, a lot of the times, I mean, the weather certainly accentuates it because it's dry and windy, and this is fire season.

Derren Brown (2:09)

Well, please be our satanist on these incredibly comfortable chairs.

Joe Rogan (2:15)

They're not bad, right?

Derren Brown (2:16)

They're amazing, because they support your back as well, which as a 47-year-old man, is a helpful... So I keep bouncing away from the microphone, which I'm sure isn't good, but yeah, they're incredible.

Joe Rogan (2:26)

They keep you sitting straight.

Derren Brown (2:28)

That's what they do.

Joe Rogan (2:29)

They accentuate your posture.

Derren Brown (2:31)

They do.

Joe Rogan (2:33)

So what's up, man? What are you doing in town for?

Derren Brown (2:34)

Shoulders back, chest out.

Joe Rogan (2:35)

Yeah, there you go.

Derren Brown (2:36)

Jordan would be proud.

I'm here. Yeah, I'm here for a week. I've been... I've got a show on Netflix that's come out, so I'm just kind of generally here to talk about it, I guess, and seen a couple of friends, and it's been a really nice, really nice week.

Joe Rogan (2:55)

Yeah, this is a good way to end it, too. The giant fire is just saying...

Derren Brown (2:57)

Yeah, the giant fire.

Joe Rogan (2:58)

Derren, get the fuck out of here.

Quickly. These people are crazy living here with no water and never rains.

Derren Brown (3:05)

Yeah, it's very different back home.

Yeah, it's amazing just at this time of year, leaving England and coming to somewhere like... I mean, I'm sure you don't take it for granted, but it is amazing just for a bit.

Joe Rogan (3:20)

The weather, yeah.

Derren Brown (3:21)

Would you like LA as a place and a home and does it... I mean, you've got an amazing sort of setup here, is it just a dream place to you?

Joe Rogan (3:34)

It's a love-hate relationship, certainly.

The real problem is the population is just so insane. There's more than 20 million people, plus who knows people, they really don't have no idea how many people have snuck in. It's just a chaotic place.

Derren Brown (3:51)

And no public transport. It just hit me the other day. There was no trains, there's no infrastructure, so everyone's driving these huge, huge vehicles.

Joe Rogan (3:58)

Everyone has an escalator, a Tesla or something. It's just a strange place.

The highways are massive, you have five, six lanes on each side, and they're jammed solid where nothing's moving either way. And if you can see it from... We realize how preposterous it is when you're flying into LAX, and you see the 405 highway in the distance, and it's all stopped for as long as you can see. Miles one way, miles the other way, just a complete parking lot. And you just realize, wow, what are we doing here? They found a spot with great weather, and you know, and then the entertainment industry draws people in.