#1540 - Frank von Hippel

Frank von Hippel (0:04)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

Joe Rogan (0:12)

Hello, Frank.

It was a start, that's why it looks weird, right? I have to go ready and go. Welcome to our polarizing studio. A lot of people don't like it here. A lot of complaints, Jamie. That's what I'm hearing from people that read the comments. Folks, relax. We had to bang this together in a month because we moved here, like literally.

From the time I was saying, maybe I should move to Austin to we're in Austin in studio. It was like two months?

Jamie (0:41)

Less.

Joe Rogan (0:42)

Less.

Jamie (0:42)

I think it was six weeks.

Joe Rogan (0:43)

Six weeks. So all this was created, shout out to Matt Alvarez.

All this was created in like two weeks. So if you think it sucks, that's okay.

Frank von Hippel (0:51)

I like it. I think it's awesome.

Joe Rogan (0:54)

It's definitely weird. It's just a big shock from people that saw, like your brother was at the old studio and the old studio was very conventional. It's like a curtain and a brick wall and the American flag was like pretty normal. This is a big difference.

Some people are bad with change.

Frank von Hippel (1:14)

Well, you have this lovely Asian.

Joe Rogan (1:18)

That's Ganesh.

Frank von Hippel (1:18)

Ganesh, that's right, from India.

Joe Rogan (1:20)

Remover of obstacles.

Frank von Hippel (1:21)

Yeah, my daughter actually went to, last year, was a high school in India.

Joe Rogan (1:24)

I bought that in Thailand, actually.

Frank von Hippel (1:26)

Oh, okay.

Joe Rogan (1:26)

Yeah, I bought it in Thailand and had it shipped over. So what did your daughter do in India?

Frank von Hippel (1:31)

She did her last year as a high school there.

Joe Rogan (1:33)

That's crazy.

Frank von Hippel (1:34)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:34)

Why'd she do that?

Frank von Hippel (1:36)

My oldest went to, his last year as a high school in Costa Rica, loved it.

And so she wanted to do something similar. And she went to this great school called Woodstock School, which is in the foothills of the Himalayas. Had a great time.

Joe Rogan (1:49)

That's pretty cool.

Frank von Hippel (1:50)

Yeah, pretty awesome.

Joe Rogan (1:51)

Did you visit her out there?

Frank von Hippel (1:52)

We did, yeah, multiple times.

Joe Rogan (1:54)

Whew, that's gotta be weird too, to be the last two years of high school, 15 or 16 and 17, and just leave your family and be in another continent.

Frank von Hippel (2:02)

But don't you remember being that age and you just wanted to have some independence and head out?

Joe Rogan (2:07)

Yeah, yeah, I guess so. I think.

I'm so old. It's hard to look back when I'm 16 I mean, I have some vague memories.

Frank von Hippel (2:18)

Well, if you're so old, I'm so old. I think we're born the same year.

Joe Rogan (2:21)

67?

Frank von Hippel (2:22)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:22)

Yeah, we're both old.

Frank von Hippel (2:23)

Yeah, totally. Look at my hair. It's all white.

Joe Rogan (2:25)

Well, mine would be white too.

If I had it. I have, the side hairs are pretty white now. It's very disturbing now when it comes in. I'm like, whoa, God damn.

Just shaving all now. And my face too. I'll give them a lot of gray hairs on my face too.

Frank von Hippel (2:38)

It's like.

Yeah, they come in either black or white, you know? It's just mixed.

Joe Rogan (2:43)

Father time doesn't give a fuck. It's like, sorry, kid.

Frank von Hippel (2:47)

Yeah, for me it was actually lots of hair and it was brown and then I had my first kid and then overnight it went gray and then I had my second kid and it went white.

Joe Rogan (2:55)

Really?

Frank von Hippel (2:56)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:56)

That's interesting. So just the lack of sleep, stress.

Frank von Hippel (3:00)

Yeah, getting sick when you have a kid and all of that.

Joe Rogan (3:03)

Yeah, it gets you. So what's in the tube there?

Frank von Hippel (3:05)

It's a present for you.

Joe Rogan (3:06)

Oh, really?

Frank von Hippel (3:07)

Yeah. Oh, wow.

Joe Rogan (3:10)

What is this?

Is this a bone? Is this a human bone?

Frank von Hippel (3:16)

No. What animal is this? So I'm a biologist and I brought you a gift from my home state of Alaska.

Can you figure out what it is?

Joe Rogan (3:24)

Well, first of all, it's fossilized.

Frank von Hippel (3:25)

It is, you're right.