#2226 - Theo Von

Jamie (0:03)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

SPEAKER_3 (0:06)

Trained by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.

Theo Von (0:13)

These are like conversation condoms, aren't they?

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Yeah, a little bit. Well, it's like a safe room, locks out the world.

Jamie (0:21)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:22)

Conversation only exists inside your ears, you know?

Jamie (0:25)

Locks you in.

Joe Rogan (0:26)

I think it locks you in, that's what I like about it.

Theo Von (0:28)

Yeah, it's almost like a football player kind of putting on their helmet.

Joe Rogan (0:32)

Right. Ready to go.

Theo Von (0:33)

Like we're ready for this. Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:35)

Yo, how fun was election night at the mothership?

Theo Von (0:38)

It was baffling, man. I mean, it was crazy.

SPEAKER_6 (0:44)

It was so much fun.

Joe Rogan (0:45)

We had such a good time. That green room was so positive.

Theo Von (0:49)

My favorite part, at one point, they were playing that song. You talk about a revolution. People were dancing, people were smoking weed. I think there was a baby smoking weed. There was everybody. People were like, it was crazy, dude. Adam and Eve were in there. There was just a lot going on.

Joe Rogan (1:09)

It felt like America is brighter. That's what it felt like. We were moving towards this insane world where we're being controlled by liars. We're just being gaslit left and right. We saw it all over the media. We saw it all over the news. Things that were right in front of your face, they're trying to deny. There's just so much craziness. And then all of a sudden, the world spoke. Did you see the map of the actual country? Like how many places actually voted red?

Theo Von (1:44)

Oh, no. I don't know if I saw that or not.

Joe Rogan (1:45)

It's just a few cities. Even California was mostly red. That's what's crazy.

Theo Von (1:51)

We had, I don't know if I saw that. I'm trying to think of what I saw.

Joe Rogan (1:56)

There's a, there's a new...

Theo Von (1:58)

Oh, Tony was nervous, remember?

Joe Rogan (2:04)

Tony better be fucking nervous.

Theo Von (2:06)

Dude, I kept just going up to him and going, Feliz Navidad.

SPEAKER_7 (2:09)

Just to fucking get his vibes.

Joe Rogan (2:12)

Look at that.

Theo Von (2:13)

Oh, wow.

Joe Rogan (2:15)

This is the one I saw Jamie also in this, do you? It's got music to it.

Theo Von (2:20)

This was like when I got that hair surgery. I'm talking about they played music in the background. No, but it looks like that pattern.

SPEAKER_6 (2:29)

Let me see that again.

Joe Rogan (2:31)

Yeah, it looks a lot like that, like a transplant. Yeah, my micrographs.

Theo Von (2:38)

Yeah, that's what it looks like, man.

Joe Rogan (2:40)

So what I sent you, Jamie, it just shows like the entire country.

That's right. Look at that.

Theo Von (2:50)

Oh, that's interesting.

Joe Rogan (2:51)

That's crazy. There's no blue states, just blue cities.

Theo Von (2:55)

Well, then why do you think that the, why do you think the cities and states are so much different then?

Joe Rogan (3:00)

Well, cities are always going to be blue. It's normal. There's a lot of factors. One of them is you have massive populations of people, right? And you, when you have massive populations of people, a lot of times it's based around universities. Like Los Angeles is slightly different because Los Angeles has universities, but really it's like more around Hollywood, which is equally delusional. But most big cities are flavored by a university. Like Austin is flavored by the University of Texas.

Theo Von (3:33)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (3:34)

It's why Austin is progressive. Austin is, for people that don't know, outside of Texas, Austin is one of the most progressive cities. Like if you look at, we voted in Austin, the city of Austin voted more for Kamala Harris than the city of Los Angeles did.

Theo Von (3:49)

Oh, wow. Really?

Joe Rogan (3:50)

A higher percentage of Democrats voted for Kamala Harris than even Los Angeles.

Theo Von (3:55)

Well, I think a lot, it seems like a lot, like a lot of Democrats, I don't know like a ton about politics, but it seems like a lot of Democrats, like it's, I understand a lot of the voting because it's hopeful voting. It's like wishful thinking.

Joe Rogan (4:10)

Well, they're feeding off of narratives, like you're a good person if you believe this, but the consequences are what they're ignoring, the pretending that the economy is in a great place. That's crazy. Talk to anybody who's broke, talk to anybody who's struggling to pay for bills and groceries, talk to anybody who's trying to buy a car, that the economy is bananas right now. It's sketchy, very sketchy. And a lot of it is-