#2252 - Wesley Huff

Joe Rogan (0:03)

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Joe Rogan (0:12)

Wes, very nice to meet you.

Wesley Huff (0:13)

Joe, pleasure.

Joe Rogan (0:14)

So, I, like many people, was introduced to you because of the debate you had with Billy Carson.

Wesley Huff (0:20)

Quote unquote.

Joe Rogan (0:22)

You know, it's one of those things where it's very unfortunate when people get caught with their pants down. And I'm not an expert in many things. But the things that I am an expert on, you could wake me up at 4 o'clock in the morning and ask me about those things. And I go, oh yeah, no. Yeah, this is what it is.

Wesley Huff (0:39)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:40)

I know, you know, like martial arts or comedy, I could tell you, I could give you an expert version of reality. It seems like he does not have that.

And he is a wonderful talker and it's a lot of fun. I like watching his videos. I love all that ancient history stuff. And even the most ridiculous tin foil hat aspects of ancient. It's fun.

Wesley Huff (1:06)

It's entertainment.

Joe Rogan (1:07)

But I know that there's a different, like Andrew Schultz and I had a discussion about this. Like he said when he had Billy on the podcast, he said, we're not going to fucking research anything. We're not going to search anything. We're not going to do anything. Just let him talk because it's fun. Yeah, Andrew's awesome. But when he was on with you, it was quite apparent that you are an actual expert in the Bible and in many religious texts and that he didn't necessarily have the facts straight. Yeah. What was the fallout of all of that?

Wesley Huff (1:38)

Well, it's interesting you say the expert thing because I literally was asked to do it 24 hours beforehand. So I had like the least amount of preparation going into it and I was okay with that because I'd listened to Billy Carson. Well, and I'd listened to the stuff he'd said. So I knew enough about the ways that he'd articulated things about the Ancient Near East and the Bible and Christianity to know enough that his level is pretty surface. But the fallout was that not only did he not want us to release the conversation, but then he started throwing out cease and desist letters and then he started trying to sue people. So I mean, I was never worried because I'm a Canadian and anybody who's tried to sue internationally knows that...

Joe Rogan (2:29)

Good luck.

Wesley Huff (2:30)

Yeah, right, yeah. As far as I understand it, he would have had to file a claim in a Canadian court that would have been reviewed to have legal precedence. He'd have to prove that he could win.

Joe Rogan (2:43)

What was his argument?

Wesley Huff (2:47)

Apart from the fact that he was embarrassed that he lost?

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Wesley Huff (4:26)

Well, the Cease and Desist letter, yeah. The Cease and Desist letter said, I don't want you to use my name or my face in anything going forward. And anything you've used up until this point, you need to remove. And I was given 24 hours notice to do this.

Joe Rogan (4:41)