#2395 - Mariana van Zeller
The Joe Rogan Experience
October 17, 2025
Mariana van Zeller is the host and executive producer of National Geographic's "Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller." Check out her new podcast "The Hidden Third" and also more content on her new YouTube channel.
Speakers Joe Rogan, Mariana van Zeller
TopicsComedy
Joe Rogan (0:00)
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Mariana van Zeller (2:39)
Joe Rogan Podcast, checking in.
Joe Rogan (2:41)
The Joe Rogan Experience.
Mariana van Zeller (2:43)
Trained by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.
Mariana van Zeller (2:49)
Does he really not get for you? That glass of wine, that's so nice.
Joe Rogan (2:52)
Well, one glass of wine I do not think is bad for you.
Mariana van Zeller (2:55)
Yeah, that's all I have.
Joe Rogan (2:56)
It's not great for you. Right. But a glass of wine relaxes you and there's probably benefit in being relaxed.
Mariana van Zeller (3:02)
Yeah.
Joe Rogan (3:02)
Yeah.
Mariana van Zeller (3:02)
I agree.
Joe Rogan (3:03)
But the problem was I own a nightclub and I'm there all the time.
Mariana van Zeller (3:07)
Yeah, so you're drinking half a glass.
Joe Rogan (3:08)
I'm out with the fellas and then I maybe have a couple of glasses of whiskey on a podcast with some guys. And then when I stopped, I was like, oh my God, I feel so much better. I'm like, why was I poisoning myself?
Mariana van Zeller (3:19)
Really? You did feel much better? Immediately you felt it?
Joe Rogan (3:22)
Yeah, because when you think about it, we're rolling. So when I stopped drinking, I was probably having like two or three glasses of some kind of alcohol a night, two or three nights a week. And then I'd go out to dinner with my wife and have like a glass or two of wine. That's a lot of drinks over the week. And you don't think it's much because you're not drunk. But the next day I'd be like, a little draggy, like when I go to the gym, and that's gone.
Mariana van Zeller (3:52)
That's great.
Joe Rogan (3:52)
Yeah.
Mariana van Zeller (3:53)
I wish I had that strength.
Joe Rogan (3:55)
It's not even strength. It was easy to do. I don't even miss it.
Mariana van Zeller (4:00)
You know, I haven't had a glass of anything for a week. Now, I had surgery exactly a week ago.
Joe Rogan (4:06)
What did you have done?
Mariana van Zeller (4:06)
An appendectomy. Oh. Yeah. It was exactly last Thursday, which is why I have these marks on my arms. Yeah, I thought I had to go to the bathroom all day. And then my husband forced me because I had stomach pain. I just thought I had food poisoning or something. So I kept on going to the toilet. Those are scary.
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