Jimmy has been on the Joe Rogan Experience again (first appearance was 2023 – see here). Recorded in Austin, Texas on May 20th, 2025.
Books mentioned
- Aldous Huxley – Brave New World
- David Deutsch – The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
- Derek Parfit – Reasons and Persons
- Quentin Tarantino – Cinema Speculation
- Tom O’Neil & Dan Piepenbring – Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties
- Steve Stewart-Williams – The Ape That Understood the Universe – How the Mind and Culture Evolve
- Brian C. Muraresku – The Immortality Key – The Secret History of Religion With No Name
Authors mentioned
The JRELibrary lists “books mentioned” – which is helpful, but some of them are really “authors mentioned”, with someone making a guess at the books (or perhaps asking Joe/Jimmy afterwards). Below are the books not actually named:
- Mary Harrington – Feminism Against Progress
- Louise Perry – A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
- Christopher Hitchens – The Missionary Position
- Christopher Hitchens – Letters to a Young Contrarian (have a vague memory this one may have been mentioned, by Jimmy)
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky – Crime and Punishment
- Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media – The Extensions of Man
- Siddharth Kara – Cobalt Red – How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
TV Show mentioned
Jimmy mentioned the “Dunbar number” and said that he’d met Prof. Robin Dunbar while making a Horizon special (Jimmy Carr and the Science of Laughter).
Timestamps
Additional info on the “mentions” is bracketed.
0:00 – (sauna and cold plunge, Roisin Conaty)
6:54 – The Impact of Nancy Reagan’s War on Drugs (Jimmy’s marijuana suggestion, Marry Harrington, Louise Perry)
12:41 – Celebrating Motherhood and Unconditional Love
15:05 – Genetics and Empathy (gratitude, Barbie-Oppenheimer)
19:37 – Astrology and Cosmic Influences
22:56 – The Impact of Religion and History (Catholicism, Vatican2, Eric Weinstein, Martin Luther, plague and priests, Christopher Hitchens, Bill Hicks)
30:08 – The Value of Authenticity and Play (Jimmy did Kill Tony the night before this record, Mothership, locking your phone away)
34:45 – Disconnecting and the Benefits of Boredom (Joe has 610 unanswered texts, Huxley, video games)
40:25 – Embracing Discomfort for Growth (work ethic, cold plunging)
45:14 – Struggling with Empathy and Agency
48:25 – The Emergence of AI as a New God (Deutsch, US constitution, George Orwell, Parfit)
59:10 – Global Innovations and the Future of Technology (China, EVs)
1:00:19 – Drones and Legalities (Chinese drone tech and weapons)
1:04:01 – Trust and Vaccine Controversies (only US & NZ advertise pharmaceuticals)
1:10:10 – Education and Debt Discussions
1:15:19 – Overcoming Failures in Comedy (bombing can make you a better comic, Tony Hinchcliffe, The Mothership community, Jimmy at Chappelle’s Yellow Springs club, Wu Tang Clan, Allan Havey, Adam Egan, Oasis, Noel Gallagher)
1:21:00 – The Evolution of Comedy and Community (Mothership, Kill Tony, plagiarism, Robin Williams)
1:27:34 – Teaching Comedy: Crafting Authentic Voice (Rosetta Stone of Comedy, Abi Grant, Amanda Baker, Heckle Amnesty series, Brian Simpson, Paul Provenza and Set List)
1:30:20 – Understanding Schizophrenia and Art
1:31:12 – The Thrill of Live Performance (Chappelle and performing in the round at Arenas, London Palladium, parachutes for planes, Woody Harrelson)
1:39:40 – Eulogy Points vs. CV Points (afterlife, legacy, DMT, near death experience, Darwinian evolution, Dinosaurs)
1:45:20 – The Importance of Co-operation (Catholic church banning cousin marriage, Royal Family)
1:47:03 – Playfulness in Jiu-Jitsu (UFC invention, Guy Ritchie, Bruce Lee, Tarantino)
1:51:56 – The Genius of Stanley Kubrick (Tom Cruise, NASA lenses, The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2:00:22 – Remote Grooming And Language (Dunbar number, Horizon – Science of Laughter 2016)
2:02:54 – Laughter Therapy and Standup Comedy (Tucker Carlson’s laugh, German humour, Jimmy tours 47 countries, German cars, get Jeremy Clarkson on JRE, American cars, Jimmy’s Porsche Targa from 1989, discussing mental health while playing pool, Joe’s suicidal friend)
2:12:10 – The Importance of Conversation and Connection (psych meds, suicidal people self medicating with comedy)
2:15:28 – Humour as a Coping Mechanism (Peter McGraw – Benign Violation Theory, Stephen Fry)
2:19:02 – The Fragility of Being Offended (Chris Rock, entitlement)
2:23:14 – The Impact of Taxation on Society (Elon Musk’s tax, Jimmy’s 2012 tax scandal, Boston clubs paying in coke, IRS, Taylor Swift, Scandinavian tax rates)
2:30:29 – The Cost of Cheap Labor (Detroit, Motown, minerals for phones extracted by slaves, DRC, companies avoid paying healthcare by outsourcing, Universal Basic Income, Chappelle, Yellow Springs)
2:36:35 – Automation and the Future of Work (Chinese population, we’ve exported our sins to pay for Net Zero, river pollution in India)
2:41:01 – Innovation in Manufacturing: The China Factor (Taiwan super conductor manufacturing, Quantum computing, Arthur C Clarke, multiverse, Kuhn-Popper debate, Samsun foldable phone, Huawei 3-way foldable)
2:45:31 – Future Technology Insights
2:46:14 – The Multiverse and Physics Theories (Eric Weinstein, String theory, anti-gravity technology)
2:49:55 – Secrets of Government and Technology (New Jersey drones, broken arrows, UFOs, MK Ultra, CIA, Tom O’Neil, Rick Rubin, Wright Bros)
3:00:33 – Understanding AI Motivations
3:02:16 – The Mystery of Life and Death (Richard Dawkins, hold the hand of a dying person, Platonic ideals and Zoroastrianism, Nietzsche)
3:05:00 – Embracing Chaos in Innovation (Steve Stewart-Williams, Cleopatra and pyramids, Egyptians and Greeks, Brian Muraresku, Woody Harrelson, Richard Bacon, Ari Shaffir, The Nasty Show, Greg Giraldo)
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