Joe Rogan Experience #2139 — Akaash Singh Transcript

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0:00 The Joe Rogan Experience So fish utilizes these for all these like crazy trippy psychedelic images I need to see this I did not know how big fish was I didn't know it was big at all P, the one with the fish? What are you talking about? Because every seat you you see the sky and you see this you see fireworks and it's just fucking So tickets are going to be nuts for that, I assume.

3:25 Has anybody written a book on Dana building the UFC? If it wasn't for him, it just wouldn't be the same thing. You have to have a maniac rather than Yeah, I don't have that. I don't either but I keep moving. I don't like I don't like that kind of stress in my life And I saw it, I was like, or worrying I'm not funny enough. Cause they get it with looks.

5:40 You just got fucked by genetics. Yeah, yeah. She's awesome. She was quiet. But if it's a performance thing, there's times where I'm insecure and I'm like, Yes, that's important. It's like you're on a different planet. And we've all seen it. And then that actually helped me Right you want to have nice exchanges with people like I'm a nice guy. I like to be friendly

8:19 So if you pretend that you don't care at all, It's part of the deal of being a human being. You want good interactions with people. but going onto someone's page, They might dislike me, but that level is weird. I've been a loser. don't have time to try to take other people down for no reason, unless you're Cat Williams. Yes. 68 degrees on a Sunday. I'm walking around. There's trees. There's beautiful people

11:21 You fucking you're a problem voting. I guarantee you you're a problem voting I guarantee you you're a problem a cold, I'm not vaccinating. It's a cold. I'm not doing it. And then they made them wear masks until And if you wear one of those tight fitting N95 or whatever they call them, is that what it is? Like, you could vape through those things. So he takes this big puff and then blows right through like one of them surgical masks like wow

13:35 You don't want people upset. We should start to get less hysterical about it because there's more info on it and it felt like in New York Yeah. Well, what they have to do is train the police better and make improve the police and give those folks mushrooms every now and again Tickets to a fish show sit there and lose my mind You gotta be able to sneak in and just just take it in

16:17 and they're beautiful. Have you seen the rap beefs that are happening where they think the songs are AI? that they can record from all these different people. Drake takes aim at Kendrick Lamar It's unbelievable what's happening. What is wrong with Kendrick Lamar? in 99 Problems, where he's rapping about all you think But the last time they had money I was like who needs all this stuff then they lost money

18:52 The only time nice things are worth it You're like fuck yeah, like maybe I should take on like a little uber thing on the side I'm like, this is amazing. I had this dope-ass fucking stereo that I bought, I never had a stereo. And're listening to it. I had this dope ass fucking stereo that I bought. But then, after a few months, I had this revelation.

20:34 I had a television and a bed. So I'd go there from the road, do a gig, plot my bags down, I think just by product of being a comedian Can you buy it twice? Because walking around New York, Yeah, yeah, yeah. so I looked it up, murder is down like 15% from a year ago, Breaks into her official residence. That's crazy. I like how she has an official residence is also wild

23:32 Oh yeah. where everybody knows where you are? But I was like, this is crazy. Yeah, they're just all over him. It's like dog. Can I live imagine that now? Which is bullshit that they dealt with over the eight years when he was president. Fuck that job for anybody that really would this is essentially the way it is. He's right when he says all this stuff.

26:26 he just got out. I was kind of fired, and loved him. Which was like the liberals are all just like let him in let him in let him in a conservatism faster. That's the thing about LA. They just switched it to $20 an hour for yeah, yeah It just fucking comes out. Yeah, all right. Yeah, we're all gonna get used to it never think about tipping. I'll do the one dollar standard at a coffee shop, because my friends shame me.

29:04 I'm fighting against my Indian heritage anytime I leave a big tip. I'll do it, but it's tough. What's your fucking deal? No sense? Yeah, it's they're just doing their job I'm trying to tip better as I feel I'm more blessed. That's a Texas thing I I think, to a degree. There's a real benefit that makes everybody feel better. Yeah, I'm always older than young guys

31:19 Everybody that lives on the East Coast unless you move there recently They had no idea if they were gonna get a job. They're like nice. In New York, there's too many people. I'm waving. How you doing? I've saw I've seen like four or five of them over the last few days people just punching women for no reason and this dude just, she had a mask on too, by the way.

33:48 Yeah, I've heard. You gotta really think about that on concrete. And when I was 19, I fought in this tournament in Anaheim, California. It was the Nationals. The amount of power that you get in a wheel kick and I spun with my right leg They took him to the hospital. I heard you had a great knockout and I said yeah, he goes Just it changed my my feeling about it

37:27 So it was like $500. But it really began with that 19-year-old when I knocked that dude out. And I remember thinking, what am I doing? but they were still fighting and training, but I was realizing they were slurring their words. Yeah, they just feel terrible all the time. Yeah, we had no idea about any of this back then you're in a fog of depression

39:32 How delicate the brain is we don't think about it. It's super delicate break it up especially if someone's better than the other person and they're So if you got a guy that you could do it with what that feels like, and the consequences Well, I know. I'm a grappler. Yeah. This is like a speakeasy. And I said I just want you guys to try this one month. He said it was so hard eggs

42:25 just your body's like I'm never tired okay so through that I used to get the look I 100% I wanted to take a nap. Yeah, all this sugar and bullshit that I'm putting in my body and as soon as I stopped doing that I felt so much better a tablespoon, a tablespoon and a half of olive oil, I'm gonna keep stuffing my fat stupid face, and then I'm gonna at the end of it. I'll be like this

45:16 They're like what yeah like the other people can't even believe it. How is that guy your age? Yeah, because he didn't do anything. He didn't take care of himself. We have to take care He's coming on the pod And so he I think wants to make humans live forever very soon so his dad can stick around Mean he looks okay. He didn't think that was healthy.

47:43 So if you think like a bison is as important as a mouse Vultures and crows just flying over the field. I was watching this thing on all the different animals that get killed like what's the the highest number of animals get killed? Us 214 million turkeys that's right. You're good turkeys Yeah, 23 million ducks. I have chickens in their suite. They're my pets really weird

50:12 My dog would be terrified. My dog is seven pounds. Yeah, he's fantastic. Is he in your lap. Yeah, look at this guy do He just stood over her and he pretended like nothing happened. He was talking to somebody else And died for nothing, for 20 bucks bucks they robbed him from $20 that's the problem well abuse at home violence in their neighborhood poverty drugs

52:50 less problems, less prisons, all that. my dad struggled with alcohol abuse, Like he was gonna be a millionaire bare minimum, oh, if he's successful in India, He's so funny in Hindi. probably less than to all these people. but equally competitive. he knew the culture, he knew how to navigate, it was actually my grandparents' parents that moved here,

55:23 And it would have been fun, I'd have been a rich kid, but growing up in India, I wouldn't have been this, what I am here, I would be a fat spoiled piece of shit and it would have been fun Yeah, when you fly into Brazil, one of the things that happens when you fly into Rio, And my friends from Brazil say that's exactly what it's like. Yeah. trying to get off the train.

57:14 They said it in Hindi, but like the idea That's nuts. If you really put that all together, Isn't it interesting how like some places just, Yeah, they've been fucking for four thousand years so much that they had to say you can only have one kid. And then they ruined Yeah, yeah, yeah. So they could listen to everything everybody fucking says I'm like, this is the craziest one I've ever seen. Yeah. Yeah, and

1:00:18 And then it says the Sichuan province abolished the three 720 male inhabitants and 689 female that's not too bad have the one child policy, they're going to start dying off. it all it's so it's only a 51 to 48 pretty much the entire time. Yeah, nobody died from COVID. Yeah, government get y'all are the other little nuts of I'll probably laugh along with you.

1:03:20 Yeah, I hate that I've become that guy, Fast, cheap food that's terrible for you but it's kinda like yellowish, you ever notice? You're the guy that researches, The preservatives are what really fuck you. And that's something that people don't take any consideration Yeah, it's like a hundred years later. It looks perfect. that's Yeah, but you know what? It doesn't look terrible. That hamburger.

1:06:26 I mean it should be gone like how long would it last? No, that would make me vomit for sure. She was eating the shit. Yeah. No, no. see any other way I think I don't even remember what it was but yeah, they wasted energy on that one to make you like especially They could find on the internet for quite a long time But it's some crazy thing dude. Yeah talk a lot of shit. What a crazy thing, dude.

1:10:14 Dude, I mean shit think cutting it up I can't do it. That's one of the things that you realize And then, it's like it adds to your palette. There's so much variety on what it means to be a human being. I don't know if you've ever eaten there before. You know what a Grill Works grill is? depending upon like what point in the cook it is. Where is he now? It's not in is he in the West Bank?

1:13:32 Instead, we just put band-aids here and band-aids there and spend more money But if you had to have a fucking iPhone, They'd be terrible. Yeah. My thought was like, listen, if you're managing a city, how about this? Get a little taste and you're not allowed to make speeches for $250,000 in your office No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, it's an understanding. I also, I don't know if this is a reason,

1:15:56 that I know will vote for me, I'll make them happy They would set that person up. if he doesn't win, they're all out of jobs., if you're that lady who's the White House press secretary. You're fucked something out maybe outside of government but something. They got to Let me just not say the race baiting shit and let me just keep it here Nobody cares about you. They treat you like you're the fucking enemy. Nobody respects you. I'm taking your word for all this

1:18:46 And he was like, you better be honest right now. So he was under the speed limit From what I Googled it was 25, but even 24 to 20, And so the one thing I think they were bothered by I've never had this. Yeah. Now you're seeing it. And no one's doing anything to stop that. We had this guy on a long time ago I was a guy would chase people down and yell at him

1:21:19 This is insane. in certain areas. I mean, I don't know if that's his thing. Yeah, probably have probably has some ideas. I don't remember honestly I've talked to too many people but I've done a ton of podcasts with Josh Dubin who used to work with the after he was on the podcast. How long was it after he was on the podcast two months? Maybe two months cut some dudes head off

1:23:40 He's trying to do something different with his life when you you listen to his explanation of what happened, why he went to jail, so he was a Right. which is an insane amount of time I mean, something about like the constant studying who were involved in their case who went to jail because it turns out And then you have private prisons, which is even more sinister.

1:25:59 If you make money off a person being incarcerated, because they're prisoners. I mean, there's people that complain, but listen, It's not really a necessarily correctional facility. that generates income from a specific action, it's going to encourage that action. Even the fucking CDC had to take down some insane amount of tweets that they were talking

1:27:40 I'm not sure that they... So also, yeah, also, like, that's crazy. you don't need to get vaccinated just take ivermectin yeah no all I said was Because it was the same verbiage everywhere, horse dewormer. They weren't saying any of that. But in the age of the internet, that think I took veterinary medicine. it was such a dumb checkers move in a chess game.

1:30:24 where women are getting punched in the face on the street. which is crazy. You see them doing heroin on the street, which is crazy. But for the most part, I don't feel it. but largely I feel okay. I also think maybe I was privileged to move Yeah, it's just- you're just taking it all in, taking some time. And now I don't think it's as safe, Yeah. You ever see that movie?

1:32:55 But that's like Times Square. that I just didn't realize. That movie being around back then blew my mind. in entertainment that a movie, And it's about trans acceptance and all this stuff. Everyone should be trans, like South Park said. Well, actually I think this thing that's going on right now couldn't be going on right now without the influence of the internet, right?

1:35:20 thousand percent but Yeah in any other time and so in the time where you have the most extreme polar infiltrated various different social media platforms. Sculpt the way people are allowed to disseminate information and see the world who became a reporter, and that's Bob Woodward. Yeah. And then he was the most, apparently, he was the most popular president in US history.

1:38:14 Yes. Yeah, they they busted them and they printed this thing and wow. Yeah caught him. He's a crook Like, I didn't know that. an important job this could be. Oh, but it is an important job. No, real journalism is whether or not it's uncomfortable for you or not. have an issue with the government tapping into your phone. I mean, I used to write for the New York Times as a freelancer.

1:40:55 I don't know what they think, actually. handmaiden. He's a naval intel officer. You don't take a kid like his first day from a totally unrelated business and put him on Well, I worked in a newspaper. I've been in the news business my whole life. That is not how it works. Okay, so that's a deep state coup. Oh, Gerald Ford, who sat on the Warren Commission.

1:43:49 insane. That's real. wild yeah I need to look in it too he said it I'm taking it at face value and Yeah I just wanna cut the fat out, He's like I really self-preservation They'd be more inclined to be like, Yeah. That's what's going to work. Just like we were saying, there's Trump 2.0, That's what I like. Buddy, I could barely run a household. I just want to get rid of the unnecessary jobs. My wife's both parents work for the government,

1:48:21 be furious too if all of a sudden so he gets out and then there's a new political guy, That's not good for anybody. if whoever you like on the Democrat side wins, No. It sounds just as dumb. Then eight years of that the white people that were kind of angry about Obama getting elected were like fuck this Yeah, and none of us questioned. Oh, fuck, yeah, I didn't even think about that.

1:51:06 They were like no wartime president loses right Bush is gonna win a second term and he won and when Bush's dad was in office Yeah. Scud. Yeah, the marketing of shitty ass after the first war, after Desert Storm. For our soldiers? For our soldiers. Massive amounts of If you wanna like fuck up tanks and stuff, its surface temperature increases dramatically,

1:53:33 Boom! Oh, we sent some to Ukraine? Here's a look at the concerns. particularly nerve gas or pri, what's that word? Proposed effects of depleted uranium may be especially harmful if mitochondrial DNA is according to a scientific study. done on Gulf War Syndrome, and these people that were actually going through the wreckage how little do they give a fuck about you

1:56:44 And that's a crazy thought. You go, well, hey, this is what war is all about. This is it, the only way. Yeah, you're here in America. This guy's awesome. Bro, this looks so good. Look at this. that this is a video game yeah yeah it does look like a video game on the big screen. That's a real problem, man. The the Rockets headed towards it So they're going through different filters, different ways of looking at it,

2:00:16 been being done through this isn't the transition that I saw earlier I don't Arma 3 I When a guy scores a touchdown, they use like a 6K camera Oh, that's creepy. Well have you seen the new Microsoft software where they can take a photograph? I think it's... Yeah, no, no, no, it's just, it's going from the computer. Oh, it's not, you can tell. And you would not have imagined this five years ago.

2:04:05 But the good thing now then is probably we can just say whatever we want to and I'm like Because there's a lot of other things the guy goes away. to help me pay for the cost, It looks so good. into a large amount of diamonds into a large It took 10 seconds. Yeah. Dude, close-ups. Dude, the people look completely real Look at the dog man. lion takes out a deer in front of him

2:07:32 Yeah. And now it's just... Not even remotely. Yeah, also she's fucking awesome in that movie. Whatever alopecia yeah, oh yeah pretty uniform with what drove me crazy gave sideways face, and then Will, She's losing her hair. And it just showed how insane Hollywood is now disconnected there Yeah, assaulted a guy who's what, I think so. They lose their minds.

2:11:21 You don't need to. No one says no to you ever. You have to not be that guy. yeah, I'm not better than anybody else. Kelvin just the nicest guy, but yeah, there's a humility to I was trying to do movies and I got slapped and they applauded that guy afterwards saying fuck them I could and then he just goes on and finishes giving the award would be to say,

2:14:21 You look like a Karen or whatever well you can't That's good. People are going to film it and record it and tell everybody Dude, Bigger and Blacker coming a year, Insane, man. Yeah. Like, I a special that's arguably better, insane, man. Do you can imagine Sam Kinison or Richard Pryor or was it this third special, Because that's the only path that existed before the internet yeah yeah yeah this is a very interesting

2:17:09 I mean, Kill Tony, I did Kill Tony These are the best host of those kind of shows ever. He's so quick. Yeah, I took Tucker to kill Tony It's like one of the best live shows you can go see. I just brought him to the club and and then brought him right on stage and he was like this is crazy He was great at it. Ah, it's good. That's good, dude good dude amazing yeah amazing and he just takes the jokes and he's good

2:19:11 That Mexican ot and jelly roll would be amazing So yeah, but OT was also like, he hit me up afterward, I like him a lot. like a country flavor to his rapping. Yeah. He's very unique. Well, yeah who will probably beat the shit out of you. It's like a country flavor Yeah, country flavor to his rap and yeah, he's very unique yes the Bryan Johnson guy was fascinating and you have these ideas of

2:21:09 I was listening to some podcast, I forget what it's called, It's not that big a deal. But if you see it written down I was like, oh, fucking Louis. And I was like, what a cool, honest moment we had The more people we talk to conversations and they see a real conversation where it's not planned out, so I prepared for it and then other people, Well, you know, I'm sure you've heard this,

2:23:59 But I truly think he's like maybe but he was also like I know the best most organic conversations if I learn all about this guy right here have my own questions. Right. I can't because there's some things that are so I love comics. Having genuine curiosity. I think that's a major. That's a major key is try to actually listen. talking over someone, waiting for them to talk,

2:26:24 That's interesting to me. that he started. I wasn't even talking. good about yourself that that guy, for whatever reason, felt insecure around you and felt Meeting probably he's probably listened to you thousands of hours in his head Yeah, it has to do that and it doesn't feel good like there's not that never works like no one ever walks away going

2:28:56 Couldn't care less does it work on anybody it might be one of the least effective strategies for getting people to think you're cool Ew. and then it took me time to just look at the big picture And if I do that, I'm good. I want to help them say it. Also you guys have a unique setup and no one knows when they can chime in Headphones. we do Protect Our Parks.

2:31:08 It was one of the big like, amputees. I was like, this is, once I saw that, cause he had a crazy upbringing, man. and he was like, maybe, how long ago Yeah. Yeah. Like, I hope I can make my dad's story into a bit Yeah, you could figure out a way to make it good. and be just so awkward, say all these horrible things Go to therapy, make it funny, and then come bring it to us.

2:33:43 You must be terrible on stage. Your comedy must be awful. I think you also... That's probably a that can't possibly be good. There's no way you're good. You must be terrible on stage. who's the youngest comic in the room, 1000%. That's a better level, sure. buddy, you created a monster. And when they tore that down, and it said, quit trying to be Hicks. Oh, thank God. That message.

2:35:38 Because I remember that. I actually remember though, God, who's the comic? So he's talking about all these really esoteric subjects and interesting things because he It's just be who you are. he was so quick with his punch lines. That's fire and also I wanted to laugh.. You know, and when you're around Joey, Because he comes to the club and he gets so much love

2:37:52 I don't let anybody know. He's just too happy here. And the problem with New Jersey is it's like there's too much road bullshit hacky. Yeah fucking comedy Just dumb. He made this, I was thinking if I'm a young comic, I think I would come to Austin. It's designed for that. That is a tight little room, man. It's a perfect place. this is my first time in Austin since you built the club,

2:40:26 Absolutely. They audition with their act. It had to have happened the way it happened. And then we started doing indoor shows. And I had that Spotify money and I'm like, Man, it's so good. I saw him before mothership cuz he I saw him host Andrew show. He's a good host but I'll try to help you how I can. So you have the mothership right down the street you have the sunset strip club you have a Brian Redbans club right over there

2:43:28 Make it better. but it was, you'd have to pay to go to most open mics, and brought it to Austin. And the people are cool. If you're in- This is their platform, yeah. where they can get your second special. Yeah, so check it out on YouTube. Everything else is pretty much Akash Singh.