James McCann

Date: 2025-07-17 | Duration: 2h 57m

Category: Comedy, Paranormal & Conspiracy

Episode Overview

Australian comedian James McCann returns for a second appearance — a freewheeling three-hour conversation covering conspiracy theories, wildlife management, the Trump assassination attempt, and anything else that comes up. The episode opens with someone recording everything and building a vault like Prince — a hoarder of their own material. McCann talks about house building practices that benefit the builder but not the eventual buyer, and a deeply disturbing image of a growth that had become embedded in the bottom of someone's foot. He digs into the deliberate elimination of wolves — which he argues was intentional because wolves are too intelligent and disruptive to control — and shares his COVID lockdown escape story (drove all night to get out before a 300-day lockdown started). The Trump assassination attempt gets specific analysis: the shooter was using iron sights, not a scope, which dramatically changes the difficulty and what it implies. The episode closes with McCann expressing genuine gratitude for what the show has done for his life.

About James McCann

James McCann is an Australian comedian who relocated to the United States to pursue stand-up full-time after leaving a Catholic podcast job. Known for his unflinching commentary on politics, technology, and social issues, McCann has performed across diverse comedy scenes from Boston to Austin, drawing on his experiences with poverty in West Virginia to inform his work. His willingness to tackle controversial subjects—from Hollywood diversity mandates to geopolitical tensions—makes him a provocative voice in contemporary comedy.

Key Moments

– Someone building a Prince-style vault of recordings
– House building practices that benefit builders over buyers
– Deliberate elimination of wolves — too intelligent to coexist with control systems
– COVID lockdown escape — drove all night to beat the 300-day quarantine
– Trump assassination attempt — iron sights vs scope changes everything
– Gratitude for the show changing his life
0:17:45 – Recording everything and building a vault — like Prince's legendary archive
0:37:38 – House builders build for themselves to sell — next owner gets something not built for them
1:16:12 – Wolves eliminated everywhere — they're too intelligent; there's a reason why
1:36:16 – COVID lockdown escape — drove all night, watched others stuck in 300-day quarantine
1:56:39 – Trump assassination attempt — shooter using iron sights, not a scope; changes the analysis
2:50:50 – Closing gratitude — was poor, had no opportunities; this changed his life

Transcript Excerpt

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Joe Rogan Experience. Trained by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. John McCann, my man. Hey, thank you for having me here. My pleasure. It's a joy. It's a joy to have you, sir. I've been having a good time hanging out with you at the club, so. It's been great. I feel like we gotta do this. This is very... Ah, man, I'm trying not to spin out this I have Starting point is 00:00:27 watched this on a phone before this is great. Well it's weird for me that it's weird for people because to me it's still the same thing it's just sitting down talking to people I've gotten so used to it even when it's like Trump or Elon or some fucking huge cultural figure it's still still you must have spun out at least one time I spun out a bunch of times in the early days. I still spin out every now and then like You know like you like Mel Gibson's on the podcast. Yeah, that's really Mel Gibson Mike Tyson. That's another one Yeah, he was was this where he said he became a wrecked when he wanted to beat people up that was in California, Okay. Starting point is 00:01:06 Yeah. That was... It's a classic. It's a classic, all-time great moment. He was scaring the shit out of me. Man, I spin out... When I first got to the club, I was going... It was every week I would... Starting point is 00:01:20 It's weird, right? When I first met Adam Eaget, I went, I said, no, it's Adam. Mr. Egan, I've seen you deny the Holocaust. Not really. We should be real clear. No, he was just a Norm MacDonald. He was just a Norm MacDonald bit. He features in that book a lot. Starting point is 00:01:39 Well, Adam's an amazing guy. He's the reason, he's one of the reasons why I went back to the store. When I was banned from the store for seven years, Adam came to visit. Seven years? Yeah. Well, I banned myself for seven years. They banned me. They were going to ban me for like a few weeks. Starting point is 00:01:53 I'm like, fuck you. Yeah. Like, nay. What did you do? There's th...

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