Jesse Welles

Date: 2025-08-19 | Duration: 2h 31m

Episode Overview

YouTuber and history storyteller Jesse Welles joins Joe to discuss historical turning points, medical atrocities, and the strange pivot points where single decisions changed everything. The episode opens with the history of lobotomies — performed for decades, on millions of patients, with an ice pick through the eye socket — until enough people finally pushed back. Welles discusses the Wild West as a genuinely lawless territory where $8,000 offers could redirect a person's entire trajectory, and how history consistently pivots on one or two crucial individuals making a specific choice. A thread on eyewitness accounts and the fog around assassination investigations covers the problem of reconstructing what actually happened. The conversation turns to the early Christians under Nero — Welles notes that the historical record on whether they were truly innocent scapegoats is more complicated than the standard narrative. He shares a video that accumulated 6.7 million views and over three years of combined watch time, and talks about his live performance schedule.

About Jesse Welles

Jesse Welles is a talented singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and soulful melodies. With the highly anticipated release of his new album, "Devil's Den," set for August 22, Welles showcases his unique blend of genres that resonates deeply with fans. His music often explores themes of love, struggle, and personal growth, drawing listeners in with both authenticity and emotion. Welles has garnered attention not only for his musical prowess but also for his engaging storytelling, making him a compelling figure in the contemporary music scene. With a growing fanbase and a distinct sound, Jesse Welles is poised to make a significant impact in the industry.

Key Moments

– Lobotomies — performed for decades until pushback finally ended the practice
– Wild West lawlessness and how financial offers redirected lives
– History pivoting on one or two crucial individuals
– Eyewitness fog around assassination investigations
– Early Christians under Nero — may not have been innocent scapegoats
– Video reaching 6.7 million views and three years of combined watch time
0:17:25 – Lobotomies — ice pick through the eye socket for decades until enough people pushed back
0:36:49 – Wild West lawlessness — offer $8,000 to someone in that environment and watch what changes
0:54:28 – History pivots on one or two people — saying no here changes everything downstream
1:09:49 – Looking for a second person — the fog of eyewitness accounts after the fact
1:39:48 – Early Christians under Nero — historical record suggests they may not have been innocent
1:55:23 – 6.7 million views — three years, 104 days of combined watch time on one video

Transcript Excerpt

Starting point is 00:00:00 Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. Cheers to you. Nice to meet you, man. Good to meet you. I've enjoyed your songs. How did you, well, first of all, how long you been doing music? Starting point is 00:00:25 I think most of my life, you know. um would you grow up in a musical family or is it just something you picked up on your own no i everyone worked and made art when they weren't working oh okay but uh no music really but that i i liked i like music like what kind of art did your family do like my mom would always paint she put like murals on the on the walls of the house and stuff and my old man's mechanic and he would be tinkering around making all sorts of fun stuff usually with his welder and whatnot so I mean they were I felt like they were artistic folks you know but they didn't they didn't necessarily do music you know they're smarter than that and so I only Starting point is 00:01:24 know of you from the videos that you put up on Instagram and specifically I think it was the United Healthcare guy was the first one right which was really good dude it's the lyrics you ended the timing of it all you captured the moment and that song to me was like yeah that's what the fuck is going on right that's what's really going on they don't give a shit about you and they're just trying to make money and that's why when this guy got shot there was this reaction from people Yeah. Which is very rare when someone gets assassinated when people are celebrating. Right. Starting point is 00:01:59 When someone's not like a mass murder or something. It was bizarre. It was bizarre. It's, I mean, it must mean something is up. If people are celebrating somebody's death, something is wrong. And all kind, across both sides of the aisle, it's not a political thing. It is a human thing. They're like, these people, they take your fucking money, you pay them. Starting point is 00:02:20 ...

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