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[@joerogan] Joe Rogan Experience #2389 - Sal Vulcano

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@joerogan - "Joe Rogan Experience #2389 - Sal Vulcano"

Link: https://youtu.be/J4gQ7k6meHs

Short Summary​

This Joe Rogan Experience podcast episode features comedian Sal Vulcano discussing his new baby, prioritizing health, and his ongoing comedy tour through 2026. He also shares anecdotes about his workout routine, diet, paranormal experiences, bizarre encounters with celebrities, and absurd experiences from his show, highlighting the dedication and humor that define his career.

Key Quotes​

Here are 5 direct quotes from the transcript that represent valuable insights, interesting data points, surprising statements, or strong opinions:

  1. "It changes the game when you have children. Yeah, you can [ __ ] off and do coke and heroin and [ __ ] sleep. Yeah. Luckily, I was doing that. No, but soon as you have a kid, you're like, 'Oh my god, I want to leave my kid.'" (This is a surprisingly honest and darkly humorous statement about the transformative impact of having children.)

  2. "No matter where you're at, if you're thinking about working out, do it because it's a good place to start. No matter where you're at. If you're really fit, great. Good place to start. Get even more fit. If you're out of shape, great. Good place to start. Baby steps. Don't go too hard. Don't get hurt. Build up slow." (This is a concise and universally applicable piece of motivational advice regarding exercise.)

  3. "It's like you you can and I think how you feel personally like how your life is going has a giant effect on how your life can go because you're thinking in a positive way, you know, like you're you're you're in the right groove. You're in the right vibration. Yeah. If you want to get real hippie, you want to get all crystally. But there there's something to it. It's not everything. It's not the whole thing. I don't think it should be dismissed cuz I think there's a reality to it cuz I just there's too many times too many time like how many times have you ever run into a [ __ ] trainer when the guy's telling you you're train [ __ ] never right one blew me away. Yeah. How many times you ever run into someone who teach I went sailing the day took my first one in New York Harbor man. Wow. It was crazy." (Highlights the power of positive thinking and the unexpected ways in which desires can manifest in reality, with the caveat that it's not the only factor.)

  4. "The kind of archery I do, you don't have to do it as much. You probably should do it every day, but mine is like I'm dialing this sight out to the exact yardage. I've got like a fiber optic pin that's sitting over the spot. Like I know exactly where it's going to be. It's super high-tech. Yeah. And then you know exactly where the arrow is going to be at every spot of the way if you shoot it straight."(Describes the precision and technological sophistication of modern archery compared to traditional forms).

  5. "All right. We're going to play Look, Mommy, I'm a rock star. Oh, boy. All right. This is This is uh one of our favorites. [Applause] He doesn't know how to [Laughter] look. I'm a rockar. I'm a rockar. Let me ask you something. How badly does he suck out there? It's probably is is worse than I imagine. Imagination Dragon. Yeah. [Laughter] They made me sing five songs. Oh my god." (A funny anecdote that shows the value of embracing new experiences and putting yourself out there even if the results are less than ideal.)

Detailed Summary​

Okay, here's a detailed summary of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with Sal Vulcano, broken down into bullet points:

Key Topics:

  • Health and Fitness:
    • Sal Vulcano's commitment to getting healthy for his kids.
    • Starting with a trainer and getting blood work done.
    • Discussing healthy eating habits, including eating egg yolks and not being on a strict diet.
    • Intermittent fasting and balancing gluttony.
    • Joe Rogan's anecdote about getting injured early into starting to work out.
    • The importance of starting slow with workouts and not going to failure.
  • Comedy and Touring:
    • Sal's upcoming tour continuing through 2026.
    • Taking comedian friends on the road to avoid depression and boredom.
    • Joe Rogan's observation about it being hard to put together an hour of stand-up working only in a city.
  • Sports & Martial Arts:
    • Joe Rogan's explanation of how susceptible he is to soft tissue injuries, which was indicated on a blood test, and his realization that it's from years of not lifting weights.
    • Sal's history with martial arts, quitting team sports early to focus on it.
    • Discussing biased judging in combat sports and Roy Jones Jr.'s Olympic loss.
    • The financial impact of bad judging in UFC fights on young fighters.
    • Joe Rogan's bad experience playing JV Basketball.
    • Joe Rogan's experience with bow hunting.
  • The Paranormal & Weird Encounters:
    • Sal recounting a ghost story experience, where he felt a hand squeezing his while laying in bed with a CPAP.
    • Discussing sleep paralysis and potential alien abduction.
    • The history of The Comedy Store and supposed haunted stories.
  • Conspiracy Theories & Social Commentary:
    • Discussing the possibility of the CIA propping up modern art as a propaganda tool.
    • China's drone show capabilities and possible military applications.
    • The conversation about Chat GPT and artificial superintelligence.
    • The dangers of robots.
  • Personal Anecdotes & Stories:
    • Sal becoming a father again.
    • Joe and Sal sharing awkward and humorous stories of doing stuff for their show.
    • Joe's story about Christian Bale driving an old Toyota pick-up truck.
    • Joe's anecdote about renting a beachfront house in Malibu.
    • Joe's encounter with Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson.
    • Sal's story about discovering he was sensitive to clowns as an adult and recalling the Staten Island Clown.
    • Joe recounting an avalanche wiping out a house and a recent video of a tsunami nearly hitting someone in Russia.
    • Joe diving into an anecdote about purchasing a Van Halen replica guitar.
    • Sal telling the story of going on stage with Imagine Dragons in 2015.
    • Sal telling the story of the devils trying to hurt him on ice.
    • Joe sharing an anecdote of his mom's eye getting messed up after getting hit by a puck.
    • Discussing and analyzing the viral video of the guy who got his hand chopped off.
    • Joe diving into the story of how George Washington died.

Key Arguments & Information:

  • Importance of Health: The conversation emphasizes the importance of prioritizing health, especially when you have children, and starting a fitness routine.
  • Biased Judging in Sports: Highlights the frustration and financial consequences for fighters when judges make questionable decisions.
  • Comedic Value of Humility: Joe Rogan suggests Sal should incorporate his humiliating basketball experience into his stand-up routine.
  • The CIA and Modern Art: Presents the theory that the CIA may have promoted modern art as a way to showcase American freedom during the Cold War.
  • AI's Potential Future: Discusses the potential rise of AI and whether AI will achieve superintelligence, and the impact on society, particularly regarding relationships and autonomy.
  • The Value of Momentum: Importance of healthy patterns, momentum and finding vehicles to express yourself.
  • Unequal Physical Creation: Not everyone is created equal physically.
  • Impact of social media on health.
  • The reality of what you are putting into your body, whether you think you are truly awake, or what is really going on.

This summary should give you a good overview of the topics, arguments, and information discussed in the Joe Rogan podcast with Sal Vulcano.