465 Joe Rogan Experience Review of Tim Dillon

Summary

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Joe Rogan Experience Review Podcast

Episode 465: Review of JRE #2375 with Tim Dillon
Date: September 12, 2025
Hosts: Adam Thorne & Brandon Battick

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Overview

This episode dives deep into Joe Rogan’s recent conversation with comedian and provocateur Tim Dillon (JRE #2375). Hosts Adam and Brandon reflect on the intersection of comedy, conspiracy, and power that defines both Rogan's and Dillon’s public personas. They balance recap, critical analysis, and pure entertainment as they discuss the themes and controversies raised in Tim Dillon’s episode—from misinformation and conspiracies to the growing influence of billionaire technocrats like Peter Thiel, and the ever-chaotic political climate.

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Main Themes & Purpose

• Deconstructing the Tim Dillon/JRE Episode: A breakdown of major talking points and topics from Rogan and Dillon’s wide-ranging conversation, including conspiracy theories (e.g., Hitler’s escape), the role of power and billionaires, and critiques of modern politics.
• Cultural & Political Reflection: Contextualizing the episode against real-world current events (notably, the recent tragedy with Charlie Kirk) and the shifting tides in Rogan's audience reception.
• Audience Reception & Criticism: Assessing how fans and detractors have responded to Tim Dillon’s appearance and Rogan's evolving approach to handling his influential platform.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Reflections and Current Events

(01:12 - 04:12)

• Adam and Brandon open with reflections on the recent, tragic shooting of Charlie Kirk, highlighting the precarious state of free speech and the polarized climate:
  • "I know he was a polarizing character... But he was an example of what free speech is... It's upsetting to see that happen." — Adam (01:12)
• Emotional reactions to the raw brutality circulating on social media and how these incidents shape the broader political and cultural discourse.

2. Audience Response to Tim Dillon’s Episode

(04:56 - 07:16)

• Positive reception:
  • Many fans loved the episode, top YouTube comments called it "my Super Bowl".
  • Recognition that Rogan is starting to push back on billionaire guests and their agendas, particularly Peter Thiel:
    • "A lot of people also really enjoyed Joe starting to push back on a lot of these tech guys... acknowledging that billionaires could be using his platform." — Brandon (05:36)
• Negative critiques:
  • Reddit communities criticized Tim Dillon for simply echoing or agreeing prematurely with Rogan.
  • Some felt the conversation was more echo chamber than exchange.

3. Misinformation & the Tim Walz AI Video

(07:50 - 10:24)

• Brandon discusses how Rogan mistakenly took an AI-generated video of Tim Walz at face value, sparking reflection on the flood of misinformation.
  • "I was kind of surprised that Joe fell for that one... he has to make 15 hours of content a week... it’s like someone sends you something..." — Adam (08:22)
• Debates the feasibility of fact-checking every clip given the show’s format and pace.

4. Conspiracy Corner: “Did Hitler Escape to Argentina?”

(10:24 - 22:39)

• Adam and Brandon playfully argue different sides of the persistent rumor.
  • "It doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that he had some sort of plan to get out of there..." — Adam (12:02)
  • Counterpoint:
    • "I've seen a lot of people making that claim... but I can argue the same thing on why he wouldn't. He was too much of a... megalomaniac to be like, oh, lose? Are you kidding me?" — Brandon (13:22)
• Skepticism about the quality of historical evidence and the effect of conspiratorial thinking (“People love finding the answers of things, you know?” — Brandon, 22:39).
• Extended humor around what life for Hitler would have been like in Argentina and the pop-culture legacy of Nazi escape stories.

5. Why Conspiracies Endure

(22:39 - 28:59)

• Insights into the mechanics of modern conspiracism: personal power, community belonging, and skepticism about official truths.
  • Discussion of alien stories, military “insiders,” and Bob Lazar’s strange credibility.
  • "People just love the fact they can try to convince other people that they know something no one else knows." — Adam (24:28)
• The enduring grip of these narratives in a digital, hyper-social world.

6. The Peter Thiel / Palantir Deep Dive

(31:35 - 40:34)

• Brandon and Adam explore Rogan (and the tech world’s) uneasy relationship with billionaire power, focusing on Peter Thiel and his data company Palantir:
  • "Peter Thiel... his whole opinion is that, you know, trans people aren't going far enough. He wants to replace body parts, get organs... he's putting 18-year-old blood into him..." — Brandon (33:47)
• Palantir’s contracts with US agencies (CIA, ICE, DMV, IDF), the threat of social credit scores, and fears about algorithmic governance and mass surveillance.
  • "Once they have these systems that are writing algorithms about you in every way... who is governing them?" — Adam (36:12)
• Crystalizes anxiety over unaccountable, transhumanist billionaires and the future of civil liberties.

7. Rogan's Relationship With the Power Elite

(41:19 - 44:16)

• Is Rogan compromised by proximity?
  • "He’s interested in billionaires... probably not a bad move if you’re trying to get into that world... but does it mean because you go to dinner with someone that's your best friend?" — Adam (41:57)
• Tim Dillon’s reluctance to cozy up too much to controversial figures for comedic (and reputational) independence.

8. The Power of the "Jester" in Modern America

(44:43 - 46:24)

• Ruminating on the new power dynamics, where comedians and podcasters (“Jesters”) have outsized political reach.
  • "The billionaires, politicians, they know that’s where you have to go... It’s like the best time for jesters ever." — Adam (44:43)
• The risks of crossing invisible lines—referenced in light of the Charlie Kirk tragedy and Rogan’s own security needs.
• How comedians like Rogan and Dillon tread the line between influence and danger.

9. American Politics: Newsom, the Future, and Dystopian Fears

(48:05 - 54:21)

• Scathing (and sometimes playful) takedown of Gavin Newsom and political leadership:
  • "He is a nerd, and I don't trust him, and I think he's an idiot. Well, he's probably not an idiot, but..." — Adam (48:05)
• Fears of America’s collapse and the echo chamber effect:
  • "They're kind of talking about how they kind of do believe that America is doomed." — Brandon (50:10)
  • Explores the anxiety of “merging with machines,” transhumanism, and a future dominated by tech overlords and social credit scores.
• Questions about whether this generational paranoia is unique or part of political growing pains.

10. Tim Dillon: A Comedian on the Edge

(54:49 - 55:30)

• Appreciation for Dillon’s enduring ability to bring humor to even the darkest topics.
  • "Tim… he’s a great guest. He’s always funny." — Adam (54:41)
• Notes on his international success—even in potentially hostile regions—and the odd irony of LGBTQ comics performing in conservative societies.
  • "If you're a funny guy, I guess you get a pass." — Brandon (53:46)

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps & Attribution)

• "I know he was a polarizing character... But he was an example of what free speech is... It's upsetting to see that happen."
  — Adam Thorne (01:12)

• "A lot of people also really enjoyed Joe starting to push back on a lot of these tech guys... acknowledging that billionaires could be using his platform."
  — Brandon Battick (05:36)

• "I was kind of surprised that Joe fell for that one... he has to make 15 hours of content a week... it’s like someone sends you something..."
  — Adam Thorne (08:22)

• "It doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that he had some sort of plan to get out of there..."
  — Adam Thorne (12:02)

• "People just love the fact they can try to convince other people that they know something no one else knows."
  — Adam Thorne (24:28)

• "Peter Thiel... his whole opinion is that, you know, trans people aren't going far enough. He wants to replace body parts, get organs... he's putting 18-year-old blood into him..."
  — Brandon Battick (33:47)

• "Once they have these systems that are writing algorithms about you in every way... who is governing them?"
  — Adam Thorne (36:12)

• "The billionaires, politicians, they know that’s where you have to go... It’s like the best time for jesters ever."
  — Adam Thorne (44:43)

• "Tim… he’s a great guest. He’s always funny."
  — Adam Thorne (54:41)

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Highlight Moments (Timestamps)

• Charlie Kirk Tragedy & Free Speech (01:12 - 02:29)
• Audience Divided on Tim Dillon’s Approach (04:56 - 07:16)
• AI Deepfake Dupes Rogan (07:50 - 10:24)
• Did Hitler Survive? Conspiracy Debate (10:24 - 22:39)
• Meta-Reflection on Conspiracy Theories (22:39 - 28:59)
• Peter Thiel & Palantir’s Reach (31:35 - 40:34)
• Billionaires, Power, and Podcast Access (41:19 - 46:24)
• Gavin Newsom Roasted (48:05 - 49:54)
• Transhumanism/Dystopian America (49:54 - 54:21)
• Evaluating Dillon as a Guest (54:49 - 55:19)

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Tone & Style

Humorous, irreverent, and conversational—Adam and Brandon blend sharp political/cultural commentary with the playful, rant-prone style of stand-up comics. Their approach carries the sarcastic, "nothing is sacred" spirit characteristic of modern comedy podcasts.

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Summary for New Listeners

If you missed the JRE Tim Dillon episode or want a critical, comedic breakdown—this is a must-listen. Adam and Brandon unpack every layer, from Nazi conspiracies and billionaire overlords to how Rogan and Dillon use the podcasting platform as a new kind of cultural and political power. They balance skepticism, humor, and genuine concern for the state of discourse, closing with a reminder: even in dystopia, sometimes all we can do is laugh.

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Transcript

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[Adam Thorne]

Hey guys and welcome to another episode of the Joe Rogan Experience Review. It's an exciting time to be podcasting and also a bit of a sad one. Okay, shout out to Charlie Kirk and his family and just the whole awful thing. I know he was a polarizing character. I get it. But he was an example of what free speech is and, and I don't know. It's upsetting. It's upsetting to see that happen.

[Brandon Battick]

Weird times, man. It's scary. It really is someone to get shot that easily. It's. It's crazy.

[Adam Thorne]

Oh, and it was heinous too. Like, just so difficult to watch. Like, my goodness, social media.

[Brandon Battick]

Terrible. Terrible. I had a friend send me the. The footage of it and I had no idea what he was sending me. I was in a coffee shop and almost spit out my. It was just crazy. I. I can't believe that there's footage that exists. Everything that happens, the political climate we're going into because of this. There's so much to unpack with his death. It's. It's a tragedy no matter how you look at it. It really is.

[Adam Thorne]

100 and you know, today we are reviewing Tim Dillon's episode 2375. It happened, you know, a week before this. But, you know, they're going into the same types of energies and conversations as you would get, in a way from Charlie, but. But in Tim's style. So everyone knows Tim Dillon, stand up comedian, host of the Tim Dillon show, which is absolutely hilarious most of the time. Does he have a new special, I'm your mother? Yeah, he does.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. The Mothership. It's on Netflix. I watched it was pretty good a few months ago.

[Adam Thorne]

Nice. Yeah, he's, he's a great comedian. I'd love to see him live one day. Few shout outs. We just like to say thank you to our Patreons for, you know, supporting the show. And we're actually going to have a tribute to Charlie Kirk that will be on there exclusively for Patreons. It's a shorter episode. It's not really like a Rogan review thing. So it's a little different. That's why we want to put it up on Patreon. But if you're interested, check it out. It's just one of the little benefits that you get for being over there and, you know, we appreciate you guys. Yeah. What do you have going on, Brandon?

[Brandon Battick]

You.

[Adam Thorne]

You're doing some, right?

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. So, you know, just want to build upon what you're saying with the Charlie Kirk episode. There's a lot we can totally talk about about that. Joe also reacted to it today as we're recording this on 9 11. Never forget, I guess, but it's just crazy. This has been a terrible month so far.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

But yeah, we'll do a full breakdown. We'll talk about, you know, Joe's whole role in this. But yeah, the 20th of this month I will be at the Salem Comedy Festival. So check me out there. I'll be doing stand up comedy. I am a comedian. I've been on Kill Tony. I've, I've lived in Austin, I've been to la. I'm a, I'm a Boston comic. So check me out in Salem. It'll be a fun time. If you're wondering, you know, I guess I am the Antichrist. I am what Peter Thiel is talking about. Oh.

[Adam Thorne]

In his four part episode.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, dude, real quick, Brandon part. So it's TED Talk about me.

[Adam Thorne]

It's Brandon Battic. How would they find you for. They just look up the festival and figure out what shows you.

[Brandon Battick]

You can look up the Salem Comedy Festival or just like follow me on Instagram @brandonbatic B A T T I C K and you'll get all the Information, but there we go. If you're over there, it'll be a fun time. We can share a beer, a joint, you know, a. A sacrifice. We'll sacrifice the. Go together. But. All right, let's talk about some of the reception this episode got because, you know, Joe has been a bit of a controversial figure. We're seeing some fans begin to push back, and a lot of people are embracing him at the same time. So I want to talk about both the positives and negatives of this episode in terms of the reception. So I found that everyone on YouTube and Spotify absolutely loved this. I believe the top comment on YouTube was someone being like, this is my super bowl, which I. I feel like I, like, maybe touch grass, you know, because if this is. If this is the pinnacle of your year. But I'll be honest, it was a great episode. I. I really enjoyed it, and everyone seemed to do it to enjoy it as well. A lot of people also really enjoyed Joe starting to push back on a lot of these tech guys, on a lot of the Peter Thiel stuff, and, like, acknowledging that billionaires could be using his platform, you know, to gain trust in people. And he's. He's starting to realize that through Tim Dylan, and it's what a lot of people are pointing out, and they're really liking it. Now, when I'm talking about the negatives here, it's really just coming from, you know, some haters, but it's really the Reddit. The. The Reddit is just a cesspool of hate. And this is like, in every community, like, kill Tony. Also, I'm not sure if you've been on that Reddit, but it's like, Jesus Christ, it's. It's brutal. But a lot of the problems people had with this episode is that people felt like Tim was just agreeing with Joe before Joe even finished making his point. Tim also seemed to repeat a lot of Joe's points back to his face, which, to be fair, is just Tim's way of, like, acknowledging that he's paying attention. It's something I've noticed. Noticed. And a lot of Tim's appearances and just like, podcasts in general.

[Adam Thorne]

Well, a lot of what he does because he has such an interesting way of, like, making a point and then making something silly that he'd take something that is said to him and do his attempt at making it hilarious. So that's kind of a lot of what Tim does when he's talking with people, which is, you know, I think, why he's so good at just ranting on his own as well. Because then it's his points and he makes them ridiculous. But it's why it also works for him to have the conversations as well.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, Exactly. I agree 100%. But I think the biggest issue was a lot of people were clowning on Joe for the whole Tim Waltz thing, which that AI video of him wearing the Fuck Trump shirt and he's like, slapping it his, like, ass. Dude, if he did that, like, it would be on the news. It would be like he would. He would be disowned by the entire administration.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

Crazy.

[Adam Thorne]

I was kind of surprised that Joe fell for that one. But, you know, you get in so much information all the time, and you, you know, he has to make 15 hours of content a week on podcasts. It's like someone sends you something. It's like he cannot be just going through it all. And I guess you could say he makes enough money. He could have a team of, like, fact checkers and researchers and. But it would change the show so much. It would be dog shit that he.

[Brandon Battick]

Doesn'T want to run a new show. You know, Exactly. He says, you know, the reason why he knows all this information is because it's his job. He just. He's either at the mothership doing stand up, or he's just sitting down and like, really just taking in information. And if you're alive right now, you know how much information there is in every. At like, in. In government and politics alone. It's. If you were to just focus on that, it's still extremely overwhelming.

[Adam Thorne]

Oh, yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

Let alone, you know, scientific discoveries, it's. It's a lot. It's a lot. And with the amount of guest he has coming from all these different specialties, it makes sense why. Maybe there is some misinformation that slips through the cracks, but the issue that a lot of people did have is the fact that, you know, Jamie's like, yeah, that's not. That's not real. And he's like, yes, it is. It. It's real. Whatever. Yeah, and I can see why people are upset with that, but it's. It's like, it's just. It's whatever. Tim Waltz just slapping his ass with the Trump shirt. People aren't going to believe that, but.

[Adam Thorne]

It looked pretty good.

[Brandon Battick]

I don't give a. AI getting it is pretty good. It's a hilarious video. It's such a funny video. I wish it was real, too. Yeah, it does seem like something he would do. What a. What a packed episode. This was man.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah. Yeah. What do you want to start with? The Hitler's alleged escape.

[Brandon Battick]

Should we. Should we work our way backwards? We could do that. Yeah, that's. That was.

[Adam Thorne]

We can go any order you want to, but that.

[Brandon Battick]

So that's what. That's what they pretty much ended with the whole Hitler escaping to Argentina. Adam, do you believe that Hitler escaped and went to Argentina?

[Adam Thorne]

No.

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[Adam Thorne]

But then, I don't know fucking the first thing about shit. Like, I mean, I would imagine that he would have had a plan to get the fuck out of there, right? It's like he gets all his closest people and you know, his new wife and then just burns a bunch of people in a bunker and leaves some, I don't know, homeless guy or a prisoner that was about his height, then has a frickin boat somewhere and fucks off. It's like it doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that he had some sort of plan to get out of there. I just don't know if he could lay low enough. I mean, he would have pissed off the whole world at that point. It's like unless there's some agreement with everyone, like where the leaders just get to kind of do a thing and they're like, all right, well just make sure he doesn't have another army. But I can't imagine that that would make sense. It is a fun thing to think about though.

[Brandon Battick]

It really is getting, imagine getting a taste of that drug of like potentially ruling the world and now you're Living in, like, a hut in Argentina. Like, you can't come down from that.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, there's.

[Brandon Battick]

There's not enough drugs in the world to calm you down from that. I've seen a lot of people making that claim of, like, Hitler was too much of a egomaniac megalomaniac to not plan his escape. Like, there's no way. But I can argue the same thing on why he wouldn't. He was too much of a egomaniac megalomaniac to be like, oh, lose. Are you kidding me? We're going to win. Ease. I'm Hitler. This is. This is nazi Germany. We're gonna rule the world. There's no need to have an escape plan. So I feel like there are both sides of the argument. But it's just, it's. It's tough because there's so many breadcrumbs, you know, there's so many. The bodies. I'm not sure if you, you know. In 2009, u. S. Researchers were presented with a jaw fragment of Hitler's skull and. Or just like a jaw fragment.

[Adam Thorne]

Right.

[Brandon Battick]

And it was identified that it was a woman. So it wasn't even Hitler. But we, us, apparently, the US has never had access to what I know of Hitler's, like, jawbone because that's the only way we know he died.

[Adam Thorne]

Right. The Russians got there first, right? They were the ones storming.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, the soviets.

[Adam Thorne]

Yep.

[Brandon Battick]

And the only reason we knew he died was because there was a jaw left. And the dental records matched. And even Hitler's dentists were like, yeah, that's him. He had very unique, you know, dental records. His teeth were very up like the rest of them, but. But at the same time, you could look at that and be like, well, maybe his dentist, you know, were lying. Maybe there was a stand in. Maybe the dental records were fake.

[Adam Thorne]

Maybe he.

[Brandon Battick]

He planned this really far in advance. I don't. It's a lot of planning for someone who's determined that they're gonna rule the world.

[Adam Thorne]

That's true.

[Brandon Battick]

You know, it's a lot of planning for someone's like, oh, we got this in the bag, but we gotta spend a lot of time, like, planning an escape.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah. Because I feel like he would have got to Argentina, he'd have some money, some gold, some. Whatever he has just to, like, live a dope life, Set up a bit of a compound. And then all of a sudden, he'd be right at it again, doing his yogin, splogging spleen, you know, just yelling at the rooftops and Unless he is like, all right, well, clearly I have to shave this mustache. That's rule number one.

[Brandon Battick]

First thing you got to do, grow.

[Adam Thorne]

My hair out long. You know, there's no plastic surgery back then, so we can't really change the way he looks.

[Brandon Battick]

You know, can't pull a Kelly Osborne.

[Adam Thorne]

And people, she, bless her, there are some good doctors out there these days. Yeah. Wow. She went from Shane Gillis to freaking A Kardashian. I don't know how that happens, but, yeah, you get to Argentina and then it's like, I guess if he's that disciplined, he could just have the mindset. And he's like, yeah, I'm just like a retired German, you know, banana farmer or whatever they do out there. He's like, maybe that's it. But does not seem to line up. And I would imagine the Americans, the Russians, everyone were on to him. If anything was not the way that they said it went, it's that the Russians actually got him and took him.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. It's even Stalin told officials that, you know, there is a chance that Hitler escaped.

[Adam Thorne]

Wow.

[Brandon Battick]

Like, in the beginning, he's on record saying that. But I do believe that the, the Soviets planned for Hitler's escape more than Hitler did.

[Adam Thorne]

Really?

[Brandon Battick]

I. I think so. Because it's like the. The airspace was totally dominated by Soviets. There's no way he could have, like, escaped a plane. You know, there was a pilot on record saying, yeah, I flew Hitler back. But it turned out to be there's no way they're just gonna like, let, like, runways, airports, just like be like, you know, open, dormant, like just be open. You know, they were, they were. They probably had that fucking shit on. On lockdown.

[Adam Thorne]

Just like a horse and cart. He's just like in the hay in the back, like old school escape assassin. Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

He's like, he's like holding on to the, the underneath of like a truck or something.

[Adam Thorne]

Indiana Jonesing it out of there. Like, ah, I'll get you.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. Or he did a whole stormtrooper thing where you, like, swap the outfits and you pretend you're a Soviet. I don't know. He's. It's. It's a very noticeable look Hitler had.

[Adam Thorne]

Well. But it's undeniable that they did, after the war, have this, like, unusually large German kind of groups and towns in Argentina. For whatever reason, people escape there. It's like, you would have thought a few of them would have been like, he's over there. That's him.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. And there. And there are people who like, have said that in Argentina. And it is a fact that hot, like, like Nazis escape there, right? It's a fact. There's people who have said, yeah, Hitler had grandchildren in Argentina. There were pictures of him there. There was this whole show called, like, Hunting Hitler or Finding Hitler.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

Where it was on the History Channel and it was just all this where it's like, oh, we got a picture of him. Cut to commercial, you know, and it was like all this stuff and then it's like not real. And it's all. No children have come out. And we're like, yeah, we're, we're, you know, we're. This is, this is little Hitler and I'm a big Hitler. You know, there's none of that, but I understand why there would be none of that. Like, if I was Hitler's kid. I'm not making a fucking Instagram account. No, like, I'm not. I'm not putting myself out. You know, Many people would want to kill me.

[Adam Thorne]

It'd be bad. It'd be bad.

[Brandon Battick]

You would want to stay like, you.

[Adam Thorne]

Know, evil by association. Imagine, imagine how much of a nightmare that would be if, like, your great grandfather did try to kill half the world. And you're like, guys, guys, I'm just a plumber. I didn't ask for this. I feel terrible.

[Brandon Battick]

I'm just a crypto guy.

[Adam Thorne]

Kill that guy. Kill that.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, that's arguably worse, but I don't know, man, it's just, it's. I, I think he's dead. There was. They're even in the jaw. Well, he's definitely able to tell.

[Adam Thorne]

He'd be like 150 people.

[Brandon Battick]

People were saying that, you know, the people who believe he escaped believe that he died in 1965. That's like the date everyone's saying that he like, officially died, but I don't think so. There was even cyanide. Like you can. For the, the cyanide capsule he took. You can see the damage in his tooth when he bit it. But yeah, it's. There's no way.

[Adam Thorne]

I thought he shot himself. Okay, time for our weekly stand up comedy wrap up, Alex.

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[Adam Thorne]

No, he did.

[Brandon Battick]

He did both. Yeah.

[Adam Thorne]

Oh, he wanted to really make.

[Brandon Battick]

Allegedly. He wanted. Yeah, he was. You want to be extra dead? There's no way he's dead.

[Adam Thorne]

Plus, please. Yes.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah.

[Adam Thorne]

I don't know, dude.

[Brandon Battick]

I. Look, these.

[Adam Thorne]

These conspiracies are fun, and I don't mean fun like it's fun to think that he survived, and obviously that would suck, but it's fun to just kind of play with, like, what do we really know? What are we really told? We know for sure we're not really told the whole truth and nothing but the truth. We get fed whatever somebody wants us to think. I would like to believe they keep it close to what the reality is, but it's very curated.

[Brandon Battick]

It's more of, like, people love finding the answers of things, you know? And if you believe that Hitler survived, the personal power that must have of being like, these people have no clue. I. I know the true history, you know, that I. I must feel powerful.

[Adam Thorne]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, that's why people like conspiracies, dude. I mean, I remember back in Covid, I lived in Nashville and, you know, Southern, and the people that were, like, into Qanon, and they would look at other people that weren't like, you are like, you're not only beneath me, but you haven't done your research. You're dumb. You're lost. And then I remember talking to this one lady, and she was so sure about all that. And I go, okay. And I go, how do you know? And there was always someone they knew that once was in the military and had high clearance and also would know that these things are true, right? And I go, well, who do you know? And they're like, oh, this guy. So it's like this old guy shows up at the bar that this lady knew, and he. Yeah, once was in the military. He was an officer. And I'm like, okay. And I'm talking to him about it, and then it just turns out everything he knows was from fucking 4chan or Twitter anyway.

[Brandon Battick]

And I'm like, well, why are Reddit mod.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, I was like, why? He hadn't been in the military for like 40 years, so even though he once had clearance, it doesn't mean anything. Nobody's given him an inside scoop. And I was like, oh, all of this is bullshit. You guys are just loving the fact that you can, I don't know, try to convince other people that you knew. Know something that no one else knows.

[Brandon Battick]

Dude, it's so funny you bring that up, because I'm into a lot of alien conspiracies and that's so many of them. They're like, dude, my. My grandfather in the, in the 60s worked for the Pentagon and he was a janitor and he said that an alien blew him behind a McDonald's. Perhaps it's. It's fact. It's fact. At this point, he told me he's fact. It's like, he's just like, it's so. Some of these stories, it's like, it's like you worked the front desk and you said that, you know, where we're, you know, back engineering technology to make Velcro, you know. Yeah. Dildos that don't need batteries. It's. It's like crazy. It's people who like, are not qualified saying that they know everything. Right. Just because they, like, you know, served in the military for like two years or something.

[Adam Thorne]

You would just imagine, though, it's like, imagine if there was a completely different reality. Like, you and I knew it, we saw it, and it was like, very clear to us. The question always is, how would you not be able to explain it and show other people? It just seems like that would be possible. You're like, look at that. It's like that.

[Brandon Battick]

There's that. We talked about this a few episodes ago, but there was that. That Roswell incident in Brazil where there was like an alien and. And all these kids saw it and. Oh, yeah, and there was a whole, like, documentary about it. And like, it was just these adults be like, yeah, man, I was a kid, I saw a alien. I don't tell anybody, you know, because it's like, how do you, like, how do you process that? And it's like, if I told you, you know, if I got on the phone with you and I was like, adam, you won't believe this. I saw an alien the other day. You know, it was crazy.

[Adam Thorne]

You.

[Brandon Battick]

You would be like, yeah, Brandon, cool, cool. But you would probably be thinking, damn, he's Taking too much acid. He needs to stop watching the Eddie Bravo episodes and just chill the out.

[Adam Thorne]

I'm like, I gotta get rid of my producer, dude. He's losing it. This guy's losing. Yeah, he's been listening to too much Rogan. I need to give him a vacation.

[Brandon Battick]

Exactly. Yeah. So it's like. It's like, you know, that's what's the craziest aspect about this, is, like, the people who actually see this probably don't say shit about it because it's like, why would you want to? A lot of these people didn't ask to see this, dude.

[Adam Thorne]

I really don't want to live their.

[Brandon Battick]

Whole life as, like, this conspiracy crazy guy.

[Adam Thorne]

I wouldn't give a fuck, dude. If I saw what I thought was a ufo, then hopefully everyone just accepts me for who I am. And, you know, maybe they call me a bit crazy, but I'm telling people exactly what I just saw. I would.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, immediately Alien Adam.

[Adam Thorne]

I would just be like, look, I saw that this happened. That was weird. And I don't know, make of it what you want to, but, yeah, I.

[Brandon Battick]

Saw something come out of a guy's chest. I fucking doordash the handle, my drink. I blacked out. It's like, I don't know, man.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, you do have to question it. If you go into something either on some substance or you're hammered, it's reasonable to, like, to ask yourself, did I really? But if I'm, like, completely sober and it's, you know, a Thursday night and I'm driving home and something zips right in front next to my car and hovers and then fucks off, it's like, I'm not keeping that shit a secret. Even if people get mad at me, I'd be like, I don't know. I'm not a liar. I don't really know what it was, but that was weird.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. It's the people who have all those abduction stories, and they're like, I don't want to believe it. I think it's a dream. But why do I have this scar, you know, on my side now? Yeah, you know, it's crazy. Some of that shit is, like, really creepy and crazy. That's like. When it's the eyewitnesses who are, like, afraid and are just, like. Who have no running in any game, right? And they were like, begs to come on and talk about this thing. And they're like, all right, I'll just talk about it for a little bit. That's when it's Like, I'm. I'll pay attention, you know?

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, I felt like Bob Lazar was a bit like that. I mean, yeah, you know, supposedly Rogan took him to dinner. I mean, supposedly it happened. I believe Rogan, like, they went to dinner the night before. I think Lex was there, possibly, and. And he was very nervous and he didn't like the idea of doing this. He was worried for his life. And he was like, I don't know if this is a good move we could pull out. Like, the feeling Rogan got is like he was. It was mostly Rogan trying to get him on more than anything else. And, you know, came on, did his thing. There were some things he still didn't tell Rogan on the air because he was like, this could get me in real trouble. But he told him privately and Rogan's never told us. So I get it, you know, but also, Rogan, damn it, write a book. Write a book at the end of your life and get. Get those little, you know, snippets out.

[Brandon Battick]

But do one final, like on your deathbed, do one final podcast and just tell us everything you were told off air. Oh, yeah, you know, by the mushroom guy, by UFO experts, by people in government. Just one final send off.

[Adam Thorne]

I can't.

[Brandon Battick]

From the hospital.

[Adam Thorne]

If. If all these UAP things are happening in a real. There is zero chance. Elon doesn't know every fucking thing you can imagine about it. I mean, especially with all his satellites, he's like, scanning the whole earth all the time. You can use, literally WI fi to scan a room and. And like, they use AI and it like, builds an image of where everyone is in the room by just reading the WI fi. Right?

[Brandon Battick]

It's.

[Adam Thorne]

That's a technology. So if he has, you know, 4,000 satellites around the planet, scanning everything all the time, and he also has one of the most powerful AI systems he knows. If these things are flying around where they're coming from, something. And to think that him and Rogan haven't had a whiskey on a back porch somewhere, you know, looking over a river in Austin and chatted about it a bit. I'm like, zero fucking chance. Those guys are tight, dude.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, yeah. Like, imagine you find out aliens are real, like in an ice bath. That'd be insane. So, speaking of. Speaking of Elon, should we get into Peter Thiel?

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, let's go.

[Brandon Battick]

That was a. That was a whole chunk of the episode. And I just want to say that I'm surprised how much pushback there was on Palantir.

[Adam Thorne]

Okay. Time for our weekly stand up comedy wrap up.

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[Adam Thorne]

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[Brandon Battick]

Peter Thiel, because of how close Peter Thiel is with Joe, and I think is very rooted in Joe's podcast. But I'd love to hear what you think about it and just like generally how you feel about Peter Thiel as well as Joe's connection with him.

[Adam Thorne]

It sounds like a nerd.

[Brandon Battick]

Love to like shove him in a locker or something.

[Adam Thorne]

I'm just saying you do a four part freaking, you know, TED Talk on the Antichrist. It's like, what? And then hasn't he. Wasn't he the guy that started PayPal with Elon?

[Brandon Battick]

Yes.

[Adam Thorne]

And he was the one that was like, I don't know if it was the Google guy or him. I don't want to put words in his mouth, but didn't he say that he's like not pro human, he's like pro something else.

[Brandon Battick]

Or was that you are 100% talking about Peter Thiel, the transhumanism.

[Adam Thorne]

Oh, there we go.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, yeah. Where Peter Teal.

[Adam Thorne]

I mean, look, these billionaires are all kind of odd, but he seems like a really odd one.

[Brandon Battick]

Dude. The iceberg with him is just, it's, it runs so deep. He's saying, you know, it's funny because all these people we're usually talking about on the podcast are very like, you know, they're not pro trans in any way. Peter Thiel, his whole opinion is that, you know, trans people aren't going far further. You know, far enough. They should be going further, go further. You know, he, he wants to, he wants to replace body parts. He wants to, he wants to be able to get like organs that are allegedly. He's, he's putting 18 year old blood into him. He's nothing creepy about blood from teenagers. It's, there's some crazy when it comes to Peter Thiel. It's, it's really unsettling the fact that when you rearrange Peter Thiel the letters, it spells out the lizard. Now I know this is the podcast for conspiracy theories, so do whatever you want with that information, but this dude Palantir, which is his company. Oh, that sounds crazy to the CIA, ice, the nsa and get this, the.

[Adam Thorne]

IDF and the dmv.

[Brandon Battick]

It makes me want to ingest thc.

[Adam Thorne]

Well, I mean, you know, just like Tim was saying, this kind of does sound like the beginning of the social credit school. I mean they're already kind of doing that. It's like if you spoke out about Israel and you're traveling to the US on a visa or whatever, they will look through your social media and ban you. And it's like, okay, guys, bit of a slippery slope here. I think like once they have these systems that are like, what, writing algorithms about you in every way. How you shop, what you eat, what you wear, where you go, what you're doing, what you think, who you hang out with, what those people that you hang out with, criminal records are like, they're like, oh, he's a C plus for criminal activity, even though we haven't pinned him. But he's around people in that world, which means occasionally do a bit of blow because you just, you know, probably a stand up comedian in la and you know, it's like by association they like put you in this box. And I'm not saying these algorithms aren't accurate for whatever reason, but who is governing them. That's where it gets scary. It's like toe the line or we put you in this box.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. And it's so scary how short of a leash Peter Thiel has on a lot of these people. Elon Musk can thank Peter Thiel for his whole career. When Musk needed the money, Peter Thiel was his first investor. You know, was like, you know, is the reason space X exists. J.D. vance, he pretty much was able to. To make J.D. vance the vice President funded his whole campaign.

[Adam Thorne]

Really?

[Brandon Battick]

It. Yes, it's, it's really scary how many ties he has to the US government and will now Israel, you know, and ice, he's getting people deported. There is rumors that, you know, you know, there's all these Things like due process and everything. When it comes to ice, which is a whole subject, but the whole excuse, if anyone says any about Israel, that it just deport them. What it's really scary what Palantir is capable of and where it could bring this country going forward. Forward, as well as just the ties that he has to Rogan himself. Rogan was saying they've gone to dinners or the lunches and everything. A lot of Rogan's guests have said that. Yeah. My good friend Peter Teal. Yeah, I used to work for Peter Teal. It's like, huh, that's a little suspicious. You know that word now in this, like, era of the podcast, we're getting all these tech guys.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

You know, also last thing before I, you know, and then because this is turned into a rant here. But owns part of Spotify.

[Adam Thorne]

Is that right?

[Brandon Battick]

So. Yes. So how either owns or was like a major investor.

[Adam Thorne]

Is he like. He's not like Elon money though, right? He's like tens of billions. Was he on the list of.

[Brandon Battick]

I'm pretty sure he's, he's a lot. He's like, Elon looks up to him. I'm pretty sure he has a lot more money than. Yeah, he, I, I, I'm pretty confident I'll have to look into it after, but I'm pretty confident he has a lot more wealth than Elon. Especially now with the whole.

[Adam Thorne]

Wait, he has more money than. No, Elon's still rich as. Dude, I was looking at my Tesla.

[Brandon Battick]

Stocks and I don't have to look into it.

[Adam Thorne]

I don't have much, but it's up like 12, 14% and I didn't sell the whole time. He was like doing Doge and all the rest of it, and everyone was hating on Tesla and burning the things. I mean, yeah, it went, it went down then, but it's fine. He's doing. He's rich as fuck, dude. He's like 400 billion still. Let's look.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, he's probably doing a lot better. I don't know what. I just assume, knowing all this, it's like when you have ties, like when your company is ties to like 20.

[Adam Thorne]

25 billion, he's worth.

[Brandon Battick]

All right, so like a fraction of.

[Adam Thorne]

Elon then, but still a lot of money.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah.

[Adam Thorne]

You know, and he's got his hands in, you know, a lot of pies.

[Brandon Battick]

Arguably has like, unlimited funding by the government.

[Adam Thorne]

Right.

[Brandon Battick]

So it's, it's. I don't. It's weird. It's really weird.

[Adam Thorne]

What are they trying to do with this Palantir thing. What's, like, the goal there? They just want to be able to.

[Brandon Battick]

Track everybody, implement it for us to have safety. Yeah, safety. You know, it's the same thing with the Patriot Act. That's what it kind of reminds me of. Of like it's going to get implemented through, like, a Trojan horse. And I think that is what ICE is right now. So what it's going to be, it's a database of. Of, you know, so if I was to look you up, it have your medical records, it have your criminal history, your employment, like, everything. Everything about you, which is kind of fucking terrifying.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, yeah. Especially if you can't dispute things, because they could just add stuff to that list. You know what I mean?

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah.

[Adam Thorne]

It's like people whose credit gets fucked because somebody buys a boat using their Social Security and then just leaves the debt with them. It's like, great, Now I have to work with Expedia or whatever for. For four years to get that off. I mean, if we're talking about real profiles, they can just add anything they want to somebody.

[Brandon Battick]

It's really frightening, man. And, yeah, I think Peter Thiel is. I, like, I feel like I shouldn't even be talking about it on the. You know, I'm gonna. I'm gonna be gone next episode or something.

[Adam Thorne]

Well, if. If anything, I want to make something clear. I support Peter Thiel, and it's definitely Brandon that does not. So if I just. If I could just make that ladies a man.

[Brandon Battick]

I support lizard people. You know, eat as many mealworms as you need to. I don't know, man. It's just. It's a. It's a mess. It's a. It's a big mess. And. Yeah. How do you feel about Peter Thiel's connection with Rogan, though? Because they were talking about that a little bit, how Rogan was going to a few lunches. Peter Thiel, a few dinners. Well, you know, he's on the podcast.

[Adam Thorne]

He's interested in billionaires. You know, he has him in his circle. I mean, probably not a bad move if you're trying to, like, get into that world. Right. You got to have some allies. And does it mean because you're in the position of Rogan that everyone you go to dinner with means that's your best friend? Or is it just like, oh, this would be interesting. Let's go meet that person? I mean, I think about it. I live in Bozeman, Montana. It's a small place. I don't know who the mayor is. I don't know. I've never met, like, any of the local senators or whatever, but. But if I was in a position where I could, yeah, I'd go to dinner with him.

[Brandon Battick]

Let's map out this week's amazing destinations and travel tips.

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[Brandon Battick]

That's not the itinerary we're following.

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[Adam Thorne]

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[Adam Thorne]

And who knows what kind of wacky individuals these guys might be. Or gals. It's like, maybe they were all fine, but if you get like that open access, I mean, don't get me wrong, if you're on Epstein's plane 47 times, something's going on. But if you've hung out with a couple of these people for dinner a few times. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know what that says, but it's kind of is surprising. I mean, I don't think that the overall conversations about Peter on Rogan have been all that positive. I think they kind of point to him being a bit, you know, of an oddball, bit of a weirdo.

[Brandon Battick]

Especially nowadays, for sure.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

It's like seeing this pushback is really interesting. And even like Tim Dillon was saying, that's like, yeah, I don't go to any of his dinners because I. It's like, you know, he's like, I'm a comic. I can't become friends with this guy and then bash him the next day on my podcast.

[Adam Thorne]

Right?

[Brandon Battick]

You know, it's like.

[Adam Thorne]

But he kind of did that when he went to dinner with J.D. vance, which was hilarious.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah.

[Adam Thorne]

He goes to dinner with J.D. he's hammering him about the fucking Epstein list. J.D. doesn't say anything, doesn't get in. And then the Next day, like, Tim is just smashing on his podcast. So I don't know, man. I guess in a weird way, it's like the best time for jesters ever, because they have podcasts now, and the Kings, all the billionaires, and these billionaires are coming to these podcasters to have discussions. Or not just billionaires, but the politicians, like, you know, the director of the FBI, the current president J.D. they know that's where you got to go. I mean, fucking Trump went to speak to Theo knowing full well that this is a good move because of the reach that this Jester has. And I used to sit chatting with Theo at the Comedy Store. I mean, normal guy that is in that position, just trying to just be the jesters that they are. And they. They do. They are noticing, and Rogan was the first, but they're noticing that they need. They need to dance around this carefully because you can get far enough out there to the point that the King kills the Jester, and. And I'm not tying that in with Charlie Kirk, but, you know, he just got zapped for speaking his way, and there's a reason Rogan has a lot of fucking security, right?

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah. And that's the whole thing that. When we talk about this whole Charlie Kirk thing, like, Rogan's whole role in this, because he's also, you know, someone who debates. He's also a right political figure. You know, he got Trump elected, basically, I believe.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, basically.

[Brandon Battick]

So it's like. It makes sense he would also have a target on his head. Yeah, it's. It's a dangerous time, especially if you're, like, a comedian or if you're an influencer and you're trying to, like, ride a political wave. It's fucking lawless.

[Adam Thorne]

Which is interesting, because you could be, like, as wacky and on the left as you want. And I don't think that you have to start worrying about people trying to kill you, which is interesting, because the Republicans have all the guns. So why is it that way around? Why is it when you get a little bit Republican or maybe a lot, then all of a sudden you need a shitload of security?

[Brandon Battick]

It's fucking insane. It really. It does, because it's. The people who are against guns are the ones, you know, But I don't know, like, when it comes to this Charlie Kirk thing.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, we don't. We don't know who the person is.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, we don't know. But in general, there's been, like. There's. It. People are psychos on both sides, for sure.

[Adam Thorne]

Oh, for sure. No doubt.

[Brandon Battick]

Dude. There are. And it's. It's a mess. It's a humanity problem. You know, it's a culture problem. I feel like it's. It's not this side versus that side. No, that's a. We'll get into that for sure.

[Adam Thorne]

I want to. I want to kind of finish up with. Because we're getting close to the end, but, I mean, there's a million things in this, but there's. So I also, like, I want to shit on Gavin Newsom for a little bit because it's one of my favorite things to do. He is a nerd, and I don't trust him, and I think he's idiot. Well, he's probably not an idiot, but he just. He fucks a lot of stuff up in California. I don't trust him. And. Yeah. Just the fact that, like, there's a good chance he's going to try and run, and I all. I'm almost excited for it just to watch how he crashes and burns. There's no fucking way that people are going to vote him in. Do you think?

[Brandon Battick]

I see him as a running candidate, and I agree with Tim where I think he's a lobbyist dream.

[Adam Thorne]

Oh, yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

I. I see him as any kind of money offered to him. He will. He will sway whatever way as Tim called them. An empty suit. I see that 100%. And that's why I'm afraid he's going to run.

[Adam Thorne]

Yep.

[Brandon Battick]

I think he's terrible. I do. I think he's. He sucks at running California.

[Adam Thorne]

Dude. It was like. It was like five months ago or something. Not even that long. He was like, oh, California is in a surplus. We have 100 billion extra dollars. No one's ever done that. It's all the greatest things. Unbelievable. We're the best. And then. And then there's like this accounting era, and they're actually like 68 billion in the hole. And I'm like, dude, don't let this guy run the country, please.

[Brandon Battick]

You have to move the period that way. Gavin.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, it's like, what, did he have his abacus upside down? Like, who's doing. Who's adding this shit up? That sounds like a big problem.

[Brandon Battick]

Something. Something that I think would be, you know, that's talked about and there was so much. There's too much to cover.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

For the time we have. But, like, they also really do talk about the future of America. Like, even in the beginning of the podcast, they're talking about the future of humanity where it's like, Are we going to merge with machines? Are we going to start replacing organs? Which is the whole, how they got into the whole Peter Thiel thing in the first place. But they're kind of talking about how they kind of do believe that America is doomed.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, I mean, a lot of people are starting to think that way. And you know, I would say take a step back from that because I'm sure that every generation has these moments once you get to a certain age. You know, it's not like everyone gets political, but in your 20s, you don't give up too much of a fuck about most of the stuff. I mean, I guess, I guess at the end of high school I had like a revved up political thing that I was doing and then it kind of died away and I didn't really care for a while because life is hard and I was becoming 30 and I had to be like, what, what am I doing? Then you circle back, right? As soon as like the vice president's younger than me now, I'm like, oh, I should pay attention, hold on. And you just get roped back into this like propaganda frickin swirl washing machine of nonsense. And it does, it takes you on a journey of paranoia. Not good. I don't think it's good for your mental health. I'm not saying ignorance is bliss, but it's, it can be there.

[Brandon Battick]

Yeah, there's a lot of truth in that statement. Especially today with even that whole Palantir conversation we had is like that. But yeah, man, like it's, it's rough. Listen, if. If in 20 years I'm on a motorcycle in the desert with a shotgun with a gimp on my back, you know, it. I'm gonna, I'm gonna ride this out. If the country becomes dystopian and I'm fighting for oil, I don't give a. You know, I love oh, you're mad. Mad max in it 100, but I do find it a little weird. A little concerning no matter what side you're on with how much power that Joe and Tim. Tim is getting pretty close to like actual power in the government, which is, you know, a come pig like him having his power is insane. But, you know, for the two of them to be talking about. Yeah, we're fucked. Is a little concerning.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah.

[Brandon Battick]

A little concerning with how much they're backing the current administration.

[Adam Thorne]

Right. I mean, I, I don't know if it's changing. I, I think that after Epstein list bullshit, Rogan's like taking a bit of a step back. Tim I don't know exactly where he's at. I think he's like a lifelong Republican, period. Like that's his thing.

[Brandon Battick]

That's. That's never changing.

[Adam Thorne]

And you know, overall, they're already both millionaires. I mean, what is Tim going to like Saudi and Qatar and a few other places and getting paid like 300 grand? Do some stand up, which is amazing because that's like a Muslim country. And you know, I'm not saying that they. I don't know if those countries specifically Stone will throw gays off the roof, but they do. He doesn't seem too worried about it. It's like, I guess some gays off the roof.

[Brandon Battick]

If you're a funny guy, I guess you got a pass. I think, I hope to God, I.

[Adam Thorne]

Hope to God he doesn't go there and they throw him off a roof. Imagine if it's just a ploy to get him there and throw him off a roof.

[Brandon Battick]

That'd be, that. That would be one of the craziest ways for a comedian to die. Yeah, he did a festival.

[Adam Thorne]

They just trick him in there for 400 grand and then they're like, nah, we're just gonna catapult you off roof. Actually, we don't care if, if that.

[Brandon Battick]

Happens, I'm getting the motorcycle mcimp. For me, it's like, it's over.

[Adam Thorne]

We're going. We're going for it.

[Brandon Battick]

Isn't. Isn't the festival on like October 7th or something? Or 6?

[Adam Thorne]

I don't know.

[Brandon Battick]

It's on a really.

[Adam Thorne]

Look it up. That's an unfortunate date.

[Brandon Battick]

I, I pretty sure it's on October 7th. Poetic.

[Adam Thorne]

Look it up. And we, we end it. We end it ever.

[Brandon Battick]

On my. And on my phone.

[Adam Thorne]

Yeah, it doesn't matter. Look it up yourselves, everybody. But yeah, dude, I mean, Tim, he's a great guest. He's always funny.

[Brandon Battick]

Funny ass episode too. Like a really funny episode.

[Adam Thorne]

It was. And like you said, they covered so much. I mean, we couldn't even get through it all and definitely worth a listen. I mean, it's just entertaining stuff. But anyway, thank you, Brandon. This is great. And thank everyone for listening. Check out the Patreon and go visit Brandon when he's doing his comedy and, you know, yell stuff at him. Yeah, just yell stuff.

[Brandon Battick]

Yell stuff at him. You know, throw some holy water at him.

[Adam Thorne]

You know, it won't help.

[Brandon Battick]

Get ready for a new speech by Peter Thiel after my set.

[Adam Thorne]

I love it.

[Brandon Battick]

All right, guys, Antichrist is back.

[Adam Thorne]

Thank you so much. We'll talk to you guys next week.

[Brandon Battick]

See ya.

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