

The Know Rogan Experience
Cross Pond Productions
The Know Rogan Experience is a show where two podcasters with no previous Rogan experience get to know Joe Rogan.
Joe Rogan is one of the most listened to people on the planet, whose interviews and opinions influence millions. He is regularly criticized for his views, often by people who have never actually listened to Rogan. So we listen to Joe Rogan, and, where needed, try to correct the record.
It's the show for those who are curious about Joe Rogan, his guests, and their claims, as well as for anyone who just wants to understand Joe's ever growing media influence.
Joe Rogan is one of the most listened to people on the planet, whose interviews and opinions influence millions. He is regularly criticized for his views, often by people who have never actually listened to Rogan. So we listen to Joe Rogan, and, where needed, try to correct the record.
It's the show for those who are curious about Joe Rogan, his guests, and their claims, as well as for anyone who just wants to understand Joe's ever growing media influence.
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Dec 23, 2025 • 55min
Candace Owens Patron Bonus Content
Dive into the world of Candace Owens as the hosts unpack her controversial takes on outrage culture and climate change. They dissect her media trajectory and her defense of Trump supporters, all while questioning her authenticity. The discussion heats up with her views on religion in schools and a curious Gaameragate backstory. Tune in for a critical look at her alignment with conservative narratives and a surprising take on gay marriage. It's a whirlwind of political performance and provocative rhetoric!

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Dec 16, 2025 • 1h 37min
#0049 - Season 2 Wrap Up
Michael Marshall and Cecil Cicirello dissect the season by reflecting on its guests and discussing the influence of wealth in conversations. They analyze contentious moments, like Rogan's exchanges with Candace Owens and Graham Linehan, shedding light on his inconsistent views on sensitive topics like immigration and trans rights. The hosts critique Rogan's fascination with health gurus and delve into his drift towards unorthodox ideas. They also rank the season's least and most harmful episodes while considering what makes a responsible guest.

Dec 9, 2025 • 1h 33min
#0048 - Mariana van Zeller
Michael Marshall and Cecil Cicirello break down Joe's October 2025 interview with investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller. The Biden Border Crisis | Senator Cornyn Statistics on unauthorized US immigration and US border crossings by year | USAFacts STARTLING STATS FACTSHEET: Biden and Harris' Border Crisis Still Wreaking Havoc—at the Borders and in the Interior STARTLING STATS FACTSHEET: Fiscal Year 2024 Ends With Nearly 3 Million Inadmissible Encounters, 10.8 Million Total Encounters Since FY2021 – Committee on Homeland Security Nearly one year after its passage, Minnesota immigrants embracing Driver's License for All | MPR News Secretary of State: 'It's a felony to vote in Minnesota if you are not eligible' Heritage Foundation Election Fraud Map for Minnesota Questions and Answers: Affirmative Asylum Eligibility and Applications Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2395 Listen to our other shows: Cecil - Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed Marsh - Skeptics with a K and The Skeptic Podcast Intro Credit - AlexGrohl: https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Dec 2, 2025 • 1h 32min
#0047 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin [Triggernometry]
Michael Marshall and Cecil Cicirello break down Joe's October 2025 interview with Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin from the Triggernometry podcast. Rex -v- Lucy Connelly - Sentencing remarks Farage's fascist past? Nigel boasted about his NF initials and sang 'gas them all', claims schoolfriend | The Independent Billionaires support groups behind 'No Kings,' but they didn't spend $300M to fund protests | Snopes.com Extinction Rebellion: Nearly 400 scientists support climate activists' civil disobedience campaign | The Independent Footage of suspended Labour councillor who called for far right activists' throats to be cut Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2398 Listen to our other shows: Cecil - Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed Marsh - Skeptics with a K and The Skeptic Podcast Intro Credit - AlexGrohl: https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Nov 25, 2025 • 1h 29min
#0046 - Richard Lindzen & William Happer
We break down Joe's October 2025 interview with Richard Lindzen & William Happer from the CO2 Coalition. Main event Guardian | Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial Skeptical Science | Debunking Joe Rogan, Dick Lindzen, and Will Happer Skeptical Science | Why a few degrees of global warmings matter THE MYTH OF THE 1970s GLOBAL COOLING SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS Yale Climate Connections | The fossil fuel industry spent $219 million to elect the new U.S. government EIB | The French are more concerned about climate change than most Europeans Climate Outreach | Guest blog: France Talks Climate – where are French people on climate action? YouGov | Belief in climate change Pew Research | What the data says about Americans' views of climate change Climate Change Committee | Progress in reducing emissions – 2025 report to Parliament National Grid: Live Reuters | The truth about 'clean' coal NRDC | Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know Guardian | China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds Berkeley Earth | Global Temperature Report for 2024 Guardian | Climategate 10 years on: what lessons have we learned? Wikipedia | Climatic Research Unit email controversy Skeptical Science | Sun & climate: moving in opposite directions EPA | Overview of Greenhouse Gases Nature | The State of the World's Beaches Climate.gov | Climate Change: Global Sea Level NSIDC | Arctic sea ice sets a record low maximum in 2025 World Meteorological Organization | Extreme weather IEA | Methane and climate change Energy - European Commission | Methane emissions World Meteorological Organization | WMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial level Toolbox Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature IPCC | Chapter 7: The Earth's Energy Budget, Climate Feedbacks, and Climate Sensitivity IPCC | Clouds and Aerosols Skeptical Science | How reliable are climate models? Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2397 Listen to our other shows: Cecil - Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed Marsh - Skeptics with a K and The Skeptic Podcast Intro Credit - AlexGrohl: https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Nov 18, 2025 • 1h 30min
#0045 - Elon Musk, Pt. 2
We break down the interview with Joe's October 2025 interview with Elon Musk. Main event The Telegraph | German woman given harsher sentence than rapist for calling him 'pig' BBC | Man in court charged with sexually assaulting 10 year-old girl Propel | Can undocumented immigrants get food stamps (SNAP)? American Immigration Council | Asylum in the United States KFF | More Than Half of ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in Republican Congressional Districts AP News | FEMA says it's halting payments for migrant housing in New York after Musk blasts money for hotels Axios | Which states get more federal money than they send BBC | Indiana joins growing US battle over redrawing electoral maps Census.gov | Residence Criteria and Residence Situations for the 2020 Census of the United States MaTrack | California CDL – Requirements, Costs, Training, and License Types Explained Undercard How Many Adults and Youth Identify as Transgender in the United States? | Williams Institute Erin In The Morning | Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing Jacob Eliason | Methodological issues in Kaufmann's analysis of FIRE gender identity data WSJ | Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis SEGM | Transgender identification in college youth is at an all-time high but may be reaching a plateau YouGov | Transgender identification in college youth is at an all-time high but may be reaching a plateau Williams Institute | How Many Adults and Youth Identify as Transgender in the United States? Postoperative adverse events following gender-affirming vaginoplasty Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2404 Listen to our other shows: Cecil - Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed Marsh - Skeptics with a K and The Skeptic Podcast Intro Credit - AlexGrohl: https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Nov 11, 2025 • 1h 39min
#0044 - Elon Musk, Pt. 1
In a riveting discussion, hosts dissect Elon Musk's controversial assertions regarding homelessness and the alleged 'woke mind virus' linked to Twitter. They challenge his claims about the 'homeless industrial complex' and explore the implications of distinguishing between 'worthy' and 'unworthy' homeless individuals. The duo also critiques Musk’s narratives on tech company exodus from San Francisco and evaluates his drug use amidst serious societal issues. With deep dives into misinformation and privilege, the hosts navigate the complexities of Musk’s claims with sharp analysis.

Nov 4, 2025 • 55min
#0043 - QED Manchester
Our Live performance at QED Manchester. Intro Credit - AlexGrohl: https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Oct 28, 2025 • 1h 29min
#0042 - Bari Weiss
We break down Joe's Jan 2020 interview with Bari Weiss. Wikipedia | Great Replacement conspiracy theory CNN | Hate crime charges filed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 dead SPLC | Pennsylvania man, Robert Bowers, charged with federal hate crimes, murder in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue CBS | How Egypt's last Jews will mark Hanukkah, and make sure their culture doesn't "disappear" with them Wikipedia | 20th century departures of foreign nationals from Egypt Guardian | Disgruntled NYT journalist to 'anti-woke' power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go? Guardian | JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as 'what kids do' Clips used under fair use from JRE show #1415 Listen to our other shows: Cecil - Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed Marsh - Skeptics with a K and The Skeptic Podcast Intro Credit - AlexGrohl: https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Oct 21, 2025 • 1h 30min
#0041 - Gregg Braden
We break down Joe's October 2025 interview with spirituality writer Gregg Braden. Natural History Museum | Neanderthals and Homo sapiens interbred within the past 50,000 years PNAS | Origin of human chromosome 2: An ancestral telomere-telomere fusion NPR | KQED: 22andHim Homozygosity for a Robertsonian translocation (13q14q) in three offspring of heterozygous parents Translocation t(13;14) in nine generations with a case of translocation homozygosity First-trimester prenatal diagnosis of homozygous (14;21) translocation in a fetus with 44 chromosomes Estimate of the mutation rate per nucleotide in humans Rates of Spontaneous Mutation BBC | Singing animals: Gibbons found to sing together in a similar rhythm to humans Answers in Genesis | Unraveling the Chromosome 2 Connection Institute for Creation Research | Human Chromosome 2 Fusion Never Happened Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2387 Listen to our other shows: Cecil - Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed Marsh - Skeptics with a K and The Skeptic Podcast Intro Credit - AlexGrohl: https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks


