Joe Rogan Experience #2118 - The Black Keys

Joe Rogan hosts Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys for a wide-ranging, tangent-heavy conversation. They cover constitutional carry and gun-range stories, Steven Seagal's aikido, the Unabomber and CIA-Manson conspiracy theories, and the making of their new record (collaborating with Noel Gallagher in London and Memphis rap legend Lil Noid). Much of the back half dives into forever chemicals, microplastics, golf-course pesticides, UFOs over Ohio, and AI fears. They close on comedy, praising Kill Tony, Shane Gillis, and the Austin comedy scene.

• The Black Keys flew to London with no song and wrote/recorded three tracks with Noel Gallagher in three days for their new album.
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• They discovered and got obscure early-90s Memphis rapper Lil Noid (maker of 'Paranoid Funk') into the studio for the new record, plus Juicy J.
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• Phil Hartman stood 18 inches from Hendrix at age 18 working the Whiskey, holding a wobbly speaker on stage.
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• A Navy lieutenant died after a golf course fungicide (Daconil) burned 80% of his skin, leading to a $122 million lawsuit.
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• An early Amazon employee cashed out stock for ~$750K before it vested; it would now be worth over $100 billion.
  00:57:33
• Tom DeLonge told Patrick in October 2019 the world would be profoundly changed in 90 days; COVID followed.
  01:13:43
• A California woman stabbed her boyfriend 108 times, claimed cannabis-induced psychotic disorder, and served no prison time.
  02:13:38

• The Unabomber was reportedly isolated as a baby and later enrolled in humiliating Harvard LSD experiments.
  00:16:08
• Morgan Island near South Carolina is populated by rhesus monkeys carrying herpes, fed by helicopter drops.
  00:19:46
• JFK's 'Dr. Feelgood' injections were liquid methamphetamine combined with steroids.
  00:33:53
• Apple's cash reserves rival the GDP of entire countries.
  00:59:08
• US nuclear weapons used 8-inch floppy disks until the system was modernized a few years ago.
  01:16:50
• PFAS 'forever chemicals' number over 10,000 and are linked to fertility problems and cancer.
  01:47:33
• Gene LeBell, who trained Bruce Lee in grappling, choked out Steven Seagal who then soiled himself.
  00:13:33
• Akron's Goodyear Airdock blimp hangar is so large it has its own internal weather and rains inside.
  02:00:02
• Much of the best early-90s Memphis rap exists only as fan-uploaded YouTube files, never on Spotify.
  01:24:36

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