Joe Rogan Experience #2493 - Protect Our Parks 16

TL;DR

Shane Gillis, Mark Normand, and Ari Shaffir reunite for the 16th Protect Our Parks episode, covering assassination attempts, MKUltra, Jackass, and celebrity scandals.

Key Points

• 1.Protect Our Parks returns for its 16th installment. The group notes it has been almost a year since the last episode, with fans globally — Australia, New Zealand, Latin America — asking when the next one would drop.
• 2.A viral JP Morgan sexual harassment lawsuit was allegedly fabricated. The male employee claimed his female boss forced him to have sex and called her breasts 'cannons'; JP Morgan investigated, found it not credible, and the woman still works there.
• 3.Trevor Bauer lost roughly $300 million in career earnings due to false sexual assault accusations. A woman fabricated the story, texted friends about getting money from him, and faced only a $300,000 fine while Bauer was suspended from MLB and ended up pitching in Japan and Long Island.
• 4.Olivia Nuzzi's alleged explicit texts with RFK Jr. were read aloud on the episode. The texts, reportedly verified, included lines like 'Your open mouth is awaiting my harvest' and 'I am a river, you are my canyon'; Nuzzi is married and the texts caused controversy.
• 5.RFK Jr.'s distinctive voice was explained as a vaccine injury, not a natural stutter. The group cited flu vaccine damage, noting videos from the 1990s show him with a clear, strong voice and black hair.
• 6.A third assassination attempt on Trump at a hotel was discussed. The suspect, described as a teacher of the year and partly of mixed race, allegedly shot a Secret Service agent; it may have been friendly fire, and security failures at the event were criticized.
• 7.A mysterious 2023 tweet from an account linked to a missing NASA scientist named Henry Martinez predicted the assassination attempt. The account posted once, featured a green toad in a tuxedo, and the background image allegedly decoded to show the 2024 attempt photo with a head wound.
• 8.The group discussed MKUltra and upcoming House hearings on the CIA program. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna announced hearings; the hosts explained Operation Midnight Climax, in which the CIA ran brothels, dosed johns with LSD, and filmed them through two-way mirrors.
• 9.John Hinckley Jr., who shot Reagan at the same hotel as the Trump incident, is now out of prison and releasing music. The group played a clip of his song and noted he was inspired by Jodie Foster and Taxi Driver; his guitar has his name on it.
• 10.The group debated legalizing prostitution and its social effects. They noted Thailand's legal sex work changes dating dynamics, discussed Robert Kraft's massage parlor arrest, and referenced New York City's evolving decriminalization policies.
• 11.Brock Lesnar's daughter was highlighted as a champion shot putter with dominant genetics. The group also identified his wife as Sable from WWF, praising the family's athletic stock and joking about Lesnar's sword chest tattoo which he allegedly regretted.
• 12.Steve-O has a new penis tattoo above his eyebrow done by Post Malone. The group discussed the upcoming new Jackass project due in June, noted Bam Margera is back in the group and skating again, and recalled Johnny Knoxville sustaining at least 16 concussions.
• 13.Danger Aaron's bear scene from a previous Jackass film was replayed and discussed. He was strapped to a table, covered in honey, shocked with electricity, and a bear on a loose chain licked him — leaving him visibly traumatized.
• 14.Acid experiences at concerts and events were extensively shared. Ari took an unknown dose at a Roger Waters show during Sober October and wept through the concert; the group also recalled taking acid at early UFC events with Redban and Nick Diaz, feeling like they were in the Roman Coliseum.
• 15.The death of rock music was lamented while country music's rise was acknowledged. The group noted Metallica's legendary 1991 Moscow concert, Oasis doing huge arena tours on old material, and garage bands returning with younger kids as a hopeful sign.