Joe Rogan Experience #2083 - Taylor Sheridan

Joe Rogan talks with writer-director Taylor Sheridan, who explains why he tells stories without judging the worlds he depicts and why critics misjudge his work. They dig deep into the real, savage history behind 1883: desperate non-English-speaking immigrants, wagon-train deaths, Comanche raids and the diseases that wiped out Native nations. The conversation roams across hunting and food self-sufficiency, the ethics of veganism, nuclear testing, communism and Cuban athletes, and the dangers of manipulating the rule of law around Trump and the primaries. They close on AI, the soul, ancient civilizations and the fentanyl-fueled drug war that Sheridan researched for Sicario.

• The building Joe bought for his Austin comedy club was a theater built by a cult leader (Jaime Gomez), the subject of the documentary Holy Hell.
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• Taylor's cousins were the Federal Marshals at Waco; one knocked on Koresh's door and walked roughly 30 women and kids out before the fire.
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• Taylor announces he's making Land Man with Billy Bob Thornton, a show about the oil and energy industry.
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• Taylor wrote all 10 episodes of Yellowstone Season 3 on Saturdays over 10 weeks while directing a film with Angelina Jolie.
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• For an 1883 storm scene Taylor rescheduled the shoot to a day with 60 mph winds so 'God did a lot of the CGI.'
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• Both warn that removing an unconvicted Trump from the Colorado ballot sets a dangerous precedent that could later be used against anyone.
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• Around 40% of the immigrants crossing in 1880s wagon trains couldn't even speak English.
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• Some immigrants came from European regions where it was actually against the law to swim, so no one could.
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• Comanche raiders looted parasols after burning Galveston and rode off as thousands of warriors carrying colorful umbrellas to block the sun.
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• An estimated 90% of Native Americans killed in North America died from European-introduced diseases, not warfare.
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• Mormon hand-cart pioneers who missed a Wyoming pass by July 4th died in the snow; about 25,000 died in one year.
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• An organic avocado farm in central California kills on average around 19,000 ground squirrels a year.
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• By 1967 the United States alone had conducted around 510 nuclear test detonations.
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• Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson won three Olympic golds but never turned pro to fight Muhammad Ali.
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• Bandits killed more wagon-train immigrants and Oregon Trail travelers than Native Americans did.
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• The illegal drug trade (about $3.3 trillion) is estimated to generate more revenue than the pharmaceutical industry (about $3.2 trillion).
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