Security expert Gavin de Becker walks Joe Rogan through a criminologist's case that governments, pharma, and media routinely deceive the public.

Gavin de Becker — Security and threat-assessment expert, criminologist, and author best known for the bestseller The Gift of Fear. He runs a major private protection firm and has written a new book, Forbidden Facts.
Over nearly two and a half hours, Gavin de Becker frames the episode around a single plea: be skeptical of centralized power. He recounts declassified covert operations, then pivots to a long, detailed critique of pharmaceutical companies, vaccine ingredients, and the bodies that 'debunk' safety concerns. He argues these institutions use delay, definition games, and paid private committees to avoid accountability, citing leaked transcripts in his book. Rogan adds his own COVID-era experiences with skepticism and media backlash. The conversation closes on population-control policy, the Zelensky/Ukraine narrative, the nature of war and empire, and cautious optimism that more people are waking up.
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Gavin de Becker
“this uh book, which Can I be a [ __ ] and hold it up again? Forbidden Facts. That's the book.” — Gavin de Becker 02:19:03Find it on Amazon
Edward Dowd (inferred)
“I've got 550 just in that book, Cause Unknown. And that's just looking... Ed Dow did, he did the statistical work on it.” — Gavin de Becker 01:56:19Find it on Amazon
Brent Leung
“the great documentary that's on YouTube is called House of Numbers about this. It keeps the numbers going.” — Gavin de Becker 00:19:57Find it on Amazon
Henry Ford Health (inferred)
“there's a a documentary right now called, by the way, an inconvenient study. Uh see that as quick as you can. It's free on YouTube” — Gavin de Becker 00:35:37Find it on Amazon