Joe Rogan Experience #1946 - Protect Our Parks 7

This is a loose, alcohol-and-nitrous-fueled hangout episode rather than an interview, with Joe Rogan and comedians Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir drinking scotch and beer and repeatedly doing whippits on mic. The conversation careens through coyotes and urban wildlife, Hemingway, the British royals and South Park's freedom, communism and false-flag history, and FBI infiltration of protests. A more serious thread emerges when Shane reads texts from his uncle, a Vietnam forward observer wounded calling in gunship fire at the Battle of Hill 102. They also dig into MMA walkout music, the Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz press-conference theatrics, and judging controversies like Volkanovski vs Makhachev, plus a news story about children illegally working in a slaughterhouse. Throughout it stays crude, improvised and bit-driven.

• Shane's uncle was a forward observer at the Battle of Hill 102 (Kontum Valley, 1965), with ~200 Americans surrounded by thousands, calling in 'Spooky' gunship fire before being hit.
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• Jim Morrison's father, Captain George Stephen Morrison, commanded the carrier division during the Gulf of Tonkin incident that escalated the Vietnam War.
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• Ari does multiple full whippits live on the podcast, with the crew narrating his reaction and the listed health risks.
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• Shane's uncle had his calf blown off and lost a nipple by RPG, and later returned to the exact spot in Vietnam to process the trauma.
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• They cite a report that the FBI infiltrated and tried to turn Black Lives Matter protests violent, comparing it to Vietnam-era agent provocateurs.
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• A news story reveals 100+ children were illegally employed cleaning slaughterhouse saws overnight, several suffering chemical burns.
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• Discussion that Islam Makhachev was accused of using an illegal IV to rehydrate, which USADA bans because IVs can flush PEDs.
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• Hemingway's cats are polydactyl (extra toes/'thumbs') and were bred that way on purpose.
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• When coyote numbers are threatened, females respond to roll-call howls by having extra pups.
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• Pandas are leased, not gifted, from China since a policy change in 1984, reportedly around $1 million a year each.
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• Whippits/nitrous deprive the brain of oxygen and can cause B12 depletion, nerve damage, seizures and even death.
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• NFL star Pat Tillman left football for the military and was killed by friendly fire, which was initially covered up.
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• The global top 1% of income is about $34,000 a year, while the US top 1% earns roughly $590,000 to $820,000.
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• South Park has run 25+ years yet its characters have only aged one year, letting them swap in new fourth-grade teachers.
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• MMA uses boxing's 10-point-must scoring, which Rogan argues is inadequate for ranking dominance across rounds.
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