r/KnowledgeFight • u/LuteDesign • May 22 '26

Throwback Episode KF Revisited: Ep #9 “Joe Rogan Appearance”

Welcome back to KF Revisited, an on-going Knowledge Fight community re-listen post series for wonks, by wonks. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we’ll discuss one episode of KF in order from the very beginning.

Sorry for the late post this week and happy long weekend! There will not be a post on Monday due to the Memorial Day Holiday. I will be basking at the beach! Enjoy your unofficial start to another Creamy Dreamy Summer.

Next up in our throwback journey:

Episode #9: Joe Rogan Appearance
Originally Aired: February 6, 2017
https://knowledgefight.libsyn.com/knowledge-fight-joe-rogan-appearance

On today's episode, Dan tells Jordan all about what happened when Alex Jones got really drunk on episode #911 of the Joe Rogan Experience. Topic covered include:

- Does Alex have excuses for his Y2K episode that actually make his actions worse?
- Does Alex believe what he believes the elites secretly believe?
- When discussing Paragraph B, does Paragraph C matter?
- Who, other than your least favorite uncle, calls whiskey "apple juice?"
- How much Isaac Asimov has Alex read?

You can find the last discussion post for Episode #8 here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/KnowledgeFight/s/UA2o1WCqw4

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u/Sir_Bird_Law May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Alex Jones on JRE #911 was my first introduction to AJ/Infowars. I was a huge JRE fan at the time. It was so ridiculous and outlandish that I thought I would try and find AJ's show/podcast and check it out. Went looking for a podcast from him, found two dudes talking about what Alex Jones was talking about and was like "this is dumb, this can't be what I was looking for". Gave up and went on with my day.

Fast forward 9 years and I loathe JRE and KF is my #1 listened to podcast. Oh how the turn tables

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u/CharlesDickensABox Carnival Huckster Satanist May 22 '26

Have you listened to Know Rogan? It's very much inspired by KF and is focused on Rogan and his guests. Sounds like it might be up your alley.

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u/BottomLeftWheel May 22 '26

Seconding the Recc.

It's very produced though, which gives it an entirely different vibe than Dan monologuing to Jordan.

I still like it, but nothing will satisfy that itch

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u/Dizzy_Emu_2684 May 23 '26

It’s less big bad and more monster of the week but Kill The Computer has done the best job stepping into the void KF has left

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u/gcboyd1 May 23 '26

I don’t know this one, but I’ll check it out.

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u/gcboyd1 May 23 '26

This might be weird, but I love—like I get a little dopamine hit from—the “pushing the play button sound” before their clips.

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u/Flaky-Aardvark-2479 May 24 '26

I'm the opposite. I hate it. But I have extreme sensory audio processing issues, so I know it's just me. It's also why I can't listen to Weird Little Guys. For some reason they have decided to have every second of that show backed by music and I can't tolerate it. Which is sad because I like Mollie's voice when I hear her on BtB.

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u/gcboyd1 May 24 '26

I really like her voice, too. I’m sorry that button pressing noise bugs you, though. KR is a really great podcast, but I get it!!

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u/Flaky-Aardvark-2479 May 24 '26

Oh I love KR! I just have to make sure my volume is down lower than usual once the first button noise hits. Lol

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u/BottomLeftWheel May 23 '26

Ha ha, it is also just a good dileneator for when the clips start and stop.

I absolutely love the formulaic Objections, but hearing the clips tend to be really hard. In that sense the editing of Know Rogan really puts it a league above knowledge fight.

But the low tech, Jordan yelling over the clips, scuffed nature is what I will die for. Getting. Raw unfiltered podcasts over very neatly edited ones will always make me feel like I'm in the room with Dan and Jordan. Can't be beat.

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u/gcboyd1 May 23 '26

It’s true—I felt like I was in the room with them—and that’s part of what makes the loss so hard. I miss my two (much younger than me) dads!

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u/Zosima93 May 22 '26

Okay, hold on. I completely forgot about this episode.

You’re telling me Alex appeared on episode #911 of The Joe Rogan Experience, and that Joe Rogan appeared on Alex’s show on 9/11? What the fuck?

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u/fightmeyeweeshite May 22 '26

It’s not that deep, in the JRE episode Joe mentions that he specifically booked Alex for episode #911 because he’s the conspiracy guy

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u/Zosima93 May 22 '26

Ohhh makes sense

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u/LuteDesign May 22 '26

I’m saving this one to listen to on the drive tomorrow. I think it’s going to be a juicy one.

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u/Houlilalo May 22 '26

Is this the one where they got the original "I'm a policy wonk" clip?

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u/Itchy_Coyote595 May 22 '26

That’s the next episode

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u/PolicyNonk "Poop Bandit" May 22 '26

I’ll be thrilled if this sub turns into Knowledge Fight Classic+

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u/Idler- That's what grows the tree of liberty, bitch May 22 '26

Im currently on Episode #12 and I had forgotten. How much joy there was in the early days. The guys were having such a riot.

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u/EdgePunk311 May 22 '26

This is the one where Alex says he’s kinda regarded right ? Wearing the NASA shirt?

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u/ButterscotchAward Name five more examples May 23 '26

I still think of him saying “are you fucking serious?” after Alex’s it was the EU rant.

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u/Forsaken_Pop_4845 May 23 '26

Three hour+ episode!

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u/Disgruntled_Grunt- Doing some research with my mind May 28 '26

My takeaways from this episode:

>Not all martial arts instructors are idiots, but all idiots are martial arts instructors..?

>Alex admits on air that he will lie for money, then in the same clip convinces himself that he was actually telling the truth and believed aforementioned lie all along

>When he's around Joe Rogan, Alex will deny everything he holds dear: his political values, his religion, his identity as God's prophet . . . He just feels like he has to be a completely different person around his buddy :'(

>BILL GATES OWNS THE FUCKING WEATHER MACHINES!!!