Psychedelia
1960s subculture related to the use of psychedelics
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| April 2025 | Referred to Trump administration's deportation operation to El Salvador as 'horrific'. |
| April 2025 | Rogan declares Trump's immigration detention operations as 'horrific', just two months into Trump's second presidency. |
| March 2025 | Rogan criticizes Trump's feud with Canada as 'stupid', referencing tensions over tariffs. |
| 2025 | Gaspar Noé will appear in Lucile Hadžihalilović's fourth feature film, The Ice Tower. |
| January 10 2025 | Rogan published an interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who alleged that the Biden administration had pressured Facebook to remove COVID-19 vaccine-related content. |
| 2024 | Gaspar Noé served as the director for the film 'Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq,' directed by Guillaume Nicloux. |
| 2024 | Gaspar Noé was announced to be part of the cast for the feature film 'Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust,' which is a longer version of the Indian short film Schirkoa. |
| 2024 | During an interview at the Cairo International Film Festival, Noé expressed his desire to create a different film aimed at children. |
| 2024 | Joe Rogan's upcoming special 'Burn the Boats' is scheduled for broadcast and streaming on Netflix. |
| 2024 | In December 2024, Spotify confirmed that The Joe Rogan Experience was the top podcast on its platform for a fifth consecutive year. |
| 2024 | Tommy Chong is featured as a playable character in multiplayer modes of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. |
| 2024 | Tommy Chong played the character Bryan in season 2 episode 5 'let it go' of Lopez vs Lopez. |
| 2024 |
Sam Harris
Endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidential election and participated in a debate on the Honestly podcast arguing in her support, with Ben Shapiro presenting the case for Donald Trump.
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| November 2024 | Joe Rogan criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stating it was '100% wrong' and expressing discontent with both President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. |
| November 4 2024 | The day before the 2024 United States presidential election, Joe Rogan endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump, citing Elon Musk's compelling case for Trump. |
| April 2024 | Hancock appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast (episode #2136) and debated archeologist Flint Dibble from Cardiff University about his controversial archaeological theories. |
| April 2024 | A lawsuit was filed against Onnit, alleging that its 'Alpha BRAIN' supplement performed no better than a placebo in a clinical study and involved 'false, misleading and deceptive advertising'. |
| March 2024 | In a podcast with Coleman Hughes, Joe Rogan appreciated Hughes' perspective on the Gaza situation, acknowledging that Hughes 'clearly know more about it than I do'. |
| March 2024 | Joe Rogan described Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip as a 'genocide'. |
| February 2024 | In a podcast with Bret Weinstein, Rogan expressed controversial views linking party drugs to AIDS, referencing AIDS denialist Peter Duesberg, which prompted a backlash from the American Foundation for AIDS Research. |
| 2023 | Gaspar Noé appeared in the documentary film 'Dario Argento Panico' directed by Simone Scafidi. |
| 2023 | Jodorowsky contributed to another book by Diego Moldes, 'Ni una poesía sin día' (Not a Poem Without a Day), further demonstrating his ongoing literary connections. |
| 2023 | Tommy Chong had a recurring role as Leo Chingkwake in That '90s Show across 2 episodes. |
| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris gave an interview to The Daily Beast explaining his break from the intellectual dark web, citing disagreements with Bret Weinstein, concerns about Maajid Nawaz's COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and disappointment with Dave Rubin's perceived cynicism.
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| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris publicly stated that if COVID-19 had caused higher child mortality, there would be significantly less tolerance for vaccine skepticism.
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| October 2023 |
Sam Harris
During the Israel-Hamas war, Harris expressed support for Israel and strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel, rejecting arguments about Israeli settlements provoking the conflict.
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| March 2023 | Joe Rogan opened the Comedy Mothership comedy club in Austin, Texas. |
| March 2023 |
Sam Harris
Sam Harris hosted podcast guests Matt Ridley and Alina Chan to discuss the potential origins of COVID-19, specifically exploring the hypothesis that the virus may have been created in a laboratory.
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| February 2023 | In an episode of his podcast, Rogan perpetuated a stereotype about Jewish people and money while defending Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, leading to condemnation from Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League. |
| January 2023 | Frank Pavich published an essay in The New York Times about Jodorowsky's Dune, involving artwork generated by AI. |
| 2022 | Gaspar Noé's film 'Vortex' won Best Film at the Dublin International Film Festival. |
| 2022 | Gaspar Noé's film 'Vortex' won the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. |
| 2022 | Gaspar Noé's film 'Vortex' won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the Ghent International Film Festival. |
| 2022 | Gaspar Noé appeared in the posthumous documentary 'Three in the Drift of the Creative Act,' discussing art alongside other notable figures. |
| 2022 | Gaspar Noé's film 'Vortex' won the Golden Tulip for Best Film / FIPRESCI Prize at the International Istanbul Film Festival. |
| 2022 | His son Axel Cristóbal, an actor and psychoshaman who appeared in Santa Sangre, passed away. |
| 2022 | Featured in the Netflix series 'Ancient Apocalypse', which explores his alternative theories about ancient civilizations. |
| 2022 | In response to the controversy surrounding misinformation, Joe Rogan denied intentionally spreading false information and pledged to provide a balance of perspectives, agreeing to have Spotify add a disclaimer to his videos. |
| 2022 | In early 2022, the video platform Rumble offered Joe Rogan a significant deal to switch from Spotify, which he ultimately declined. |
| 2022 | Joe Rogan stated that Republican Ron DeSantis would be 'a good president'. |
| 2022 | Joe Rogan wrote the foreword for 'Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering' by Cameron Hanes, which was published by St. Martin's Press. |
| October 2022 | During an interview with Tulsi Gabbard on his podcast, Rogan shared the widely discredited hoax about public schools providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats, later acknowledging the lack of evidence for such claims. |
| April 2022 | Joe Rogan criticized transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, stating that her participation might be the 'woke straw that breaks society's camel's back'. |
| February 2022 | In February 2022, singer India Arie shared a compilation of Rogan using a racial slur on Instagram, prompting Rogan to apologize and call his past language 'regretful and shameful.' |
| February 4 2022 | Spotify removed 113 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience due to concerns regarding racially insensitive language, as discussed in an internal memo. |
| 2021 | Gaspar Noé premiered 'Vortex', which garnered attention for its stylistic approach to depicting aging and the human condition. |
| 2021 | Joe Rogan's company Onnit was sold to Unilever. |
| 2021 |
Sam Harris
Harris formally 'turned in his imaginary membership card' to the intellectual dark web, publicly distancing himself from the group.
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| September 3 2021 | Joe Rogan tested negative for COVID-19 after his positive diagnosis on September 1. |
| September 1 2021 | Rogan tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently released an online video detailing his condition and the treatment regimen he began, which included various medications and treatments. |
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