THIS is what "Social Studies" should actually be. Social dynamics, debate, cognitive bias, logical falacies, conversation.

I’ve been involved in a number of cults both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader. - Creed Bratton

This guy is genuinely interesting. Rogan should bring dudes like these more often.

Feeling Needed... is probably the key point here of what draws people into anything. People want to somehow feel they belong and that they matter.

Influncers and cult leaders go hand in hand.

The simplist way ti understand what a cult is, a cult is an abusive relationship with an organization rather than an individual

This explains a lot about the military.

Thought Matthew Perry came back to life there for a sec.

A lot of people that get sucked into cults are just looking for structure in their lives. If you want kids to not join cults, give them structure, give their lives meaning and purpose so they don’t look to idiots to find it.

I feel like if I didn’t have my family’s support that I might’ve ended up joining a cult. Most of my life I’ve felt alone and unneeded. I’m trying to work on that now though and better myself.

Anyone else here thinking joe should have just asked him straight about the UFOS in his mind 😂

My takeaway from this is that Joe clearly doesn’t skip leg day.

That wide shot revealing Joe's shorts was more terrifying than any castrating cult/

That last reflection was so on point in relation to today's society and all the isolation problems that we have.

Literally nobody: Joe: so... are aliens real?

I honestly just subbed to J.R . Experience and have been listening to past episodes for days now , very interesting and intertaining. I do custom remodeling and rental maintenance. B4 this I listened to talk radio and dif. U tube preping channels and I have to say they were starting to give me a feeling of dred and anxiety. Keep up the great work Joe ! Your channel has brought me back to a feeling of normalcy , some how lol.

Joe hit that blow tonight. Few extra bumps

The thing that distinguishes Cults from other groups is that they believe in irrational things and attract people that are weak minded, obedient people, followers that aren't skeptical of what they're being told and find it difficult to think independently for themselves.

This hits really close to home for me. Gréat video.

The Heaven's Gate cult is probably one of the most intriguing cults I've ever looked into. There is a 3 part documentary the takes a deep dive at the creation of the cult and the still living or former members. They themselves filmed a lot which gives amazing insight into what they believed and how they acted

Can't wait for the full episodes to come back here !

very interesting points esp that last bit. would love to hear more about that

This is the best summary of human behavior, mistakes and solution right there. I love it

As always, your videos are a feast for the eyes and mind. Thank you for your creativity and for sharing it with us!🦀🛴🌗

Love it when Joe posts!❤

This one sounds like a good one. Might have to set my watch to this one

This is why I love sociology, it’s so incredibly interesting to try and understand our own species.

Even the most brilliant people will fence of a section of their brain to complete lunacy...

Psychology is a really interesting subject

I had this convo with a coworker last week, he didn’t know about Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple cult. We went on a deep dive about the psychology about people or join cults.

What an interesting conversation this is. Cheers from Denmark.

It's incredible how deeply ingrained our human need for connection and status is, shaping everything from our beliefs to our behaviors. The discussion about cults and religions offering a sense of community and purpose really resonated. And the insights into how storytelling shapes our identities and aspirations were eye-opening. Kudos to Joe Rogan and guest for diving into such thought-provoking topics. This is the kind of content we need more of-intellectually stimulating and genuinely enlightening.

I loved this guy on Full House

Thanks bro! Have a nice day!!! 😀

@7:31 I worked in a prison in Afghanistan and we had 1 cell that was reserved only for Mashooms (little boys) and the youngest we ever had during my experience was 6 years old. The vest didn't detonate and we captured him.

Love what Will Storr says in his closing statement for religion and the purpose of why the mechanics of it works positively on many lives around the world.

High lvls of confidence seem to correlate to social disillusion, good to know

I appreciate that he's pushing the viewpoint that it's not evil, it's a perspective

Bet jamie will delete those serodix commens tho. If not him the CIA will fo sho 👀

Joe can you please bring serodix on you show and talk about the nuremberg trials? Its his hometown, he's in coma rn :(

Perfect episode to have wendigoon on. Is it a conspiracy that he hasn't been on Rogan yet? Idk but you should probably look into it.

But if they taught it then kids would understand that the military, police, work environments, educational institutions, religion, etc. are all based on some form of control or conformity

Scientology actively, strongly recruited celebrities. Hubbard believed that would entice regular people to join.

U never disappoint

Number one lesson we can take away from cults is that people are much more malleable than we'd like to admit. We think that our minds are a locked box and that we hold the key but the terrifying thing is there are harmful people who (through charisma, social skills etc.) have the master key and (over time) they can get you to do almost anything. They can make you turn your back on your family, give them all your possessions, give them your spouse, yourself, give them even your own children(!).

Psychology runs the world. Controlling perception is not only for advertising. It's everything. The effort that goes into to get people to volunteer for the military. If laid out over 150 years it was a monumental effort that included a ton of violence, manipulation, racketeering, and murder.

The idea that tribes had many different leaders per situation can be seen as late as the mid-to-late 1800s with different bands of the Chiracahua Apaches. Geronimo could never be a chief due to his bloodline, yet he was war chief for different raids that he proposed. And that includes leading Cochise, chief of his band, during such raids. At that point, the western Apache hadn’t settled down save for being assigned to reservations in Arizona. The Western Apache, particularly in southern Arizona and northern Mexico, were perhaps the last nomadic people in the northern hemisphere

amazing video

Nice short shorts Joe lol.

MamaMax got his wish afterall.... Joe is talking about cults LMAO. "Jamie pull up the black werewolf vampire".

This conversation reminds me of Jiddu Krishnamurti's speech called 'Truth is a pathless land '

Cult topics and discussions on JRE tend to be very underrated. Aliens, UFOS, Wild Animals, Ghosts Conspiracy Theories etc. are great, but I really wish he’d get a Cult expert on for like 4 hours, just diving into all kinds of cults for 4 hours.

Any other ex-mormons here getting vivid flashbacks and feeling mild anxiety while listening to this?

Democrats should hear this 😂

Yo Joe..... Sup with those short shorts....?! LOL

3:55 Joe definitely just farted and giggled about it

Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple come to my mind first. Sad and tragic story

I used to be a religious fanatic. Let me give you an insight into what they truly are: One thing I realized about the psychology of cult members and fanatics is that they were preyed upon by the other members during a very vulnerable state. They use people's need for belonging and forgiveness. They use people's urge to fill a void that they can't fill up at the moment. I used to be one right after my parents divorced when I was 13, after 8 years I've grown out of it, especially after seeing that evil and good people are in each social group of any kind. Nothing special about them and every interaction feels like a fantasy set-up or a role-playing game. The most vile and pretentiously devoted to the cause wins the upper ''ranks''. Everyone knows everyone is acting, but no one wants to wake each other's demons because they all subconciously know that the others are also there because they replaced the void a trauma caused and don't wanna deal with it. No need to say I don't belong to a belief system now.

This was very interesting to watch. Religions and cults have always fascinated me it fascinates me that people believe it

I must have been the only person on the planet who had know idea of who you are have become, I'm not sorry I happened across your thread, stay curious joe it's imperative love and respect from bravo Juliett l love you are so enamored with your family it's refreshing

We bears want serodix on jre sir, thanks

"She sells Sanctuary" is a good song but i'm no fanatic.

Are you back to posting again? Please keep posting!

"Only species that kills itself" Oh the innocence

If you’re a kid and the people that are teaching you things are evil then you’re going to make you believe in and tell evil things, and manipulate

Volume?

When will full episodes come back on youtube?

Great podcast I agree with almost all of it. Barring the if you are an introvert you can never become an extrovert. I was massively introverted in high school and then became extroverted. (sadly it was because of alcoholism that precipitated it) But after I stopped drinking I stayed extroverted. Through it I saw a different perspective on life one where I could understand people because my inhibitions and walls were lowered. I have no doubt in my mind that someone could do it all through sobriety but it was a crutch that I used to gain that. This isn’t me saying drinking is a strategy guide or a shortcut that its great cause it’s probably the worst vice you can get into. I’m saying that introverts need to see the world and force themselves into doing something they don’t like to crack their shell and become extroverts through seeing naturally extroverted people and seeing how they act.

I bet Joe talked about his NOW COMEDY CLUB used to be a place for clut members

I was so early there was no volume.

I appreciate the guests that try to keep Joe's feet on the ground

I was watching the documentary about Waco & its crazy how people were willing to die for that dude

Believing something does not making you a cultist, however people with zero critical thinking skills makes them likely to be cult members. Branchcovidians perfect modern example.

One of the favorite this i have ever said as a joke actually as a new orleans bar tender is. "People will beleive and listen to what one person says with confidence and is wrong 9 out of 10 times and immidiatley stop listening to the person that is right 9 out of 10 times but with no "social confidence" lol

Ahhh, the last bit of information I needed to start a cult, thank you.

Our schools need to teach kids how to read, write, and add before they do anything beyond that.

JR exposing his cult brain in this segment. JR the leader of the BroScience/ManlyMan cult. Cue the carnivores lol

If I had this kind of schooling when I was going to school I wouldn't have missed a day of school. Lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The amount of times Joe moves his mic XD I'm actually impressed by how "moveable" it is.

Desperation, insecurity and gullibility.

Joe should do a podcast with David icke, it would be absolutely awesome!

"Just imagine you are so low in your life you think THAT guy has all the answers", I'm looking at footage of 'The Donald' kissing the US flag at CPAC and asking the same question

Never thought that Michael Sheen was so knowledgeable about cults and tribalism

Is the audio not working for anyone else? I can't hear anything.

Do a deep dive on tbe cult of zionism

They have good chemistry

I have learnt the most about the value of life and humanity from people who were atheists or agnostic. And I have only experienced a fixed mindset and intolerance for the other from people who are religious. 🤷🏻‍♀️ for me it’s logically clear which group is more human, moral and sophisticated when it comes to critical thinking

Finally an interesting guest.

I kinda want to join a cult 😅

Will has written many good books: worth reading!

Did will say the subconscious technology as paralevel.. parallel or parable?? Didn’t understand. Does anyone know?

Hey what’s up joe Rohan

This video is perfect for the Trump and right wing fanatics that are in this comment section.

I don’t remember seeing Rogan’s legs… I’m totally freaked out 😳

On a side note, joes legs are hammin on a gyatt level LOL

Matthew Perry looking great and alive.

In a lot of NDE's they say you feel like your flying through space. There might have been something to catching a comet idk pretty weird

I thought it was Harland Williams in the thumbnail lol 😂

Oh my god the irony of Joe discussing cult mentality is palpable as balls. This is art right here. ART.

I have always been intrigued and in awe of cult leaders and their followers. To get other humans to believe in something that is just not true and make the thing they believe mysterious is a true gift and grift.