10 Behind-The-Scenes Joe Rogan Experience Facts
9. JRE Lead To An Explosion Of Interest In Sober October
For a group of men who’s main subjects of conversation are often cannabis, DMT and MDMA, the dedication to the month of abstention by Joe Rogan, Bert Kreischer, Ari Shaffir and Tom Segura, along with associated challenges is admirable. Many viewers and listeners have noted that their participation has helped them combat addiction or scale back on some unhealthy habits.
Although abandoned by all of the usual suspects except for Joe himself after a 2020 which has proved difficult for most, Google Trends show that interest in the challenge increased 100-fold between 2016 and the 2019 challenge.
The participants had scaled back the level of challenges after the 2018 edition frankly, got silly. This included Joe developing brown urine as his body began to reject the all-day workouts he had subjected himself to, purely in order to ensure Ari didn’t get a win based on the group tracking intense exercise. 2019 took a more relaxed approach, featuring a truely horrifying dance-off.