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PowerfulJRE · 2026-08-21 · Chris Williamson, Joe Rogan (host), Tucker Carlson, Young Jamie

Joe Rogan Experience #2544 - Chris Williamson

43 claims checked against research: 2 contradicted 6 contradicted online 1 overstated 4 needing context 15 supported 7 corroborated online 8 unverified

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Contradicted by research

0:56:50Joe Rogan (host)contradictedmoderate

Artificial intelligence models such as GPT-3 passed the Turing test.

"it already passed the Turing test quite a long time ago like like ChatGPT-3" (said at 0:56:50)

Empirical evaluations and philosophical assessments show that GPT-3 (and its successor GPT-3.5) did not pass the Turing test. In randomized, controlled Turing test experiments, GPT-3.5 was identified as human only ~20% of the time—performing on par with or worse than ELIZA (22%) and well below the human baseline (~66–67%). Earlier formal evaluations of base GPT-3 similarly showed that it routinely failed semantic questioning and tests of human-like intelligence. Only later models, such as GPT-4 and GPT-4o, have achieved pass rates approaching or matching human baselines in two-player Turing tests.

1:52:47Joe Rogan (host)contradictedmoderate

Retatrutide preserves muscle mass during weight loss.

"And then there's the retatrutide stuff. Am I saying that right? Retatrutide. Retatrutide. Retatu Retatrutide. That one is a weird one because that one allows you to keep muscle mass." (said at 1:52:47)

Clinical trial data contradict the claim that retatrutide preserves muscle mass or prevents muscle loss during weight reduction. In a Phase 2 randomized controlled trial substudy evaluating body composition via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), retatrutide produced substantial weight loss that included both fat mass and lean (fat-free/muscle) mass. The proportion of lean mass lost relative to total weight loss was consistent with typical weight loss and other incretin-based obesity medications, rather than sparing muscle mass.

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Contradicted by web sources

0:11:15Tucker Carlsoncontradicted (web)

Bob Woodward served as a naval intelligence officer prior to becoming a journalist at The Washington Post.

"Bob Woodward, who was a Washington Post reporter who had been a naval intelligence officer working in the White House, working in the Nixon White House. And then he shows up like a year later and he's this brand new reporter. He'd never been a journalist at all." (said at 0:11:15)

No published record matching the claim that Bob Woodward served as a naval intelligence officer in the Nixon White House prior to working as a journalist was located; this does not prove the claim false.

contradicted by web sources

Official military records and biographical sources document that Bob Woodward served as a naval communications officer, not an intelligence officer, during his five years in the U.S. Navy. Additionally, after his military discharge, he worked as a reporter for the weekly *Montgomery County Sentinel* for a year before joining *The Washington Post*.

bobwoodward.comsubstack.combritannica.com

0:13:30Tucker Carlsoncontradicted (web)

All but one of the men arrested for the break-in at the Watergate complex were CIA employees.

"The people who broke into the Watergate office building from which the name is taken, Watergate, was I think it was six of them or seven of them. All but one was a CIA employee." (said at 0:13:30)

No published record matching the claim that all but one of the men arrested for the break-in at the Watergate complex were CIA employees was located; this does not prove the claim false.

contradicted by web sources

Five men were arrested during the June 17, 1972 Watergate break-in: James McCord, Bernard Barker, Virgilio González, Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis. Of the five, only McCord was a former career CIA employee (having retired in 1970), while the others were anti-Castro activists, contract operatives, or informants rather than agency staff.

nixonlibrary.govmillercenter.orgbritannica.comwikipedia.org

0:48:53Joe Rogan (host)contradicted (web)

Hundreds of police officers have been caught or investigated for misusing Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras to stalk people, including ex-wives.

"I also know that like hundreds of cops have been busted using it to stalk on their ex-wives, stalk people." (said at 0:48:53)

No published record matching the claim that hundreds of police officers have been caught or investigated for misusing Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras to stalk individuals or ex-spouses was located; this does not prove the claim false.

contradicted by web sources

Public reporting and tracking by organizations like the Institute for Justice and major news outlets have documented dozens of officers—identifying at least 50 to 69 cases nationwide—who have been investigated, disciplined, or criminally charged for misusing Flock Safety or other license plate reader systems to track and stalk romantic partners or ex-spouses. While several individual officers were found to have conducted hundreds of unauthorized searches on their targets, the number of officers caught or investigated is in the dozens rather than hundreds.

washingtonpost.comctvnews.ca

1:00:00Chris Williamsoncontradicted (web)

Ted Kaczynski was subjected to psychological experiments involving LSD at Harvard University.

"He was also a part of the Harvard LSD studies, which is fun." (said at 1:00:00)

No published record matching the claim that Ted Kaczynski was subjected to psychological experiments involving LSD at Harvard University was located; this does not prove the claim false.

contradicted by web sources

While Ted Kaczynski participated in controversial psychological experiments led by Henry Murray at Harvard University from 1959 to 1962, historical records and investigative reporting indicate the study involved intense psychological stress tests and hostile interrogations rather than the administration of LSD. LSD experiments at Harvard, such as the Harvard Psilocybin Project run by Timothy Leary, were separate research efforts in which Kaczynski did not take part.

theguardian.comwashingtonpost.com

1:17:22Joe Rogan (host)contradicted (web)

If all cyclists who were implicated in or sanctioned for doping during Lance Armstrong's Tour de France victories were stripped of their results, the title would fall to the 18th-place finisher.

"If you took away everyone in the podiums that hadn't been busted, like if you took away anyone that got caught with any substances, I think you would get down to 18th place." (said at 1:17:22)

No published record matching the claim that stripping results from all riders implicated in or sanctioned for doping would award Lance Armstrong's Tour de France victories down to the 18th-place finisher was located; this does not prove the claim false.

contradicted by web sources

Following the revocation of Lance Armstrong's seven Tour de France victories (1999–2005), cycling's governing body, the UCI, decided not to reallocate the titles to any lower-placed finishers, officially leaving those years without a winner. Furthermore, third-place 1999 finisher Fernando Escartín was never implicated in a doping scandal, meaning an unimplicated podium finisher existed without needing to look down to 18th place.

theguardian.comoutsideonline.comsi.comwikipedia.org

2:50:57Chris Williamsoncontradicted (web)

Studies from Illinois show that virtually no high school students were reading at a fourth-grade level.

"There was these studies that came out of Illinois. Basically, no one in high school could read at like a fourth grade level." (said at 2:50:57)

No published record matching the claim that studies from Illinois found virtually no high school students reading at a fourth-grade level was located; this does not prove the claim false.

contradicted by web sources

State assessment and NAEP data show that roughly 30% to 40% of Illinois high school students meet proficient reading standards for their grade, and the vast majority read above an elementary level. The widely cited statistics instead reflect that only about one-third of Illinois fourth graders read proficiently at their own grade level.

ed.govillinoispolicy.org

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Overstated

2:01:51Chris Williamsonoverstatedlow

A scientific study found that when economy passengers walk through business class when boarding an airplane, there is an eightfold increase in passenger air rage incidents.

"There's this uh study that was done on when people enter airplanes and they walk through business class, economy walks through business class, there's an eight times increase in passenger rage incidents." (said at 2:01:51)

A 2016 observational study by DeCelles and Norton published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences analyzed several years of flight data from an international airline to evaluate the relationship between cabin design and disruptive passenger behavior ('air rage'). The authors found that 'situational inequality'—boarding from the front, which requires economy passengers to walk through the first-class cabin rather than boarding from the middle—was associated with a 2.18-fold increase in the odds of air rage in economy class and an 11.86-fold increase in first class. The presence of a first-class cabin was associated with a 3.84-fold increase in economy cabin incidents. While the study supports the claim that walking through higher-tier cabins during boarding is associated with increased air rage incidents, stating that it causes an 'eightfold increase' overstates the measured effect in economy class (~2.2-fold increase) and relies on observational, non-randomized airline data.

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Needs context

0:15:12Joe Rogan (host)needs contextmoderate

President Richard Nixon passed the Controlled Substances Act, which placed all psychedelic drugs into Schedule I.

"Nixon passed the Controlled Substances Act, which is the reason why all psychedelic drugs to this day are schedule one." (said at 0:15:12)

Under the Nixon administration, the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 established the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which categorized classic serotonergic psychedelics (including LSD, psilocybin, DMT, and mescaline) into Schedule I—the most restrictive tier, defined as having a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use in treatment. These classic psychedelics largely remain in Schedule I today. However, the claim that 'all psychedelic drugs' are in Schedule I requires qualification: certain non-classic psychedelic or dissociative compounds utilized in psychedelic-assisted therapy, such as ketamine, are classified under Schedule III, and other naturally occurring substances with psychedelic properties (such as Salvia divinorum) are not scheduled under federal law.

0:38:35Joe Rogan (host)needs contexthigh

There have been periods in Earth's history when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were significantly higher than today while global temperatures were significantly colder.

"Because what most people don't realize is there's been times in history where there was way more carbon and the earth was way colder." (said at 0:38:35)

The host's statement that there were periods in Earth's history when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were significantly higher than today while global temperatures were significantly colder is partially accurate but requires important qualification to be understood correctly. Reconstructions of Earth's paleoclimate show that during certain intervals, such as the Late Ordovician (~440 million years ago), atmospheric CO2 levels were estimated to be up to 10 times higher than modern pre-industrial levels despite the presence of extensive glaciation (Crowley et al., 1991). However, paleoclimatologists emphasize that solar luminosity was about 4% to 5% lower during the Late Ordovician, requiring higher atmospheric CO2 to maintain temperatures, and that the initiation of glaciation occurred when organic carbon burial drew atmospheric CO2 down below a critical glacial inception threshold (Gibbs et al., 1997). Furthermore, high-resolution continuous reconstructions across the entire 485-million-year Phanerozoic Eon confirm a strong overall correlation between atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global mean surface temperature, establishing CO2 as the primary driver of Earth's climate over geological timescales (Judd et al., 2024).

1:53:18Chris Williamsonneeds contexthigh

Approximately 90% of people who stop taking GLP-1 drugs regain the weight they lost.

"because I think about 90% of people that go on GLPs and then come off them gain the weight back." (said at 1:53:18)

Clinical trials confirm that the vast majority of patients experience substantial weight regain after stopping glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, but the specific "90%" figure requires qualification. In the STEP 1 trial extension, participants regained approximately two-thirds of their lost weight within one year of discontinuing once-weekly semaglutide. Similarly, in the SURMOUNT-4 randomized withdrawal trial of tirzepatide, 83.4% of participants switched to placebo failed to maintain at least 80% of their initial weight loss, regaining an average of 14.0% of body weight over 52 weeks (having initially lost 20.9%). While the vast majority of individuals experience weight regain after cessation, patients typically regain about 60% to 70% of their lost weight over a one-year period rather than completely returning to baseline immediately.

1:57:43Chris Williamsonneeds contextmoderate

As endurance race distances increase, the performance gap between male and female competitors narrows.

"the crazy thing about endurance is that as you get longer and longer, the difference between the sexes starts to even out." (said at 1:57:43)

The claim that the sex difference in performance narrows or evens out as endurance distance increases is partially true, but depends heavily on the specific sport and discipline. In standard endurance events (like marathon running), the male-to-female performance gap is approximately 10–12%. In certain extreme or ultra-endurance disciplines—such as open-water ultra-swimming and longer ultra-cycling events (e.g., 400 to 500 miles)—the gap between male and female performance markedly decreases or disappears. For instance, studies show no significant sex difference in cycling performance over 400 and 500 miles, and women occasionally outperform men in ultra-distance swimming events. Physiological factors such as greater fatigue resistance, substrate utilization efficiency, and lower energetic demands in females contribute to this narrowing gap. However, in ultra-triathlons and ultra-marathons (e.g., running distances from 50 km to 1,000 km), studies have consistently found that the sex difference in running speed does not progressively narrow as distance increases beyond a certain point, remaining stable across extreme distances. Thus, while the performance gap is often smaller in ultra-endurance compared to short-to-moderate distance sports, it does not continuously shrink across all endurance modalities.

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Supported by research

0:29:30Joe Rogan (host)supportedhigh

The United States Census counts all residents rather than only citizens for the purposes of apportioning congressional seats.

"So the census counts human beings, it doesn't count citizens. So if you have more human beings, you get more congressional seats." (said at 0:29:30)

Under Article I, Section 2 and Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, congressional apportionment is calculated based on the total enumeration of persons residing in each state rather than only citizens. Empirical and demographic analyses confirm that the decennial census enumerates all residents (including noncitizens and undocumented immigrants), and these total population figures are used directly to determine each state's allocation of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

0:12:27Tucker Carlsonsupportedhigh

Gerald Ford served as a member of the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

"Gerald Ford, the only unelected president in American history, actually sat on the Warren Commission." (said at 0:12:27)

Gerald R. Ford was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (commonly known as the Warren Commission) in November 1963, while serving as a U.S. Representative from Michigan. He subsequently became the 38th President of the United States without being elected to either the presidency or vice presidency following the resignations of Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon.

0:56:40Joe Rogan (host)supportedhigh

Alan Turing, who invented the Turing test, was chemically castrated because he was homosexual.

"The guy who invented the Turing test wound up getting chemically castrated because he was gay." (said at 0:56:40)

Alan Turing, who introduced the imitation game (the Turing test) to evaluate machine intelligence, was convicted in 1952 of 'gross indecency' under British law criminalizing homosexual acts. To avoid imprisonment, he consented to chemical castration through synthetic estrogen therapy.

1:07:12Joe Rogan (host)supportedhigh

Outgoing CIA Director Richard Helms ordered the destruction of most Project MKUltra records in 1973.

"Outgoing CIA director Richard Helms ordered the destruction of most of the records related to Project MKUltra. Oh. Oh, how convenient. The agency's illegal mind control and drug testing program." (said at 1:07:12)

Historical analysis of declassified documents and CIA human experimentation programs confirms that Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms ordered the destruction of Project MKUltra files in 1973 prior to leaving office. The program involved clandestine research into human mind control, psychological manipulation, and drug testing (including LSD) on unconsenting subjects, violating basic ethical standards.

1:49:50Chris Williamsonsupportedmoderate

GLP-1 receptor agonists suppress non-food cravings and compulsive behaviors, including cannabis use, video gaming, and alcohol consumption.

"They're not just suppressing appetite. They're suppressing craving in a lot of different ways... because it seems to work on weed. It seems to work on video games. It seems to work on a ton of different behavioral. People don't like wine as much." (said at 1:49:50)

Evidence supports the claim that GLP-1 receptor agonists (such as semaglutide) reduce non-food cravings and compulsive behaviors, particularly for alcohol and cannabis. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial found that semaglutide significantly reduced naturalistic alcohol craving, heavy drinking days, drinks per drinking day, and cannabis use days in adults with alcohol use disorder. Furthermore, large-scale target trial emulation and retrospective cohort studies comprising hundreds of thousands of patients have demonstrated significant reductions in the incidence and recurrence of alcohol and cannabis use disorders compared to active comparator medications. Reports of effects on behavioral addictions (such as video gaming or compulsive shopping) remain largely exploratory and observational, consistent with the speaker's qualifying phrase that it 'seems to work' across various behaviors.

1:53:34Chris Williamsonsupportedmoderate

Weight loss on GLP-1s followed by regain results in a worse body composition because lean mass is lost during weight loss while mostly fat is gained back.

"you lose muscle on the way down and gain fat on the way back up, right? So if you end up back at the same weight that you were previously, your composition is worse." (said at 1:53:34)

During weight loss induced by glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) or caloric restriction, individuals lose both fat mass and lean body mass (lean mass typically accounts for 20% to 40% of total weight lost). Following discontinuation of GLP-1RA therapy, substantial weight regain occurs. In the absence of resistance exercise and targeted nutritional support, weight regain is predominantly composed of fat mass, leading to a net deficit in lean mass and a higher body fat percentage (worse body composition) if baseline weight is regained.

1:54:31Joe Rogan (host)supportedmoderate

Breaking a hip drastically reduces an older adult's probability of surviving more than 10 years.

"When you break a hip, man, the odds of you living more than 10 years reduces drastically." (said at 1:54:31)

Published population-based cohort studies demonstrate that suffering a hip fracture significantly compromises long-term survival in older adults. In a large population-based cohort study of nearly 20,000 older adults (aged ≥60 years) undergoing arthroplasty for hip fracture, only 18% (approximately 1 in 6 patients) survived to 10 years postoperatively. Another nationwide cohort study of over 214,000 hip fracture patients found an average estimated remaining life expectancy of just 7.9 years following fracture.

1:57:56Chris Williamsonsupportedmoderate

In swimming over long distances, the performance difference between sexes evens out more quickly because women are naturally more buoyant.

"And I think in water, it evens out even quicker because women are more buoyant over distances." (said at 1:57:56)

Observational and review data from ultra-distance and open-water swimming show that sex differences in performance narrow substantially as distance increases, and in certain long-distance open-water events (such as the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, including the Catalina Channel Swim and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim), women have achieved comparable or slightly faster average speeds than men. Biomechanical and physiological reviews attribute this narrowing in part to female anthropometry, including higher percentage body fat providing greater buoyancy, lower hydrodynamic drag, and better thermoregulation in cold water.

1:56:41Chris Williamsonsupportedmoderate

Studies demonstrate that prolonged sleep deprivation lasting a couple of days triggers psychosis.

"I was looking at the uh the studies of how long people have stayed awake for like that. That gets really fucking gnarly because people go into psychosis... If you're awake for a couple of days I think all fucking hell breaks loose" (said at 1:56:41)

Published experimental and observational studies demonstrate that prolonged continuous sleep deprivation leads to progressive psychotic symptoms in healthy individuals. A systematic review of 21 studies (760 healthy participants) found that staying awake for 24 to 48 hours produces perceptual distortions, depersonalization, and disorientation, progressing after 48 to 90 hours to complex hallucinations, thought disorder, and delusions, culminating in a clinical state resembling acute psychosis or toxic delirium.

2:09:00Chris Williamsonsupportedhigh

Fading affect bias is a psychological phenomenon where negative emotional memories fade faster over time than positive memories.

"So, there's this sort of fading affect bias, which is this idea from psychology that says bad memories fade with time, but good memories don't quite the same way." (said at 2:09:00)

The speaker's definition of the fading affect bias (FAB) is accurate. In cognitive and affective psychology, the fading affect bias refers to the well-documented phenomenon where the emotional intensity (affect) associated with negative autobiographical memories fades faster and more substantially over time compared to the affect associated with positive memories.

2:06:40Chris Williamsonsupportedmoderate

A study by Khandis Blake found that living in an area with higher wealth/income inequality is correlated with increased self-objectification in photos posted online by women.

"There's also some really interesting data around if you're in a high income inequality area, uh, self-objectification by selfies from women on Instagram goes up. And this is a huge study by Khandis Blake over in Australia. And they did a correlation. It might have been on Twitter rather than on Instagram. And they looked at geolocating images, ranked them based on self-objectification, and then looked at the wealth inequality in that local area. Higher wealth inequality, more self-objectification." (said at 2:06:40)

A 2018 study led by Khandis Blake analyzed 68,562 sexualized self-portraits ("sexy selfies") posted publicly to Twitter and Instagram across 5,567 US cities, 1,622 US counties, and 113 nations. The researchers found that areas with higher income inequality had significantly higher rates of sexualized selfie posting, whereas gender inequality indicators were not positively associated with the behavior.

2:09:50Chris Williamsonsupportedmoderate

Research indicates that perfectionistic concerns (fear of failure, indecisiveness, fear of negative evaluation) have increased at a faster rate over time than perfectionistic strivings.

"Perfectionistic concerns, fear of failure, indecisiveness, and fear of being negatively judged by others increase much faster than perfectionistic strivings, the motivation to set extremely high standards and work hard to achieve them." (said at 2:09:50)

A large cross-temporal meta-analysis of college student cohorts (encompassing 307 samples and 82,939 American, Canadian, and British college students) found that higher-order perfectionistic concerns (which capture fears of failure, doubts about actions/indecisiveness, and fears of negative social evaluation) have accelerated and increased at a faster rate (quadratic trajectory) than perfectionistic strivings (which showed a linear increase). Earlier meta-analytic work across birth cohorts similarly demonstrated that socially prescribed perfectionism exhibited the largest rate of increase over time compared to self-oriented dimensions.

2:04:28Chris Williamsonsupportedhigh

Across his entire professional career, Roger Federer won roughly 80 to 85 percent of his matches but only about 56 percent of the individual points played.

"Federer, really interesting stat that I found out about him. He won maybe about 80 85% of the matches that he played across his entire career... But he only won about 56% of the points." (said at 2:04:28)

Statistical analysis of professional tennis performance confirms that Roger Federer won approximately 82% of the matches played across his ATP singles career (1,251 wins out of 1,526 matches, or 81.98%), while winning only approximately 54% of individual points played (often cited between 54% and 55% in historical match data). The speaker's stated estimates of roughly 80% to 85% of matches and about 56% of points accurately capture the hierarchical scoring structure of tennis, where small margins in point win percentage translate to dominant overall match winning percentages.

2:19:40Joe Rogan (host)supportedmoderate

Rates of perfectionism have been rising since 1989, and perfectionism is associated with increased depression and anxiety.

"There's a says it's been growing since 1989. This is hilarious. 'Perfectionism is a public health risk. It's associated with increased depression and anxiety.'" (said at 2:19:40)

The statement accurately reflects findings from large-scale meta-analyses. A seminal cross-temporal meta-analysis by Curran and Hill (2019), analyzing 164 samples comprising 41,641 American, Canadian, and British college students between 1989 and 2016, found linear increases in all three dimensions of perfectionism (self-oriented, socially prescribed, and other-oriented). Furthermore, subsequent large meta-analyses (e.g., Shannon et al., 2024, examining 416 studies and over 113,000 individuals) confirm that perfectionism dimensions—especially perfectionistic concerns—are consistently associated with elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety.

2:34:11Chris Williamsonsupportedhigh

In South Korea, women attain higher education degrees at the same rate as men, but a large gender wage gap persists in employment.

"They're getting degrees and higher education at the same rate as the men. And then they get into the real world and all of the employment opportunities haven't caught up. And it's still very sexist when it comes to the way that employment and promotions and wages, there's still a big wage gap there." (said at 2:34:11)

Empirical labor market data confirm that despite women in South Korea achieving high educational attainment on par with men, South Korea consistently exhibits the largest gender wage gap among OECD countries. Studies utilizing nationwide labor force and wage microdata show that educational attainment differences do not explain the wage and employment disparities, and a substantial portion of the gender pay gap remains unexplained, reflecting significant glass-ceiling and career-advancement barriers.

  • supports: The gender wage gap: evidence from South Korea (IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2022) · cited 10x in the literature
    "Using microdata between 1998 and 2020, this study provides potential explanations for the gender wage gap in South Korea, which continues to be the largest among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Although improvement in females’ relative measured labor market characteristics plays an important role in the reduction of the gender wage gap, these characteristics cannot explain a large part of the gap, and wage convergence between full-time male and female workers has slowed over the period. Indeed, the unexplained gender wage gap has become larger than the explained gender wage gap. This is confirmed when a decomposition of the gender wage gap is performed across the wage distribution. This study provides evidence of the existence of a glass ceiling." (abstract, passage verified)
    openalexfull study (doi)
  • supports: Gender gaps in South Korea’s labour market: children explain most of the gender employment… (Applied Economics Letters 2023) · cited 19x in the literature
    "South Korea’s gender wage and employment gaps are among the largest in the OECD. Using labour force survey data over 2010–19, we estimate gender wage and employment gaps, and child earnings penalties, for women aged 25–54. We show (i) that the large gender gaps in South Korea’s labour market are mostly not a function of differential sorting by gender along education, occupation, or industry lines" (abstract, passage verified)
    openalexfull study (doi)
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Corroborated by web sources

0:27:50Chris Williamsoncorroborated (web)

The UK Home Office released a nine-page guidance booklet for asylum seekers outlining acceptable behavior, including rules on sexual consent, women's equality, and the illegality of female genital mutilation.

"yesterday, I don't know whether you saw this, the UK Home Office decided it was going to release a booklet giving guidance to asylum seekers on acceptable and unacceptable behavior in the UK. It explains that consent's required for sex, that women have equal rights, that sexual harassment is unacceptable, including for partners and children, and that female genital mutilation is not allowed. This was a nine-page booklet that got released by the UK Home Office yesterday." (said at 0:27:50)

No published record matching the claim that the UK Home Office released a nine-page guidance booklet for asylum seekers outlining acceptable behaviour (including sexual consent, women's equality, and female genital mutilation rules) was located; this does not prove the claim false.

corroborated by web sources

In August 2026, the UK Home Office published a nine-page guidance booklet titled "Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers". Along with accompanying leaflets, the publication details UK laws and social expectations regarding gender equality, sexual consent, domestic abuse, harassment, and the illegality of female genital mutilation.

independent.co.ukwww.gov.ukukfactcheck.com

0:29:47Joe Rogan (host)corroborated (web)

The state of California prohibits requiring identification in order to vote.

"Then you have places that don't allow—not don't require, don't allow ID to vote. That's California. California doesn't allow ID to vote." (said at 0:29:47)

No published record matching the claim that California does not allow identification to vote was located; this does not prove the claim false.

corroborated by web sources

California state law does not require identification to vote in most circumstances and, through Senate Bill 1174 enacted in 2024, explicitly prohibits local jurisdictions from imposing their own voter ID requirements. State and federal exceptions apply only in narrow circumstances, such as for certain first-time voters who registered by mail without identity verification.

ballotpedia.orglegiscan.comfacebook.com

1:02:53Chris Williamsoncorroborated (web)

Historical records show no evidence that Charles Manson was a subject or participant in Project MKUltra.

"There's no evidence, according to John. There's no evidence that Charles Manson was a part of MKUltra. I'm sure that he told you that story on the show. Doesn't seem to be him going and doing his original research. It doesn't seem to be the case." (said at 1:02:53)

No published record matching the claim that historical records show no evidence of Charles Manson participating in Project MKUltra was located; this does not prove the claim false.

corroborated by web sources

While investigative writers and alternative theories have highlighted circumstantial overlaps between Manson and researchers connected to CIA programs, declassified government records and official histories provide no evidence that Charles Manson was a subject or participant in Project MKUltra.

psychologytoday.comcorrections1.com

1:13:05Joe Rogan (host)corroborated (web)

Jon Jones became the youngest UFC champion in history at 23 years old.

"after being the youngest UFC champion ever at 23 years old to still be considered the greatest heavyweight alive." (said at 1:13:05)

No published record matching the claim that Jon Jones became the youngest UFC champion in history at 23 years old was located; this does not prove the claim false.

corroborated by web sources

Jon Jones won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship by defeating Maurício "Shogun" Rua at UFC 128 on March 19, 2011, when he was 23 years old. This made him the youngest champion in UFC history, a record that remains intact.

wikipedia.orgfacebook.com

1:20:43Chris Williamsoncorroborated (web)

Phil Gore set the Backyard Ultra world record with 119 laps (119 hours).

"And the guy that currently holds the record, this dude called Phil Gore, he owns the he's got the record at 119 laps. So for every lap, it's one hour." (said at 1:20:43)

No published record matching the claim that Phil Gore set a Backyard Ultra world record with 119 laps (119 hours) was located; this does not prove the claim false.

corroborated by web sources

Australian ultramarathon runner Phil Gore set the Backyard Ultra world record by completing 119 laps (yards), equivalent to 119 consecutive hours, at the Dead Cow Gully event in June 2025.

guinnessworldrecords.com

1:48:20Chris Williamsoncorroborated (web)

Victoria's Secret share price increased 300% year-over-year.

"Meanwhile, uh Victoria's Secret is up 300% year-on-year, the share price, because of Ozempic." (said at 1:48:20)

No published record matching the claim that Victoria's Secret's share price increased 300% year-over-year due to Ozempic was located; this does not prove the claim false.

corroborated by web sources

Market and financial reports confirm that Victoria's Secret & Co. shares surged roughly 300% year-over-year, reaching record highs amid the company's turnaround.

pluang.cominvesting.com

2:51:15Chris Williamsoncorroborated (web)

The state of Oregon suspended or lowered its graduation standards for reading and math because students were performing poorly.

"What is a state that just because students were doing so bad, they completely dropped their standards? Was it Oregon? I forget what governor, but like ridiculously dropped their standards for reading and math." (said at 2:51:15)

No published record matching the claim that Oregon dropped its high school graduation standards in reading and math because students were performing poorly was located; this does not prove the claim false.

corroborated by web sources

In 2021, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed Senate Bill 744, which suspended the requirement for high school students to prove proficiency in reading, writing, and math via standardized testing to graduate. The Oregon Board of Education later extended the pause through the 2027–2028 school year, arguing the testing requirements disproportionately burdened historically underserved students.

apnews.comsnopes.comopb.orgyoutube.comreddit.com

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No source found (not proven false)

1:01:55Chris Williamsonunverifiedvery low

Hypnotism can cause former heroin users to experience the physical effects of being high on heroin, including vomiting, by reactivating drug-related memories.

"Charles Manson was able to hypnotize people into getting loaded. So, he was able to get them high on heroin through hypnotism... Danny and the other guy that had done heroin before threw up. Apparently when you take heroin sometimes you can vomit. The third guy who'd never done it before didn't because he didn't know to do that. So, they weren't able to reactivate his memories." (said at 1:01:55)

No published record matching the claim that hypnosis can re-create the physical effects of a heroin high, including vomiting, by reactivating memories was located; this does not prove the claim false.

1:15:27Joe Rogan (host)unverifiedvery low

Dennis Alexio suffered a fractured tibia caused by a leg kick during his match against Stan Longinidis.

"So it wasn't his femur. I'm sorry. It was his tibia. Um let's see it again. It's crazy. [laughter] So he throws the kick and Linas was a [ __ ] powerhouse, dude. Look at the power in that. Boom." (said at 1:15:27)

No published record matching the claim that Dennis Alexio suffered a fractured tibia caused by a leg kick during his match against Stan Longinidis was located in the biomedical literature; this does not prove the claim false.

1:16:07Joe Rogan (host)unverifiedvery low

UFC fighter Austin Hubbard developed compartment syndrome in his leg requiring surgical fasciotomy.

"So he's one of the only guys that I know of that fought in the UFC that because of compartment syndrome he had to have an operation where they opened up the side of his leg like all the way. And you you see the tissue inside of it how badly destroyed it was." (said at 1:16:07)

No published medical case report or academic record documenting UFC fighter Austin Hubbard's diagnosis of leg compartment syndrome or subsequent surgical fasciotomy was located; this does not prove the claim false.

1:55:12Young Jamieunverifiedvery low

Research indicates that 60% to 80% of older adults with Alzheimer's disease experience a fall, which is more than twice the rate observed in cognitively normal peers.

"Research indicated that 60 to 80% of older adults with Alzheimer's experience a fall, more than twice the rate in cognitively normal peers." (said at 1:55:12)

No published record matching the claim that 60% to 80% of older adults with Alzheimer's disease experience a fall, representing more than twice the rate observed in cognitively normal peers, was located; this does not prove the claim false.

1:53:48Joe Rogan (host)unverifiedvery low

IGF-1 is used alongside GLP-1 receptor agonists to mitigate bone density and muscle mass loss.

"I know that they were using different things like they were using IGF-1 along with GLP-1s to mitigate the bone density and muscle tissue loss." (said at 1:53:48)

No published clinical trials or established medical guidelines evaluating the co-administration of exogenous IGF-1 alongside GLP-1 receptor agonists to mitigate bone density or muscle tissue loss were located; this does not prove the claim false. While published research investigates how GLP-1 receptor agonists interact with the endogenous growth hormone/IGF-1 signaling axis in bone and muscle metabolism, therapeutic use of IGF-1 alongside GLP-1 receptor agonists for body composition preservation remains clinically unverified in the published literature.

1:57:20Joe Rogan (host)unverifiedvery low

Courtney Dauwalter won the Bigfoot race outright, finishing roughly 10 hours ahead of the second-place male competitor.

"Like Courtney Dauwalter, she won the uh What'd she win? The Bigfoot. Is that what she won? I think when she when she came on. Yeah. But uh she beat the second place dude by 10 hours or something crazy." (said at 1:57:20)

No published record matching the claim that Courtney Dauwalter won the Bigfoot 200 race outright by approximately 10 hours over the second-place male finisher was located; this does not prove the claim false.

2:32:11Chris Williamsonunverifiedvery low

The United Kingdom has the same number of universities in the global top 10 as the United States, but produces only 20% of the entrepreneurs compared to America.

"we have the same number of universities in the top 10 globally, but we produce 20% of the entrepreneurs compared with America." (said at 2:32:11)

No published record matching the claim that the United Kingdom has the same number of universities in the global top 10 as the United States while producing only 20% of the entrepreneurs compared to America was located; this does not prove the claim false.

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While certain rankings such as the QS World University Rankings feature an equal number of UK and US institutions in their global top 10, no reliable public sources or official statistics verify the claim that the United Kingdom produces only 20% of the entrepreneurs compared to the United States.

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2:53:08Joe Rogan (host)unverifiedvery low

Ben Askren had a double lung transplant and returned to wrestling one year later while taking immunosuppressant medications.

"With two lung replacements. He's got artif— I mean, he's got lung donations. Like somebody gave him lungs. Someone died and yeah he's he has to be on immunosuppressants in order so his body doesn't reject the lungs, but having lung transplants is crazy. Having two is really crazy, and then wrestling a year later is just beyond insane." (said at 2:53:08)

No published record matching the claim that Ben Askren underwent a double lung transplant and returned to wrestling on immunosuppressant medications was located; this does not prove the claim false.

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