Joe Rogan Experience #2519 - Scott Eastwood
Joe Rogan interviews actor Scott Eastwood about his new WWII film 'Lucky Strike,' his supplement company North Performance, and discusses broader topics including nutrition, politics, psychedelics, conspiracies, and the recent assassination attempt on Trump.
Summary
Joe Rogan hosts Scott Eastwood to discuss his involvement with North Performance, a supplement company founded by a Stanford doctor that combines 70+ vitamins into a single daily powder packet. Scott explains the company sources ingredients from Japan, America, and Switzerland and is subscription-based. They discuss the difference between European and American food quality, noting that European processed foods don't contain the same chemical additives (glyphosate, bromine, potassium bromate) found in American bread and cereals. The conversation pivots to broader health topics including vitamin supplementation, blood type diets, and blue zones, with Joe advocating for personalized wellness clinics that examine bloodwork and create custom vitamin regimens. They discuss psychedelics, with Scott sharing his experience with 5-MEO DMT and its life-changing effects, and Joe noting the growing mainstream acceptance of psychedelic research for PTSD and mental health. The discussion covers the politicization of health topics, with Joe criticizing how legitimate concerns about food safety have been divided along political lines. Scott discusses his acting career, noting he didn't have his father's help and had to prove himself over many years. He talks about working with director Guy Ritchie, whose unique directing style involves improvisation and real-time editing while shooting. The conversation explores masculinity, martial arts, surfing, and the importance of experiencing fear and discomfort for personal growth. Scott describes meeting a 107-year-old WWII veteran, Colonel Herbert Irving Stern, who liberated a concentration camp with 3,000 Jewish women, emphasizing the weight of telling true historical stories accurately. They discuss the Crooks assassination attempt on Trump, with Joe raising numerous inconsistencies: the difficulty of reassembling a rifle and maintaining accuracy, the lack of an exit wound from a .30-06 round, the cremation of the shooter, missing toxicology results, and metadata showing connections between DC and the shooter's house. Scott expresses skepticism about the official narratives and concerns about mind control and influence operations. They discuss the history of WWII including German-Americans who returned to fight for Germany, the use of methamphetamine by Nazi forces during the Blitzkrieg, and the importance of understanding the moral clarity of WWII as humanity's last 'just war.' The conversation concludes with Scott promoting his film 'Lucky Strike' and discussing the importance of maintaining normalcy and ethical standards in Hollywood despite industry pressures.
Key Insights
- Scott explains that North Performance's supplement contains 70+ vitamins sourced from Japan, America, and Switzerland in powder form designed to eliminate the need to manage multiple individual supplements daily, addressing the problem of taking numerous pills with inconsistent compliance
- European food processing differs fundamentally from American methods - a cheese factory operator explained that European cheese production takes 4-6 hours daily and removes lactose through processing, whereas American cheese production is rushed, contributing to digestive tolerance differences
- 5-MEO DMT produced profound ego death and perspective shift in Scott, causing him to cry for 45 minutes afterward and fundamentally altering his worldview regarding human connection and gratitude for basic sensory experiences
- Multiple inconsistencies surround the Crooks assassination attempt: the shooter would need to reassemble a rifle under high stress with no guarantee of accuracy, a .30-06 round should produce an exit wound but didn't, he was cremated days later without toxicology results, and metadata connected a phone from the FBI area to his house multiple times
- Scott emphasizes that WWII represents the last morally unambiguous war where good and evil were clearly defined, unlike Vietnam, and that meeting a 107-year-old WWII veteran who liberated a concentration camp illustrated the weight of accurately representing historical atrocities in film
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Transcript
[0:01] Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. >> The Joe Rogan experience. >> TRAIN BY DAY, JOE ROGAN PODCAST BY NIGHT. ALL DAY. >> KIDDIE, GOOD TO SEE YOU, BROTHER. What's happening? >> You know, back in the seat, back in the hot seat. >> Looking good, dude. Look at you, you handsome bastard. What's this box? >> This is the best supplements on the planet sourced from Japan, America, and Switzerland. North Performance, Dr. Massi. Do you know him? He's a [0:33] Stanford doc. He started the company. I'm involved. I'm I'm getting, you know, heavily involved in the ownership of it. And I'm excited about it. It's a one you take it a day, like one satchel. It's…
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