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Joe Rogan Experience #2389 - Sal Vulcano

2025-10-07 People & Blogs
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Sal Vulcano Discusses Fatherhood, Fitness, and Freaky Life Encounters

Discover Sal Vulcano's surprising fitness regimen after becoming a father, coupled with bizarre true stories involving ghosts, celebrity encounters, and near-disasters on stage.

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  • Sal started a rigorous fitness program after recent blood work indicated a high susceptibility to soft tissue injury.
  • He shared multiple anecdotes about synchronicity, paranormal events, and the harsh realities of professional sports judging.
  • Vulcano detailed how his early life experiences, including sports and art, contributed to his current mindset.
  • The conversation covered extreme endurance stunts performed for his show, including being tasered multiple times.

Sal Vulcano returns to the podcast circuit to detail how fatherhood has shifted his priorities toward health optimization. The conversation quickly pivots into Sal’s past competitive spirit, including deeply personal, sometimes humiliating memories, and highly unusual, almost supernatural experiences that have shaped his worldview regarding physical limits and belief systems.

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Sal Vulcano is a stand-up comic and the co-creator, star, and executive producer of the comedy show “Impractical Jokers." He’s also the co-host of the podcasts “Hey Babe!” with Chris Distefano and “Taste Buds” with Joe DeRosa. Catch his latest special, “Terrified,” on HBO Max. https://www.salvulcanocomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@salvulcanoofficial https://www.hbomax.com/movies/sal-vulcano-terrified/587fe357-435e-449d-bf43-c5555fd1e009 Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan. Buy 1 Get 1 Free Trucker Hat with code ROGAN at https://happydad.com This video is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/JRE

Top Comments (10)

@JohnSmith-c6m1i 2025-10-07

There’s something about Rogan’s episodes with people like Sal Vulcano that just hit different. It’s not even about comedy it’s about real conversation, those unfiltered moments where you catch someone being human for once. That’s what I’ve always loved about Rogan’s podcast it’s not a performance, it’s like a mirror. While I was listening, I couldn’t help but think of Scorched Manifest Rules. I read it a while ago, and it had that same raw feeling like it wasn’t trying to sell you hope, it was just showing you truth, even the uncomfortable parts. There’s this one line from the book that stuck with me: “Truth doesn’t free you. It burns everything that keeps you caged.” And that’s what this episode felt like two people just talking, laughing, but somehow exposing the deeper stuff that hides under daily life. That’s why Rogan’s still unmatched he makes you laugh one minute and question everything the next.

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@jerryseinfeld6767 2025-10-07

Sal is straight up awesome. Impractical jokers will forever be goated

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@Major_Jester 2025-10-07

always rooting for Sal, he's such a genuine person.

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@Ready_Player_Swan 2025-10-07

"Hey, what's up moustache?" "I want my mommy!" "I will NEVER forgive you!" "LARRY!!!"

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@Nick420CA 2025-10-07

Can everyone like this so Sal can bring back “Taste Buds” I miss that so much!

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@mukutpandey9386 2025-10-07

[00:00:00] - Opening: health, diet, training [00:00:44] Late parenthood sparks fitness push [00:01:56] Gluttony and intermittent fasting balance [00:02:58] Italian food and travel eating [00:03:43] Touring and friends on the road [00:05:19] New trainer and baseline tests [00:07:25] Injury biomarkers [00:09:27] - Early workouts and sports paths [00:10:02] 6:30 a.m. training routine [00:11:02] Start slow to avoid overtraining [00:12:10] Joe’s martial arts vs team sports [00:13:36] Judging bias and UFC pay [00:15:35] Nuance: don’t leave it all to judges [00:16:03] - JV basketball: blowouts and MVP [00:18:12] 44–0 loss humiliation [00:19:17] Season 0–14; MVP with 16 points [00:20:29] Sponsor break [00:21:40] Sports parents: pressure and hope [00:22:41] No uniforms; humble beginnings [00:23:14] - Manifestation moments and sailing [00:24:07] Sailing teacher coincidence [00:25:00] “The Secret” and realistic manifesting [00:26:27] Energy, circles, and mindset [00:27:56] Consciousness and reality interaction [00:28:15] - Sailing life: ocean awe and fear [00:28:52] Parents lived on a sailboat for years [00:30:59] Malibu house: day vs night ocean [00:33:02] Tsunami clip: cliffside overrun [00:34:54] Mental health resource mention [00:36:18] - Scuba anxiety; phobias and clowns [00:36:35] Weighted descent and panic control [00:38:01] Signals, flippers, instructor distance [00:40:49] Claustrophobia: MRIs and plane rows [00:43:45] Masks, kids, and fear of clowns [00:45:27] Clown sightings in Staten Island [00:46:48] Banksy identity rumors and documentary [00:54:29] - Modern art, CIA theory, and markets [00:55:02] Pollock and Cold War influence theory [00:56:49] “Nonsense art” and perceived value [00:59:56] Economy versus trends in art [01:00:27] Peggy Guggenheim in Venice [01:01:24] Studio art versus home vibe [01:02:03] - Favorite artists and pieces [01:02:06] Greg Overton’s Native portraits [01:03:22] Powerful daily imagery at home [01:04:39] Jordi Kerwick’s evolving style [01:06:49] - Archery tech, flow, and art [01:07:02] Compound vs recurve difficulty [01:09:00] Arrow speeds and rangefinding [01:13:15] Flow state and mental clearing [01:15:14] Randy Johnson bird incident [01:16:19] Lefties and ambidextrous pool feats [01:19:56] Drawing roots and glam rock era [01:25:01] - Stage pranks and hockey danger [01:25:30] Imagine Dragons fake opener bit [01:29:48] Overtime penalties and failed stage dive [01:31:00] Devils’ slapshot promotional stunt [01:34:01] Puck hitting stepmom in the stands [01:36:01] Goalie masks and brutal early hockey [01:41:18] - Fitness momentum; ghosts and hauntings [01:43:24] Keep fitness momentum while traveling [01:47:17] Ghost story: hand squeeze in bed [01:53:00] Sleep paralysis and alien speculation [01:56:00] Comedy Store haunting accounts [02:02:01] Death disclosure laws by state [02:03:02] - Home defense, myths, and drones [02:04:45] Machete implications for resale [02:06:39] Myth: undercover cop disclosure [02:09:37] Drone waves and psyop possibilities [02:12:06] China’s advanced drone shows [02:14:53] Military evasion and jamming [02:16:02] - ChatGPT persona, AGI, and machete clip [02:16:40] 90s hip-hop assistant reference [02:17:58] AGI timelines and the singularity [02:20:01] Machete fight and severed hand video [02:22:03] Sword-era injuries and infection [02:22:33] - Washington’s death, TV gore, and sharks [02:23:00] Bloodletting, blisters, and remedies [02:27:21] Game of Thrones/Walking Dead brutality [02:30:21] Teeth, PTSD, and barbaric past [02:31:31] Robots and Terminator parallels [02:32:01] Sharks bite fish-scale fins [02:33:00] - Haunted-house punishments; shocks; tattoos [02:33:43] Canceling services inside haunts [02:36:54] Taser flash to create space [02:38:35] Shock collars and seance punishments [02:41:03] Jaden Smith thigh tattoo saga [02:44:48] Tour plugs, Kill Tony, sign-off

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@EpicGamer9091 2025-10-07

So nice for Tonka Jahari to be on the pod! I wish him well.

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@mohabexpert123 2025-10-16

Sal gets to spend 3 hours chatting with Joe Rogan, making him tonight’s biggest winner

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@knowhere4361 2025-10-07

can we get all the jokers on? that’d be legendary

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@DHeart-t7z 2025-10-08

Seriously Sal has one of the best energies, love he's back on here. 🙏

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