Podcaster Joe Rogan has discussed several brushes with wildfires that he had while living in California.
On Thursday's episode of his The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Rogan and his guest, Chris Robinson—the lead singer of rock band the Black Crowes—spoke about natural disasters.
Robinson mentioned his wedding in Jamaica and the friends he had on the Caribbean island, which was affected badly by the recent Hurricane Beryl. The Category 5 storm tore through parts of the Caribbean, Mexico and the Gulf Coast of the United States in late June and earlier this month.
As Robinson shared his experiences of natural disasters, Rogan opened up about wildfires being near his home while he lived in Bell Canyon, California. The podcaster now lives in Austin, Texas, with wife, Jessica Ditzel, with whom he shares two teenage daughters: Lola and Rosy. Rogan also adopted Ditzel's daughter Kayja Rose when they married in 2009.
"It's also a lesson in the temporary nature of things," Rogan said before adding that fires had almost destroyed his home multiple times.
"The fires are wild. I was evacuated three times living in L.A. We were in the valley. Three separate times," he continued. "The last time, the two houses across the street from my house burned to the ground."
Rogan added: "It was wild. It's just wild going through your old neighborhood and seeing just house after house—there was 40 houses in our neighborhood that were burnt to the ground."
The stand-up comedian also spoke about a time he had to stop shooting the reality show Fear Factor, which he hosted for five years beginning in 2001 and then again for one more season in 2011.
"When it goes bad, it goes real bad. I was filming Fear Factor once, and it was about an hour and a half away from L.A., and the fires got so bad, we had to stop shooting and drive home," he said.
He continued: "And on the way home, the entire right side of the highway for an hour was in flames, like completely inflamed like a Lord of the Rings movie. Like, you're waiting for demons to ride horses over the top of the mountains.
"There's something about those kind of scenes. It puts you back in check it. Like, 'Hey man, like maybe the things you're concentrating on aren't all that important for real.'"
Rogan moved to Austin in 2020, which he discussed during an appearance on the Oil and Whiskey podcast.
"You know, I was, like, a lot of my friends were very skeptical because I was saying early on in the pandemic, I'm like getting the f*** out of here. I mean this place is going to s***. And they're, like: 'It'll be fine. It's gonna turn around. It's just everything's crazy right now,'" he said.
"I go: 'Things don't get better, man. They don't get better under this government. They don't get better under these people. Like, they're clamping down on rights. They're clamping down on our ability to do things.' I'm like, 'I'm gonna get the f*** out of here.'"
Rogan added: "Austin is a f****** great town! The people are cool as hell; the food's amazing; and it's a great live music scene. It's just a great place to live and for comedians."
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