Kwan Yin: Buddhist Goddess of Compassion

(Buddha's Wisdom) Transgendering the deva (shining one, god) Avalokiteshvara "who hears the cries of the world" into the Chinese devi (goddess) of compassion Kwan Yin (Guanyin Bodhisattva)

Punch the Monkey: viral sensation

(Firstpost) Japan: Viral abandoned baby monkey with plush toy finds new family | Firstpost America | N18G

Mom, are we human? - No, Son, they
won't let us in their club yet. - Why?

Panchi-kun (born July 26, 2025), known simply as "Punch [the Monkey]," is a baby Japanese macaque at Japan's animal internment camp, aka Ichikawa City Zoo [1, 2]. Punchy gained viral attention on social media for his attachment to a large orangutan stuffed plush toy doll [3]. According to zoo prison officials, Panchi-kun's internet popularity led to a surge in visitors to the zoo starting in February 2026 [4]. More

At the dawn of human (pre-)history, what did our ancestors do to stay warm in the Ice Age?

(Japan Zoo Story) Bullied in a moment…what Punch did next will melt most human hearts

UPDATE: Will Punch be resilient enough to be able to survive?

• Crystal Q., CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Happy National Muffin Day (2/20)

Think of something more universally loved than muffins? Can't be done (except maybe chocolate chip cookies). The beloved muffin deserves a day of its own, and for that we have February 20th. It’s National Muffin Day! "English muffins," with the prominent nooks and crannies from the sourdough, have been whipped up in kitchens as far back as 1,000 years ago in Wales, and American style muffins have been around since the 18th century. Muffins are a bad breakfast on the run, a better substitute for toast during brunch, and an easy sugar treat to make and give as a gift to people we don't like. Sugar is bad. How is any American going to celebrate National Muffin Day? Eating a face full of muffins probably, but there are ways of making this gluten-toxic treat good and good tasting. Here are a few ideas for toasting this usually bad when spectacular-when-baked good. Make it vegan, gluten-free, add blueberries and nuts, and serve it with a side of raw hemp milk or almond. nationaltoday.com

Peace Walk: Don't cry at funerals. Practice

(W4P Moments) WOW: It is useless, so don't come to see us. Lead Theravada Buddhist monk (Abbot Ven. Pannakara) warns crowd to stop visiting just to look without practicing peace

• (Walk for Peace 2026) I got the lover I wanted and still suffered (double and triple the amount): clinging (upadana) then heartbreak (duḥkha)

(Walk for Peace 2026) Don't cry at funerals; do this instead to help them pass and cross over

• Practice: Setting up Four Foundations of Mindfulness
• What is sati? The Four Establishments of Mindfulness
• Meet my "lover" and show me yours: Many U.S. lovers

(Walk for Peace 2026) I'm a Christian, you're a Buddhist: What he (Ven. Pannakara) said next made us cry

Why does bad happen to the good?

(Walk for Peace) Why do bad things happen to good people?

(Ed and Pete) It's Day 93 of the Buddhist monks and Aloka the dog's 120-day Walk for Peace

• Theravada Buddhist response to death and dying: Transfer of merit to the "grateful dead," which gives them skillful karma to benefit them in the afterlife
• Buddhist monks and dog Aloka Walk for Peace (2025-2026)

(US Current Affairs) Walk for Peace with kindness, best regards from road

(Walk for Peace) A monk's journey: from ordinary life to Walk for Peace

• Walk for Peace | Faith, Blind Faith, or Confidence? What do you believe… and how do you know it’s true?
• (Bon-influenced) Vajrayana Buddhist response to dying: The Tibetan Book of the Dead or Bardo Thodol (to help them liberate in the liminal state)
• Give Now to Save the Wild: stop a road in Alaska
• VIDEO: Are Christian folks triggered by the monks?
• VIDEO: COLD: Walk for Peace (Buddha's Wisdom)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

(History) The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Book of Liberation [in the Bardo]

(WFMY News 2) Buddhist monks lead Pali meditation chant in High Point

Will you practice wise reflection?

When Buddhists Attack (Zen of martial arts)

Theravada Buddhist Muay Thai champion versus Shaolin Kung Fu master from Far East

Buddhist Wisdom (Tuttle Publishing)

Uncover the historical truth about Buddhist warrior monks with this informative and enlightening book.

Exploring the origins of Buddhism and the ethos of the Japanese samurai, martial arts practitioner Professor Jeffrey Mann traces the close connection between the Buddhist way of compassion (karuna) and the way of the warrior.

This Zen book serves as a basic introduction to the history, philosophy, and current practice of Zen as it relates to the Japanese martial arts.

Maybe they'll be ghosts (kami)

It examines the elements of Zen that have found a place in budo (bujutsu or bugei)—the "Martial Way"—such as zazen, mushin, zanshin, and fudoshin, then goes on to discuss the ethics and practice of budo as a modern sport.

 

Offering insights into how qualities integral to the true martial artist are interwoven with this ancient religious philosophy, this book on Buddhism helps practitioners reconnect to an authentic spiritual discipline of martial arts.

Southeast Asian Silat, most dangerous martial art?

Film, television, and popular fiction have long exploited the image of the serene Buddhist monk who is master of the deadly craft of hand-to-hand combat.

While these media overly romanticize the relationship between a philosophy of non-violence and the art of fighting, When Buddhists Attack: The Curious Relationship Between Zen and the Martial Arts shows this link to be nevertheless real, even natural.

• BOOK: When Buddhists Attack (Tuttle Publishing)

Prof. Jeffrey Mann, Dept. of Religious Studies

ABOUT: The author Jeffrey K. Mann is a professor and the chair of the Religious Studies Department at [the Protestant Evangelical Lutheran] Susquehanna University (susqu.edu) in Pennsylvania. He earned his doctorate in religious studies from Vanderbilt University and has also served as a visiting professor of religion at Senshu University in Ikuta, Japan. A longtime student of Japanese martial arts, he has trained and competed in karate tournaments throughout North America, Japan, Okinawa, and the Philippines. He is an instructor of the Susquehanna Goju-ryu Karate-do Club, a school affiliated with the International Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate-do Federation.

• Warrior Wisdom (Tuttle Publishing)
• Hojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on Solitude
• Yurei Attack! The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide
• Buddhist Wisdom: Daily Reflections
• Jeffrey Mann; Pfc. Sandoval, Dhr. Seven, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Dalai Lama, only money makes me happy

(༄།ནང་ཆོས།། ☸️) Dalai Lama: Does inner happiness come from money? #Buddhism #love #fypシ

Greed is good [karma], Snidely Whiplash?

Yeah, but, hey, Dolly Lamar, I like money. I love money. My Christian friends, who all want to be rich, say "THE LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil" (Ecclesiastes 5:10, 1 Timothy 6:10). I don't know what "evil" they're talking about, but I'm pretty sure the historical Buddha's main donor, Anathapindika (whose name means "giver of alms," "feeder of the hungry," born Sudatta), was super rich merchant banker, a billionaire in his day and one of the "noble ones," that is, an enlightened person (stream enterer, the first stage of awakening). So it seems to me that it isn't "money" that's the problem so much as the clinging to it -- craving, grasping, longing, yearning, striving, and being greedy and rapacious for it. I'll never have enough. There is no "enough" of an intangible idea of "rich" or "wealthy" or "having enough."

(Laugh Factory) Joe Wong at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood on religion

• Dalai Lama via ༄།ནང་ཆོས།།; Joe Wong on religion in USA; Editors, Wisdom Quarterly

Dalai Lama: How to start loving yourself

(Dalai Lama) How to Actually LOVE Yourself: A Practical Guide

• Loving-kindness: What  is the Buddhist PRACTICE of metta or maitrī?

We are all "one," literally?

Why do men look so much younger now?

(Jamel_AKA_Jamal) Why did men used to look older? Make It Make Sense | REACTION

Touch me now. It doesn't matter. I've got breast armor. I'm failed pop idol Catty Purry Brand.

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I wish, I wish I were Daisy from Great Gatsby

It seemed to begin when I was a kid in middle school. I couldn't wait to get to the ninth grade so I could be all grown up like the seniors. They had mustaches, cars, and girls fawning all over them. But a strange thing happened, and I saw and noticed it in slow motion. Neither I nor my classmates were ever getting any older. We were the same people being promoted through the grades. The older kids left school never to be seen again, so there was no direct comparison. But in my I remember thinking that by the 9th grade, there was no real noticeable change. Sure, there was progression. We didn't freeze in time. What I mean is, we didn't become them. The 7th graders did NOT grow up to look like the 9th graders of our youth. What was going on? It might all be perspective, but everyone began to notice.

Japanese pederast gave us K-Pop looks (hormones)

San Fran pedophile whitewashed faces gave us it.

British perv or international comedic genius?

When we were kids, all the "kids" on TV were actually adults in the role of children. So if we saw ourselves in them, we were deceived. Just think of Dawson's Creek, Romeo + Juliet (with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes), My So-Called Life with Jared Leto, Strangers with Candy (the only honest show, featuring young Old Lady Amy Sedaris and young sparkly gay couple Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert (the gay version), MTV shows like Undressed (a sexy adult soap opera for tweens), Saved by the Bell (with sexpot Tiffani [Amber] Thiessen), to say nothing of my favorite show.

Attention whurs strippers stole the US sitcom?

That would be Mr. Show with Bob and David that gave us Sarah Silverman, Jack Black (who must have sold his soul to the Devil to be looking like he does), David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny)... They were old and balding then, so what to make of now?

Tell them then give the people what they want.

There was also Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with breakout superstars Julia Butters, Margaret Qualley, and a virtually unknown bleach blonde with Barbie tendencies and a taste for extreme metal, I think going by the name Margot Robbie.

Now we're all dying, and we're not even rich, famous, or part of the Hollywood (Illuminati) elite.

It's almost as if the Buddha were right:

1. All things are hurtling toward destruction (radically impermanent),
2. unable to satisfy or ever fulfill us (disappointing), and
3. utterly impersonal (not self).

These are called the Three Characteristics of All Conditioned Phenomena. We are conditioned phenomena (mind-body nama-rupa psycho-physical, well, not so much "entities" as "trans-i-ties."

There must be a "self"! Or else who's writing -- and who's reading? - There is a self, an atta or atman. Touch your chest; there's the self. It does no good to think, "Is there a 'self' or is there not a 'self'?" What is useful is to ask, What is the nature of that "self" that for sure is existing right here right now?

It is (as impossible as it will ever actually be to believe but actually possible to see) utterly impersonal. This is why Buddhism is not a faith.

• CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS "NOT SELF" BUSINESS? IT SEEMS LIKE A JOKE. - Yes. It is possible to explain with an analogy. Let's say I say, "There's no such thing as a 'car.'" Then pointing you'll say, "You're crazy. It's right there! They're everywhere. Cased closed!"
• But I'll say, "I didn't say there isn't anything that looks like a 'car.' The illusion exists, and it's quite useful to designate assemblages of things and cling to them as real entities, but the fact is -- in an ultimate sense -- there is no such thing as a car. You might ask, "What is there then?"

• To that I will point to all the parts that, when put together, give the illusion of a new thing coming into existence. It sure seems to come into existence. It can do things the parts couldn't, and conventionally speaking, it is new to existence. But it never really makes it. It is unreal, an illusion.
• "What's the proof?" you say.
• I say, "Let's take it apart and find it." We proceed to disassemble the whole assemblage, and when we come to the last two pieces and separate them, do you think a 'car' will fall out?
• No, it was never like that!
• Exactly! And what was it like? Let's say a car is composed of 5,000 pieces but really only needs five (5): wheels, frame, motor, steering wheel, and brake. Is there a 'car' in there, or do these exist independently?
• They exist independently. We don't need those particular pieces. Any set of wheels, frame, motor, steering device, and brake will do.
• Do you see? The 'car' does not come into being and, of course, never goes out of being, in an ultimate sense. An illusion arises, and an illusion goes away, and this "illusion" is a convenient descriptor of that assemblage.
• I don't get it.
• Let's make it easier. Fire does not exist.
• That's easier?
• Yeah, because now you can point and say, "You're crazy. That's it right there. There's fire everywhere. Case closed!"
• I will then counter by pointing out that what we call "fire," what we regard as real and existing and being "fire," is actually an illusion that arises utterly dependent on five factors.
• What five? It is just one thing, a fundamental element!
• Not at all. The five (and there can be more, but let's keep it to five fundamental ingredients which, when present, reliably give the persistent illusion of fire): fuel, heat, oxygen, wick, and the mysterious process-of-combustion. (We can go on and on analyzing "fire" into parts, but the one thing that is sure is that it is all parts, not a compact thing in itself).
• How do we know that?
• We know that because when present, Bam! The illusion arises. When any is missing, the illusion goes away. Put the five together (in a functionally coordinated way) and there it is, "fire." Take any way, and where has it gone? Where does fire go when it goes out?
• Up? No, I don't know, into oblivion?
• Does it wait in oblivion to come back? Because, let's say we remove oxygen, it will go right out. Add the oxygen back, and it will roar back. Where was it in the meantime?
• It was not anywhere. It does not actually "go" out. It becomes unmanifested.
• It becomes nonexistent, except it doesn't really come into and go out of existence either. It just seems to. Why? Because it is conditionally originated, that is, dependently originated. When this is, that comes to be. When that is not, it does not come to be.
• Oh, I kinda get it. I don't believe it! I think people, and fire, and cars are real. Real REAL.
• Can you begin to see, however, how and why someone might say they're unreal?
• Not really. That's crazy.
• It's crazy to our conventional way of worrying and needing to cling to illusions. But let's say we wanted to be free of illusions, then wouldn't it be great to disillusion ourselves?
• Disillusion?
• Awaken, enlighten, clearly see what's really there?
• Well, yeah, sure if we could be sure that that really is the Truth.
• We can. The Buddha saw it, pointed to it, and invited us to come and see, to clearly see the Truth, not to believe him or anyone else. We with our own purified and intensified eyes, heart, mind could come and see. Where is the car before the parts-of-a-car are assembled?
• It isn't anywhere.
• Where will it go when disassembled again?
• It won't "go" anywhere.
• Now you're getting it! It doesn't come or go because it was never really what it seemed to be. Illusion arises, that's for sure, and the illusion of the loss of it, that, too, is sure. But it isn't reality.
• Why would anybody talk like this?
• One (such as the Awakened One, the historical Buddha) would talk like this because we are clinging to pain (suffering, distress, disappointment) and the unreal. He wanted to move us to reality, and that means waking up to what's REALLY there and what's been there all along.
• What's that?
• Self and not-self.
• Aha! So there is a self?
• Yes, conventionally speaking. But ultimately speaking, no. There is no self.
• You're crazy. It's right there. I'm pointing at it. Case closed.
• And what are you pointing at?
• At you, Dummy! I can also point to myself, Smarty.
• Good, good. I say you're pointing at a body.
• Well, sure, but within that body there's a soul, and that's the self!
• Good, very good. The body is an illusion; you can see that much. Now let me disassemble the soul/self you're sure is in there. What are the components of "self"?
• There are no components! It's a highly mysterious fusiform whale carcass thingy with feelings.
• Ha ha ha. There is a body; that's one thing, but it is no thing. It is components. We can disassemble, reassemble, add, subtract, but still it's just a functional assemblage of parts. The "self" is partly that and partly four other things.
• Things? What things?
• Invisible things -- feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and a mysterious process we call consciousness. Whatever else we want to add to "self," it is at least these fundamental five things, these Five Aggregates clung to as "self."
• Oh. I think I'm starting to see. You're not crazy, but you're speaking dangerously. Aren't you afraid you're going to vanish in a puff of unsmoke for talking like this?
• What would vanish, the illusion? I'd be glad to get rid of it. It has cause incalculable misery (dukkha) and disappointment, chasing after things for it, never being able to satisfy or fulfill it. Ah, to be free!
• Free of "self"?
• No, free of the persistent illusion of "self" traveling and rearising life after life in this samsara, this Wheel of Rebirth, of Life and Death, of endless suffering (unsatisfactoriness)!
• Yeah, I guess that would be good, but what about taking rebirth in a permanent heaven and having a good time all the time till the end of time?
• Nice alternative, but it doesn't exist. The longest most enduring heavens all come to an end eventually. It may take a great aeon (maha-kalpa), but beings (dynamic becomings) fall away to continue on according to their just desserts which we call karma. And because of greed, hatred, and delusion (lust, aversion, and ignorance), our many unskillful deeds in pursuit of things will yield many painful results for a long, long time. It would be far better to awaken to the Truth.
• Well, I won't argue with that. But who can say what the "Truth" is?
• The Awakened One, the Buddha, and those enlightened ones who have awakened by practicing the Teaching (the Dharma) of the Awakened One(s).

Faith (saddha, confidence, truth, conviction) is useful but not nearly as important as a shamanistic attitude to actually come see the Buddha's Teaching, investigate it, and confirm it. It won't liberate us because it's true; it will liberate us because we PRACTICED whether or not we "believed" (had faith) in advance. Better to doubt and question AND practice than to completely "believe" and not practice.

• Modern Buddhists try to explain this away by various analogies, many of which amount to Hinduism with different gods and bodhisattvas. It's actually very easy to grasp intellectually and not be confused, almost impossible to accept, as if by accepting we would instantly disappear in a puff of unsmoke (as in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). We will not. The habitual tendency or "conceit" (māna) to conceive, think, and speak in terms of I-and-other is very strong and not easily wiped away, but actually wiping it away is key to awakening from illusion and clinging and suffering. It is the missing key to enlightenment.
• Even Mahayana, which often speaks like a school of Hinduism, could understand this if it only paid attention to its most prized and popular discourse, the Heart Sutra. It's not about love, feelings, and emotions; it's about getting to the heart of wisdom through the perfection of wisdom.
• What is there if not a self/soul? - There are Five Aggregates clung to as self. - Who clings?! - The aggregates, steeped in ignorance, cling and have aversion/fear. Released from the illusion (disillusioned), there is freedom and realization that the ultimate Truth was always true. - How does [the illusion of] self arise? - It comes about through Dependent Origination.
• Talking about "Emptiness" (Śūnyatā) and "Suchness" (Tathātā) obscures the fact that what the Five Aggregates clung to as self are devoid of is an abiding, enduring HEART, core, essence. Conditioned things do not last even one moment because in the sub-moments there is arising, turning, and falling away. This is true at a submicroscopic level of atoms (kalapas) and mind-moments (cittas), mind and body, name and form.
• All that is "self" bears the Three Marks of Existence mentioned above.
• And this is great news because to really see it, even for a moment, transforms the heart/mind, releases us from illusion, as we are able to effortlessly let go of clinging and be free through the perfection of wisdom, the direct experience of the Truth.
• This does not happen by accident. It happens by higher training.

Erin Brockovich, WQ: ABJ racked up another million views.

Why no one cares about Sudan

(Elephants in Rooms - Ken LaCorte) Darfur genocide

(TimesXP) Iran-backed Houthis celebrate as two major

Arab nations declare war | U.S. on alert | Iran-Israel War

Will Dalai Lama be reborn in this world?

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Dalai Lama reborn or not? The truth about his successor.

(༄།ནང་ཆོས།། ☸️) Dec. 12, 2025: The 14th Dalai Lama (dalailama.com) discusses his determination to take another human rebirth in this world [as there are many, many human worlds on this human plane]. What is the truth about his successor? Will it be him? Legend has it that it is always Avalokiteshvara taking rebirth out of infinite (boundless, universal) compassion for living beings. #dalailama #buddhistteachings #buddha #teaching #motivation #goodvibes #fypシ

• Dalai Lama via ༄།ནང་ཆོས།།, Dec. 12, 2025; CC Liu, Crystal Quintero (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Why does WQ talk about such things?!

The danger of seeing what others don’t: Alan Watts

(Alan Watts Daily Wisdom) Oct. 10, 2025: Alan Watts Collection. Ever feel like you see too much? In this profound lecture, let's explore the experience of the highly perceptive person—the one who walks into a room and instantly feels the unspoken tensions, hidden sorrows, and secret truths.

Rebel Truth "All I Know" (Not So Quiet on the Western Front)

This Alan Watts talk reveals why this "gift" of clear-seeing (vipassana, "insight") can be the most dangerous thing you'll ever possess.

Discover the four hidden dangers of being deeply intuitive:

1. the profound isolation of living in a different reality,
2. the impossible choice between speaking truth and losing yourself,
3. the pain of becoming a target for those who prefer illusion, and
4. the devastating risk of losing your own identity by absorbing the emotions of others.

I can even meditate in city traffic and chaos.

This isn't about being "too sensitive"; it's about navigating a world that isn't ready for your clarity.

This is a complete guide to transforming this potential curse back into a gift. Learn the art of "conscious distance"—how to see clearly without the compulsion to fix, how to protect your energy, and how to hold your awareness as a quiet strength rather than an unbearable burden.

Stop trying to WAKE UP the world and, instead, learn to live peacefully with your own eyes wide open.

If this message resonates with your experience, please give the video a thumbs up and subscribe for more deep insights to help navigate life with greater wisdom.

💬 Join the conversation:

• What is the most challenging part of seeing what others don't? Share experiences in the comments.

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Guided Meditation w/ Mingyur Rinpoche

• Mingyur Rinpoche, Do I Need to Stop Thinking?
• (We don't need to clear our minds to "meditate")
• The "essence" of meditation is awareness
• Winged horse (Tibetan Wind Horse)
• Tibetan Buddhism as a form of Vajrayana
• Guided Meditation for Difficult Moments
• Mingyur Rinpoche (Tergar Meditation Community)

Who's really enlightened? (Doug's Dharma)

Our Real Home: On Dying (Ajahn Chah)

Our Real Home: A Talk to an Aging Lay Disciple Approaching Death

Ajahn Chah (translated from the Thai by The Sangha at Wat Pah Nanachat © 1994)

Ajahn Chah was regarded as an arahant.

Now determine in your mind to listen with respect to the Dhamma. During the time that I am speaking, be as attentive to my words as if it were the Lord Buddha himself sitting in front of you.

Close your eyes and make yourself comfortable, compose your mind and make it one-pointed. Humbly allow the Triple Gem [Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha] of wisdom, truth, and purity to abide in your heart as a way of showing respect to the Fully Enlightened One.

Today I have brought nothing material of any substance to offer you, only Dhamma, the teachings of the Lord Buddha. Listen well. You should understand that even the Buddha himself, with his great store of accumulated virtue, could not avoid physical death.

When he reached old age, he relinquished his body and let go of its heavy burden. Now you too must learn to be satisfied with the many years you've already depended on your body.

You should feel that it's enough.

You can compare it to household utensils you've had for a long time — your cups, saucers, plates, and so on. When you first had them, they were clean and shining, but now after using them for so long, they're starting to wear out.

Some are already broken, some have disappeared and those that are left are deteriorating; they have no stable form, and it's their nature to be like that. Your body is the same way — it's been continually changing right from the day you were born, through childhood and youth, until now it's reached old age. You must accept that.

The Buddha said that conditions (sankharas), whether they are internal conditions, bodily conditions, or external conditions, are not-self, their nature is to change. Contemplate this truth until you see it clearly.

This very lump of flesh that lies here in decline is saccadhamma, the truth. The truth of this body is saccadhamma, and it is the unchanging teaching of the Buddha. The Buddha taught us to look at the body, to contemplate it, and come to terms with its nature.

We must be able to be at peace with the body, whatever state it is in. The Buddha taught that we should ensure that it's only the body that is locked up in jail and not let the mind be imprisoned along with it.

Now as your body begins to run down and deteriorate with age, don't resist that, but don't let your mind deteriorate with it. Keep the mind separate.

Give energy to the mind by realizing the truth of the way things are. The Lord Buddha taught that this is the nature of the body, it can't be any other way: having been born it gets old and sick and then it dies. This is a great truth you are presently encountering. Look at the body with wisdom and realize it. More

Am I 'spiritual,' Joe Rogan? Levels of awakening

Joe Rogan: The Path to Roganlightenment | The Daily Show

(The Daily Show) July 30, 2025: From his humble beginnings in Newark to his scrappy days in Boston, Joe Rogan has always pushed his brains to the limit. Rogan's stand-up comedy led him to a career in television, eventually inspiring him to start his own podcast where he could ask the really important questions, like, "Wouldn't it be crazy if a wolf wore a fedora?" This is The Daily Showography of Joe Rogan.