#2438 - John Mellencamp

The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan

Comedy

4.5 • 245.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 144 minutes

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John Mellencamp is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, musician, painter, and a 2008 inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has released more than two dozen albums over his career, including 2023’s “Orpheus Descending.” Mellencamp will embark on a landmark tour this summer, “Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits,” which will take place across 19 U.S. cities. www.mellencamp.com/tourwww.youtube.com/@JohnMellencamp Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan. Don’t miss out on all the action this week at DraftKings! Download the DraftKings app today! Sign-up using https://dkng.co/rogan or through my promo code ROGAN. GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER, (800) 327-5050 or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA). Call 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY). Please Gamble Responsibly. 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), or visit www.mdgamblinghelp.org (MD). 21+ and present in most states. (18+ DC/KY/NH/WY). Void in ONT/OR/NH. Eligibility restrictions apply. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino & Resort (KS). Pass-thru of per wager tax may apply in IL. 1 per new customer. Must register new account to receive reward Token. Must select Token BEFORE placing min. $5 bet to receive $300 in Bonus Bets if your bet wins. Min. -500 odds req. Token and Bonus Bets are single-use and non-withdrawable. Token expires 2/1/26. Bonus Bets expire in 7 days (168 hours). Stake removed from payout. Terms: sportsbook.draftkings.com/promos. Ends 1/25/26 at 11:59 PM ET. Sponsored by DK. This video is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/JRE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.
0:04.0	The Joe Rogan Experience.
0:06.1	Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day.
0:12.6	Okay, cool.
0:13.8	Why would I hate my tattoos?
0:16.2	Because you get older and they get all smudgy.
0:19.3	Mine are getting kind of smudgy.
0:22.6	Yeah, look at them. Look at this one. It get all smudgy. Mine are getting kind of smudgy. Yeah, well, look at them. It's pretty smudgy.
0:24.6	Pretty like a smudgy.
0:26.6	I owned a tattoo parlor in, I don't know what year it was, mid-80s, and they were illegal in Indiana.
0:38.7	But because it was me, they said, okay, leave him alone.
0:41.1	Really?
0:41.9	I remember when they were illegal in New York.
0:45.2	I went to Connecticut to get my first tattoo.
0:48.3	Yeah, I didn't know him as illegal, but I met this guy in L.A.
1:00.8	And he worked at sunset, you know, where the Hyatt house is, and there was a tattoo parlor right across the street.
1:03.4	Anyway, he was there.
1:09.6	And so I brought him to Bloomington because he wanted to get out of L.A.
1:13.2	And guess why they closed me down.
1:13.9	Why?
1:15.7	Fucking guy was a heroin addict.
1:19.2	I know.
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