477: Adam Carolla Has Some Thoughts

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Adam Carolla sits down with Mike for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred conversation on comedy, culture, and California. Adam breaks down his no-nonsense approach to making people laugh, building a podcasting empire, and telling the truth as he sees it—whether it's popular or not. The two also take a hard look at the Palisades more than a year after the fire, the growing frustration with California's regulatory maze, and what Adam really thinks about Newsom. Spoiler alert—it ain't good. Oh, you better believe Adam Carolla has some thoughts.

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0:00.0	My old friend Adam Carolla is standing by to share some thoughts with you, which is why this
0:10.6	episode of the way I heard it is called Adam Carolla has some thoughts, Chuck.
0:14.2	I thought I'd go just guns blazing with all the literalness I could muster.
0:18.9	You really hit it on the head, man.
0:21.2	You know, I feel it's in keeping with the tenor of this conversation to speak clearly
0:26.0	and to tell the truth and to not obfuscate in any way.
0:32.7	It's always fun to talk to Adam.
0:34.7	Go ahead.
0:35.4	Well, you never know where it's going to go.
0:37.2	But you always know that he's going to be honest with you. He's just always got a truth cam on him. Yeah. He really does always tell the truth. It sure seems that way. It's funny, you know, you look around and you realize all of a sudden, that guy's kind of been in my life. You know, like all the way back on Loveline with Dr. Drew.
0:55.0	Right.
0:55.3	You know, the first time I came out to L.A. for any length of time.
0:59.2	In my car, I just remember listening to these two in the middle of the night going,
1:02.6	oh, man, that is a very unusual show, you know, for radio.
1:08.3	And then he kind of blew himself up. I think he got fired from K Rock, maybe it was. Did he? I don't know. I don't remember that. Yeah, there was all kinds of radio drama. And then he was one of the first guys to podcast, you know. Yeah, that I knew. Yeah. I think he still has the get, well, I can't imagine this. I guess it's true. The most downloads or something. Yeah, it's a Guinness record, something, blah-bottie-blah. Think about Adam is... You know, I've done his show, I don't know, three or four times, I guess. And he's been on here before remotely. This is the first time he actually came by and sat in our new chairs here at our new table. Sweet. It's really cool.
1:44.8	But it's difficult to know how to introduce the guy, which I'll demonstrate briefly. I mean, what is he? You know, he's a best-selling author. Is he a comedian? I mean... Sure. Yeah, he does stand up. You know, and he's done stand-up shows, too. Up to thousands. Yeah.
1:58.2	Yeah.
1:58.6	But he's also an interviewer, and he's a podcaster.
2:01.9	And, of course, he's a great guest.
2:04.4	And now... Up to thousands. Yeah. Yeah. But he's also an interviewer and he's a podcaster.
2:01.9	And of course he's a great guest.
2:04.4	And now I, citizen journalist, raconteur, observer of the human condition?
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