525 The Return of the JRE Companion and ED
Joe Rogan Experience Review podcast
Joe Rogan Experience Review podcast
3.4 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Adam Thorne opens this week's episode with a tribute to Ed from the JRE Companion Instagram page, one of the most important fan creators in the entire Joe Rogan ecosystem. I share the story of first connecting with Ed in January 2023, discuss the incredible rise of the JRE Companion page, and explain why it stands apart as the best Rogan fan account online. From pulling up every video, image, article, and reference discussed on The Joe Rogan Experience to being reposted and acknowledged directly by Joe Rogan himself, Ed has helped shape the viewing experience for hundreds of thousands of fans around the world.
I talk openly about Ed's recent health battle, the toll recovery has taken, and why the Rogan community should rally around someone who has given so much to the fanbase without asking for much in return. A call to action is made to support Ed's GoFundMe and help him during his continued recovery journey.
Then for the solo review of Joe Rogan Experience #2490 with RZA. The conversation touches on discipline, Shaolin philosophy, staying grounded through success, Wu-Tang mythology, creativity, health, and RZA's new film One Spoon of Chocolate. Adam breaks down why the episode works best as a reflective conversation about alignment, purpose, and returning to the habits that keep people centered as life becomes bigger and more chaotic.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Rogan Experience Review. |
| 0:03.0 | What a bizarre thing we've created. |
| 0:05.0 | Now with your hosts, Adam Thorns. |
| 0:07.0 | This might either be the worst podcast, we're the best one at the time. |
| 0:11.0 | One go. |
| 0:13.0 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:14.0 | Hey guys, I want to take a few minutes to talk about somebody who has become a real part of the JRE ecosystem and also somebody who has become a real part of the Jerry ecosystem and also somebody who has |
| 0:23.2 | become a genuine friend of mine over the years. And that's Ed from the Jerry companion Instagram |
| 0:29.5 | page. I'm sure you've seen it. So I've been running the Joe Rogan Experience Review podcast |
| 0:36.2 | since 2018. And we were one of the first podcast dedicated |
| 0:41.9 | entirely to breaking down Rogan's episodes, reviewing the guests, the conversations, the themes, |
| 0:48.8 | the cultural impact, all of it. And it was back in 2021 that our show exploded. We became one of the biggest |
| 0:57.5 | podcasts in the world, which is nuts since we just review another podcast. We hit number |
| 1:03.9 | six on the Apple podcast charts in the United States, which was honestly surreal, considering the whole thing started |
| 1:12.9 | from me just genuinely loving the JRE and wanting to talk about it. And over the years, there |
| 1:20.3 | are certain people inside the Rogan ecosystem, you begin to notice. People who consistently |
| 1:27.4 | add value, people who elevate the experience |
| 1:30.7 | for fans, people who genuinely care about the community around the show. Well, Ed is one of those |
| 1:39.5 | people. I've known Ed since about early January of 2023. |
| 1:47.0 | I actually wish I had the exact follow account from that day |
| 1:51.3 | because it would be amazing to compare where the page was then versus where it is now. |
| 1:56.9 | I think if I remember it was like maybe in the 20s of thousands, maybe later, I'd have to check with Ed, but publicly the page now is sitting around about 375,000 followers, which is immense. |
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