ROSEANNE BARR IS AMERICA | The Roseanne Barr Podcast #110

The Roseanne Barr Podcast

Roseanne Barr

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Roseanne Barr Podcast, filmmaker Joel Gilbert—known for documentaries like The Trayvon Hoax, Michelle Obama 2024, and The Murder of Vince Foster—joins the show to talk about his latest project, ROSEANNE BARR IS AMERICA.

In this revealing conversation, Joel discusses why he wanted to tell Roseanne's true story, what he uncovered in the process, and how it fits into his larger body of work exposing media manipulation and political narratives.

Together, they explore Roseanne's roots, her clashes with the establishment, and the side of her the public rarely gets to see.

This episode isn't just about a film—it's about reclaiming the truth.

https://www.roseanneisamerica.com

JOEL GILBERT

https://www.highway61ent.com/films

https://x.com/JoelSGilbert

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0:00.0	Greetings, Earthlings. This is Jake Pentland. My mother will not be able to host this week. She's
0:06.7	working on a very, very exciting project. It's good news. It's great for her. Your boy,
0:12.5	Jake Penland, has been working hard in the background to make this happen. I can't say anymore,
0:17.4	but you're going to be very, very happy and soon. That's all I'm going to say. But in the meantime, instead of taking the week off and losing our momentum and steam for this podcast, since it's going to continue and she loves doing it, I just decided to fill in this week. So hopefully you stick around. I know you're here for the Roseanne Barr podcast, not the Jake Pentland podcast. But I have a great guest, and it's going to be a great show. Joel Gilbert, the
0:37.9	filmmaker behind Roseanne Barr's America, is on today. And he made a great film about my mother
0:43.6	and I want to tell you about it and talk to him about it. And that's it. So stick around. It's
0:48.8	going to be a great show. Welcome to the Roseanne Bar podcast.
0:58.2	Well, you see, my patience is growing things. Well, I want to introduce to you guys, although you probably already know who he is, because
1:02.4	he's Steve Vannon's favorite filmmaker.
1:05.0	By the way, Joel, that was a very cool moment for us.
1:07.5	Joel Gilbert is the filmmaker and documentarian. I always have trouble saying that word
1:12.5	behind many great films, but my personal favorite, and I am biased, of course, is Roseanne Barr,
1:18.7	is America. Joel came to the house. He filmed my mother. He did a great job. We were in D.C.
1:25.0	last month promoting this film. There was a little bit of a hiccup we'll talk about,
1:28.7	but long story short, it is available now. It's available everywhere. I'll let you talk about that,
1:33.2	Joel. But it's a tremendous film. And obviously, if you're watching this podcast and you haven't,
1:40.2	you know, stop watching because my mom's not here. If you're a fan of this podcast, you're obviously a fan of Roseanne Barr and Joel.
1:46.0	I just want to say thank you again.
1:47.6	You did her right.
1:49.5	It's rare the story of my mother is told properly, and I just want to say I'm very happy with the project.
1:57.1	Okay, I'm happy to hear that.
1:58.8	Well, you know, a lot of people know me from my films like
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