#2491 - Brian Simpson
4/29/20262 hr 38 min
Brian Simpson is a comedian, writer, host of the “Bottom of the Barrel” comedy show at The Comedy Mothership, and his own podcast, “BS with Brian Simpson.” His most recent special, “Live from The Comedy Mothership,” is streaming on Netflix.
www.netflix.com/title/81684893
www.youtube.com/@bswithbriansimpson
www.briansimpsoncomedy.com
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First 90 secondsJoe Rogan· Host0:02
Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.
Brian Simpson· Guest0:03
The Joe Rogan Experience.
Joe Rogan· Host0:05
Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. [upbeat music] Do you, you gotta get new glasses?
Brian Simpson· Guest0:13
No, I just have different pair for different stuff.
Joe Rogan· Host0:17
Did they get stronger?
Brian Simpson· Guest0:18
No.
Joe Rogan· Host0:19
No?
Brian Simpson· Guest0:19
I just have, uh- Did you always have glasses?
Joe Rogan· Host0:22
Like, do you have a eyeball issue or is it- Yeah, I got a astigmatism. Okay.
Brian Simpson· Guest0:25
But I, uh, but I got one f- one for driving and one for my computer.
Joe Rogan· Host0:29
I used to have to use, um, reading glasses.
Brian Simpson· Guest0:32
Oh, yeah?
Joe Rogan· Host0:33
Then I started using red light, red light therapy. And, uh, I think that, uh, fir- the first thing I started doing is taking, uh, this company Pure Encapsulations has this, um, it's called, uh, Macular Support.
Brian Simpson· Guest0:47
Oh.
Joe Rogan· Host0:47
It's like a combination of nutrients that help your eyeballs.
Brian Simpson· Guest0:50
Oh.
Joe Rogan· Host0:51
I don't know how. But it, I explained it to Huberman, he read it off to me, and he's like, "This makes sense." Uh, but then, um, the big one was red light. I started using red light therapy. I don't need glasses anymore.
Brian Simpson· Guest1:02
What?
Joe Rogan· Host1:03
Yeah, my gla- my eyes aren't perfect. Like, uh, in low light they're not so good. Like, uh, in a dark restaurant I have to use, like, the flashlight on my thing to read a menu.
Brian Simpson· Guest1:12
Oh.
Joe Rogan· Host1:12
But I don't need glasses anymore.
Brian Simpson· Guest1:13
Oh, so I was, I've been wondering that. Is it that I'm getting older, or are they just using darker light in the restaurants?
Joe Rogan· Host1:18
[laughs] They definitely use dark light in restaurants. I don't, I mean, young people can still read it. Like, I've gone to restaurants with my kids, and they can read in the dark. I'm like, "You can read that?"
Brian Simpson· Guest1:26
Oh.
Joe Rogan· Host1:27
I can't read it. But, um,