477: Adam Carolla Has Some Thoughts
3/31/20261 hr 54 min
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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First 90 secondsMike Rowe· Host0:00
[bass music] My old friend Adam Carolla is standing by to share some thoughts with you, which is why this episode, of the way I heard it, is called Adam Carolla Has Some Thoughts. Chuck, I thought I'd go just guns blazing with all the, uh, literalness I could muster.
Chuck· Host0:18
You really hit it on the, the head, man.
Mike Rowe· Host0:20
You know, I feel it's in keeping with the tenor of this conversation to speak clearly and to tell the truth and to not obfuscate- Hmm ... in any way. It, uh... It's always fun to talk to Adam.
Chuck· Host0:34
Go ahead.
Mike Rowe· Host0:35
Well, you never know where it's gonna go.
Chuck· Host0:36
But you always know that he's gonna be honest with you. He's just always got a truth cam on him, and- Yeah ... he really does always tell the truth.
Mike Rowe· Host0:44
It sure seems that way. It's funny, you know, you look around and you realize all of a sudden, "That guy's kinda been in my life." [laughs] For, you know, like all the way back on Loveline with Dr. Drew.
Chuck· Host0:54
Right.
Mike Rowe· Host0:55
You know, the first time I came out to LA for any length of time. In my car, I just remember listening to these two in the middle of the night going- Yeah ... "Oh, man, that is a very unusual show, you know, for radio." And then, uh, he kinda blew himself up. I think he got fired from K-ROQ maybe, I- it was.
Chuck· Host1:14
Did he? I don't know. I don't remember that.
Mike Rowe· Host1:16
Yeah, there was all kinds of radio drama, and then he was one of the first guys to podcast, you know?
Chuck· Host1:21
Yeah. That I know, yeah.
Mike Rowe· Host1:23
I think he still has the Gu- well, I can't imagine this. I guess it's true.
Chuck· Host1:26
The most downloads or something. Yeah, it's a Guinness record something,