


Podcast host and comedian Joe Rogan said he is not afraid to let comedians step up and touch "third rail" or "risky subjects" during their stand-up routines at his new Texas comedy club.
Virtually nothing appears to be off-limits at the Comedy Mothership club in Austin, Texas, Rogan said in an interview with the Free Press.
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Comedians who touch on subjects that today's society doesn't "think should be funny" are welcome, and Dave Chappelle and Roseanne Barr are prime examples.
"If we can be funny with some s*** that you do not think should be funny, then that's wonderful, then let's explore this. Let's find out, what is that? Like, what's going on there? What's up with that subject that everybody’s scared of it? Are we in a f****** cult?" Rogan said in the interview.
"You know, when you start believing things that you inherently know are not true, but you say them and repeat them because the cult wants you to do it — this is something you can exploit in stand-up comedy, and that’s what stand-up comedy is all about. It’s all about that."
Rogan is a seasoned comedian, and he wants to use the club as a tool for comedians to develop their material, per the interview.
"We're just trying to make it a great creative space for stand-up, almost like a laboratory, like the best place to develop material," Rogan said.
"The more the new people kill, the more the people that are above them get better, and we all get better. Iron sharpens iron in comedy. When you’re around all these killers, it’s like everybody gets better."
Hitting on risky subjects is a great way to develop material, Rogan said, and "third rail stand-up" is what comedy is all about.
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"When people do risky subjects, it's my favorite s***," he said.
"We don't do it as an alternative to comedy. We do it because that is comedy."