#2505 - Tom Segura

What It Covers

Joe Rogan and comedian Tom Segura spend 169 minutes covering Segura's Netflix show Bad Thoughts Season 2, wild hog overpopulation in Texas (2.6–4 million pigs), Uday Hussein's documented sadism, AI's displacement of college graduates, Noah's Ark geological evidence at Turkey's Durupinar site, and deep ocean exploration including James Cameron's 36,000-foot Mariana Trench solo dive.

Key Questions Answered

• •Wild Hog Population Management: Texas hosts between 2.6 and 4 million feral hogs, a number that rises monthly because females reproduce up to three times annually, producing up to six piglets per litter, starting at six months old. Hunting them requires zero licensing or seasonal restrictions — they can be shot year-round, day or night, including with night vision equipment and from helicopters. Tannerite explosive feeders are also legal and commonly used for large-scale culling.
• •Weighted Vest Training for Hunting Prep: Carrying a 25–50 pound weighted vest on hikes directly simulates the physical demands of backcountry hunting, where packs can reach 60–80 pounds over 8–10 day expeditions. Rogan uses a backpack frame loaded with a 45-pound plate, totaling roughly 49 pounds, specifically before hunting season. Removing the vest mid-hike reveals immediate performance contrast, making it one of the more practical tools for building load-bearing endurance.
• •Field-to-Table Hunting Education: Jesse Griffiths, chef-owner of Dai Due restaurant in Austin, runs a small-group hunting school called New School of Traditional Cookery. Groups of six to eight beginners receive firearm safety training, range instruction, a live hunt, and full butchering and cooking instruction in one program. Wild boar and nilgai antelope (one of the few legally sellable hunted meats) appear on the Dai Due menu, making it a direct pipeline from education to professional culinary application.
• •AI Displacement of College Investment: Students taking on six-figure debt for four-year or graduate degrees face a compounding risk: student loans survive personal bankruptcy, unlike credit card debt, mortgage defaults, or business losses. Meanwhile, AI is eliminating entry-level roles in law, coding, and other degree-dependent fields faster than curricula adapt. Rejecting AI literacy rather than learning to deploy it as a business tool compounds the financial exposure rather than reducing it.
• •Uday Hussein's Documented Violence Scale: According to bodyguard testimony, approximately 200 people died annually at Uday Hussein's private parties between his birth in 1964 and his death in 2003. Documented incidents include killing a chef for over-salting food, beating a man in front of Egyptian President Mubarak, and torturing Olympic athletes with gravel pits, sewage immersion, and iron maidens. An American hypnotist, Larry Garrett, spent over 60 hours with Uday in Baghdad in 2001 attempting to treat partial paralysis from a 1996 assassination attempt.
• •Durupinar Formation Evidence Update: The Durupinar site in Turkey's Ararat region, discovered after 1948 earthquakes exposed it, matches biblical ark dimensions and location. Ground-penetrating radar analysis of 2019 data, reanalyzed in 2023, revealed corridor and chamber structures running the full vessel length. Turkish soil tests in 2024 showed organic material concentrations nearly three times higher inside the formation than outside, suggesting decomposed biological or man-made material — though scientific consensus on its origin remains contested.
• •Deep Ocean Exploration Baseline: James Cameron completed a solo dive to 36,000 feet (approximately 6.9 miles) in the Mariana Trench in 2012, piloting a submersible he co-designed. The Titan submersible implosion, by contrast, resulted partly from a cost-driven decision to use carbon fiber instead of steel to reduce tow weight for commercial viability. Carbon fiber performs poorly under repeated pressure cycling, a structural limitation flagged by internal whistleblowers before the fatal 2023 dive.