Taken from JRE #1983 w/Kim Congdon & Sara Weinshenk:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pC0uXazW4PGvot4Qn9zm4?si=m0O_7GfYThCkhosBKh9-CQ

We never told Joe about the center of the world we passed in Arizona.

That's the lettuce capital of Arizona, in case you were wondering.

On New Year's Eve, they drop lettuce, like a head of lettuce, like a ball.

But so we went to Yuma, Arizona and on the way back, we're driving by and we're in the middle of the desert and we look and there's just like this staircase that goes to nowhere.

I see it and Kim sees it and we're both like, we get this really bad, weird feeling and we're like, we need to go back and find out what that is.

Yeah, well, we thought it was a movie too we made we actually

we go back and we go back and we find this town can you show the whole town from like a city

yeah no this is what we went to This is what we see in the middle of nowhere, and it's called the center of the world.

We did a tour, cause we're like, well this is a movie, we should film some shit.

an 8 mile city called Felicity and only a population of 7 or something like that.

But he says, okay, so he, so in the steps we looked up, those stairs that go to nowhere are from the Eiffel Tower.

Yes, and this really rich guy, he's a, what is it?

He's a baller, but what's- He's a Rothschild.

He bought this town of Felicity and named it after his wife Felicity.

Listen, we get there, there's 22, there's 22, we made a

They made us try to get, they tried to get us in the center of the pyramid, in the center of the thing, put our foot in the middle, save this thing and make a wish and then sign a contract.

And I was like, and we were like, I'm not doing that.

And she was like, well, it's the only part of the

And that's when we said, we don't want to do the tour anymore, we're gonna leave.

And then they said, she goes, this right here is The center of the world.

Dude, we have this lady covering her eyes.

Yeah, don't put that up, because that would be a problem.

Like, a video of her that she doesn't want up, she's covering her face.

I mean, you can't see her face, but it's like you turn and she's in the corner of

It's this old lady, it has to be Felicity herself.

So this is from your experience being there.

Yeah, you're gonna go to the first thing in the morning.

Once we saw it and we're like, cause the staircase you can see it from so far away and then you see the pyramid and

You guys are exactly what they're looking for.

I saw the staircase and then when I climbed up and I saw the city, I was like, OMG, I'm home.

There's a post office there, but there's only 10 people that live in the town.

There's a cop that lives there who went there to investigate what

See what the fuck those people are up to.

Maybe it's not, maybe they're just playing golf and fucking listening old records

Because when you got went there, you know, yeah,

you have a sixth sense when it's a cold you feel it in your body We get the fuck out of there quickly We got locked in the pyramid.

I said hey, it's time to go mama get in the car.

packed their blunts and they got out of there.

It's the exact time that we were at the center of the world.

And you were agreeing that that was the center of the world.

So they're getting data on how many people agree.

just seems weird that no 1 has been there before and filmed

look at it the chapel Oh, it has this arm pointing To the temple.

There's the arm, you see it, it points right to the center of the.


Speaker 0: The Joe Rogan Experience.

Speaker 1: We never told Joe about the center of the world we passed in Arizona. Oh, okay. So we went to Yuma, Arizona. That's the lettuce capital of Arizona, in case you were wondering. Known for lettuce and dates, mostly.

On New Year's Eve, they drop lettuce, like a head of lettuce, like a ball. Anyways, that's a side story. But so we went to Yuma, Arizona and on the way back, we're driving by and we're in the middle of the desert and we look and there's just like this staircase that goes to nowhere. And I see it

Speaker 2: and Kim sees it.

Speaker 0: In the middle of the desert.

Speaker 1: I see it and Kim sees it and we're both like, we get this really bad, weird feeling and we're like, we need to go back and find out what that is. So we turn around.

Speaker 2: This is a movie.

Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we thought it was a movie too we made we actually

Speaker 0: we go back and we go back and we find this town can you show the whole town from like a city

Speaker 2: how many drunks have died there

Speaker 0: yeah no this is what we went to This is what we see in the middle of nowhere, and it's called the center of the world. We did a tour. We did a tour, cause we're like, well this is a movie, we should film some shit. Because

Speaker 1: I was like, let's go take a tour. It's like

Speaker 0: an 8 mile city called Felicity and only a population of 7 or something like that. And it's definitely a cult.

Speaker 1: Yes. But he says, okay, so he, so in the steps we looked up, those stairs that go to nowhere are from the Eiffel Tower. Yeah.

Speaker 2: This is in Arizona? This is

Speaker 1: in Arizona. Yes, and this really rich guy, he's a, what is it? Baller. He's a baller, but what's- He's a Rothschild. A Rothschild.

He bought this town of Felicity and named it after his wife Felicity.

Speaker 2: Wait, is this real?

Speaker 0: Who we think we ran into.

Speaker 2: Can we make sure that this is real?

Speaker 1: We visited it. This is like stuff

Speaker 2: to check out there. This is the

Speaker 0: website I'm on. The website is saying that? We were physically there.

Speaker 2: We were physically there. Conspiracy site.

Speaker 0: Listen, we get there, there's 22, there's 22, we made a

Speaker 1: scary movie trailer out of it. I'll send it to Jamie. Send it to Jamie so we can show.

Speaker 2: They offer tours of this place.

Speaker 0: Oh, we did a tour. We did a tour-ifying. Why? They tried to get us into this cult. They put us in this pyramid.

Speaker 1: And told us to make a wish.

Speaker 0: They made us try to get, they tried to get us in the center of the pyramid, in the center of the thing, put our foot in the middle, save this thing and make a wish and then sign a contract. And I was like, and we were like, I'm not doing that. And she was like, well, it's the only part of the

Speaker 1: tour you have to do. And they go

Speaker 0: to do the tour. And that's when we said, we don't want to do the tour anymore, we're gonna leave. And she was pissed.

Speaker 1: And then they said, she goes, this right here is The center of the world.

Speaker 0: No, do you have... I'll find it. I'll find it.

Speaker 2: No. You got her on video saying this?

Speaker 0: Dude, we have this lady covering her eyes.

Speaker 3: Yeah, don't put that up, because that would be a problem.

Speaker 0: What?

Speaker 2: Like, a video of her that she doesn't want up, she's covering her face.

Speaker 0: I mean, you can't see her face, but it's like you turn and she's in the corner of

Speaker 2: a gift shop. I trust you.

Speaker 0: It's this old lady, it has to be Felicity herself.

Speaker 2: Oh my God.

Speaker 0: They're all in

Speaker 2: weird clothes.

Speaker 1: So what do you

Speaker 2: think is going on?

Speaker 1: Okay, so basically...

Speaker 2: So this is from your experience being there.

Speaker 1: From our experience being there.

Speaker 2: Were you sober at the time?

Speaker 1: Yes, yes. Why? Why were we sober?

Speaker 2: Yeah, you're gonna go to the first thing in the morning. We were

Speaker 1: driving home from Arizona. Yeah, we had just... You didn't

Speaker 2: know what you were gonna find.

Speaker 1: We just did a show. No, yeah. We were on our way home. It was early in the morning.

Speaker 2: But once you knew you had a tour.

Speaker 1: Once we saw it and we're like, cause the staircase you can see it from so far away and then you see the pyramid and

Speaker 0: you're like, something is going on here. 20 cars in the parking lot, no people.

Speaker 2: You guys are exactly what they're looking for.

Speaker 1: Yeah. 2 young cute

Speaker 2: girls driving by yourself.

Speaker 1: With their big sunglasses.

Speaker 2: Just show up like, God brought me here.

Speaker 0: It was a sign, it was 222 and we had

Speaker 2: to stop. I saw the staircase and then when I climbed up and I saw the city, I was like, OMG, I'm home.

Speaker 1: There's a post office there, but there's only 10 people that live in the town. There's a cop that lives there who went there to investigate what

Speaker 0: was going on and then never left. And then he lives there now.

Speaker 2: I'd like to watch.

Speaker 1: Center of the world.

Speaker 2: See what the fuck those people are up to.

Speaker 0: Dude, it was an eerie energy.

Speaker 2: Maybe it's not, maybe they're just playing golf and fucking listening old records

Speaker 0: Because when you got went there, you know, yeah,

Speaker 1: you have a sixth sense when it's a cold you feel it in your body We get the fuck out of there quickly We got locked in the pyramid. Joe. I said hey, it's time to go mama get in the car. Mommy and mama are leaving mommy

Speaker 0: packed their blunts and they got out of there. We call

Speaker 1: ourselves Mama and Mommy.

Speaker 2: What was in the contract?

Speaker 0: It was just saying that

Speaker 1: we were there, we, and that we... It's the exact time that we were at the center of the world.

Speaker 2: And you were agreeing that that was the center of the world.

Speaker 1: Yeah.

Speaker 2: So they're getting data on how many people agree. And then they took

Speaker 0: our names. They took our names. Yeah.

Speaker 1: And then we're like, can we film? And she's like, yeah.

Speaker 0: And you only can say nice things

Speaker 1: you're not gonna say anything bad. Are you?

Speaker 0: Anyway, it

Speaker 2: just seems weird that no 1 has been there before and filmed

Speaker 0: it it might not exist

Speaker 1: No, you

Speaker 2: go back.

Speaker 1: We go back. It's gone.

Speaker 2: Yeah, there's dust

Speaker 0: look at it the chapel Oh, it has this arm pointing To the temple. Yeah, it has this arm that, oh,

Speaker 1: it is. So what do

Speaker 2: you think they're up to? Just living their own

Speaker 0: little life? There's the arm, you see it, it points right to the center of the.

Speaker 2: Living the way they wanna live up there?

Speaker 1: I think it's like a really rich guy.

Speaker 0: Well, the guy has a crazy story.

Speaker 2: So what is that his like family tree? What were you just pointing to? What is this like?

Speaker 1: Oh, they do this. It's like the history. They have like, it's called like the history

Speaker 0: of the world.

Speaker 1: No, it's the history of something and they have like Things that mattered to him major events in history

Speaker 0: history of humanity

Speaker 1: Yeah And the guy who came to do that on the granite the guy came to do that from Europe on the granite and he never He never went back to his family afterwards. He

Speaker 2: left his family. That sounds like a cool place. You guys are selling it.

Speaker 0: That's him.

Speaker 2: Seems like everybody that goes there doesn't

Speaker 1: want to leave. He's alive still.

Speaker 0: Jacques, yeah, Jacques, he used to, he was the first inventor of the parachute or something like that.

Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he was a parachuter.

Speaker 2: He was a parachuter in World War II. He was like, fuck this, this is perfect, I'm staying here.

Speaker 1: He's a very complex man, a parachuter that bought a pyramid and put the Eiffel Tower stairs in the middle of the, and he made himself mayor of the town that he founded.

Speaker 2: Beautiful. That's the way to do it.

Speaker 0: Yeah. Shanksville.

Speaker 2: Welcome to Shanksville. So he's got his own town. There's 8 people in it.

Speaker 0: Yeah. Sounds like he's

Speaker 2: balling out

Speaker 1: of control. And me

Speaker 0: and Shank coming by.

Speaker 2: Yeah, and he gives tours. Oh my God. So do you think they give tours to make new friends?

Speaker 1: Yeah, new friends.

Speaker 0: They took a part of our energy and soul, Joe. We left with a migraine is what we're saying. Something was up.

Speaker 2: They offer tours, so anybody can go to this.

Speaker 0: I think so.

Speaker 2: Draw your own conclusions.

Speaker 0: Who knows?

Speaker 2: And maybe they'll never leave, just like all these other happy people.

Speaker 1: There's you guys. Maybe it is.

Speaker 2: It's just, what a strange thing to do.

Speaker 0: It was weird.

Speaker 2: Start a town in the middle of...

Speaker 1: The desert, and say it's the center of the world.

Speaker 0: Self-proclaimed center

Speaker 2: of the world.

Speaker 1: Oh, well actually, before...

Speaker 2: Is that what they say? Is it what they say on their website? There's the center of the world. Oh, yeah, I'm trying to dig into

Speaker 1: He also made okay, so before he made the center of the world He wrote a children's book about a dragon called center of the world And then he said and And he did the children's book first because he said, you know, like when you make up a story, you can create whatever you want and no one's gonna question it. So he made like this whole story about the center of the world. It was like a children's book and then he went ahead and made the center of the world.

Speaker 2: Or he's a prophet.

Speaker 0: Or he's a, oh he's, What if he's right? And it is the center of the

Speaker 2: world Trust me Jesus characters comes along and everybody questions. Oh my God, he was the guy. Yeah, the history of- It

Speaker 1: is funny for Jesus to pick Yuma. The history of

Speaker 2: the world, yeah. That's a good spot. Yeah, no 1 would know. 2 good spots, you know?

Speaker 1: Weddings? Imagine getting married at the center of the world.

Speaker 2: Why wouldn't you? You're the center of the universe. You should get married to the center of the world. That's kind

Speaker 1: of romantic, you're right. It's

Speaker 0: the perfect

Speaker 2: place to get married.

Speaker 1: I'm not giving Jock a

Speaker 2: dime. There's

Speaker 1: their children's book.

Speaker 2: Oh, the good dragon at the center of the world. So this dude is obsessed with hollow earth. It's a real theory. Do you know that they found more water under the ocean? Under the Earth's surface?

That's where

Speaker 0: they wanted us to step.

Speaker 2: Oh, that's the center. That is the very center of the world. But I know that it actually is.

Speaker 1: No. No, definitely.

Speaker 2: No, 100% they checked and that's

Speaker 0: it. Even in the Tupperware can.

Speaker 2: It just happens to be there. Even though the top is here and it's like this poles, whatever That's the center Everywhere you are is a center. Yeah, it's a globe you fucking dipshits It's a spheroid

Speaker 0: well, that was his whole point was that anywhere could be so he was picking the spot.

Speaker 2: Yeah, suck it. You're like,

Speaker 0: this is actually.

Speaker 2: You don't get to pick. Scientists have to pick. If they do decide what the center is it's gonna be a lot of very fucking smart people with like some Serious equipment, it's gonna take a long time. They're gonna have to sort it through

Speaker 1: Not a rich parachuter.

Speaker 2: It's the center is in the lava you fuckhead I believe You got to go to the center. You're on the surface like saying that's the center

Speaker 1: of the world

Speaker 2: She literally can't be the center of the world.

Speaker 1: No, you're on the corner of the world

Speaker 2: inside the hole But maybe they're right about it being like the spot

Speaker 0: If it's flat, there's a center.

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