Taken from JRE #1962 w/Eddie Huang:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3piWvugV9PHQyXZCfCsRlk?si=f29ba70db12d4750

Cuz we did hot yoga then I came back That was dope

then vice ran out of money and You know couldn't do the show anymore.

Well somebody got money didn't Shane Smith

I still talk to Shane but no It was I think the end of Wong's world was just they were like, yo, we still want to do Wong's world But can we make it Domestic and I wanted to do films and I was just like love you.

So they wanted to do it in the United States because of travel costs

Yeah, and just cuz vice land the first couple years.

It was just the The accounting was off On people just spend the money crazy,

bro It started out they would take these guys with glasses on these nerds and send them over to like the middle of a goddamn war Zone these dudes be film with a flak jacket on

Bombs are blowing off in the Middle East and they're just reporting there.

was vice would just pick the most dangerous shit and be like here's $30,000 go with it.

and fucking come back with some footage and try not to die And then once it became the TV channel, it got it got crazy cuz I mean I was probably the biggest perpetrator So like all in all fairness to Shane somebody needed to be like Eddie you're burning money crazy

to like f1 tracks and and I literally the last episode I wanted an f1 track in Abu Dhabi and Shane was there and he's like what are you doing here you're a fucking food show and I was like I don't know I got a car to drive this car.

Dude, they sent David Cho to the Congo to look for a dinosaur.

That's the most ridiculous shit of all time.

It might be the greatest Vice episode ever.

That's the 1 about that dude who lives in Alaska.

He's subsistence survives in this very small cabin.

he's the last person that's allowed to own this cabin in this wilderness.

But the show episode's the best because there's So many people now, especially in LA that are like for a honeymoon or like for the holidays I'm gonna go to the Congo.

I want to I want to go to West Africa and I'm just like bro Watch that episode real quick.

Yeah, watch that episode That's not where you're staying but it's close to where you you trying to go Like check check that episode out

Yeah, it's just Whoo and probably no dinosaurs.

No, there's probably no dinosaurs I want to go to Ethiopia, but I'm not going where Cho wherever Cho went.

was wild man He won't win he camped with the Hadza.

He stayed with the Hadza and went hunting with them.

He was saying that when they shot, they were shooting baboons to eat.

said, it's crazy, when they shoot a baboon, it grabs the arrow.

Cho was really putting himself in danger.

I was like, I was more like the Vanderpump Cho,

Yeah, let's see some fucking people here.

I chose like the opposite of conflict zones.


Speaker 0: The Jorogun Experience

Speaker 1: Cuz we did hot yoga then I came back That was dope

Speaker 2: that was fun that was fun

Speaker 1: then vice ran out of money and You know couldn't do the show anymore.

Speaker 2: Well somebody got money didn't Shane Smith

Speaker 1: Shane's yeah,

Speaker 2: I love that dude.

Speaker 1: I still talk to Shane but no It was I think the end of Wong's world was just they were like, yo, we still want to do Wong's world But can we make it Domestic and I wanted to do films and I was just like love you. I'm gonna go I'm gonna go make this film

Speaker 2: So they wanted to do it in the United States because of travel costs

Speaker 1: Yeah, and just cuz vice land the first couple years. It was just the The accounting was off On people just spend the money crazy,

Speaker 2: bro It started out they would take these guys with glasses on these nerds and send them over to like the middle of a goddamn war Zone these dudes be film with a flak jacket on

Speaker 0: the

Speaker 2: Bombs are blowing off in the Middle East and they're just reporting there. You're like,

Speaker 1: whoa Yeah,

Speaker 0: it was the best cuz it

Speaker 1: was vice would just pick the most dangerous shit and be like here's $30,000 go with it. Like, you know 5d camera.

Speaker 2: Yeah

Speaker 1: and fucking come back with some footage and try not to die And then once it became the TV channel, it got it got crazy cuz I mean I was probably the biggest perpetrator So like all in all fairness to Shane somebody needed to be like Eddie you're burning money crazy

Speaker 0: Cuz I was going

Speaker 1: to like f1 tracks and and I literally the last episode I wanted an f1 track in Abu Dhabi and Shane was there and he's like what are you doing here you're a fucking food show and I was like I don't know I got a car to drive this car. It's like getting caught by your boss.

Speaker 0: That's hilarious.

Speaker 2: I'm here to try Formula 1 food, bro.

Speaker 1: Yeah, I

Speaker 0: was like,

Speaker 1: I'm going to try the concessions.

Speaker 2: Dude, they sent David Cho to the Congo to look for a dinosaur.

Speaker 0: Have you ever seen that? Yeah. That's the most ridiculous shit of all time.

Speaker 1: It might be the greatest Vice episode ever.

Speaker 2: That's an amazing episode. That and Haimo's Arctic Adventure. That's my favorite 1. That's the 1 about that dude who lives in Alaska. He's subsistence survives in this very small cabin.

Speaker 1: And

Speaker 2: he's the last person that's allowed to own this cabin in this wilderness.

Speaker 1: I haven't seen it.

Speaker 2: Woo, that one's heavy.

Speaker 1: That's heavy. But the show episode's the best because there's So many people now, especially in LA that are like for a honeymoon or like for the holidays I'm gonna go to the Congo. I want to I want to go to West Africa and I'm just like bro Watch that episode real quick. Yeah, watch that episode That's not where you're staying but it's close to where you you trying to go Like check check that episode out

Speaker 2: you're in the middle of a conflict zone. It's very dangerous being down there. Yeah, it's just Whoo and probably no dinosaurs.

Speaker 1: No, there's probably no dinosaurs I want to go to Ethiopia, but I'm not going where Cho wherever Cho went. I'm like, I'm not it

Speaker 2: was wild man He won't win he camped with the Hadza. He stayed with the Hadza and went hunting with them. Yeah. He was saying that when they shot, they were shooting baboons to eat. Yeah.

Speaker 1: And he

Speaker 2: said, it's crazy, when they shoot a baboon, it grabs the arrow. And like, you see it grab the

Speaker 0: arrow, you're

Speaker 1: like, yo,

Speaker 2: that's a little too weird, you know?

Speaker 1: Cho was really putting himself in danger.

Speaker 0: Oh yeah.

Speaker 1: I was like, I was more like the Vanderpump Cho,

Speaker 0: you know what I mean? I was like, let's have a nice fucking...

Speaker 1: Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi.

Speaker 0: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's live it up.

Speaker 2: Beautiful people, beautiful land.

Speaker 0: Yeah, let's see some fucking people here. Have a good time. Stay in a nice hotel.

Speaker 1: Yeah. I chose like the opposite of conflict zones. You

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