Every fact-checked Joe Rogan claim

“Martin Luther King Jr. died. Basically a broke man. Gave every penny that he won from the Nobel Prize to the movement. Malcolm X only had $150 in his pocket.”

West claims MLK died broke after giving away his Nobel Prize money, and Malcolm X had only $150 in his pocket when he died.

“Now, of course, part of the question here has to do with, they'll say, well, we wasted this money on the poor. You say, well, wait a minute. Donald Trump just…”

West claims Trump passed a $750 billion military budget.

“any time you talk about white supremacy, you've got the John Browns. And you know Mary Ellen Pleasant, who was a black woman who was worth $347 million in the…”

West states that Mary Ellen Pleasant, a Black abolitionist businesswoman, was worth $347 million in the 1840s.

“It's very much like our Jewish brothers and sisters felt in 1973. They'd already undergone a genocidal attack, one out of three precious Jews killed.”

West states that one out of three Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

“There has been a correlation in states that have legalized either medical use or adult use of cannabis, a direct correlation in a reduction of opioid addiction…”

Gabbard claims that legalizing medical or adult-use cannabis in a state directly correlates with reduced opioid addiction and opioid-related deaths.

“you hear stuff like you know warren buffett talks about this about he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary right It's a famous line.”

Rogan repeats the claim that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.

“And that's what I often remind people is that right now, today, we spend $4 billion every month in Afghanistan. $4 billion. Every month. Every single month.”

Gabbard asserts the U.S. currently spends $4 billion every month on the war in Afghanistan.

“with a company like Amazon, not only paying no taxes, I think this is for the third year in a row, and also getting, I think this last year was over $125 milli…”

Gabbard claims Amazon paid no federal taxes for a third consecutive year and received a $125 million tax credit the prior year.

“She got sued for a couple billion dollars, and I represented her in that case, and that's how we met.”

Dr. Phil claims Oprah Winfrey was sued for 'a couple billion dollars' by Texas cattlemen in the 1998 mad cow disease case, which is how the two met.

“They did an experiment Back in I think it was the 60s They did something called teaching machines. Have you ever seen that?”

Dr. Phil describes a 1960s educational experiment called 'teaching machines' that removed failure experiences entirely, claiming the program was scrapped after students who mastered the material with 100% success rates fell apart when returned to normal classrooms.

“if you renew that prescription one time, one time, if you are taking those opioids at the seven-day mark, your chance of being addicted at one year is one in 1…”

Dr. Phil claims that renewing an opioid prescription once at the 7-day mark gives a 1-in-12 chance of addiction at one year, and still using at 30 days gives a 1-in-3 chance.

“Opioids are so readily prescribed right now that there are enough opioid prescriptions for every man, woman, and child in America to have their own bottle.”

Dr. Phil claims the volume of U.S. opioid prescriptions is high enough that every American man, woman, and child could have their own bottle.

“this is well known that like most of the technology inside a smartphone was funded by US government, a little by European government, GPS and the batteries and…”

Goertzel claims most smartphone technology, including GPS and batteries, was funded/developed by government (mostly US) rather than private industry, with companies merely scaling it up.

“we have to get the us government to give billions of dollars to your research to guarantee that the singularity in 2012 is a good singularity, right? So he led…”

Goertzel recounts that around 2007 a McKenna-inspired associate tried to get billions of dollars in US government funding for his and Hugo de Garis's AI research to ensure a 'positive' technological singularity by 2012.

“i would like to get a human level general intelligence in five to seven years from now”

Goertzel predicts human-level artificial general intelligence will be achieved within five to seven years of this 2019 interview (i.e., roughly 2024-2026).

“there's no evidence that human cognition relies on quantum effects in the human brain. Like based on everything we know about neuroscience now, it seems not to…”

Goertzel states there is no scientific evidence that human cognition depends on quantum effects in the brain.

“Right. And that's the only thing that you're seeing where these states are voting for it because they realize there's massive amounts of tax dollars that they…”

It is claimed that Colorado imposes a 39% tax on recreational marijuana sales.

“there's a John Hopkins study. There's several studies that they're doing right now that they're trying to show that there's a direct correlation between use of…”

Gabbard claims Johns Hopkins and other clinical studies show psilocybin is curing addictions to cigarettes, heroin, and other substances.

“But then you have this special category of superdelegates, which there are over 700 of them. It includes all 435 members of, or sorry, all Democratic members o…”

Gabbard describes the Democratic superdelegate system as including over 700 people, comprising all 435 members of Congress plus party-appointed leaders.

“I firmly believe there's more sociopaths than we really think. I really do. I think if you look at the general consensus as something like, what is it? One out…”

It is claimed the commonly cited rate of sociopathy is about one in a hundred people, but the true rate is likely much higher (later suggested as 10%).

“There has proven to be a direct correlation to a drastic reduction in opioid related deaths in those states where people have access, again, either to medical…”

Gabbard claims states with legal medical or recreational marijuana access have seen a proven direct correlation to a drastic reduction in opioid-related deaths.

“He was a professor who taught transgender studies at the University of Toronto. And yeah, he said outright that there were no biological differences between me…”

Peterson claims a University of Toronto professor of transgender studies stated on a TV program that scientific consensus holds there are no biological differences between men and women.

“a sow can have like at the age of one it could start having three or four litters a year i think it's six months oh it's crazy i think they can start breeding…”

Kennedy claims feral sows can start breeding as young as six months old and produce three or four litters per year.

“Do you know how much the drug companies alone spent to defeat that effort? They spent $131 million on one ballot item in one state.”

Sanders claims drug companies spent $131 million to defeat a 2016 California drug-pricing ballot measure (Prop 61).

“Over the last 30 years, the top 1% has seen a $21 trillion increase in their wealth. The bottom half of America has seen a $900 billion decline in their wealth.”

Sanders cites Federal Reserve data claiming the top 1% gained $21 trillion in wealth over 30 years while the bottom half lost $900 billion.

“You've got the top 1% owning more wealth than the bottom 92%.”

Sanders claims the top 1% of Americans own more wealth than the bottom 92% of the population combined.

“Over the last 20 years, the drug companies alone have spent $4.5 billion in 20 years on lobbying and campaign contributions.”

Sanders claims pharmaceutical companies spent $4.5 billion over 20 years on lobbying and campaign contributions.

“you're trying to make yourself the biggest pebble to raise you to the top of this huge friction um so because most people they actually die of traumatic injuri…”

Kennedy claims most avalanche fatalities are caused by traumatic injury during the slide rather than asphyxiation from being buried.

“here's Hitler's skull. And when they did the genetic testing, it's that of a 35-year-old woman. So like, oh, well, this isn't Hitler, but they've said for the…”

Kennedy claims genetic testing on the skull fragment held in Moscow and long attributed to Hitler showed it belonged to a 35-year-old woman.

“Like the glaucoma research Institute put out a study, like 60% of glaucoma patients don't take their medication on time, knowing that that will cause them to g…”

Andrew Marr claims a study from a 'glaucoma research institute' found 60% of glaucoma patients don't take their medication on time despite risking blindness.

“58 individuals attempted suicide. We showed that within three months, what was it, 91% had a 50% improvement.”

Andrew Marr says his foundation's uncontrolled cohort of 58 suicide-attempt veterans showed 91% achieved a 50% symptom improvement within three months of the TBI/hormone protocol.

“there was a study that was recently published men that had like atherosclerosis, they were given 2.4 grams of garlic a day. And it actually slowed the accumula…”

Patrick claims a study found 2.4 grams of garlic per day slowed arterial plaque accumulation by about 80% in men with atherosclerosis.

“I know I shared it with you in the past that if a football player has one major concussion on the field, he's 19 times at greater risk of developing Alzheimer'…”

Mark Gordon claims a single major football concussion raises Alzheimer's risk 19-fold in people aged 30 to 49.

“So they found in 61% of these people who were still depressed with atypical depression that they had growth hormone deficiency.”

Dr. Mark Gordon claims a study found 61% of people with medication-resistant (atypical) depression had growth hormone deficiency, which resolved after hormone replacement.

“we would expect our nutrition is changing, the quality of foods that we eat, and the fact that we have since 1986 statin drugs, which are $36 billion a year, w…”

Mark Gordon claims statin drugs have existed since 1986 and generate $36 billion a year in sales.

“the suicide rate has gone up since 2005 in the veteran community by about 6%. But here's the mind-blowing statistic. In the civilian population, suicide has ri…”

The speaker claims veteran suicide rates rose only about 6% since 2005 while civilian suicide rates rose almost 50% in the same period, citing a 'Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report'.

“We have a gal who flies in from Stockholm, Sweden, who had mild to moderate Parkinson's on three medications. 90 days later, she's 70% better. She doesn't have…”

The speaker claims a patient's Parkinson's disease symptoms improved 70% within 90 days of his treatment, eliminating tremor and shuffling gait.

“why is the Special Operations community, according to the Special Operations Command, committing suicide at a rate that's the highest in the military and 30% h…”

The speaker claims Special Operations personnel have the highest military suicide rate, 30% higher than the rest of the military, per Special Operations Command data.

“the last time you have that heavy rainfall in Egypt is the period that geologists call the Younger Dryas, roughly between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. So the b…”

Hancock asserts that erosion patterns on the Sphinx enclosure prove the monument dates to the Younger Dryas period roughly 12,000 years ago.

“he claimed in 1976, it was five to ten times more potent than psilocybin”

Muraresku claims Albert Hofmann self-experimented with ergonovine (an ergot alkaloid) and found it five to ten times more potent than psilocybin.

“The notion that the Great Sphinx is 12,500 years old, which is a notion based on the erosion patterns on the body of the Sphinx, is utterly unacceptable to Egy…”

Hancock claims the Great Sphinx's erosion patterns show it is 12,500 years old, a date rejected by mainstream Egyptology.

“In 1950, Dr. King wrote a paper called The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity. You can Google it.”

Muraresku claims Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a 1950 paper titled 'The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity.'

“Why when you have 5 billion pigs in Texas, why would you cook a nasty one or just go get a nice sweet one over there? And there's so many of them.”

The speaker states that Texas has 5 billion feral pigs.

“Do you see some of the districts in Illinois during the 2016 election? There was like 104% came in for Obama”

The speaker claims certain Illinois districts recorded 104% turnout for Obama in the 2016 election.

“My own doctor, my own doctor said hydroxychloroquine is fantastic if you catch it early. He goes, it really stops the propagation of the disease if you catch i…”

The speaker claims his personal doctor said hydroxychloroquine is highly effective and stops COVID-19 propagation if taken early.

“well okay to go back to your point about porn addiction number one there's no evidence for pornography addiction in that i need to introduce you to”

Soh asserts there is no evidence that pornography addiction exists.

“There was one meta-analysis, I believe it was of 27 studies that did show for people who have transitioned that they do experience a lessening of feelings of g…”

Soh cites a meta-analysis of 27 studies showing that people who medically transition experience reduced gender dysphoria and improved life satisfaction.

“So there are two genders. And so gender, for 99% of us, our biological sex is our gender. Biological sex is determined by gametes, which are either eggs or spe…”

Soh claims sex/gender is strictly binary for 99% of people because biological sex is defined by gamete type, with no intermediate gametes.

“one study showed that among millennials about 10 percent identify as a third gender so this includes you know non-binary gender neutral you know a gender”

Soh claims a study found about 10% of millennials identify as a third gender, including non-binary or genderqueer identities.

“there was several studies that show that in the people that were in the ICU with COVID, more than 80% of them were insufficient when their vitamin D levels and…”

Rogan, relaying a claim he attributes to Dr. Rhonda Patrick, says studies show more than 80% of COVID ICU patients had insufficient vitamin D levels and only 4% had sufficient levels.