Episode 5 - Puberman & The Medieval Newsfeed: Joe Rogan, Town Criers, and Horse Girls Gone Wild

In this episode of Bad Thoughts, Nick and Sam unravel the ancient mysteries of human stupidity — from town criers being the OG Twitter notifications to Joe Rogan as the medieval town gossip.They spiral through Dragon Ball Z, Adult Swim nostalgia, legal prostitution loopholes in Arizona, horse-girl economics, and forgotten Victorian jobs like “knocker uppers” and “phrenologists.”A chaotic, hilarious, and slightly educational descent into history’s weirdest side hustles.🧠 Topics include:Joe Rogan as the modern town crierDragon Ball Z & Adult Swim memoriesFornicators, knock-up jobs, and the world’s oldest side hustlesHorse girls and the cost of equestrian loveIce men, phrenologists, and sewer scavengersSimps, voicemails, and childhood marketing scams👂 Listen till the end — because somehow, it all makes sense. Kind of.00:00 - Puberman returns: Joe Rogan, medieval town criers, and the shack of seclusion 05:00 - Dragon Ball Z nostalgia & Adult Swim memories 10:00 - Sex, escorts, and legal loopholes in Arizona 15:00 - The “knocker upper”: humanity’s weirdest alarm clock job 20:00 - From fornicators to band camp awakenings 25:00 - Horse girls, equestrian economics, and psycho stamina 30:00 - The Ice Man cometh (and delivers jewelry, apparently) 35:00 - Grindr, swiping analytics, and over-sharing 40:00 - Phrenology: when reading skull bumps was a career 45:00 - Simps, voicemails, and calling Soulja Boy for love 50:00 - Victorian sewer scavengers and the original waste pickers 55:00 - The philosophical outro: AIDS, love, and other delusions🔖 Hashtags:#BadThoughtsPodcast #ComedyPodcast #JoeRogan #TownCrier #AdultSwim #DragonBallZ #WeirdHistory #HorseGirls #DarkHumor #Phrenology #PodcastHumor #HistoryPodcast #NickAndSam