Pete Holmes on Capitalism, Waze, and Ketamine

Pete Holmes is back on the podcast to talk about his new Netflix special I Am Not For Everyone. He and Adam chat about the nuances of stand up comedy and how playing to specific audiences can hinder one’s voice. The guys also share their love for The Sklar Brothers. Next, Adam presents an idea on how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the guys talk about gentrification. Pete also recalls his experience using ketamine.
Chris shares news stories on MrBeast building 100 wells in Africa, Patrick Dempsey being named Sexiest Man Alive, and an Airbnb squatter finally moving out. Finally, Pete shares his hatred for Waze and the guys talk about how they deal with unfortunate situations beyond their control.
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[@mikechavez4020]

No one laughes at Pete Holmes jokes like Pete Holmes

[@seanmichael7714]

Pete's never looked better! You guys are great love the show!

[@carlposter4504]

It’s like watching the field of consciousness grow. Water these deeper ways of thinking.

[@loamslice6410]

Why does Pete Holmes keep mentioning Marina Abramovic?

[@mrpostnorts5259]

Because she is the path to Spirit Cooking

[@badlaamaurukehu]

And he mentions "co-creation" a few times.

[@superaddyb]

Sold his soul.. so sad. Probably on the adrenachrome

[@user-zd8wb3wo6h]

@@jpw5820 chill bro. dude went out of his way to share his faith

[@user-zd8wb3wo6h]

@@superaddyb and the same to you. Not true.

[@B-Nice]

Pete's rant was perfect, although I had to listen at 1.5x speed cause I got things to do 🏋🏽‍♀️

[@BrainSturgeon]

28:00 Adam's timing was impeccable! Also, really love this comedian's perspective on stand-up, extremely unique

[@UpsonPrattJr.]

That was good!

[@h7opolo]

whoa, adam carolla! just subbed. woulda done so earlier if i knew you had a channel! better late than never.

[@Voice_of_Saturn]

Also, as a side note, Pete Holmes is the greatest thing since Gary Shandling.

[@mintgumornot]

Who? Who?

[@Voice_of_Saturn]

@@mintgumornotLook it up.

[@richb313]

Great Show Adam your disagreements with Pete are informative.

[@ChewieEst]

Pete ramp on Waze and phones is legendary! This podcast introduced me to him, and made me a fan of him!

[@svwhippoorwill3599]

The Ketamine segment reminded me of Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now when he was describing the Colonel.😂

[@joe_higachi]

Pete’s Batman stuff is great

[@21cooltool]

News part of the show was awesome with Pete. Will watch the special later when I smoke lol

[@FSUBrando]

Pete Holmes already killing it right out of the gate 😂 FANTASTIC Netflix special too

[@Twobarpsi]

No Gina or Bald is a BIG plus!!

[@bryanc.5463]

Adam’s got some good guests this week.

[@bloodydominations992]

Parts of the Navigeddon plot is in a 2018 movie called Upgrade. Adam is always ahead of the curve!

[@D-Fens_1632]

I keep seeing that movie on the cable guide, it's actually coming on here in 20 minutes, is it worth a watch?

[@bloodydominations992]

@@D-Fens_1632 Yes, it's a good movie

[@psychophelia]

Just discovered that I liked Pete Holmes. Thanks Ace. Gonna check out his Netflix spot tonight.

[@photosolutions8618]

His HBO show "Crashing" is semi autobiographical. It's light, funny, and insightful into Pete's life.

[@user-vo5pl6bz3w]

Pete Holmes seemed to improve alot, which is more I can say about SARAH SILVERMAN, especially since her face was everywhere in 2002, her Lousy politics, Piercing-VOICE,Same routine & Men are the problem "complaining", Atleast Pete Holmes is coming up with ideas & taking risks with his New Comedy, Now that he realizes his "Perfect Christian" routine isn't gonna make expand his base, The Apartment Fapping "story" is better than all of his "COLLEGE 🎓 STANDUPS " in the 2010s

[@Chiguy79]

That last segment, going over the Waze and Delta stuff, a lot deeper and perspective shifting than I think I ever would've given to a guy who does a bad Batman impersonation for a laugh. Really enjoyable two hours that felt like 20 minutes.

[@noiserkr]

Great episode!

[@mrpostnorts5259]

Guess Pete got initiated into the big "Club"

[@stevebakker6884]

Dang, I had a dream about hash browns last night. Have I been watching too often?

[@lancairw867]

I went to Waffle House just to eat some 😂

[@rebeccacarraway480]

Too much Ace? Not a thing…

[@h7opolo]

i hope every episode will be as genuine, intellectual, and humorous as this one.

[@YourBeastRoy]

One of the greatest quotes of all time from Pete "Life can't just be eat a sandwhich" haha

[@michaelortiz3154]

him praising Marina Abramović was a bit odd but k

[@Diaphanic1]

She’s disgusting but K is awesome….needs more positive spokespeople like him

[@h7opolo]

when did they talk about ketamine? 1:03:39

[@P51]

@chrislaxamana will you please inform Adam that the Phalanx System is NOT part of the Iron Dome Defense System . Israel does use Phalanx, but it's on their ships. Thanks.

[@bloodydominations992]

Waze once took us off-road to avoid traffic. It led to a blowout… thanks a lot Waze!

[@annhatton1981]

A little much for me...I enjoy the more laid back guests who don't interject anywhere and everywhere....but that is just me...will still continue to watch for Adams implosion on hash browns an other earth shattering topics 😂😂😂

[@BroughPerkinsMedium]

I am absolutely convinced Adam is a Psychic. Not a practising one (obviously.) His predictions are ridiculously accurate and he used to get callers on Loveline and just know their fathers first name was the same as theirs etc. Adam is paranormal. His insight to Pete about how his development came from "undoing his past" was so profound, and when Adam said "Now you've got to stop here. Otherwise you'll be too far off the reigns" is so valuable.

[@nickseason]

Yah, the "crystal brain" thing isn't a bit, he has one

[@S.J.L]

"Capitalism" is Marx's word. It has become synonymous with state run corporatism. Adam Smith never talked about "capitalism" but free enterprise and free markets.

[@mightisright]

I thought state-run corporatism would be like Mussolini's Italy (fascism). Marx's idea of capitalism is more like corporation-run government, where the state is subordinate to private, unaccountable big business. I'm not sure because whenever I read Marx I have to drop the book and throw up because it's so disgusting.

[@S.J.L]

@@mightisright Your right in theory but in practice it's either "state run corporatism" or corporatist run statism and there isn't much difference. Whatever we have isn't free, we have Central bank monopolies, 20% inflation in the last five years and we work at least three months of the year just to pay off the regime. Nothing free about it but the constitution does still give us some chance.

[@tylerstamps2786]

Great show! 2 guys that are very good at what they do. Pete’s brain works as fast as the Ace man and both have interesting P’sOV. 👍

[@timogen1970]

Looking for this comment...Pete is one of those few people that can keep up with Adam and even pass him.

[@SmuRidley]

​@@timogen1970"I love ways"... "eat shit". Funniest moment.

[@smrldmrscl3294]

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Netflix special beginning to end. I usually lose interest halfway thru. But Pete’s special was really good. ❤❤

[@christopherbetancourt8007]

Yessssir

[@jasonmorrow1981]

Love Pete's spirit and view on life in general. Just happends to be hilarious as well

[@tapatton9]

I love watching Pete Holmes slowly transform into a less alcoholic Allan Watts.

[@duschidtt]

7:07 "Yeah, so, I have thoughts, one is is..." One is is?! 🤪

[@sgtcrtrdnl]

Manufacturing costs are just one piece of the puzzle.

[@sharpie526777]

Someone timestamp for me the baja israel bits plz its so funny lol😂

[@fatbetty8501]

My worlds are colliding in the best way

[@h7opolo]

7:59 intermittent training is possibly more effective than constant training.

[@MrTurkeyburgler]

Serena is the better sister not venus

[@esiprecision7504]

One of, if Not the Best episode. Loved it.

[@imustbecrazy5626]

Capitalism only works if you're willing to pay. He is talking about consumerism. The rich get wealthy because a lot of people want the thing more than their money.

[@imustbecrazy5626]

He thought he was going to make 37 dollars.

[@OG_BigB297]

1:40:14 Thoughts on Waze

[@carsondenny1986]

A few random unsolicited thoughts: (1) I don’t seek Pete out, but I always like him when he’s around. And his new special is *very* funny (shoutout to his Alexa bit). (2) Chris continues to come into his element and adds a lot of value to the show in its new format. His immediate “Jason is the taller and heavier (Skyler)” was great. (3) The conversation about an objective basis to compare inherently subjective art is very basic and has been thoroughly discussed by more knowledgeable people recently and for hundreds of years. My (slight) complaint isn’t quite that it’s basic though; it’s that it’s contemplative in nature rather than funny, but its lack of contemplative value just doesn’t outweigh the lack of funny. (4) Many of us have read the books, seen the Man Show, and heard the Gavin Newsome interview. It can get a bit stale to keep circling back. (5) Otherwise a great ep, and props to Adam on the ever expanding vocabulary / the seamless throw in of tutelage and azure (although grammatically, fewer* people) (6) Tonight my KZbin algorithm / insomnia led me to a video of a crocodile eating the face off a live zebra. I can’t say I recommend it, but I don’t think I’ll ever forget it.

[@randb4865]

Who?

[@smelltheglove2038]

Dude, I got the venue I wanted. Uh, I'm Performing my dance quintet--you know, my cycle--at Crane Jackson's Fountain Street Theater on Tuesday night, and well I'd love it if you came and gave me notes.

[@jeremyorwhatever]

Speaking of not following the rules, I saved $1,500 not renewing my car tabs two years in a row. Parking Enforcement a little light on the enforcement lately.

[@D-Fens_1632]

Or you screwed your local government and in turn residents out of funds.

[@davroc46N2]

When Pete was younger I didn't think he was funny, but after this interview, I have a new found respect for how his mind works 👍 and as if it needs to be said, Adam is awesome 🤘

[@life.7855]

13:28 WAR MODE. IYKYK.

[@bravesrule95]

Holy shit I’m now a Pete Holmes fan!

[@B-Nice]

Both Adam and Ventura really are trying to sell us on the Baja

[@DoubleDoubleWithOnions]

I think it might be some kind of "miiiiiind control."

[@D-Fens_1632]

I'd give it to the blacks first as reparations. Tell them there's gold there.

[@WokerThanThou]

@@D-Fens_1632 I think the US already tried something like that with Liberia. It didn't go well.

[@thanksfernuthin]

Yeah. He's not for me.

[@YourMomsBestBoyfriend]

Wow, Pete actually gets it. This world IS the insanity and logic, all combined, and there’s no escaping it. You know, put extremely simply.

[@davidchappell9159]

Another great show but I recommend not wearing plaid. Any solid color just looks better. Everyone must see BadMan by Pete Holmes.

[@cafferacer]

After just watching Heat it’s nice to have a weirdo pcp smoking version of Val Kilmer

[@CoelhoSports]

Problem: look nyc, london, and everywhere else the chosen people went, and look at what is happening in the streets right now. It follows them everywhere

[@bpoindexter7404]

We live in a corpratocracy run by oligarchs. Sadly capitalism is being starved out

[@Acknaar]

The word capitalism is a communist replacement for free market .

[@mikelazer6190]

I fux wit Pete Holmes as far as celebrities go.

[@catejames6453]

Pete Holmes looks/acts like an extroverted Wes Anderson

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

"don't wanna get too lofty about it" - & the loftiness ensues... (pete holmes: philosopher comedian)

[@nilfux]

The Claudine Gay argument, which I agree with -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmrNk5mEa9mjrK8

[@donharalson8880]

That voice is Sam Morril

[@miramirez3574]

❤️‍🔥

[@photosolutions8618]

I love Pete but he is not differentiating between the "cost of labor and parts to manufacture something" with how much it is "worth" to someone in the free market.

[@WaffleStomper69]

One of my favorite people

[@johnotoole5786]

Adam stern did this bit on 911 biut moving israel to mexico

[@Twobarpsi]

I don't miss Bald or Gina.

[@YourBeastRoy]

Nah but I do miss them fun bags on that hose hound

[@matthewboenker5802]

please don't have pete on again. pete holmes, pete davidson. no pete's please.

[@gorkmusic]

Pete's a sweetheart, but the special was bad. Watch his special Dirty Clean instead.

[@flynnlizzy5469]

38:10 "Go to watch a football' wtf ?

[@dennisfarris4729]

90% of your problem is not liking what the reporter is saying not the subject of which he speaks.

[@FSUBrando]

ACE AWARD NOMINEE FOR GUEST OF THE YEAR! Let’s all do Ketamine with Pete Holmes

[@CommieGobbledygook]

Adam is from a group of gypsy atheists. Haha.

[@hackjealousy]

I really like Pete Holmes. Seems like a really good guy.

[@benrosn8154]

Capitalism is great

[@Hulkamatychuk]

Yes

[@h7opolo]

1:33:00 37, bb

[@BornAHawkEye]

Capitalist pigzzzzz lol

[@awesomedog01]

Serena is the Beast, Venus is attractive. They kept it so easy....

[@D-Fens_1632]

Pete Holmes is what would happen if you spliced Val Kilmer and Sal Vulcano's DNA together.

[@xandercrews4729]

Capitalism is good.

[@Acknaar]

Capitalism is a communist identification of the free market .

[@justinhunt4767]

To the rich

[@WaffleStomper69]

​@@justinhunt4767oh you're 14

[@sgtcrtrdnl]

It's the best. Objectively.

[@mahkev2000]

Great take!

[@jorgeluissanchez4344]

we already have a bunch of jewish people in Mexico

[@Jilljames23]

It is sad to see him Pete go to the dark side. He was innocent, read the Screwtape letters by CS Lewis. The devil is conniving, you don’t even realize it, it is slow and methodical. Adam said it perfect you are headed towards the devil. It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven

[@BuscatiJones]

Coocoo

[@ThisCanNotBTheFuture]

Pete Holmes is nice but 1) rather unfunny and 2) full of progressive BS. Why does the entire show have to be devoted to the guest now??

[@joe_higachi]

Adam has guests on from both sides. When tucker and other fox friends are on, I simply don’t watch.

[@kas9904]

Adam, read the Bible, please!

[@DonnieJ2024]

Marina Abramovich of Spirit Cooking Fame Pete Holmes? Really??? Noooooo

[@imustbecrazy5626]

He likes Satanists? Ok dude.

[@ryansgirl2002]

Exactly. Disgusting satanists at that.

[@Raz75reb]

Anyone else's brain explode when Maxipada did not know the difference between Venus and Serena Williams?!?!?

[@Sigmund1924]

Nope. I don’t either. That in addition to not knowing who the majority of guests on this show are even though I’m 55 means I haven’t wasted my time staring at the “ Idiot box”.

[@Acknaar]

Mostly because nobody cares .

[@IMDunn-oy9cd]

Nope.

[@joe_higachi]

@@Sigmund1924KZbin is the pinnacle of “idiot box” WTF are you saying?

[@abelgonzales3695]

Nothing really wrong with capitalism, or socialism for that matter. It’s us humans that have the propensity to f things up. Some people I know can’t even get through a friendly game of Mario kart without having a meltdown when they’ve lost.

[@michaelknorr6825]

Capitalism should promote better service and products.

[@MrBuketman]

Absolutely. Customer service in the last 10-ish years has rapidly declined in most fields of business. When I get good customer service I go out of my to tell them thank you for at least seeming like they care.

[@Acknaar]

Stop using the communist phrase for free markets .

[@scottmiller1531]

It does.

[@timothycody2270]

Too much time on his hands.

[@Chelts]

I havent watched adam carolla in many years and boy howdy has he become an unbearable comedy black hole and idealogically siloed.

[@88mphs]

j’s are better than us ok pal

[@russellfelix3424]

Holmes is not that funny at all

[@MissWeezeyUSA]

I don’t get the appeal of Pete Holmes… 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🤔

[@Miccio1]

Pete Holmes = not funny

[@robost8040]

Not getting this guy.

[@maddiecash100]

Pete Holmes quit the mocking voice.

[@noebeyond]

Love Pete Holmes, but Adams whole bits are cringe and not funny at all.

[@helpsquad1]

Pete Holmes is the WISH version of Russel Brand.

[@RandomStuff-ww1wv]

funny voices...not for me, seems like lazy comedy