What Sam Tallent has said about Brut (novel)
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 3, 2026
Sam Tallent, American stand-up comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth podcast, has been quoted on Brut (novel) 2 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on November 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Tallent says Brut began as a short piece about a hitman whose gun jams, which Random House encouraged him to expand.
“I got 30 pages about a hitman killing a guy with his gun that's jammed”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2575 - Sam Tallent (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 2:04
Tallent acknowledges that, for his first hardcover release, he deliberately aimed to write commercially appealing genre fiction.
“I wanted to write something that was an easily sellable bit of pulp fiction”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2575 - Sam Tallent (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 3:23
Episodes
#2575 - Sam TallentThe Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 3, 2026 · 2 h 49 min
Joe Rogan and comedian-novelist Sam Tallent discuss Tallent's hitman novel Brut, a disastrous Kill Tony arena show, comedy careers, literature, fitness, and the rise of AI.
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