Hunter S. Thompson
Subject in Books
Hunter S. Thompson has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joe EszterhasHungarian-American screenwriter, author and former Rolling Stone journalist known for Basic Instinct, Showgirls and Flashdance
Eszterhas suggested, contrary to liberal assumptions, that Thompson might have liked Donald Trump.
“But there's also a part of me that says he would have liked Trump”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2508 - Joe Eszterhas (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:14
Eszterhas credited Hunter S. Thompson with the chain of events that led to his screenwriting success.
“All of that, which led to my success in screenplays and in the cinema, was thanks to Hunter”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2508 - Joe Eszterhas (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:37
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan lamented that today's media landscape lacks a single great writer who encapsulates the era as Thompson did.
“There's not a lot of, like, great writing that encapsulates things where there's, like, one figure that we turn to to read their stuff on things”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2508 - Joe Eszterhas (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:58:37
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
#2508 - Joe EszterhasThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 3, 2026 · 2 h 18 min
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells Joe Rogan about writing Basic Instinct, his friendship with Hunter S. Thompson, his Christian faith, the Shroud of Turin, ICE and encounters with music legends.