Josh Brolin | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #690

• 0:00 Cold open: Theo’s new Netflix special and a merch restock, then the intro.
• 1:20 Two sober guys catch up, and why Liquid Death cans that look like tallboys work at concerts.
• 4:00 The Cito Rats: the Montecito surf crew Josh grew up with, most of them gone, now relaunched as a brand that’s survived and updated.
• 8:40 Josh’s mom the wildlife activist: wolves and mountain lions in the house, Reggie the chimp with the truck gun, and her CB trucker convoy.
• 22:00 Punk rock and Rich Kids on LSD, heroin hitting the crew in the ’90s, Joe Walsh’s old house, and Colbert’s penultimate show.
• 31:35 Theo’s Louisiana childhood, with neighbors stealing the balcony wood, and Josh’s Shreveport arrest while shooting W.
• 37:00 The Goonies as a first role, hundreds of bad auditions, Spielberg on day one, Thrashin’, and a Shirley Temple audition.
• 45:40 Landscaping, five years of day trading, what No Country actually paid, and his last audition, for American Gangster.
• 49:00 Getting sober at 19, White Russians, a day with Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart, Bob Dylan, and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s planet shirt.
• 1:00:50 Quantum physics books, Tucson, Santa Barbara High, Harley pulls with Dana White, and working UFC ringside.
• 1:09:20 Whalefall: Daniel Kraus’s novel, Austin Abrams, Dune, Sicario, Only the Brave, and his dad James Brolin.
• 1:27:40 Working the steps, Anthony Hopkins on alcoholics, the night Cormac McCarthy died, The Fisherman, and a lighthouse tattoo.

Liquid Death — the canned water Josh says he has a small stake in. The cans look like tallboys, so non-drinkers fit in. Amazon 1:59

Cito Rats — Josh’s relaunch of his old crew’s name as a brand: survived and updated. 4:04

Bra Boys — the documentary about the Maroubra surf crew, one of the groups Josh compares the Cito Rats to. Amazon 5:22

Dogtown and Z-Boys — the skate-crew documentary. The Cito Rats were the surfer version. Amazon 5:39

From Under the Truck — Josh’s memoir of growing up, with his mom’s animals and the Cito Rats. Amazon 8:40

The Outsiders — the 1983 Coppola movie Theo sees in an old photo of young Josh. Amazon 16:30

T-Mobile Sidekick — the calculator-at-the-bar joke about trying to math your way into drinking again. Wikipedia 20:14

Rich Kids on LSD — the punk band his best friend Jason Sears fronted. Amazon 22:01

Unsolved Mysteries — and America’s Most Wanted, from the Joe Walsh / John Walsh mix-up. Amazon · Unsolved Mysteries: Wikipedia · America’s Most Wanted: Wikipedia 26:36

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Josh did the penultimate show. Wikipedia 27:39

W. — the Oliver Stone movie he was shooting in Shreveport when he was arrested. Amazon 34:30

The Goonies — Josh’s first time in front of a camera. Amazon 37:10

Shirley Temple movies — what Theo stayed up watching, then sang a Shirley Temple song at an audition. Amazon 39:03

Guns N’ Roses — the one band Theo says he can sort of sing, by imitation. Amazon 39:20

Flirting with Disaster — the David O. Russell movie Josh says he got only because Russell insisted. Amazon 40:30

Thrashin’ — the 1986 skateboarding movie that later became a cult film. Amazon 43:24

No Country for Old Men — the role that changed things after 22 years. Amazon 45:31

American Gangster — the last audition he ever sent in, with his son reading the Denzel part. Amazon 47:38

The Big Lebowski — the White Russians era. Amazon 49:50

ChatGPT — Jeff Bridges’ AI friend, Gary. Official site 50:30

Crazy Heart — and its song “The Weary Kind.” Amazon 52:00

“The Weary Kind” (Crazy Heart soundtrack) — the Ryan Bingham song from Crazy Heart that Theo loves. Amazon 52:18

Milk — Sean Penn played Harvey Milk, not Josh. Amazon 55:31

My Left Foot — Daniel Day-Lewis, after a title mix-up. Amazon 55:54

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics — Carlo Rovelli’s short book on the basics of physics, which Josh started reading after quantum physics hooked him. Amazon 1:01:12

Vans Slip-Ons — part of the Santa Barbara High uniform Josh describes, with blue pants and a wife-beater. Amazon 1:04:38

Harley-Davidson — the bikes Josh rides on 1,200-mile pulls. Official site 1:05:32

Whalefall (20th Century Studios) — Josh plays the dad. In theaters Oct 16. Official site 1:09:19

Whalefall (novel) — Daniel Kraus’s book. Josh slowed down at the end so it wouldn’t finish. Amazon 1:09:45

Angel Down — Kraus’s next novel. Amazon 1:09:52

The Dog Stars — the Ridley Scott movie he was shooting in Italy while reading Whalefall. Amazon · The Dog Stars: Official site 1:10:00

Weapons — with Austin Abrams. Amazon 1:11:40

Dune — Josh was in it with Austin Butler. Theo hasn’t seen the movies yet. Amazon 1:11:48

Sicario — with Benicio del Toro and Emily Blunt. Amazon 1:12:42

Only the Brave — with Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges. Amazon 1:13:32

Marcus Welby, M.D. — James Brolin’s hit TV show. Amazon 1:16:20

The Amityville Horror — a later James Brolin movie. Amazon 1:16:50

Prefontaine — the 1997 runner biopic Theo jokes about as the surprise role nobody sees coming. Amazon 1:20:10

The Family Man — the Nicolas Cage movie that brings on cry-laughing. Amazon 1:25:11

Eddie Murphy: Delirious — Josh first watched it on a little TV in Santa Barbara. Amazon 1:25:47

Cadbury eggs — a joke about how Anthony Hopkins was raised. Amazon 1:30:10

All the Pretty Horses — the McCarthy novel that came after years of low sales. Amazon 1:31:40

The Fisherman — a new story Josh wrote, set to shoot in January. 1:33:40

Montecito, California — home turf of the Cito Rats. 4:04

Paso Robles, California — the 230-acre ranch where Josh grew up with his mom’s animals. 13:30

Corpus Christi, Texas — where Josh’s mom was from. 13:40

Santa Barbara, California — Joe Walsh’s old house and Santa Barbara High. 26:28

Shreveport, Louisiana — where Josh was arrested while shooting W. 34:30

Tucson, Arizona — Josh just flew in from a visit with an old friend. 1:02:09

Santa Fe, New Mexico — Cormac McCarthy’s home. 1:30:42

Montauk, New York — the true survival story Josh plans to make with Jeremy Renner. 1:33:47

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