I'm going to download the entire podcast on my iPhone and listen to it while I walk tomorrow morning. Here's a snippet of the first 2 minutes:
ROGAN: You are the first professional pool player to ever be on this podcast.
GORST: Yeah. Thank you.
ROGAN: So congratulations.
GORST: Thank you so much.
ROGAN: How old are you, man?
GORST: I'm 22.
ROGAN: How long you been playing?
GORST: I've actually started with a different game called "Russian Pyramids."
ROGAN: Yeah, I've seen that before.
GORST: Yeah, that's the game we play in Russia. You know, I've played since I was about six. That's when I had my first coach, but I've been around billiard balls since the very beginning.
ROGAN: What are you ranked in the world right now? You're like—in my opinion, you're like top three, top four in the world.
GORST: There's currently, like, too many different rankings.
ROGAN: Oh.
GORST: You can't—you can't really—because I didn't play as many tournaments this year, like official ones. So I don't have any ranking points.
ROGAN: Because of the—because you're from Russia—
GORST: Yeah.
ROGAN: —and you couldn't play in tournaments for a while, right, during the Ukraine crisis?
GORST: Yeah. So since the end of February when the whole thing started, they banned all the Russian athletes, and they only removed the ban in—I believe in the end of July.
ROGAN: You know what's crazy is they didn't ban UFC fighters.
GORST: Yeah.
ROGAN: We have a lot of Russian UFC fighters, and they don't even get treated badly. They don't—they don't get booed. I mean, they get booed a little bit by some assholes, but—
GORST: It's—it's different in every sport. Like hockey, you know—
ROGAN: Yeah.
GORST: —Ovechkin is still playing. You know, there's a lot of great players in hockey that still play from Russia.
ROGAN: But—so, in pool, they made a decision to not have Russian players for a little while, and then they relaxed it. Why did they relax it? Did they realize it was—it's not your—it's not your business. Like, it's not like—you're 22. You're not involved in politics.
GORST: Well, you can understand it from—I don't know—from like the business point of view, but—
ROGAN: I guess.
GORST: But, you know, pool in my opinion is a small sport, and in the end of the day, I don't know how many pool players will you ban by banning the Russian athletes. I know, I mean, three players.
ROGAN: Yeah. There's only a few from Russia, right?
GORST: Yeah, that play internationally.
ROGAN: And you're the best?
GORST: Uh, from Russia, yeah.
ROGAN: Yeah, for sure. For sure. Like, you're one of the best in the world, period. It's kind of crazy to be one of the best in the world at something at 22 years old because you have so much room to grow and get better.
GORST: Oh, yeah, for sure.
ROGAN: I mean, that's got to be very promising for you because ...
ROGAN: You are the first professional pool player to ever be on this podcast.
GORST: Yeah. Thank you.
ROGAN: So congratulations.
GORST: Thank you so much.
ROGAN: How old are you, man?
GORST: I'm 22.
ROGAN: How long you been playing?
GORST: I've actually started with a different game called "Russian Pyramids."
ROGAN: Yeah, I've seen that before.
GORST: Yeah, that's the game we play in Russia. You know, I've played since I was about six. That's when I had my first coach, but I've been around billiard balls since the very beginning.
ROGAN: What are you ranked in the world right now? You're like—in my opinion, you're like top three, top four in the world.
GORST: There's currently, like, too many different rankings.
ROGAN: Oh.
GORST: You can't—you can't really—because I didn't play as many tournaments this year, like official ones. So I don't have any ranking points.
ROGAN: Because of the—because you're from Russia—
GORST: Yeah.
ROGAN: —and you couldn't play in tournaments for a while, right, during the Ukraine crisis?
GORST: Yeah. So since the end of February when the whole thing started, they banned all the Russian athletes, and they only removed the ban in—I believe in the end of July.
ROGAN: You know what's crazy is they didn't ban UFC fighters.
GORST: Yeah.
ROGAN: We have a lot of Russian UFC fighters, and they don't even get treated badly. They don't—they don't get booed. I mean, they get booed a little bit by some assholes, but—
GORST: It's—it's different in every sport. Like hockey, you know—
ROGAN: Yeah.
GORST: —Ovechkin is still playing. You know, there's a lot of great players in hockey that still play from Russia.
ROGAN: But—so, in pool, they made a decision to not have Russian players for a little while, and then they relaxed it. Why did they relax it? Did they realize it was—it's not your—it's not your business. Like, it's not like—you're 22. You're not involved in politics.
GORST: Well, you can understand it from—I don't know—from like the business point of view, but—
ROGAN: I guess.
GORST: But, you know, pool in my opinion is a small sport, and in the end of the day, I don't know how many pool players will you ban by banning the Russian athletes. I know, I mean, three players.
ROGAN: Yeah. There's only a few from Russia, right?
GORST: Yeah, that play internationally.
ROGAN: And you're the best?
GORST: Uh, from Russia, yeah.
ROGAN: Yeah, for sure. For sure. Like, you're one of the best in the world, period. It's kind of crazy to be one of the best in the world at something at 22 years old because you have so much room to grow and get better.
GORST: Oh, yeah, for sure.
ROGAN: I mean, that's got to be very promising for you because ...
