Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr · Aired Oct 28, 2026
Claim summary · not a verbatim quotation
The price of rice has increased by 70% and wheat has increased by 40%.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Carr gives 70% for rice and 40% for wheat without identifying the market, currency or comparison dates. FAO's September 2026 release reports wheat up 6.3% month on month and its rice index up 1.4% that month. Those are useful benchmarks, but monthly basket indices cannot conclusively refute unspecified cumulative or local price increases. The two stated percentages remain unresolved.
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Quick answer
Is it true that the price of rice has increased by 70% and wheat has increased by 40%?
We can't say yet. Carr gives 70% for rice and 40% for wheat without identifying the market, currency or comparison dates. 4% that month. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr, aired Oct 28, 2026, at 1:44:47. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is fao.org, linked below.
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