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Shane Gillis and Matt McCusker with Joe Rogan: Bombing, Bud Light, Cults, Carnivore Diets, Bears and Honey Badgers
Shane Gillis and Matt McCusker join Joe Rogan for a chaotic hang about bombing on stage, cults, diets, politics, history and animals.
Lorenzo Lewis on The Confess Project: How Barbers and Stylists Became Mental Health Advocates
Lorenzo Lewis went from a jail birth and a teen gun charge to training 3,000 barbers and stylists as mental health advocates.
Glass Sword
On the run from the king who betrayed her, the Lightning Girl races to find others like herself, and fears what the fight is turning her into.
Experts who lived it: when the professional has been there too
Psychiatrist Chris Palmer struggled with mental illness from childhood, psychiatrist Sasha Hamdani treats ADHD and has it herself, psychologist Joshua Coleman was cut off by his own daughter for several years, grief expert David Kessler lost his younger son, therapist Patrick Teahan grew up with an alcoholic mother and domestic violence, and psychiatrist Paul Conti talks about his brother's suicide. Palmer and Kessler tie their work directly to it, Palmer through the diet change he went on to try with treatment-resistant patients and Kessler through the sixth stage of grief he added after his son died, which tells readers that this advice comes from people who have been where they are.
A World Without Email
Cal Newport argues that the inbox has become a broken way of organising work, and lays out four principles for doing knowledge work without the constant chatter.
Tell Your Children
A former New York Times reporter argues that marijuana causes psychosis and violence and that legalization has outrun the science, a case many experts dispute.
Emotional Agility
A Harvard psychologist shows how to face hard feelings, step back from them and act on your values through small, deliberate changes.
Nuclear War: A Scenario
A minute-by-minute, fact-based account of how one missile launch could unravel into global nuclear war in 72 minutes.
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
A funny, plain-spoken classic showing that financial security comes from spending less, clearing debt, using tax breaks and buying index funds steadily.
Jed Buchwald on Isaac Newton, Thomas Kuhn and How Science Really Progresses
Caltech historian Jed Buchwald tells Lex Fridman how science really advances, and brings Isaac Newton's genius, rivalries and quirks to life.
The Book Thief
In Nazi Germany, a foster girl who cannot read begins stealing books, and Death himself stops to tell her story.
The 33 Strategies of War
Robert Greene turns three thousand years of military thinking into 33 strategies for everyday conflict, starting with the war inside your own head.
Collapse
Jared Diamond compares societies that fell apart with ones that endured to show that environmental ruin is often decisive, but never destiny: societies choose.
Travis Oliphant on Creating NumPy, SciPy and Anaconda, and Funding Open Source
Travis Oliphant tells Lex Fridman how NumPy, SciPy, Conda and Numba were built, and how he is trying to make open source financially sustainable.
How to Make Hard Choices After a Breakup: Mel Robbins Coaches a Listener on Staying or Going
Mel Robbins coaches a listener torn about moving after a breakup, sharing ten takeaways on closure, regret, guilt and telling right decisions from fear.
Norman Naimark on Genocide, Stalin, Mao and the Human Capacity for Evil
Stanford historian Norman Naimark explains Stalin's terror famine, what counts as genocide, why ordinary people take part, and whether love can win.
Janine Driver on Reading Body Language: Spotting Lies, Projecting Confidence and the 'Maybe I'm Wrong' Formula
Body language expert Janine Driver teaches Mel Robbins how to spot deception, use words and posture to project confidence, and trust your intuition.
Neal Brennan on Comedy, Information Chaos and Rewiring His Mind Through Psychedelics and Gratitude
Neal Brennan and Joe Rogan talk TV vs. the internet, media distrust, a harrowing DMT aftermath, and how gratitude lists changed his life.
Jeff Dye and Joe Rogan on Comedy Community, Weed Laws, Sucker Punches, Drones, Trans Athletes and Bigfoot
Comedian Jeff Dye and Joe Rogan riff on the Mothership, comedy camaraderie, hemp history, drone warfare, fairness in women's sports and Bigfoot.
Rachel Hart on Changing Your Relationship With Alcohol: Understanding the Urge Beneath the Drink
Coach Rachel Hart helps Mel Robbins see that drinking is about urges, belonging and boundaries, and shares tools to name urges and end the shame cycle.
Psychic Medium Kim Russo on Intuition, Loved Ones Who Have Passed, and Finding Your Purpose
Medium Kim Russo shares her story, the message that moved Mel Robbins to Vermont, and her practices for trusting intuition and gut feelings.
Dan Soder on Joe Rogan: Katt Williams, Orcas in Captivity, Quake, Putin and Mighty Mouse
Comedian Dan Soder and Joe Rogan ramble through Katt Williams, killer whales in captivity, Quake, Putin, UFC classics and video games.
Richard Wrangham on Violence, Self-Domestication and Fire: How Chimps, Beta Males and Cooking Made Us Human
Harvard primatologist Richard Wrangham explains why humans are both gentle and deadly, and how fire and cooking shaped our evolution.
Shawn Achor on Why Happiness Is an Option: Four 21-Day Habits and Why Happiness Is a Team Sport
Happiness researcher Shawn Achor shares four simple 21-day habits, his own depression story, and why happiness is a team sport, not a solo pursuit.