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Dress and stand for how you want to feel: confidence from the outside in
Stylist Erin Walsh asks 'How do I want to feel?' before getting dressed, social psychologist Amy Cuddy explains postural feedback and expansive posture, and Vanessa Van Edwards teaches claiming space and using your hands to project and build confidence. Each treats clothing, stance and gesture as inputs you can set before a hard moment, which gives people something concrete to do when telling themselves to feel confident fails.
Your circle is your ceiling: who to keep close and who to let go
Trent Shelton calls your circle the biggest barrier and names four kinds of people you can't be friends with, Mel Robbins tells people in their 20s that their circle is their wealth, behavioral scientist Katy Milkman ties belief and identity to the people around you, Lewis Howes says to get into rooms where you are the least successful person, and creator Josh Richards keeps his circle small on purpose. Together they treat the people around you as something you choose, which makes pruning and upgrading a circle a practical step and not a betrayal.
The overnight success that took years: comics, musicians and creators on the long road
Jo Koy describes a long road of false starts, Benny Blanco a long road to his breakthrough song, Joey Diaz comedy's long road, Rick Springfield the long road to Jessie's Girl, Josh Richards four years of grinding that looked like an overnight blow-up, Jesse Cole a decade of experiments and debt before Banana Ball worked, and Ali Siddiq a career built organically. Seeing how long the unseen stretch usually lasts helps people judge their own progress by a realistic clock and not by the moment the public noticed.
Dark Age
Ten years after the revolution, Darrow's army is besieged on Mercury, the Republic's Senate is torn apart and Mars is overrun in the saga's darkest book.
KC Davis on Why Laundry, Showers and Dishes Feel So Hard, and How to Drop the Shame
Therapist KC Davis explains why small chores feel huge, why mess is morally neutral, and simple tools for laundry, dishes, showers and tidying.
Dr. Amy Shah on Women's Hormones from PMS to Menopause: Weight, Sleep, Anxiety and What Helps
Dr. Amy Shah explains how estrogen, progesterone and testosterone shift from puberty to menopause, and the sleep, food and movement habits that help.
Joey Diaz on Comedy, Scams, Second Chances and Becoming a Man (Joe Rogan Experience #2128)
Joey Diaz and Joe Rogan riff on scams and charities, Aspen in the 80s, comedy as redemption, MMA, Jiu Jitsu at 61 and staying disciplined.
Chris DiStefano on Anxiety, Self-Sabotage, Bombing for a Billionaire and Returning to Faith
Comic Chris DiStefano tells Joe Rogan how anxiety led him to sell his dream house, how he's coping, and why he's back in church.
The High 5 Habit
Mel Robbins argues that high-fiving your own reflection every morning can quiet self-criticism and teach you to back yourself the way you back everyone else.
Dial Down Family Drama: Mel Robbins's Kids Reveal What Built Trust and What Parents Get Wrong
Mel Robbins, her husband Chris and their three kids share how honesty without punishment, listening and vulnerability built trust in their family.
Sean Kelly on Existentialism, Nihilism, and Finding Meaning in a Secular Age
Harvard philosopher Sean Kelly tours Sartre, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Camus, Heidegger, Melville and Wallace in search of meaning without a fixed ground.
Dr. Gina Poe on Sleep Stages, Memory and Five Habits for Better Sleep
UCLA sleep neuroscientist Dr. Gina Poe explains sleep stages, brain cleaning and memory, plus five research-backed habits for better sleep.
Dr. Joshua Coleman on Family Estrangement and How to Reconcile With Someone Who Cut You Off
Psychologist Joshua Coleman explains why estrangement is rising, the mistakes that keep families apart, and how an amends letter can start repair.
Tulsi Gabbard on Hemp, Surveillance, the TikTok Ban, the Border and Maui
Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Rogan on hemp prohibition, the TikTok ban and FISA, the border and fentanyl, campus ideology, and Maui's stalled fire recovery.
Christopher Dunn on Ancient Egyptian Precision and the Giza Power Plant Theory
Machinist Christopher Dunn explains to Joe Rogan why Egypt's drill cores, vases and statues puzzle engineers, and his theory that the Great Pyramid was a power plant.
Iron Gold
Ten years after the revolution, its hero, its victims and its exiles discover what freedom really costs.
Brian Keating on the Big Bang, BICEP2, Losing the Nobel Prize and Aliens
Cosmologist Brian Keating on the universe's origin, how cosmic dust sank BICEP2, what the Nobel Prize does to science, and why he doubts alien civilizations.
Colin Quinn and Joe Rogan on Heckling, Social Media, Old New York and the Comedy Grind
Colin Quinn and Joe Rogan riff on heckling, social media's damage, Bruce Lee, 80s Times Square, fake experts, lost friends and the toughness comedy demands.
Alex Gladstein on Bitcoin, Authoritarianism and Human Rights
Human Rights Foundation strategist Alex Gladstein argues Bitcoin is a freedom tool for the billions living under dictatorships and weak currencies.
Ray Kurzweil on Exponential Growth, AI Matching Humans by 2029 and the Singularity
Futurist Ray Kurzweil tells Joe Rogan why AI will match humans by 2029, how longevity escape velocity works, and why he sees the singularity as positive.
Beating Imposter Syndrome: Mel Robbins and Kendall Robbins on Owning Where You Are
Mel Robbins and her daughter Kendall unpack a backstage bout of imposter syndrome and the mindset shifts that turned it into a breakthrough weekend.
Golden Son
Darrow, a Red miner remade as a Gold, turns his enemies on each other and carries his secret rebellion from Mars into a war across the solar system.
Yann LeCun on Self-Supervised Learning, World Models and the Dark Matter of Intelligence
Yann LeCun explains why self-supervised learning of world models is AI's key challenge, plus his views on consciousness, emotions, Meta and peer review.
Morning Star
Broken by a year in the dark, a slave-born revolutionary rises again to lead a solar-system-wide war against the tyrants who rule it in the finale of the Red Rising trilogy.