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Bushido, the Hagakure and Ramadan: the codes fighters live by
Jiri Prochazka trains by the way of the warrior and meditation, Ethyn Ewing draws on the Hagakure, Khabib Nurmagomedov ties his discipline and humility to his faith, and Belal Muhammad fasted through training camp for Ramadan. Each uses a spiritual code to steady the mind for violent work, which shows what such codes do in practice.
Giants, Watchers and the Book of Enoch: What Its Enthusiasts Claim
Timothy Alberino reads the Book of Enoch as the oldest history of the world before the flood, and Diana Pasulka says its worldview is still alive among Christians even though the book sits outside most canons. None of these guests explains why Enoch was left out, but Wesley Huff's account of how scholars test ancient texts shows what such claims would have to pass.
How to Spot a Get-Rich-Quick Pitch Before It Costs You
An investigator of online scams, a former con man and several money hosts describe the same warning signs in fake gurus, day trading courses and too-good offers. Their accounts show why smart people fall for them and what questions expose the pitch.
Saying No to the Big Check: When Walking Away Pays
Actors, musicians and owners describe turning down millions to protect the career or company they wanted. Their stories show what made the refusal possible and what it cost them while they waited.
Speaking in tongues: what Acts, Paul and a brain-scan researcher actually say
Acts places the first speaking in tongues at Pentecost, Paul tells Corinth that every gift serves the common good and is nothing without love, and Andrew Newberg explains how he scans brains during the practice. Together they show where the practice begins, how it is ranked and how science studies it, without settling what it is.
Steroids and drug tests: how much they help and why testing misses them
Derek of More Plates More Dates details gaps in drug testing and how athletes beat it, the B-Team grapplers discuss how much steroids really help, sprint coach Stuart McMillan and arm wrestler Devon Larratt talk about performance enhancement in their sports, and Terry Bradshaw recalls football's steroid era. The conversations give a frank picture of what drugs change and why clean sport is hard to guarantee.
Are UFOs demons? The religious reading of the phenomenon
JD Vance tells Joe Rogan the objects might be demons, religion scholar Diana Pasulka explains the Catholic category of the preternatural behind that view, Jesse Michels describes a trickster phenomenon tied to ancient religion, and Luis Elizondo and Thomas Campbell weigh paranormal and consciousness-based explanations. The religious frame is older than the hardware frame and still shapes how officials and believers interpret the same sightings.
Human telepathy claims: non-speaking children, hypnosis and a theory of resonance
Ky Dickens reports parents and teachers who say non-speaking autistic children read minds, Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan weigh telepathy against hypnosis and placebo, Joscha Bach offers a speculative account of how it could work in biology, and Zach Bush describes a lost capacity for feeling. The claims are extraordinary and largely untested, and the conversations show both why people find them convincing and what proof is still missing.
Spiritual bypassing: when practice and positivity become a way to avoid pain
Rachel Platten says relentless positive spirituality kept her from the help she needed, Rick Strassman warns of spiritual narcissism in psychedelic circles, fighter Jiri Prochazka says he got lost in spirituality before a painful loss, and Aaron Doughty separates ego-driven manifesting from surrender. Their accounts show how a real practice can turn into avoidance or self-importance, and what honest practice looks like instead.
Mel Robbins on Using Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey to Understand Your Life
Mel Robbins uses four stages of Joseph Campbell's hero's journey to help you recognize your call to adventure and keep going through the hard middle.
Bob Gymlan and Joe Rogan on Bigfoot, Sharks, Giant Crocodiles, UFOs and Ancient Mysteries
YouTube storyteller Bob Gymlan and Joe Rogan trade theories on Bigfoot, shark attacks, giant crocodiles, UFOs, ghosts and ancient mysteries.
Why dating apps feel so hard, and what dating researchers suggest instead
Behavioral scientist Logan Ury says much of what people blame on apps comes from their own filters and from shopping for partners by checklist, psychologist Paul Eastwick shows that ratings of strangers miss the attraction that builds as people get to know each other, and Matthew Hussey advises long-term singles on dating without burning out and creating their own dating culture. Their explanations point to changes a single person controls, which is more useful than deleting the apps in frustration.
Talk to your aging parents now: caregiving, money and end-of-life wishes
MIT AgeLab's Joseph Coughlin calls caregiving the conversation nobody is having and names health, money and the car keys as the topics to raise, death doula Alua Arthur explains how to open the conversation about dying with parents, Ravi Patel looks at how other cultures care for aging parents, and Vivian Tu addresses the sandwich generation paying for parents and children at once. They agree the talk is far easier before a crisis, and that avoiding it leaves families guessing at the worst moment.
Commitment is a decision you keep making, not a feeling you wait for
Mel Robbins calls it getting in the boat, Gary John Bishop says relationships fail when partners stop generating them and start watching and keeping score, Pastor Michael Todd puts discipline over desire, Ravi Patel calls love the side effect of the work, and Matthew McConaughey describes how committing to his family improved his work. They treat commitment as something a person does daily, which changes the question from whether the feeling is still there to what you are putting in.
When kids grow up: how parents stay close to adult children
The Robbins family tells parents to go to their teens and adult kids instead of waiting to be visited, Dr. Shefali explains how giving up control lets parents reconnect with adult children, and Mel Robbins, newly an empty nester, warns against using your kids to fill the silence and advises fitting into their lives while time remains. The advice converges on a change of role, from manager to invited guest, at the stage when many parents feel the relationship slipping.
The roommate marriage: how couples drift apart and find their way back
Mel and Chris Robbins describe about a decade of feeling like roommates, divorce lawyer James Sexton says marriages fail from disconnection slowly and then all at once and calls the first stage of divorce the unattended marriage, the Gottmans describe avoiders and roommate marriages, and Gary John Bishop says relationships go wrong at a turn nobody noticed. Seeing drift as the usual cause, more than any single betrayal, shows couples what to watch for and why small rituals of connection are the way back.
Does power corrupt good people, or reveal who they already were?
Yannis Pappas poses the question as corruption or revelation, Tim Dillon explains why politics corrupts good people, former Tijuana officer Ed Calderon says anybody can be corrupted, Dave Smith and the Triggernometry hosts argue that any power granted will be abused, Jordan Peterson describes how fame and power corrupt unless critics stay close, and Lex Fridman talks about good people inside bad systems. The answer decides whether you try to elect better people or build limits that work whoever holds office.
Martin Rees on Dark Matter, Alien Life, Black Holes, Mars and the Risks That Could End Us
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees talks with Lex Fridman about dark matter, alien life, black holes, robots in space and humanity's biggest risks.
Contain Iran or negotiate? A historian, a vice president and debaters split
Yale historian Abbas Amanat traces Iran from the 1953 coup through the revolution to the nuclear deal, JD Vance describes the inside of current negotiations, Ben Shapiro and Destiny argue containment against diplomacy, and Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu present Iran as the force behind Hamas and the main regional threat. The history explains why each side distrusts the other, and the policy split shows what a deal would have to overcome.
After the CEO shooting: what anger at health insurers and middlemen revealed
Brian Simpson and Joe DeRosa each discuss with Joe Rogan why so many people cheered the killing of an insurance executive, Duncan Trussell links it to lost trust, Brigham Buhler explains how insurers and pharmacy benefit managers block alternatives, Mark Cuban describes exposing drug-pricing middlemen, and Bernie Sanders makes his case for Medicare for All. None of them defends the violence, and together they explain the depth of resentment toward a system many see as built to deny care.
Do great leaders make history? Diamond, Isaacson, Urban and Harari answer
Jared Diamond, after a career on geography and large forces, argues leaders matter when they are in the right place at the right time and know it, Walter Isaacson weighs individuals against groups from his biographies, Tim Urban asks directly whether great individuals shape history, Yuval Noah Harari stresses accidents such as Hitler's rise, and Civil War historian Gary Gallagher shows how Lincoln, Grant and Lee changed the outcome. The answer shapes how much weight to put on any one election or founder, and these sources mark where each view holds.
Pharma ads and captured regulators: why so many guests distrust health agencies
Calley and Casey Means describe industry capture of health institutions from the inside, JD Vance criticizes pharmaceutical advertising and liability shields, Adam Curry and Tim Dillon tie drug ads to compliant media, Bret Weinstein calls pharma influence a test of integrity for doctors, Balaji Srinivasan describes regulatory capture at the FDA, and Theo Von and Shawn Ryan raise conflicts of interest at the agency. People who agree on little else point to the same incentive problem, which explains why distrust of health agencies now crosses party lines.
Punish or rehabilitate? What prison looks like to people who know it
Rod Blagojevich describes walking into federal prison and argues for sentencing reform, smuggler Roger Reaves reflects on 33 years inside, Tim Robbins runs theater programs behind bars, attorney Josh Dubin reckons with a freed client who was arrested again, Taylor Sheridan co-wrote a survival guide with a former inmate, Joey Diaz talks about the lifelong weight of a felony, and Theo Von and Adrienne Iapalucci raise the profit in prisons. Their accounts put faces on the argument over second chances and show both why rehabilitation matters and where it fails.
Tariffs and lost manufacturing: the cases Trump, Musk and Fetterman make
Donald Trump lays out his argument for tariffs, taxes and the debt, Elon Musk discusses tariffs on the eve of the election, Senator John Fetterman talks about automation and U.S. Steel, Shawn Ryan warns about China's hold on American manufacturing and the grid, and Brian Simpson and Joe Rogan twice return to tariffs, manufacturing and national security. The shared worry about making things at home crosses party lines, while the remedies differ, and seeing them together clarifies what tariffs are being asked to fix.