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Following the money in conservation and climate: where spending helps
Forrest Galante criticizes broken conservation science and questions billionaire projects such as mosquito nets, Cameron Hanes follows the money through nonprofits and politics, and Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin weigh the cost of climate policy against better ways to spend. Each argues that good intentions and large budgets often miss the target, so the question for donors and voters is what the money buys.
Self-hypnosis for insomnia: a tool for falling back asleep
Psychiatrist David Spiegel describes clinical hypnosis as a way to calm the body and return to sleep, and Huberman uses hypnosis as a deliberate rest tool in his own routine. It offers a drug-free option for people whose problem is an overactive mind at night.
How to get more deep sleep: the few things that move it
Huberman's answers on slow-wave sleep and Walker's account of what deep sleep does point to the same short list: remove alcohol, late caffeine and late meals, time exercise well and keep the timing of sleep steady. Deep sleep carries growth hormone release and physical repair, so it is worth protecting directly.
Alone at the edge: what solitary fieldwork teaches scientists and explorers
Diane Boyd lived alone in the wilderness during her wolf research, Paul Rosolie describes surviving the jungle alone and getting lost in it, and Nathalie Cabrol recounts diving volcanic lakes at 20,000 feet and living through an earthquake on a volcano. Their accounts show what isolation and real danger demand of a researcher, and why some of the most important field knowledge is gathered that way.
When you train shapes how you sleep: exercise timing rules
Andy Galpin, Walker, Hattar and Huberman discuss how morning or afternoon exercise supports sleep while late, stimulant-fueled sessions can delay it. For people who can only train at night, they describe how to limit the damage.
The extra gear: why hard childhoods so often drive high achievers
Walter Isaacson finds that Musk, Jobs and other subjects of his biographies harnessed the demons of childhood, John McPhee and Joe Rogan talk about the 'extra gear' hard childhoods give fighters and soldiers, Ginni Rometty traces her leadership to early adversity, and coach Peter Crone describes what drives and haunts high achievers. The pattern explains a common source of ambition and also its cost, which matters to anyone whose drive comes from proving something.
The discipline of doubt: how physicists handle results they badly want true
Brian Keating watched a Nobel-level claim dissolve into galactic dust, David Kipping refused to call his best exomoon signal a discovery, and Andrew Strominger treats being wrong as the normal cost of doing physics. Only one of the three results was actually withdrawn, but together they show the habits careful researchers use against their own hopes.
Dr. Judith Joseph on High Functioning Depression, Anhedonia and Scarcity Trauma
Psychiatrist Dr. Judith Joseph explains high functioning depression, the joy thief anhedonia, and how scarcity trauma passes through generations.
Life Is Short: Mel Robbins on the Melting Ice Cube and 7 Ways to Spend Time With the People You Love
Mel Robbins shares seven practical ways to make the most of limited time with kids, parents and loved ones before the ice cube melts.
Oriol Vinyals on Gato, Flamingo, Meta-Learning and the Road to AGI
DeepMind's Oriol Vinyals explains Gato, Flamingo, tokenization, meta-learning and emergence, and why he expects human-level AI in his lifetime.
Ari Matti and Joe Rogan on AI, Fighting, Comedy Craft and the Mothership
Estonian comic Ari Matti and Joe Rogan riff on AI fakes, zoo animals, MMA, bouncing, and why comedians must write and prepare relentlessly.
Adam Sandler and Joe Rogan on Bombing, Youthful Delusion, SNL and the Craft of Stand-Up
Adam Sandler and Joe Rogan swap stories on early bombs, Boston comedy, SNL, NewsRadio, rock legends and how to prepare a great special.
Dr. Ramani Durvasula on Healing From Narcissistic People: Radical Acceptance, Grief and the 12-Month Cleanse
Psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula explains why hoping a narcissistic person will change keeps you stuck, and how acceptance, grief and discernment help you heal.
Mel Robbins' 7 Truths for Building Real Confidence and Being Your Authentic Self
Mel Robbins shares seven truths about confidence and authenticity, from accepting that you'll disappoint people to having it all, just not at once.
Peter Thiel on Tech Stagnation, AI and the Turing Test, Nuclear Power, Epstein and Falling Birth Rates
Peter Thiel and Joe Rogan on California, the deficit, AI passing the Turing test, stalled progress, nuclear power, conspiracies, UFOs and birth rates.
John Carmack on Programming, Doom and Quake, VR, Hard Work and the Path to AGI
Legendary programmer John Carmack tells Lex Fridman how id Software's games were built and why he now thinks AGI may be within reach.
Adam Ray on Kill Tony at Madison Square Garden, Playing Dr. Phil, Andrew Dice Clay and the Comedy Life
Comedian Adam Ray and Joe Rogan relive Kill Tony at Madison Square Garden, his Dr. Phil character, Dice Clay's legacy, pool, fear, sharks and more.
Huberman Lab Essentials: Office Hours on Light, Sleep, Learning and Temperature
Andrew Huberman answers listener questions on light, exercise timing, learning during sleep and rest, smart drugs, temperature and food for better sleep and focus.
How to Defeat Jet Lag, Shift Work and Sleeplessness: Andrew Huberman on Your Temperature Minimum
Andrew Huberman shows how to use your temperature minimum, light, exercise and food to beat jet lag, manage shift work and sleep better at any age.
Ryan Graves on Lex Fridman: Fighter Jets, UFO Encounters Off Virginia Beach, and AI in Air Combat
Former Navy F/A-18 pilot Ryan Graves describes flying, carrier landings, his squadron's UFO encounters, AI-driven warfare and the meaning of curiosity.
Dr. Adam Alter on Nature, Color, Mirrors, Clutter and Getting 20 Years Back From Your Phone
NYU psychologist Adam Alter shares research on how nature, colors, mirrors, clutter and screens quietly shape how we feel and behave.
Former CIA Officer Andrew Bustamante on Spycraft, Ukraine, Surveillance and Human Nature
Ex-CIA covert officer Andrew Bustamante talks with Lex Fridman about the CIA, the war in Ukraine, surveillance, disguises and the spy's view of human nature.
Brian Armstrong on Building Coinbase, Crypto Regulation and Economic Freedom
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on founding the exchange, how it works, crypto regulation, his mission-first memo, and backing open science and longevity.
Understand and Use Dreams to Learn and Forget: Andrew Huberman on REM, Slow Wave Sleep and Emotional Unlearning (Essentials)
Andrew Huberman explains how slow wave sleep builds motor skills and REM sleep strips emotion from memories, and how to get more of each.