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Mel Robbins on Handling Negative People: Snow Globes, Curmudgeons and Quitting Gossip
Mel Robbins shares simple tools to keep other people's bad moods off you, win over grumpy colleagues, stop gossiping and spread good energy.
Sean Brady on Beating Kelvin Gastelum, Losing His Unbeaten Record and Training His Mind (JRE MMA Show #152)
UFC welterweight Sean Brady talks recovery, weight cuts, his first loss, mental performance coaching and his win over Kelvin Gastelum with Joe Rogan.
Elliott West on the American West: Disease, Gold, Horse Empires and the Making of Modern America
Historian Elliott West explains how 30 years of Western expansion remade a continent, destroyed Native worlds and created modern America.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on Discipline, Gratitude and Finding His Real Self in Wrestling
The Rock and Joe Rogan talk training, gratitude, his WWE turning point, Maui relief, politics and the greatest fighters of all time.
Mel Robbins on the Science of Happiness: Fun, Warm Relationships and Inner Peace
Mel Robbins uses an ocean metaphor and happiness research to explain three ways to be happier now: more fun, warm relationships and presence.
Collin Gosselin on Growing Up on Jon & Kate Plus 8, Institutionalization, and Advocating for Children
Collin Gosselin shares his account of life behind Jon & Kate Plus 8: alleged abuse, isolation, 20 months institutionalized, and his fight for kids.
Mel Robbins Coaches a Listener Through Feeling Stuck: Digging Up the Root of Unresolved Grief
Mel Robbins coaches a 44-year-old listener who feels stuck and uncovers the real root: grief over her father's death 16 years ago.
Feel the fear, don't obey it: steering by values and true north
Susan David and Luana Marques both say hard feelings have to be felt rather than avoided, but that values, not the feelings, should set the direction; Martha Beck agrees that fear should not steer, though her compass is the body's sense of freedom and a personal true north rather than a list of values. Together they give anxious or stuck people a way to act without waiting to feel better.
Colion Noir on Gun Safety, Self-Defense Law, Cars and the Media Narrative on Firearms
After a day at the Staccato factory, Joe Rogan and Colion Noir talk carry habits, self-defense law, cars, family courts and gun-control narratives.
Dr. Shawn Baker on Seven Years of Carnivore, Cholesterol, Processed Food Capture and Training for Life
Orthopedic surgeon Shawn Baker and Joe Rogan on the carnivore diet, high cholesterol in lean people, ultra-processed food, fiber, jiu jitsu and aging well.
Mariana van Zeller on Coups, Ape Trafficking, Assassins, Fake Pills and the Body Parts Trade
Trafficked host Mariana van Zeller tells Joe Rogan about escaping a coup in Niger and exposing black markets from ape smuggling to fake medicine.
Risto Miikkulainen on Neuroevolution, Evolutionary Computation and Creative Machines
UT Austin's Risto Miikkulainen explains how evolutionary algorithms discover surprising solutions, from sleepless basil to scheming robots.
JRE Fight Companion (January 20, 2024): Strickland vs. Du Plessis with Eddie Bravo, Joey Diaz and Brendan Schaub
Joe Rogan, Eddie Bravo, Joey Diaz and Brendan Schaub call UFC 297, from Evloev-Allen to Du Plessis edging Strickland by split decision.
Dana K. White's 5-Step Decluttering Process for a Clutter-Free Home and Mind
Dana K. White explains why decluttering beats organizing, the container concept, and a five-step process that only ever makes a space better.
Dr. Russell Kennedy on Healing Anxiety at the Root: The Anxiety Toolkit, Part 1
Dr. Russell Kennedy tells Mel Robbins why anxiety is alarm stored in the body, and how younger-self work can heal it rather than just cope with it.
Protect Our Parks 11: Joe Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir
Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir drink through five chaotic hours of JFK theories, SNL, comedy clubs, fights and friendship.
Yannis Pappas and Joe Rogan on EMDR, Trauma, Media Manipulation, AI and Fatherhood
Comedian Yannis Pappas shares how EMDR therapy is helping his panic attacks, then riffs with Joe Rogan on propaganda, AI, politics and being a dad.
Overfunctioners vs. Underfunctioners: Mel and Chris Robbins Unpack Their Opposite Stress Styles
Mel Robbins records a stressful morning in real time, then unpacks with husband Chris why she overfunctions under stress and he underfunctions.
Joey Diaz on Saunas, Sleep, Wild Stories and Ending His Career as a Stand-Up
Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz trade recovery tips, wild life stories and politics, then reflect on the Comedy Store and Joey's plan for a stand-up residency.
Moshe Kasher on Deaf Culture, Hasidic Roots, Sobriety at 15 and Destiny in Hindsight
Comedian Moshe Kasher tells Joe Rogan the history of sign language, growing up with deaf parents and Hasidic family, and why destiny only shows in hindsight.
Michael Malice on Totalitarianism, Anarchy, Cynicism and Joy
Michael Malice and Lex Fridman debate anarchism and voting, and discuss heroism under totalitarianism, cynicism and the family history behind their joy.
Frank Wilczek on the Beauty of Physics, Quarks, Axions, Complementarity and Life
Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek on why the world is comprehensible, asymptotic freedom, axions as dark matter, time crystals, complementarity and aliens.
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Cold Plunges, Vikings, War Art, Conspiracies and Fight Legends
Rogan and Shane Gillis riff on workouts, cold plunges, Vikings, World War One, Goya's black paintings, JFK doubts and the greatest MMA moments.
Rob Reid on Engineered Pandemics, Gain-of-Function Research, Lab Leaks and the Lessons of Rhapsody
Author and podcaster Rob Reid explains why synthetic biology is our nearest existential risk and how cheap defenses could neutralize it.