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Dr. Erich Jarvis on the Neuroscience of Speech, Language, Song and Dance
Dr. Erich Jarvis explains how speech evolved from movement circuits, why only vocal learners dance, and what songbirds reveal about language.
Caleb Hammer on Debt, Personal Responsibility and Why Young Americans Are Broke
Financial Audit host Caleb Hammer and Joe Rogan on debt, cars, housing, college, AI and jobs, and why personal responsibility still matters.
Dr. Emily Balcetis on Using Vision to Set and Achieve Goals
NYU psychologist Emily Balcetis explains how narrowing your visual focus, planning for obstacles and tracking data help you reach physical and mental goals.
Lewis Howes on the Five Shifts That Keep Smart People From Manifesting
Lewis Howes explains five mindset shifts for overthinkers, from trusting yourself to acting as your future self, plus a 30-day challenge.
Charles Duhigg on How Supercommunicators Make People Feel Understood
Charles Duhigg explains the skills of supercommunicators: looping for understanding, deep questions, matching and how to handle hard conversations.
Devon Larratt on Arm Wrestling at 51, Specialized Training, Special Forces and Chasing Levan (JRE #2510)
Arm wrestling great Devon Larratt breaks down technique, high-rep healing training, leaving Canadian special forces, and his quest to beat Levan.
Sam Harris on Trump, COVID, Twitter, Broken Friendships, AI Risk and Free Will
Sam Harris and Lex Fridman debate Trump, COVID, experts, quitting Twitter, feuds with Elon Musk and Bret Weinstein, AI risk and free will.
Chris Voss on Tactical Empathy, Hostage Negotiation and Why Emotion Drives Every Deal
Former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss explains tactical empathy, labeling, mirroring, walking away, and why every decision is emotional.
Dr. Shefali Tsabary on Raising Conscious Daughters and Sons in the Algorithm Age
Dr. Shefali explains why parents must heal themselves, how tech hijacks kids' attention and attachment, and her seven pillars for raising girls.
Eliezer Yudkowsky on GPT-4, the Alignment Problem and Why Superintelligent AI Could End Humanity
Eliezer Yudkowsky tells Lex Fridman why he thinks we get one try at aligning superintelligent AI, and why we're failing it.
Dr. David Anderson on the Brain Circuits of Aggression, Mating, Fear and Social Isolation
Caltech's David Anderson explains how brain states drive aggression, mating and fear, and how social isolation fuels rage through a peptide.
Sam Altman on GPT-4, ChatGPT, AI Safety and the Road to AGI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on how GPT-4 works, bias and alignment, AGI timelines, OpenAI's capped-profit structure, power, jobs and the future.
Joey Diaz on Knee Recovery, Boulder Regrets, Comedy's Long Road and the Future of Cuba (JRE #2512)
Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz trade stories on knee surgery recovery, wild probation days, how comedy rewards persistence, MMA, and Cuba's crisis.
Edward Frenkel on Mathematics, Paradox, Imagination, Trauma and Love
Mathematician Edward Frenkel on why reality is paradoxical, the limits of computation, the Langlands program, surviving Soviet antisemitism, and love.
Dr. Tara Narula on Building Resilience, Turning Off Stress, and Moving the Goalposts
Cardiologist Dr. Tara Narula explains resilience as adapting, not bouncing back, with tools from acceptance and the identity pie to hope and purpose.
Cameron Hanes on the BPC-157 Marathon Controversy, Public Lands and Tuning Out Negativity
Cameron Hanes and Joe Rogan talk haters, public land fights, money in politics, bear meat and the BPC-157 marathon controversy.
Sheleana Aiyana on Why the Wrong Person Feels Like Home and How to Build Conscious Love
Sheleana Aiyana on foster care, trauma bonds, the mother and father wound, somatic healing, shadow vows, and building a conscious relationship.
Dr. Nolan Williams on Brain Stimulation, Psychedelics and Rewiring Depression Circuits
Stanford psychiatrist Nolan Williams explains how TMS, ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine may reset the brain circuits behind depression and PTSD.
Paul Rosolie on Life in the Amazon: Anacondas, Uncontacted Tribes, Jungle Survival and Protecting the Rainforest
Conservationist Paul Rosolie tells Lex Fridman about anacondas, jaguars, uncontacted tribes, gold mining, ayahuasca and saving the Amazon.
Katie Clarke on Shadow Work, Protector Parts, and Rewiring Limiting Beliefs
Spiritual coach Katie Clarke explains shadow work, why perfectionism is a protector, the Be-Do-Have order, and how to displace limiting beliefs.
Dean Radin on Stargate, Telepathy Research, the 'Psi Gene' and The Science of Magic
IONS chief scientist Dean Radin tells Joe Rogan about remote viewing at Stargate, presentiment experiments, psychic genetics and a nasal RNA therapy.
Max Tegmark on the Case for Pausing Giant AI Experiments
Max Tegmark explains the open letter to pause giant AI experiments, Moloch's race to the bottom, AI safety, consciousness, and hope for a good future.
Chase Hughes on Intravenous DMT, Memory Editing, Psyops and the Power of Nuance
Behavior expert Chase Hughes and Joe Rogan discuss a 5.5-hour DMT journey, psychedelic therapy, spotting psyops, and elicitation tactics.
Dr. Eddie Chang on How the Brain Creates Speech and Restores Voices to the Paralyzed
UCSF neurosurgeon Eddie Chang on critical periods, rewriting the textbook map of language, epilepsy, stuttering, and decoding speech for paralyzed patients.