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The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min read
Brian Muraresku on Ancient Psychedelic Rituals, Homo naledi, Early Christian Wine Mysteries and Creativity

Immortality Key author Brian Muraresku and Joe Rogan explore psychedelic potions in ancient ritual, Homo naledi's burials, early Christian frescoes and AI.

The School of Greatness · Oct 22, 2026 · 11 min read
Shi Heng Yi on the RAIN Method, Heaven-Man-Earth, and Building Real Skill Through Focused Practice

Shaolin master Shi Heng Yi explains the RAIN method for difficult mental states, Heaven-Man-Earth, practice cycles, and cultivating gratitude.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 22, 2026 · 11 min read
Chuck Lorre on Sitcoms, Scientology, Sobriety, and the Power of Saying "I Don't Know"

Chuck Lorre and Joe Rogan on the fading multi-cam sitcom, difficult stars, a decade in Scientology, and why success never fills the hole inside.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 22, 2026 · 13 min read
Brian Muraresku on The Immortality Key and the Secret History of Psychedelics in Religion

Brian Muraresku and Lex Fridman trace psychedelic wine and beer through ancient Greece, Eleusis and early Christianity, and ask what it means today.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 22, 2026 · 7 min read
Aaron Rodgers on His Achilles Comeback, COVID Fallout, Media Distrust and UFOs with Joe Rogan

Aaron Rodgers talks Achilles rehab, then joins Joe Rogan on pharma, media, politics, the CIA, ancient Egypt, UFOs and faith.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 21, 2026 · 13 min read
Diana Walsh Pasulka on UFOs, Crash Retrieval Sites, Religious Visions and the Mystic State

Religious studies professor Diana Walsh Pasulka tells Joe Rogan about a New Mexico crash site, the Vatican archives and why UFO encounters echo mysticism.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 21, 2026 · 9 min read
RZA on Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Mortality, God and the Meaning of Life

RZA talks with Lex Fridman about losing his mother, kung fu wisdom, hip-hop greats, Allah, filmmaking, veganism, chess and life's meaning.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 21, 2026 · 15 min read
Dan McClellan on How the Bible Was Written, Edited, and Reinterpreted Over Time, with Joe Rogan

Biblical scholar Dan McClellan and Joe Rogan explore ancient artifacts, Paul, First Enoch, the roots of hell, and why our minds shape belief.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 19, 2026 · 9 min read
Joe Rogan and Ron White: Golf, Pool Legends, Starting a Church, Politics and the Comedy Mothership

Ron White and Joe Rogan riff on tour buses, golf and pool legends, starting a church, political tribalism and why the Comedy Mothership saved Ron.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 18, 2026 · 10 min read
David Holthouse on the Hare Krishna Murders, Ukraine, DMT and the Phoenix Lights

Filmmaker David Holthouse joins Joe Rogan on a Hare Krishna guru gone wrong, reporting in Ukraine, DMT, and the UFO he saw over Phoenix.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 18, 2026 · 10 min read
Niels Jorgensen on 9/11, Ground Zero, Leukemia and the Unity of 9/12

Retired FDNY firefighter Niels Jorgensen recounts 9/11 at Ground Zero, his leukemia, the fight for responders' care and the unity that followed.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 18, 2026 · 13 min read
John Vervaeke on the Meaning Crisis, Relevance Realization, Religion and the Search for Wisdom

Cognitive scientist John Vervaeke on the meaning crisis, relevance realization, wisdom, non-theism, flow, psychedelics and learning to love wisely.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Psychic Medium Kim Russo on Intuition, Loved Ones Who Have Passed, and Finding Your Purpose

Medium Kim Russo shares her story, the message that moved Mel Robbins to Vermont, and her practices for trusting intuition and gut feelings.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 10 min read
Francis Collins on Lab-Leak, Gain-of-Function, Vaccines, Trust in Science and Faith

NIH director Francis Collins talks COVID origins, gain-of-function oversight, Fauci, vaccine hesitancy, rapid tests, the genome and his Christian faith.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 12, 2026 · 10 min read
Michelle Dowd on Growing Up in an Apocalyptic Family Cult and Learning to Live Outside It

Forager author Michelle Dowd tells Joe Rogan how her grandfather's apocalyptic cult worked, how she got out at 17, and what the wilderness taught her.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 9 min read
Dr. Thema Bryant on Coming Home to Yourself: Six Signs You're Disconnected and How to Reconnect

Psychologist Dr. Thema Bryant explains psychological homelessness, its warning signs, and practical steps to heal and come home to yourself.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 10 min read
Dr. Thema Bryant on Coming Home to Yourself: Signs of Disconnection and How to Reclaim Your Power

Psychologist Dr. Thema Bryant explains the signs of 'psychological homelessness' and how to heal, care for yourself and come home to who you are.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Katt Williams on Ancient Mysteries, Aliens, God, and a Childhood Spent Reading

Katt Williams and Joe Rogan riff on pyramids, aliens, creation, secret power, and Katt's childhood of nonstop reading.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 12, 2026 · 11 min read
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.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 12 min read
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.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 11 min read
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.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 9 min read
Michael Mina on Rapid At-Home COVID Testing as a Public Health Tool

Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina explains why cheap rapid tests answer 'am I infectious?', why the US lacked them, and how to fix it.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 12, 2026 · 11 min read
Tucker Carlson on UFOs as Spiritual Beings, AI, Free Speech, Surveillance and Good vs. Evil

Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan range over UFOs, AI, free speech, government secrecy, sauna rituals and the idea of a real battle between good and evil.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 12, 2026 · 10 min read
Rizwan Virk on Simulation Theory, Quantum Weirdness, the Mandela Effect and UFOs

Computer scientist and game pioneer Rizwan Virk explains why we may live in a simulation and what it could mean for religion, memory and UFOs.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 10 min read
Rabbi David Wolpe on God, Judaism, Suffering and the Meaning of Life

Rabbi David Wolpe talks with Lex Fridman about who God is, debating Hitchens and Harris, evil, free will, faith, controversy and meaning.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 12, 2026 · 10 min read
Terrence Howard on Joe Rogan: His Unconventional Theories of Geometry, Physics and the Universe

Actor Terrence Howard lays out his self-developed theories rejecting straight lines, gravity and standard physics, plus his patents, Iron Man and life advice.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Duncan Trussell on AI, War, Psychedelics, Satanism and Why Love Beats Fear

Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell riff on AI, war, algorithms, psychedelics, Satanism and Jesus, landing on love as the answer to fear.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 11 min read
Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons on Depression, Faith, Fame, Ayahuasca and Songwriting

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds opens up about depression, losing his Mormon faith, fame, ayahuasca, therapy and how he writes songs.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 11 min read
Jimmy Dore on Corporate Media, Biden's Debate, Endless Wars and Finding God Through Carl Jung

Comedian Jimmy Dore and Joe Rogan rail against corporate media and both parties, then turn to Carl Jung, dreams and altered states.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 11 min read
Sebastian Junger on Nearly Dying, Seeing His Dead Father and the Mystery of What Comes After

Sebastian Junger tells Joe Rogan how a ruptured aneurysm nearly killed him, the vision of his dead father, and what it taught him about life.