The Perfect Summary Podcast
Every summary, narrated: the GIST of great conversations and books in minutes, so you can decide if you want the REST.
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Tim Dillon and Joe Rogan riff on AI, war money, Lizzo, sharks and masks, then get candid about addiction, comedy and sobriety.
François Chollet argues intelligence is how efficiently you learn new skills, and explains how his ARC challenge tries to measure it.
Brown professor Michael Littman on the history of reinforcement learning, AlphaGo, GPT-3's limits, and why he doubts AI doom.
Corbell and Knapp on David Grusch's claims, the backlash since the UFO hearing, the 2019 Navy swarms and new disclosure law.
Post Malone and Joe Rogan talk weight loss, fatherhood, AI songs, psychedelics, archery, surveillance, UFOs and the music they love.
David Blaine tells Joe Rogan about kissing king cobras, breath-holding, his Vegas injury, marked decks and legendary card cheats.
Mel Robbins, her husband Chris and their three kids reveal how honesty without punishment, vulnerability and listening built a truly open family.
Country singer Charles Wesley Godwin tells Joe Rogan how a failed football dream, a lingerie show gig and a loyal band built his career.
Kat Timpf and Joe Rogan talk tribal politics, her life off stimulants while pregnant, surviving a near-death surgery, free speech and psychedelics.
Lex Fridman explains how AI learns and shares his dream of robots and AI that remember our moments, ease loneliness and help us grow.
Alexandra and Andrea Botez on the King's Indian, training, losing, depression, life as chess streamers, the GOAT debate and Magnus Carlsen.
Comedian and actor Will Sasso talks MADtv, acting, AI-run podcast Dudesy, depression, loneliness in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and pro wrestling.
Affectiva founder Rana el Kaliouby on her journey from Cairo to MIT, reading emotion from faces, in-car AI, social robots, affirmations and love.
Robert Epstein on his nationwide system for catching Google's ephemeral manipulation, and his theory that the brain connects us to another realm.
Ray Kurzweil explains why he still expects AI to pass the Turing test by 2029, brains to link to the cloud in the 2030s, and the singularity by 2045.
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya and Joe Rogan discuss AI's promise, kids and devices, America's food system, government waste and why nuclear war is the top risk.
Biologist Michael Levin explains how cells cooperate through bioelectric signals, why xenobots matter, and how this could transform regenerative medicine.
Poker legend Daniel Negreanu explains reads, hand ranges, solvers and GTO versus exploitative play, plus resilience, the GOAT debate, money and love.
Psychologist Dr. Shefali tells Mel Robbins why the urge to control our kids comes from our own unworthiness, and how presence, curiosity and boundaries heal.
Matt Walsh and Joe Rogan discuss his film Am I Racist?, race hustlers, social media's toll, a moon landing debate, the Trump shooting and free speech.
Former Navy SEAL and podcaster Shawn Ryan joins Joe Rogan on censorship, border security, China, UFOs, ibogaine and how his show began.
Levy Rozman (GothamChess) walks Lex Fridman through the Niemann-Carlsen cheating saga, chess engines, online hate and his own darkest moments.
Harvard psychologist Dr. Susan David explains emotional agility: naming feelings precisely, setting kind boundaries, and meeting others' reactivity with calm.
MIT robot ethicist Kate Darling explains why robots are more like animals than humans, the risks of social robots, and what the Epstein scandal taught her.
NYU professor Adam Alter shares a research-based roadmap for getting unstuck: find your friction, set a signal goal and take the smallest next step.
On his album release day, Jelly Roll talks with Joe Rogan about storytelling, sobriety, losing 100 pounds, imposter syndrome and why you can't cheat the game.
Ye talks design, Parler, fashion deals gone wrong and his family, as Lex Fridman repeatedly challenges his remarks about Jewish people.
Andrej Karpathy talks transformers, Software 2.0, Tesla's vision-only bet, Optimus, aliens, AGI and how he works and learns with Lex Fridman.
Bioinformatics professor Dmitry Korkin explains protein domains, the SARS-CoV-2 shell, what AlphaFold 2 really solved, and the odds of alien life.
Vice co-founder Shane Smith and Joe Rogan talk media, staying small, money and happiness, AI and jobs, surveillance, immigration and UFOs.