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The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 8 min read
Harland Williams on Joe Rogan: Tapeworm Bits, Nature Tangents, Remembering Phil Hartman and Comedy Thieves

Harland Williams commits to absurd bits with Joe Rogan, who also remembers Phil Hartman and explains how comedy thieves operate.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 8 min read
Mel Robbins' Million Dollar Morning: Five Promises to Start Every Day

Mel Robbins explains why the snooze button sabotages your day and lays out a five-step morning routine built on small promises you keep.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Mel Robbins on the Art of Doing Nothing: Why Rest Isn't Laziness

Mel Robbins makes the case for intentionally doing nothing, why online advice rarely fits real lives, and how to quiet a racing mind.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 9 min read
How to Set and Achieve Goals: The Will, the Way, and Five Common Mistakes

Mel Robbins walks through research on goal setting, the why-and-how that make goals stick, and five mistakes to fix, refining her own goals live.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Skye Fitzgerald on Lex Fridman: Hunger Ward, Lifeboat and Filming Human Suffering

Oscar-nominated documentarian Skye Fitzgerald talks starvation as a weapon of war, filming in Yemen, rescues at sea, and why the camera is a tool for change.

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 · 13 min read
Rick Rubin on Simplicity, Listening, and Protecting the Artist

Rick Rubin and Lex Fridman on reducing music to its essence, recording Johnny Cash's Hurt, depression, running, and why art must be protected.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 8 min read
How to Motivate Yourself When You Don't Feel Like It: Your Why, Dopamine, and Just Do It

Mel Robbins uses her son's college rejection to explain why motivation fails you, what dopamine really does, and two steps to act anyway.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 9 min read
Tony Hinchcliffe on Joe Rogan: Life After the Brady Roast, Kill Tony, Politics, Pandemic Anger and AI

Tony Hinchcliffe and Joe Rogan riff on sudden fame after the Tom Brady roast, Kill Tony, Austin comedy, politics, COVID, markets and AI.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 8 min read
Tim Dillon on Joe Rogan: Biden's Age, Hollywood's Devil Deals, Housing Prices and Late-Stage Civilization Vibes

Tim Dillon and Joe Rogan riff on Biden, Weinstein and Spacey, Airbnb, pride, Gaza, the draft, housing costs and why everything feels chaotic.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Mel Robbins on Happiness as an Inside Job: Drop the Sword and Let the Good In

Mel Robbins shares three ways she was blocking her own happiness for years, and the simple practices that helped her let the good back in.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Protect Our Parks 12: Joe Rogan with Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir on Hell Gigs, the Mothership and the Early Podcast Days

Rogan and three comic friends swap hell-gig stories, riff on news and wolves, call Doug Stanhope, and reflect on building the Mothership.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 8 min read
Mel Robbins on Achieving Big Goals: Plant Yourself and Grow Like Victoria Monet

Mel Robbins uses Victoria Monet's Grammy speech to show how to start, stay patient and keep growing toward your biggest ambitions.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 9 min read
Mel Robbins on 3 Small Morning Decisions: Get Up at the Alarm, Seek Natural Light, Drink Water Before Coffee

Mel Robbins explains how false confidence wrecks your mornings and three simple decisions that boost mood, energy, focus and sleep.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 9 min read
Action Bronson on Joe Rogan: Sauna, Cold Plunges, Fight Talk, New York Life and the Strangest Stories on the Internet

After a workout, sauna and Egyptian barbecue, Action Bronson and Joe Rogan riff on fighters, American manufacturing, AI, UFOs and New York.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 11 min read
Oliver Stone on Vladimir Putin, the War in Ukraine and Nuclear Energy

Filmmaker Oliver Stone shares his contested view of Putin, the Ukraine war, US foreign policy and nuclear power with Lex Fridman.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Mel Robbins: 13 Things I Wish I Knew in My 20s

Mel Robbins shares 13 blunt lessons for surviving your 20s, from the great scattering and money to relationships, routines and risk.

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 Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 8 min read
Mel Robbins' 4-Step Evening Routine for Better Sleep and Easier Mornings

Mel Robbins shares a simple evening routine: pick a real bedtime, clean up, prep for morning, take five for yourself and tuck in your phone.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Eric Weinstein and Terrence Howard: Separating Genius From Error in Howard's Theories

Mathematician Eric Weinstein steelmans and critiques Terrence Howard's ideas, praising his geometry while calling out errors and broken peer review.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Tiffany Aliche's 5 Rules of Money: Budget, Debt, Savings, Credit and Income

Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista, shares her comeback from debt and scams plus practical rules for budgeting, paying off debt, saving, credit and earning more.

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.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 13 min read
Tony Fadell on Building the iPod, iPhone and Nest: Painkillers, Opinions and the Why

Tony Fadell recounts creating the iPod, iPhone and Nest, and shares his rules for ideas, marketing, leadership, careers and startups.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 12 min read
Robin Hanson on Grabby Aliens, UFOs, Hidden Motives and the Future of Humanity

Economist Robin Hanson explains his grabby aliens model, a UFO hypothesis, hidden motives in the brain, prediction markets and our far future.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War, Deterrence and the Future of AI

Journalist Annie Jacobsen explains how a nuclear war could kill billions in 72 minutes, while Joe Rogan explores AI, ideas and humanity's future.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 9 min read
Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes on Rebellion, Records and the Muse

Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson talks punk roots, defying the music business, the muse, record collecting, travel and why art needs craft and anger.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 12 min read
Dr. Tara Swart Bieber on the Neuroscience of Manifesting, Vision Boards, Stress and Intuition

Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart Bieber explains how to rewire your brain to manifest goals, why stress causes belly fat, and how intuition really works.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Mel Robbins on the 5 Things You Can't Control and How to Take Your Energy Back

Mel Robbins names five things you waste energy trying to control, from the weather to the future, and the shift that gives you your power back.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Sam Morril and Joe Rogan on Comedy Clubs, Cancel Culture and Comedy Legends

Comedian Sam Morril and Joe Rogan riff on the Trump shooting, lifting weights, club politics, cancel culture and legends like Rodney Dangerfield and Norm Macdonald.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 8 min read
Mel Robbins: The One Question That Decides Your Next Six Months

Mel Robbins runs a solo workshop on one question, what do you want to make happen in the next six months, and how to turn wishes into action.