The Perfect Summary Podcast

Sex expert Dr. Emily Morse tells Mel Robbins why stress and shame kill desire and how talking, solo sex and scheduling bring pleasure back.

Comic Eleanor Kerrigan and Joe Rogan swap Comedy Store stories, talk finding your real voice on stage, women in comedy, Ambien, and culture war tangents.

Coleman Hughes joins Joe Rogan on his colorblind book and The View clash, fear and greatness, chess cheating, Gaza, OpenAI and a future of superintelligence.

Psychologist Michael Slepian explains why we keep about 13 secrets, why living with them hurts more than hiding them, and how to confide safely.

Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson on human nature, why chemical rockets are an accident of history, solar geoengineering, AR, crypto and writing by hand.

Mel Robbins, her husband and two kids unpack a morning fight and answer listener questions about repairing family relationships and moving.

Elon Musk tells Lex Fridman how Starship, full self-driving and the Tesla Bot are built, and why becoming multiplanetary is life insurance for life.

Gad Saad returns to Rogan for a tenth time to discuss antisemitism after October 7, suicidal empathy, stubborn minds, evolutionary psychology and AI.

Sebastian Maniscalco and Joe Rogan riff on turning 50, wellness overload, money and freedom, podcasting, air rage and Tyson vs. Jake Paul.

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom on the app's origin, the $1B Facebook sale, social media algorithms, hard work and choosing the game you love.

Joe Rogan and comic Brian Simpson celebrate his Netflix special and riff on fighters, Kill Tony, fame, AI, tribalism and money.

C.S. Lewis closes his Space Trilogy on Earth, where a sinister scientific institute, a fraying young marriage and a sleeping Merlin collide in a battle for England's soul.

Therapist KC Davis answers listener questions on overwhelm, self-compassion, rest as a right, paper plates and dividing chores through fair rest.

Wait But Why's Tim Urban on aliens, Mars, Elon Musk's first-principles thinking, Neuralink, polarization, reading habits and procrastination.

Richard Feynman's last book of memories moves from a childhood of questions and a doomed love story to his investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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.

Greg Koukl's friendly playbook for talking about Christian convictions by asking good questions, spotting weak arguments, and leaving a 'stone in someone's shoe' instead of starting a fight.

A busy sports columnist reunites with his dying college professor for weekly Tuesday visits, and their conversations become a final class on how to live.

Rogan and three MMA veterans preview UFC 300, relive legendary fights, debate TRT and Jake Paul vs. Tyson, and roast Star Wars.

Mel Robbins turns a hilarious bodysuit wardrobe failure at an art event into a lesson on why laughing at yourself builds bonds, confidence and respect.

The Triggernometry hosts and Joe Rogan riff on conflict, parenthood, sex robots and AI, free speech, JFK, protests and why collaboration beats competition.

Mark Zuckerberg discusses the metaverse, polarization research, the Instagram whistleblower, free speech, AI translation and raising his daughters.

Attachment expert Thais Gibson explains the four attachment styles, their core wounds and needs, and a 21-day method to reprogram your subconscious.

Chemist Lee Cronin explains assembly theory, why life may be common but alien, why time is fundamental, and how robots can program chemistry.

Joe Rogan and Kill Tony co-host Brian Redban riff on AI, comedy writing, Kill Tony's arena success, leaded gas, microplastics, lab-grown meat and EVs.

Comedian and libertarian Dave Smith joins Joe Rogan on media failures, COVID, the Israel-Gaza war, NATO, political corruption and why dogs never lose enthusiasm.

Gladstone AI founders Jeremie and Edouard Harris explain why AI scaling alarmed them, what lab insiders fear, and how government should respond.

Andrew Huberman and Lex Fridman range from getting into state and hard conversations to focus, NSDR, stress, sauna, training and love.

Thief Royce and swordsman Hadrian are pulled into a war for the soul of Elan as a puppet empress, a church-run empire and a rebel army compete for power.

Fifteen years after her actions sent her siblings to prison, Natalie Walker must return to Santa Cruz and reunite with them to inherit their late mother's house, in a darkly funny, tender debut about guilt, forgiveness and second chances.