The Perfect Summary Podcast
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Human Rights Foundation strategist Alex Gladstein argues Bitcoin is a freedom tool for the billions living under dictatorships and weak currencies.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil tells Joe Rogan why AI will match humans by 2029, how longevity escape velocity works, and why he sees the singularity as positive.
Mel Robbins and her daughter Kendall unpack a backstage bout of imposter syndrome and the mindset shifts that turned it into a breakthrough weekend.
Darrow, a Red miner remade as a Gold, turns his enemies on each other and carries his secret rebellion from Mars into a war across the solar system.
Yann LeCun explains why self-supervised learning of world models is AI's key challenge, plus his views on consciousness, emotions, Meta and peer review.
Broken by a year in the dark, a slave-born revolutionary rises again to lead a solar-system-wide war against the tyrants who rule it in the finale of the Red Rising trilogy.
Trial lawyer Rebecca Zung explains how narcissism forms, how narcissistic supply works, and her four-step SLAY plan for keeping your power.
A Dead Sea Scrolls scholar argues Christianity began as a mushroom-eating fertility cult, and pays for it with his career.
Comedian Deric Poston and Joe Rogan celebrate Austin's comedy boom, the grind of stand-up, rooting for your friends, and a wild tour of history.
A teenage miner on Mars is remade as one of the ruling Golds to bring down the empire that hanged his wife.
GSP, John Danaher and Gordon Ryan share what made them great: finding undervalued skills, balancing confidence and fear, and training smart.
Drybar founder Alli Webb shares how a stay-at-home mom built a blowout empire by trusting her gut, and why she ignored it in love.
Mel Robbins and colleagues share drop-off mistakes and lessons for any big change: lend your confidence, build a bridge, and know that nerves mean you're well.
Legendary founder Thomas Tull talks blockbusters, patient capital, AI in old industries, Warren Buffett, touring with the Rolling Stones and stoicism.
A journalist plugs his own nose for ten days to show why breathing slowly and through the nose may be one of the most overlooked foundations of health.
Mel Robbins coaches live callers on using the Let Them Theory with family peacekeeping, a critical mother-in-law, fixer habits, addiction and a hostile ex.
Jonathan Haidt tells Joe Rogan how smartphones rewired childhood, why teen depression soared, and the four norms he believes can turn it around.
Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina explains why cheap rapid tests answer 'am I infectious?', why the US lacked them, and how to fix it.
Sociologist and ex-trucker Steve Viscelli explains why trucking became a job of last resort and how self-driving trucks could reshape work and supply chains.
Journalist Jenny Wallace tells Mel Robbins why grind culture backfires and how helping kids and adults feel they matter builds healthy achievers.
Former CIA officer Mike Baker and Joe Rogan cover deepfakes, foreign influence, Gaza, Ukraine, China's rare earth grip, AI dogfights and UAPs.
After watching a swimmer's search turn into a recovery, Mel Robbins asks trauma researcher MaryCatherine McDonald how the brain files trauma and how to integrate it.
Philosopher Philip Goff argues consciousness is the intrinsic nature of matter, and explores zombies, free will, expertise and meaning with Lex Fridman.
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.
Anaconda co-founder Peter Wang talks Python's design, open source value, cybernetic systems, human layers, love, and why we face a meaning crisis.
Gary Clark Jr. and Joe Rogan talk about his genre-defying album JPEG RAW, obsession, the music business, fame, Austin's growth and forgotten songs.
Anki co-founder and Waymo trucking head Boris Sofman on giving robots personality, why Anki failed, and the hard road to driverless trucks.
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.