The Perfect Summary Podcast

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Huberman Lab · Oct 1, 2026 · 15 min read
Andrew Huberman on Optimizing Your Workspace for Focus, Productivity, and Creativity

Huberman explains how light, screen height, posture, ceiling height, sound, and movement can tune your brain for focused or creative work.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 1, 2026 · 13 min read
Todd Howard on Building Skyrim, Fallout and Starfield: Open Worlds, NPCs and the Craft of Game Design

Bethesda's Todd Howard on simulated worlds, reactive NPCs, Starfield's planets, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, mods and loving what you make.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 1, 2026 · 11 min read
Noam Brown on AI That Beat Humans at Poker and Diplomacy

Meta AI's Noam Brown explains how Libratus and Pluribus beat poker pros and how Cicero learned to negotiate with humans in Diplomacy.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 1, 2026 · 10 min read
Theo Von and Joe Rogan on the 2024 Election, Trust, Community and Life After the Mothership

Days after the 2024 election, Joe Rogan and Theo Von riff on politics, cops, Maui, MMA greats, pythons and why comedians need each other.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Adrienne Iapalucci on Joe Rogan: Dark Comedy, Gambling Families, Sugar and the Strange Side of History

Comic Adrienne Iapalucci and Joe Rogan riff on gambling, quitting sugar, prisons, Genghis Khan, brain injuries and her Netflix special The Dark Queen.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Jeff Dye on Discipline, Playing Your Hand, Politics and the Comedy Business (Joe Rogan #2229)

Comedian Jeff Dye and Joe Rogan riff on discipline, self-improvement, group thinking, politics, cowboys and the craft of stand-up.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 13 min read
Nathalie Cabrol on the Search for Alien Life, Diving in Volcanic Lakes and Surviving an Earthquake at 20,000 Feet

SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol talks life on Mars, the nature of life, UFOs, diving volcanic lakes, and loss with Lex Fridman.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 13 min read
MrBeast on Making Viral Videos, Building a Content Company and Money vs Happiness

MrBeast shares how he engineers viral videos, hires and 'clones' his team, scales Feastables, and why the people around you decide your future.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 10 min read
Josh Brolin on Joe Rogan: Wildness, Writing From Under the Truck, and What Makes a True Artist

Josh Brolin and Joe Rogan talk wild living, writing his memoir, money and ego, Hunter S. Thompson, comedy, fighters, and No Country for Old Men.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 12 min read
Marc Andreessen on Joe Rogan: Debanking, Censorship, AI Control, and the Post-Election Realignment

Marc Andreessen tells Joe Rogan how censorship, debanking, and planned AI controls pushed him away from the Democrats, and why he feels hopeful now.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 15 min read
David Kipping on Exomoons, Habitable Worlds and Why We Must Stay Agnostic About Aliens

Astronomer David Kipping and Lex Fridman discuss exomoons, the hunt for life, technosignatures, the Fermi paradox, AI and the simulation argument.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 22 min read
Tim Dodd (Everyday Astronaut) on SpaceX, Starship, How Rocket Engines Work and Flying Around the Moon

Everyday Astronaut Tim Dodd explains SpaceX's rockets, engine cycles, Starship's belly flop, Soviet engine history and why he's joining dearMoon.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 12 min read
Protect Our Parks 13: Joe Rogan with Shane Gillis, Mark Normand, and Ari Shaffir on Comedy, Politics, and Dragons

Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand, and Ari Shaffir riff on comedy's boom, the Tony Hinchcliffe fallout, media narratives, free speech, and dragons.

Huberman Lab · Sep 30, 2026 · 15 min read
Ido Portal on the Science and Practice of Movement: Play, Discomfort, Vision, Touch and Lifelong Exploration

Movement teacher Ido Portal and Andrew Huberman explore movement as a whole-life practice: play, failure, squatting, spinal waves, vision, touch and variety.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 10 min read
Joe Rogan and Brian Simpson on Health Insurance, Conspiracies, Gaza and the Best Vampire Movie Ever

Comedian Brian Simpson and Joe Rogan riff on for-profit healthcare, the Cybertruck bomber, the DC crash, Gaza, space discoveries and monster movies.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 14 min read
Gad Saad on Joe Rogan: Decision-Making, Evolutionary Thinking, Parasitic Ideas, and Why Joe Avoids Online Fights

Gad Saad and Joe Rogan range over decision science, evolutionary explanations of behavior, academia, AI, odd coincidences, and choosing peace over conflict.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 9 min read
JRE Fight Companion (Feb 8, 2025): Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 and Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez with Matt Serra, Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen

Rogan, Serra, Schaub and Callen watch Du Plessis outwork Strickland and Zhang Weili stuff Tatiana Suarez, with tangents on peptides, movies and scoring.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 14 min read
Martha Beck on Finding Your Purpose: Tracking Joy, Flipping Painful Thoughts, and Designing Your Ideal Day

Life coach Martha Beck coaches Mel Robbins live on getting unstuck, tracking joy toward your purpose, and using creativity to quiet anxiety.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 19 min read
Ginni Rometty on Good Power, Leading IBM's Reinvention, Skills-First Hiring and Adversity

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty tells Lex Fridman how adversity, preparation and 'good power' shaped her leadership through IBM's biggest reinvention.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Harland Williams on AI Creativity, Wolves, Sitcoms and Fake Muscle Legs

Harland Williams and Joe Rogan riff on submarines, aliens, AI creativity, wolves, simulation theory, the death of the sitcom and roast comedy.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Joe Eszterhas on Basic Instinct, Hunter S. Thompson, Hendrix, Faith and the American Dream

Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells Joe Rogan the real-life roots of Basic Instinct, stories of Hunter Thompson and Hendrix, and his path to faith.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 15 min read
Terry Bradshaw on Bourbon, Old-School Football, Friendship and 43 Years of Speeches

Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw shares bourbon, cigars and stories with Joe Rogan about 1970s football, cancer, stem cells, friendship and public speaking.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 12 min read
Sam Harris on Trump, COVID, Twitter, Broken Friendships, AI Risk and Free Will

Sam Harris and Lex Fridman debate Trump, COVID, experts, quitting Twitter, feuds with Elon Musk and Bret Weinstein, AI risk and free will.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 14 min read
Eliezer Yudkowsky on GPT-4, the Alignment Problem and Why Superintelligent AI Could End Humanity

Eliezer Yudkowsky tells Lex Fridman why he thinks we get one try at aligning superintelligent AI, and why we're failing it.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 20 min read
Sam Altman on GPT-4, ChatGPT, AI Safety and the Road to AGI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on how GPT-4 works, bias and alignment, AGI timelines, OpenAI's capped-profit structure, power, jobs and the future.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 30, 2026 · 12 min read
Joey Diaz on Knee Recovery, Boulder Regrets, Comedy's Long Road and the Future of Cuba (JRE #2512)

Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz trade stories on knee surgery recovery, wild probation days, how comedy rewards persistence, MMA, and Cuba's crisis.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 15 min read
Edward Frenkel on Mathematics, Paradox, Imagination, Trauma and Love

Mathematician Edward Frenkel on why reality is paradoxical, the limits of computation, the Langlands program, surviving Soviet antisemitism, and love.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 14 min read
Max Tegmark on the Case for Pausing Giant AI Experiments

Max Tegmark explains the open letter to pause giant AI experiments, Moloch's race to the bottom, AI safety, consciousness, and hope for a good future.

Huberman Lab · Sep 30, 2026 · 13 min read
Dr. Eddie Chang on How the Brain Creates Speech and Restores Voices to the Paralyzed

UCSF neurosurgeon Eddie Chang on critical periods, rewriting the textbook map of language, epilepsy, stuttering, and decoding speech for paralyzed patients.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 13 min read
Simone Giertz on Shitty Robots, Surviving a Brain Tumor, Truckla and Building a Product Business

Inventor Simone Giertz on shitty robots, her brain tumor, turning a Tesla into a truck, mass manufacturing, and why enthusiasm beats duty.