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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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.
MIT physicist Max Tegmark on understandable AI, alignment, algorithmic news bubbles, killer drones, consciousness and our place in the cosmos.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot explains why good things stop thrilling us and how breaks, novelty and anticipation make life sparkle again.
Comedian Sam Tripoli and Joe Rogan riff on conspiracies, lost civilizations, the Comedy Store's history, sobriety, writing jokes, and UFO lore.
Joe Rogan, Eddie Bravo, Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen watch Chimaev and Topuria dominate UFC 308, arguing about fluoride, vaccines and more.
On the eve of the 2024 election, Elon Musk and Joe Rogan discuss X and free speech, immigration, government waste, tariffs, AI and robots.
Joe Rogan and the Triggernometry hosts discuss free speech, tribal politics, immigration, AI, hate speech laws and the UFC days before the 2024 election.
Python creator Guido van Rossum explains readability, the 3.11 speedup, type hints, the GIL, Python 4, Copilot and stepping down as BDFL.
Andrew Huberman explains why low-stakes play is a powerful portal to neuroplasticity for children and adults, and how to add an hour of play a week.
Recorded on election day 2024, Joe Rogan and comedian Tim Dillon riff on the race, the media, foreign money, AI and the future of humans.
Huberman explains how light, screen height, posture, ceiling height, sound, and movement can tune your brain for focused or creative work.
Bethesda's Todd Howard on simulated worlds, reactive NPCs, Starfield's planets, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, mods and loving what you make.
Meta AI's Noam Brown explains how Libratus and Pluribus beat poker pros and how Cicero learned to negotiate with humans in Diplomacy.
Days after the 2024 election, Joe Rogan and Theo Von riff on politics, cops, Maui, MMA greats, pythons and why comedians need each other.
Comic Adrienne Iapalucci and Joe Rogan riff on gambling, quitting sugar, prisons, Genghis Khan, brain injuries and her Netflix special The Dark Queen.
Comedian Jeff Dye and Joe Rogan riff on discipline, self-improvement, group thinking, politics, cowboys and the craft of stand-up.
SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol talks life on Mars, the nature of life, UFOs, diving volcanic lakes, and loss with Lex Fridman.
MrBeast shares how he engineers viral videos, hires and 'clones' his team, scales Feastables, and why the people around you decide your future.
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.
Marc Andreessen tells Joe Rogan how censorship, debanking, and planned AI controls pushed him away from the Democrats, and why he feels hopeful now.
Astronomer David Kipping and Lex Fridman discuss exomoons, the hunt for life, technosignatures, the Fermi paradox, AI and the simulation argument.
Everyday Astronaut Tim Dodd explains SpaceX's rockets, engine cycles, Starship's belly flop, Soviet engine history and why he's joining dearMoon.
Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand, and Ari Shaffir riff on comedy's boom, the Tony Hinchcliffe fallout, media narratives, free speech, and dragons.
Movement teacher Ido Portal and Andrew Huberman explore movement as a whole-life practice: play, failure, squatting, spinal waves, vision, touch and variety.