The Perfect Summary Podcast

Chess prodigy turned martial arts champion and coach Josh Waitzkin shares how loss, fear, empty space and a daily "most important question" drive learning.

Harvard addiction doctor Sarah Wakeman explains what alcohol does to your liver, brain, sleep, and hormones, and how to cut back or help someone you love.

Physicist Thomas Campbell explains his theory that consciousness is fundamental, reality is virtual, and our purpose is to evolve toward love.

Secret Scholars creator Warren Smith talks critical thinking, his viral student videos and firing, campus ideology, filmmaking and Churchill.

Andrew Huberman explains how exercise boosts learning and protects the brain, and lays out five weekly training types for brain health.

Physician-scientist Dr. William Li explains how body fat works, which everyday foods help burn it, what to avoid and simple eating habits to start now.

Andrew Huberman explains why pain is a perception, how love and belief blunt it, and a sleep, walking and heat protocol for faster healing.

Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan's Christmas hang: telepathy, consciousness, drones, Biden, quantum computing, fatherhood, religion and farts in jars.

Andrew Huberman walks through his daily routine for learning and creativity, from morning light and delayed caffeine to NSDR and evening light.

Astrophysicist Adam Frank on how we'll find alien life, why the Fermi paradox fails, UFO evidence, and science's blind spot about experience.

Julian Lennon talks photography, the white feather sign from his father, anxiety, quitting smoking, UFOs and quantum computing with Joe Rogan.

Physical therapist Dr. Kelly Starrett shares low-cost tools for mobility, posture, pain, pelvic floor health, warm-ups, recovery and sustainable training.

DMT researcher Rick Strassman and Joe Rogan discuss psychedelics as amplifiers, reading Genesis in Hebrew, Neuralink, fluoride and faith after illness.

Tarantino and Avary revisit their video-store years, how they broke into film, why TV isn't cinema, and Avary's journey through prison.

Medical inventor Dr. Jeff Karp shares six simple tools he uses to break autopilot, focus attention, learn from failure and reconnect.

Dr. Shanna Swan explains how phthalates, BPA, pesticides and PFAS disrupt hormones and fertility, and how to cut your exposure.

Neuroscientist Andrew Newberg explains what brain scans reveal about prayer and meditation, and how daily rituals build meaning and calm.

Allan Schore explains how right brain to right brain bonds in infancy shape attachment, emotion regulation and every adult relationship.

Huberman explains where microplastics and endocrine disruptors come from, what they may do in the body, and simple ways to cut exposure.

Dr. Craig Koniver shares how he uses peptides, NAD, methylene blue and more, plus dosing, sourcing and the FDA's recent crackdown.

Memory scientist Charan Ranganath explains how curiosity, intention and healthy habits sharpen memory, and why task switching and aging erode it.

Mel Robbins breaks down six free daily habits from Warren Buffett, Taylor Swift, LeBron James, Sara Blakely, Shigeru Miyamoto and Jamie Kern Lima.

Layne Norton explains how to judge nutrition science, then tackles protein timing, training to failure, GLP-1 drugs, sugar, seed oils and sweeteners.

Dermatologist Dr. Teo Soleymani on simple skincare, sun and sunscreen science, retinoids, lasers, acne, psoriasis and skin cancer checks.

Dr. Stacy Sims explains why women shouldn't train fasted, how to polarize training, fuel around workouts, and adapt across the cycle and perimenopause.

Huberman on sun exposure and safer sunscreens, skin cancer checks, evidence-based anti-aging tools, and managing acne, rosacea and psoriasis.

Spine expert Dr. Stuart McGill explains what causes back pain, how to assess it, and how to train for a resilient back at any age.

Peter Attia and Andrew Huberman dissect the NAD pathway, NR and NMN, rapamycin and biological age tests, then share their own supplement routines.

Huberman answers listener questions on thinning skin, cold plunge temperatures, self-motivation, REM sleep, school learning and shilajit.

Andrew Huberman and Lex Fridman talk creativity, the cannabis and math controversies, nicotine and peptides, sharks, psychedelics, family and deep work.