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Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 26, 2026 · 10 min read
Khabib Nurmagomedov on Dagestan, Discipline, Conor McGregor, Faith and Football | Lex Fridman Podcast #500

Undefeated UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov on Dagestan's fighting culture, his father's methods, fanatical training, Conor, faith and football.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Mel Robbins: Using the 'Me, We, Them' Framework to Handle Difficult People

How to handle loved ones who frustrate you with Mel Robbins' 'Me, We, Them' framework

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Oprah Winfrey on Mel Robbins: Your Inner GPS, the Thread of Purpose, Forgiveness, and the Right to Change Your Mind

Oprah Winfrey tells Mel Robbins how to hear your inner GPS, find the thread of purpose in your life, forgive, and change your mind.

The School of Greatness · Sep 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Codie Sanchez on Building a Business That Doesn't Own You: Pricing, Systems, and Recurring Revenue

Codie Sanchez tells Lewis why grinding is overrated and how pricing, rich clients, recurring revenue, and systems free owners from their businesses.

The School of Greatness · Sep 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Jonathan Fields on Burnout, Meaningful Work, and the Sparketype Framework

Jonathan Fields tells Lewis Howes why burnout signals misaligned work and how Sparketypes reveal the effort that makes you feel alive.

The School of Greatness · Sep 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Lewis Howes on the 7 Signs You're About to Get Rich: Myron Golden's Four Levels of Value, Saying No to Money, and Measuring Runway

Lewis Howes shares seven quiet signs that wealth is coming, from celebrating others' wins to measuring freedom in months instead of dollars.

Huberman Lab · Sep 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Rick Rubin on Accessing Creativity: Taste, Presence, and the Four Phases of Creative Work

Rick Rubin explains how to access creativity by noticing clues, trusting your taste, working in phases, and staying fully present with the work.

The School of Greatness · Jun 9, 2025 · 10 min read
Building & Monetizing a Mass Social Media Audience with Josh Richards

Josh Richards on growth-hacking live streams as a teen, getting ripped off on tour, choosing equity over brand deals, and staying grounded in LA.

The School of Greatness · Jun 8, 2025 · 10 min read
How to Heal Your Mind & Improve Mental Health (Based on NEUROSCIENCE) with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf explains her view of mind versus brain, why she sees depression as a signal, and her five-step, 63-day Neurocycle.

The School of Greatness · Jun 8, 2025 · 9 min read
Billionaire Mindset, Leadership & Living A Great Life with David Rubenstein

Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein on why leadership comes down to communication, plus reputation, relationships, regrets and giving back.

The School of Greatness · Jun 8, 2025 · 9 min read
Finding Spiritual Truth, Understanding Identity & Managing Your Inner Mess with Tim Storey

Life coach Tim Storey shares the secret of his biological father, what he has unlearned about faith and money, and why your dreams are still unfolding.

The School of Greatness · Jun 7, 2025 · 10 min read
How to Overcome Self-Doubt & Rejection to Build a Billion Dollar Brand with Jamie Kern Lima

IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima on years of rejection, her make-or-break QVC debut, adoption, self-doubt and trusting your gut.

The School of Greatness · Jun 5, 2025 · 12 min read
A Billionaire's Keys to Success and Building an Empire with John Paul DeJoria

John Paul DeJoria on starting Paul Mitchell with $700, surviving rejection, protecting your money, and why forgiveness frees you.

The School of Greatness · Jun 5, 2025 · 5 min read
Wim Hof: Master Your Breath to Live Happier & Defend Against Disease with ‘The Iceman’

In this electrifying and deeply personal episode of The School of Greatness, Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof, famously known as The Iceman, returns to share the full power of his method—revealing how breathwork, cold exposure, mindset, and simplicity can unlock radical healing,…

The School of Greatness · Jun 2, 2025 · 5 min read
Lessons on Greatness, Growth, and Healing with Kobe Bryant, Preethaji & More

This episode of The School of Greatness marks a powerful milestone—episode—and reflects on the most defining conversations from the podcast’s journey so far. Host Lewis Howes revisits transformative moments with guests like Kobe Bryant, Preethaji, Rob Bell, and Laverne Cox to…

Book summary · May 17, 2025 · 7 min read
The Let Them Theory

Mel Robbins argues that two words, Let Them, free you from managing other people, and two more, Let Me, put your energy back into the only thing you control: yourself.

Book summary · May 15, 2025 · 7 min read
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

A clinical psychologist's twelve blunt, oddly named rules for carrying responsibility, telling the truth and finding meaning in a life that will include suffering.

Book summary · May 15, 2025 · 7 min read
10x Is Easier Than 2x

A coach and a psychologist argue that a tenfold goal is simpler than doubling, because it forces you to drop the 80 percent of your work that cannot come along.

The School of Greatness · May 14, 2025 · 8 min read
The 7 Keys To Thriving After A Breakdown with Chris Lee

Chris Lee's seven steps for breakdowns: accept, take responsibility, process emotion, forgive, recommit, act with support, celebrate.

Book summary · May 12, 2025 · 8 min read
Can’t Hurt Me

A retired Navy SEAL and ultramarathon runner tells how he turned an abused, overweight, aimless young man into one of the toughest people alive, and hands over the mental tools he used.

Book summary · May 12, 2025 · 8 min read
Ikigai

What the centenarians of an Okinawan village can teach the rest of us about purpose, calm, food, friends and a reason to get up in the morning.

Book summary · May 12, 2025 · 8 min read
You Can Win

Shiv Khera's step-by-step case that success is learned: begin with attitude, then build self-esteem, people skills, habits, goals and values on top of it.

Huberman Lab · May 9, 2025 · 15 min read
Charting the Architecture of the Universe & Human Life with Dr. Brian Keating

Cosmologist Brian Keating on how stargazing shaped time, why astrology fails, his near-Nobel retraction, and whether we are alone.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · May 8, 2025 · 10 min read
6 Sneaky Ways People Are Disrespecting You & What to Do About It

Mel Robbins names six subtle forms of disrespect, from being talked over to backhanded compliments, and gives scripts to respond and protect your peace.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 8, 2025 · 11 min read
Josh Waitzkin

Josh Waitzkin on chess fame, Marcelo Garcia's genius, foiling, surviving a drowning and why a beginner's mind is our best defense against AI.

Lex Fridman Podcast · May 7, 2025 · 17 min read
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India | Power, Democracy, War & Peace

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Lex Fridman about fasting, his youth, the RSS, Gandhi, peace, Pakistan, China, Trump, AI and learning.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 7, 2025 · 9 min read
2286 – Antonio Brown

Antonio Brown talks CTE awareness, life after the NFL, working with Kanye, his viral X awards and the foot exercises that kept him elite.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · May 6, 2025 · 11 min read
Look, Feel, & Stay Young Forever: #1 Orthopedic Surgeon’s Proven Protocol

Orthopedic surgeon Vonda Wright argues frailty is not inevitable and lays out her walk, sprint, lift and balance routine.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 6, 2025 · 10 min read
Bill Murray

Bill Murray swaps Hunter S. Thompson stories, defends John Belushi, explains golf as a mind-body practice and talks homelessness with Joe Rogan.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 6, 2025 · 14 min read
2280 – Peter Berg

Director Peter Berg joins Joe Rogan on making American Primeval, Brigham Young, handling critics, writing rituals and what makes champions.