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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Mel Robbins names five things you waste energy trying to control, from the weather to the future, and the shift that gives you your power back.
Francis Ngannou tells Joe Rogan about boxing Fury and Joshua, his PFL Africa plans, discipline versus talent, and grieving his 15-month-old son.
Comedian Sam Morril and Joe Rogan riff on the Trump shooting, lifting weights, club politics, cancel culture and legends like Rodney Dangerfield and Norm Macdonald.
Physician Jonathan Reisman tours the weird, gross and wonderful human body, from the throat's flawed design to Arctic whale blubber and ER life.
The director of Harvard's 86-year study explains why warm relationships, not money or status, predict a long, healthy, happy life.
Mel Robbins runs a solo workshop on one question, what do you want to make happen in the next six months, and how to turn wishes into action.
Joe Rogan tells Lex Fridman how he weathered cancellation, why he doubts the UFO story, who the comedy greats are, and why hard things make life better.
A Viennese psychiatrist's account of surviving the Nazi camps, and the idea he carried out of them: people can bear almost anything if they have a reason to.
Joe Rogan and anarchist Michael Malice riff on Biden's exit, Kamala Harris, media spin, the Trump rally shooting, Japan, oceans, animals and comedy.
Mel Robbins answers listener questions on moving away, finding energy, eating and training, handling emotions, healing a breakup and changing careers.
Susan Cain and Lex Fridman explore introversion, why sad music moves us, Leonard Cohen, longing, loss and turning pain into meaning.
Dr. Sue Morter shares her energy-based view of healing and a body-focused practice for handling triggers, anxiety and old patterns.
Stylist Erin Walsh teaches Mel Robbins to ask "How do I want to feel?" before getting dressed, using clothes you already own.
Six-time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates on brief, brutal training, an honest view of steroids, life after winning, psychedelics and cannabis.
Barbara Corcoran on turning rejection into fuel, choosing a good boss, asking for a raise and starting before you feel ready.
Lewis Howes explains why control comes from fear and how releasing outcomes, opinions, old identity and timelines brings peace.
Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar shares tools for unwanted change: possible selves, reframing, self-distancing and betting on your future self.
Shaolin master Shi Heng Yi explains the five mental hindrances, the RAIN method, and how to turn a vision into a real skill.
Rainn Wilson on being as unhappy famous as broke, grieving his father, taming the ego, and learning to believe he is enough.
Rogan, Joey Diaz, Brendan Schaub and Eddie Bravo watch UFC London and argue about matchmaking, pay and the White House card.
Psychiatrist Dr. K explains why a negative identity protects you, how goals cause procrastination, and what you can really control.
Arthur Brooks explains why screens crowd out meaning, how to find the idol that drives you, and four habits that revive a marriage.
Clinic founder Brigham Buhler makes his case for legal peptides and stem cells, a cash-pay health model, gene sequencing and Muse cells.
Jeff Ross talks dogs, roasting Tom Brady and Kevin Hart, the comics he misses, and getting through colon cancer and alopecia.
Donald Knuth on how he writes The Art of Computer Programming, why P may equal NP, faith, mortality, and being happy enough.
Mel Robbins shares research and five true stories showing how saying hello to strangers can boost happiness, health and change your life.
Mel Robbins's 86-year-old mother-in-law Judie shares her daily routine, adventures and why staying connected matters most for a long life.
John Grisham tells Mel Robbins how drifting, rejection and one page a day at 5 a.m. turned a small-town lawyer into a bestselling novelist.
Andrew Huberman explains why heat limits effort and how cooling the palms, soles and face can multiply workout output and speed recovery.
Sarah Jakes Roberts, Jim Curtis, Mel Robbins coaching Chrissy Teigen, and Ellen Langer all treat ending self-punishment as the condition for change and not a reward for it. They differ on the route: Roberts and Curtis call it compassion and forgiveness, Robbins moves a person's worth away from other people's reactions, and Langer argues that once you understand why you acted there is nothing left to blame or forgive.