The Perfect Summary Podcast
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Tim Dillon and Joe Rogan riff on Biden, Weinstein and Spacey, Airbnb, pride, Gaza, the draft, housing costs and why everything feels chaotic.
Mel Robbins shares three ways she was blocking her own happiness for years, and the simple practices that helped her let the good back in.
Harvard psychiatrist Chris Palmer explains his brain energy theory linking metabolism to mental illness, and his 90-day diet and lifestyle starting plan.
Cornell geneticist Chris Mason on what space does to the body, engineering humans for other worlds, and our duty to protect life.
Astrobiologist Sara Walker and chemist Lee Cronin debate alien life, assembly theory, time, free will and whether robots can truly be alive.
Rogan and three comic friends swap hell-gig stories, riff on news and wolves, call Doug Stanhope, and reflect on building the Mothership.
Max Lugavere tells Joe Rogan why dementia starts in midlife and how diet, exercise, toxins and air pollution affect your risk.
Economist Glenn Loury talks with Lex Fridman about equality, black patriotism, the racism accusation, affirmative action, Obama and mortality.
Economist Saifedean Ammous makes the case for hard money, blames fiat for war and short-termism, and argues Bitcoin is the fix.
Mel Robbins uses Victoria Monet's Grammy speech to show how to start, stay patient and keep growing toward your biggest ambitions.
IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima unpacks five lies that fuel self-doubt and shows Mel Robbins how to trust your knowing over the no.
Mel Robbins redefines love as making people feel they matter, and shares three research-backed ways to give and receive more of it every day.
Mel Robbins explains how false confidence wrecks your mornings and three simple decisions that boost mood, energy, focus and sleep.
After a workout, sauna and Egyptian barbecue, Action Bronson and Joe Rogan riff on fighters, American manufacturing, AI, UFOs and New York.
Filmmaker Oliver Stone shares his contested view of Putin, the Ukraine war, US foreign policy and nuclear power with Lex Fridman.
Mel Robbins shares 13 blunt lessons for surviving your 20s, from the great scattering and money to relationships, routines and risk.
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds opens up about depression, losing his Mormon faith, fame, ayahuasca, therapy and how he writes songs.
Mel Robbins shares a simple evening routine: pick a real bedtime, clean up, prep for morning, take five for yourself and tuck in your phone.
Trent Shelton explains the four kinds of people you can't be friends with, how to set boundaries, and why you must stay loyal to your own pace.
Mathematician Eric Weinstein steelmans and critiques Terrence Howard's ideas, praising his geometry while calling out errors and broken peer review.
Rampage Jackson tells Joe Rogan about Pride and the yakuza, his famous slam, faith, fighting unhealthy, and how one conversation kept him out of prison.
Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista, shares her comeback from debt and scams plus practical rules for budgeting, paying off debt, saving, credit and earning more.
Chef Sarma Melngailis gives her side of the Bad Vegan story: psychological manipulation, Rikers, sociopathy, remorse and hopes to rebuild.
Mel Robbins turns her daughter's Carnegie Hall debut into four lessons on fear, stress release, generosity and being present.
Historian Stephen Kotkin explains Russia's perpetual geopolitics, rebuts the NATO-blame argument, and weighs how the Ukraine war, China and Putin's rule might evolve.
OB-GYN Dr. Mary Claire Haver explains how estrogen loss affects every organ and shares her toolkit for perimenopause and menopause.
Comedian Jimmy Dore and Joe Rogan rail against corporate media and both parties, then turn to Carl Jung, dreams and altered states.
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues evolution tuned our senses for fitness, not truth, and that consciousness, not spacetime, is fundamental.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the evidence that viral social media harms teen girls and democracy, and proposes concrete fixes.
Marxist economist Richard Wolff explains Marx's critique of capitalism, surplus and exploitation, the Soviet experience, and his case for worker co-ops.