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Insight · Sep 27, 2026 · 17 min read
Regularity over quantity: why a fixed bedtime matters more than you think

Matt Walker, Gina Poe and others stress that going to bed and waking at consistent times protects growth hormone release, memory processing and circadian health, even when total hours look adequate. Catching up on weekends does not undo the damage of an erratic schedule.

Insight · Sep 27, 2026 · 24 min read
Sleep before and after learning: two windows that decide what you remember

Research by Walker and Poe, echoed in Huberman's learning protocols, shows that sleep beforehand readies the hippocampus to absorb new information, while deep sleep afterward consolidates it. For students and skill learners, sleep is part of studying itself.

Insight · Sep 27, 2026 · 27 min read
Sleep starts in the morning: why experts prescribe early sunlight first

Circadian researchers, a sleep scientist and a practicing physician all say that viewing bright outdoor light soon after waking is the most powerful lever for falling asleep easily that night. This moves attention away from bedtime fixes and toward a free habit done 12 or more hours earlier.

Insight · Sep 27, 2026 · 22 min read
The nightcap myth: alcohol sedates you but sabotages memory and REM

Sleep researchers and an addiction physician agree that alcohol may knock you out, but it fragments sleep, suppresses REM and disrupts the window in which memories are transferred. Many people drink to sleep better, and it does the opposite.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 26, 2026 · 9 min read
DHH on Agentic Engineering, Omarchy Linux, and Why He Stopped Hand-Writing Code

Rails creator DHH explains how AI agents came to write all his code, why Linux fits the agentic era, and how he thinks about work, politics, and mortality.

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 Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Siddharth Kara on Congo's Cobalt Mines, AI's Hunger for Minerals, and The Zorg, the Slave Ship That Sparked Abolition

Siddharth Kara returns to update Joe Rogan on Congo's mines and tell the story of The Zorg, the slave ship that sparked abolition.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 26, 2026 · 8 min read
James Sexton's Guide to Divorce: The Six Stages, the 48-Hour Plan, and Rebuilding Afterward

Divorce attorney James Sexton explains the six stages of divorce, how to tell your spouse, protect your future, heal, and support loved ones.

Huberman Lab · Sep 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Joe Liemandt on Alpha School, AI Tutoring, and Learning Faster Through Mastery and Motivation

Joe Liemandt explains how Alpha School pairs AI tutoring, mastery learning, and motivation to compress academics into two hours a day.

Huberman Lab · Sep 25, 2026 · 9 min read
Dr. Gina Poe on How Each Stage of Sleep Shapes Learning, Memory, Creativity, and Emotional Recovery (Huberman Lab Essentials)

Dr. Gina Poe explains how each sleep stage builds memory, clears the brain, sparks creativity, and helps strip the emotion from hard memories.

Huberman Lab · Sep 25, 2026 · 8 min read
Dr. Oded Rechavi on Genes, Small RNAs, and Whether Memories Can Be Inherited Across Generations

Geneticist Oded Rechavi explains why acquired traits usually aren't inherited, and how worm studies show small RNAs can cross generations.

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 6, 2025 · 11 min read
Key Health Habits to Live Over 100 & Prevent Chronic Diseases with Peter Attia

Peter Attia explains healthspan, the four drivers of type 2 diabetes, how sleep works, and his Centenarian Olympics approach to training.

The School of Greatness · Jun 6, 2025 · 11 min read
The Truth About Breathing: Why You're Doing It Wrong with James Nestor

Journalist James Nestor on why nose breathing, slower breaths and a stronger tongue and diaphragm may improve sleep, stress and health.

The School of Greatness · Jun 5, 2025 · 12 min read
A Guide to Financial Freedom & Your Highest Potential with One of the World's Richest People, Charles Koch

Charles Koch, at 85, on discovering his gift, self-actualization at work, raising kids with wealth, handling criticism, and why he keeps contributing.

The School of Greatness · Jun 4, 2025 · 11 min read
Mental Health, Motherhood Challenges, The Dangers of Fame & Success with Rachel Platten

Rachel Platten on postpartum depression, insomnia and chronic pain, the night she wrote Mercy, and learning to love and mother herself.

The School of Greatness · Jun 3, 2025 · 13 min read
Build a Global Community, Leverage Viral Video & Change Lives with Zach King

Zach King on practical-effects filmmaking, surviving the rise and fall of platforms, creative self-doubt, and why he and his wife foster children.

The School of Greatness · Jun 2, 2025 · 11 min read
Pursuing Happiness with Ravi Patel

Actor Ravi Patel on why achievement left him tired at 40, how he and his wife learned to fight better, and what his travels taught him about happiness.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 22, 2025 · 5 min read
Gad Saad

This episode of The Joe Rogan Experience featuring evolutionary behavioral scientist and author Gad Saad unfolds as a sprawling, deeply intellectual, and often humorous exploration of psychology, culture, politics, and the hidden mechanisms of human decision-making. The energy is…

The Mel Robbins Podcast · May 20, 2025 · 9 min read
Don't Argue or Fight With a Difficult Person: Do This Instead (with #1 Narcissism Expert)

Dr. Ramani answers listener questions on narcissistic partners, parents and adult children, and why strategy beats confrontation.

Book summary · May 15, 2025 · 7 min read
21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari turns from humanity's past and far future to the present, asking how AI, nationalism, fake news and the loss of old stories will test us right now.

Lex Fridman Podcast · May 11, 2025 · 17 min read
Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI, the Future of AI, and Humanity

Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Amanda Askell and Chris Olah discuss scaling laws, AI safety levels, Claude's character, and looking inside neural networks.

Lex Fridman Podcast · May 11, 2025 · 13 min read
Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & the Future of America

Marc Andreessen on America's growth potential, preference falsification, censorship, DOGE, high-skill immigration, AI coding and the trillion-dollar AI questions.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 9, 2025 · 9 min read
Dr. Suzanne Humphries

Former nephrologist Suzanne Humphries lays out her vaccine-critical reading of polio, smallpox and COVID history, views that run against medical consensus.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · May 9, 2025 · 11 min read
Why You Feel Lost in Life: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma & How to Heal

Dr. Gabor Maté explains how childhood wounds become adult patterns, and why healing starts with compassionate curiosity instead of blame.

Lex Fridman Podcast · May 9, 2025 · 14 min read
The Primeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God

ThePrimeagen shares his path from addiction to Netflix engineer and streamer, plus his views on learning languages, Neovim, asserts, AI and faith.

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.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 8, 2025 · 9 min read
2291 – Bert Kreischer

Bert Kreischer and Joe Rogan swap career advice, sleep and health tips, wolf and bowhunting talk, mob stories, and why comics should inspire, not compete.

The Joe Rogan Experience · May 7, 2025 · 13 min read
Michael Kosta

Michael Kosta and Joe Rogan talk joke writing, tennis and grit, knockouts, the Comedy Mothership, free speech, sauna habits and AI.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · May 7, 2025 · 10 min read
Get Back on Track: 5 Evening Habits to Wake Up Focused, Recharged, and in Control

Mel Robbins explains why decision fatigue keeps you up late and shares a five-step evening routine you can do on autopilot.