The Perfect Summary Podcast

Daniel Kahneman on System 1 and 2, why deep learning lacks reasoning, the remembering self, and psychology's replication crisis.

Roboticist Ayanna Howard on why robots must adapt to people, how bias gets fixed, and why we trust machines more than we admit.

Terence Tao explains Navier-Stokes, primes and Collatz, how he attacks hard problems, and how Lean and AI are changing maths.

Arsenio Hall and Joe Rogan trade stories on reinventing late night, the Comedy Store, Prince, Pryor and how great comics work.

Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan riff on uncensored AI, war propaganda, ketamine addiction, UFOs and simulation theory.

Psychiatrist Dr. K explains how to unlearn harmful patterns using distress tolerance, ego awareness and meditation.

Dan Martell shares how he went from juvenile detention and near suicide to faith, self-acceptance and optimism about AI.

Dean Graziosi on choosing your focus, acting before you feel ready, raising driven kids and a simple way to start using AI.

Emma Grede on turning a tough East London childhood into self-belief, managing anger, asking for money and choosing trade-offs.

A compilation of Mel Robbins's best money clips: track spending, use four buckets, automate saving and define what enough means.

Bob Lazar and filmmaker Luigi Vendittelli revisit his S4 claims, the craft's strange technology and doubts about disclosure.

Stanford's Tina Seelig tells Mel Robbins how values, small risks, generosity and curiosity let you create your own luck.

Dr. Richard Davidson explains how five minutes of daily meditation changes mind and body, and the four trainable pillars of flourishing.

Retired Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf talks drowning, training standards, military waste, jiu-jitsu, wingsuits and the Iran rescue.

Joe Dispenza explains how he uses meditation to break old patterns and what he says his retreat research shows about self-healing.

John Fogerty tells how Proud Mary and Fortunate Son were written, and how lawsuits, lost savings and drinking nearly broke him.

Doctor Mike tells Mel Robbins how to spot health misinformation, fight medical bills and return to the basics of health.

Michael Pollan explains why ultra-processed 'healthy' foods harm us and how real food, shared meals and simple habits help.

Mel Robbins shares five rules for choosing a meaningful personal goal and sticking with it in a busy, overwhelmed life.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains how childhood adversity wires the stress response and how buffering helps adults reset it.

Pastor Michael Todd on how unhealed wounds drive relationships and success, his own health turnaround, and choosing partners by purpose.

Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy on refusing to be a victim, a second devastating injury, and falling in love with the process.

Australian comic James McCann on losing a job mid-move to Ohio, finding his feet in Austin, Australian gatekeeping, and AI worries.

Luis J. Gomez and Joe Rogan riff on outrage culture, independent platforms, AI, wealth, odd laws, lucid dreams and ibogaine.

David Cross and Joe Rogan revisit the Boston comedy boom, Mr. Show and NewsRadio, then worry about AI, kids online and war.

RZA talks his new film, Shaolin-style discipline, channeling anger into art, cobalt mining, quitting weed and why movies belong in theaters.

Social scientist Kasley Killam explains why adult friendship feels hard, which reasons for cancelling are excuses, and small ways to reconnect.

Dr. Shadé Zahrai gives Mel Robbins a four-part framework for self-doubt: acceptance, agency, autonomy and adaptability.

Criminal psychologist Julia Shaw on why nobody is born evil, what really drives murder, how false memories form, and green crime.

Telegram's founder on freedom over money, his ascetic habits, a 40-engineer team, his arrest in France and standing up to governments.