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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.

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 Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Yakov Smirnoff on Surviving the Fall of the Soviet Union, Rebuilding in Branson, and the Science of Laughter in Love

Yakov Smirnoff tells Joe Rogan how he fled the USSR, lost his career when the Wall fell, rebuilt in Branson, and studied laughter in marriage.

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.

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 · 4 min read
How to Assess & Improve All Aspects of Your Fitness | Dr. Andy Galpin

Dr. Andy Galpin explains practical fitness tests for movement quality, power, strength, and endurance to track progress safely.

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 9, 2025 · 12 min read
The Law of Attraction: Creating Wealth & Manifesting Abundance with Bob Proctor

At 86, Bob Proctor shares his daily study, goal card, gratitude habit, and why he says earning money is an exact science governed by law.

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 · 12 min read
The Keys to Financial Freedom with Shark Tank’s Mr. Wonderful Kevin O’Leary

Kevin O'Leary on never lying, his three daily habits, why he says money ends marriages, raising unentitled kids and investing simply.

The School of Greatness · Jun 7, 2025 · 11 min read
The Science of Positive Thinking & How to Control Your Mind with Dr. Andrew Huberman

Andrew Huberman tells Lewis Howes how dopamine drives pursuit, how gratitude balances it, and why rewarding effort beats waiting for the win.

The School of Greatness · Jun 6, 2025 · 11 min read
How to Attract Success, Destroy Laziness & Achieve Optimal Performance with Former Navy SEAL Officer Rich Diviney

Three former Navy SEALs on mental toughness, balanced leadership, and a step-by-step method for setting goals and surviving a crisis.

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 4, 2025 · 14 min read
Unlock Self-Confidence, Heal Trauma & Make Money as an Artist with Pulitzer Prize Winner Jericho Brown

Pulitzer-winning poet Jericho Brown on shame, changing his name, healing from trauma, faith, vulnerability and surviving as an artist.

The School of Greatness · Jun 4, 2025 · 12 min read
Processing Pain: Losing 250+ Pounds & Dissecting Trauma with Actor Ethan Suplee

Actor Ethan Suplee on life at 536 pounds, the childhood roots of his eating, planning food days ahead, and Hollywood lessons.

The School of Greatness · Jun 4, 2025 · 12 min read
Habits of Success for Creatives, Artists & Entrepreneurs with Seth Godin

Seth Godin on choosing passion, shipping creative work on a schedule, refusing reassurance, and why creativity is a skill.

The School of Greatness · Jun 4, 2025 · 11 min read
The Science of Intermittent Fasting (Foods To Live Longer & Reverse Type 2 Diabetes) with Jason Fung

Dr. Jason Fung argues obesity is about insulin, environment and constant eating, not willpower, and explains how to make fasting a habit.

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 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 Joe Rogan Experience · May 21, 2025 · 11 min read
Raekwon

Raekwon tells Joe Rogan how RZA united nine MCs into Wu-Tang Clan, the story behind C.R.E.A.M., and why 90s hip-hop still matters.

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.

Book summary · May 13, 2025 · 8 min read
Atomic Habits

James Clear's case that tiny daily habits, backed by good systems and a new sense of identity, compound into remarkable change.

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.