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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Die With Zero author Bill Perkins explains why money is only a tool, how to time experiences and gifts, and the beliefs that helped him earn.
Sex researcher and sex worker Aella talks with Lex Fridman about her 500,000-person fetish survey, sex work, polyamory, trauma and LSD.
Mel Robbins shares nine simple, easy-to-remember habits for mindset, sleep, stress, clutter, spending and connection that you can start today.
Comedian Brian Simpson and Joe Rogan riff on for-profit healthcare, the Cybertruck bomber, the DC crash, Gaza, space discoveries and monster movies.
Gad Saad and Joe Rogan range over decision science, evolutionary explanations of behavior, academia, AI, odd coincidences, and choosing peace over conflict.
Physical therapist Jeff Cavaliere explains how to split training, build the mind-muscle connection, stretch, fix pain at its source and eat sustainably.
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon argues skeletal muscle, not fat, drives metabolic health and longevity, and explains how to eat protein to protect it.
Former Scientologist Aaron Smith-Levin walks Lex Fridman through Scientology's beliefs, auditing, the Sea Org, secrecy, and the cost of disconnection.
Rogan, Serra, Schaub and Callen watch Du Plessis outwork Strickland and Zhang Weili stuff Tatiana Suarez, with tangents on peptides, movies and scoring.
Life coach Martha Beck coaches Mel Robbins live on getting unstuck, tracking joy toward your purpose, and using creativity to quiet anxiety.
Therapist Meg Josephson explains people pleasing as a fawn trauma response, its six archetypes, and how to set boundaries and feel safe within.
Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty tells Lex Fridman how adversity, preparation and 'good power' shaped her leadership through IBM's biggest reinvention.
Harland Williams and Joe Rogan riff on submarines, aliens, AI creativity, wolves, simulation theory, the death of the sitcom and roast comedy.
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells Joe Rogan the real-life roots of Basic Instinct, stories of Hunter Thompson and Hendrix, and his path to faith.
Psychologist Shannon Curry covers what makes love last, how to choose a partner, infidelity, the MMPI-2, the Depp v. Heard trial and PTSD.
Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw shares bourbon, cigars and stories with Joe Rogan about 1970s football, cancer, stem cells, friendship and public speaking.
NYU psychologist Emily Balcetis explains how narrowing your visual focus, planning for obstacles and tracking data help you reach physical and mental goals.
Lewis Howes explains five mindset shifts for overthinkers, from trusting yourself to acting as your future self, plus a 30-day challenge.
Charles Duhigg explains the skills of supercommunicators: looping for understanding, deep questions, matching and how to handle hard conversations.
Arm wrestling great Devon Larratt breaks down technique, high-rep healing training, leaving Canadian special forces, and his quest to beat Levan.
Sam Harris and Lex Fridman debate Trump, COVID, experts, quitting Twitter, feuds with Elon Musk and Bret Weinstein, AI risk and free will.
Former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss explains tactical empathy, labeling, mirroring, walking away, and why every decision is emotional.
Dr. Shefali explains why parents must heal themselves, how tech hijacks kids' attention and attachment, and her seven pillars for raising girls.
Eliezer Yudkowsky tells Lex Fridman why he thinks we get one try at aligning superintelligent AI, and why we're failing it.
Caltech's David Anderson explains how brain states drive aggression, mating and fear, and how social isolation fuels rage through a peptide.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on how GPT-4 works, bias and alignment, AGI timelines, OpenAI's capped-profit structure, power, jobs and the future.
Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz trade stories on knee surgery recovery, wild probation days, how comedy rewards persistence, MMA, and Cuba's crisis.
Mathematician Edward Frenkel on why reality is paradoxical, the limits of computation, the Langlands program, surviving Soviet antisemitism, and love.
Sheleana Aiyana on foster care, trauma bonds, the mother and father wound, somatic healing, shadow vows, and building a conscious relationship.
Max Tegmark explains the open letter to pause giant AI experiments, Moloch's race to the bottom, AI safety, consciousness, and hope for a good future.