The Perfect Summary Podcast

Chess prodigy turned martial arts champion and coach Josh Waitzkin shares how loss, fear, empty space and a daily "most important question" drive learning.

Harvard addiction doctor Sarah Wakeman explains what alcohol does to your liver, brain, sleep, and hormones, and how to cut back or help someone you love.

Mel Robbins shares five simple, research-backed systems for making new habits stick, from making cues visible to doing it in the morning.

Secret Scholars creator Warren Smith talks critical thinking, his viral student videos and firing, campus ideology, filmmaking and Churchill.

Dr. Mark Gordon and Joe Rogan on brain inflammation, TBI treatment and research fraud, then bears, alleged alien mummies, UFOs and privacy.

Bryan Callen and Joe Rogan on the LA fires, ego and Buddhism, pool and fighting mastery, sauna science, wartime Lebanon and telling the truth.

Dr. Becky Kennedy redefines guilt, explains frustration tolerance and repair, and shares sturdy-leadership tools for parents, partners and bosses.

Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir riff for hours on the LA fires, comedy history, fighting, gambling and show business.

Mel Robbins coaches Chrissy Teigen on people-pleasing and explains how the Let Them Theory helps you stop outsourcing your self-worth.

Mel Robbins lays out six steps for any goal: decide, write it down, find the formula, do the reps, make it easy, and don't quit.

Andrew Huberman explains how exercise boosts learning and protects the brain, and lays out five weekly training types for brain health.

Physician-scientist Dr. William Li explains how body fat works, which everyday foods help burn it, what to avoid and simple eating habits to start now.

Andrew Huberman explains why pain is a perception, how love and belief blunt it, and a sleep, walking and heat protocol for faster healing.

Jordan Peterson and Andrew Huberman link brain circuits, biblical stories and prayer to addiction, purpose, and why responsibility is the real adventure.

Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan's Christmas hang: telepathy, consciousness, drones, Biden, quantum computing, fatherhood, religion and farts in jars.

Bone Collector host Michael Waddell and Joe Rogan talk archery history, predators, gear, hunting TV, authenticity and the community that welcomes all.

Mel Robbins walks through the seven-question yearly audit she has used for 20 years, sharing her own answers, to plan a better year.

Andrew Huberman walks through his daily routine for learning and creativity, from morning light and delayed caffeine to NSDR and evening light.

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich gives his side of his corruption case, describes prison life and faith, and argues for justice reform.

Mel Robbins and daughter Sawyer share how writing The Let Them Theory together healed their relationship, plus tools to close distance with anyone.

Mel Robbins revisits six favorite experts on manifesting, hard conversations, sleep, boundaries, happiness and money that means something.

Yale's Laurie Santos explains what really makes us happier: real-time connection, delight, contrast, time affluence, strengths and helping others.

Julian Lennon talks photography, the white feather sign from his father, anxiety, quitting smoking, UFOs and quantum computing with Joe Rogan.

Behavioral scientist Logan Ury explains why dating feels broken and the specific changes to filters, profiles and mindset that help.

Yale's Laurie Santos condenses her famous happiness course: what we get wrong about happiness and five science-backed ways to feel happier.

Physical therapist Dr. Kelly Starrett shares low-cost tools for mobility, posture, pain, pelvic floor health, warm-ups, recovery and sustainable training.

Mel Robbins redefines confidence as the willingness to try, debunks three myths and shares five tools to build it as a skill.

Tarantino and Avary revisit their video-store years, how they broke into film, why TV isn't cinema, and Avary's journey through prison.

Mel Robbins and her daughter Sawyer share a breakup survival guide: why heartbreak is grief, the 30-day no-contact rule, and six ways to move on.

Medical inventor Dr. Jeff Karp shares six simple tools he uses to break autopilot, focus attention, learn from failure and reconnect.