The Perfect Summary Podcast

Director Peter Berg joins Joe Rogan on making American Primeval, Brigham Young, handling critics, writing rituals and what makes champions.

Andrew Schulz and Joe Rogan on free will, comedy craft, class politics, padel and recovery, IVF, and how fatherhood changes a man.

Trial lawyer Jefferson Fisher shares exact phrases for disrespect, belittling, gaslighting and difficult people, and why saying less gives you power.

Pulmonologist Dr. Roger Seheult explains how sunlight, heat, cold, NAC, fresh air and darkness at night support immunity and faster recovery from colds and flu.

Mel Robbins' seven-item weekly checklist: brain dump, cross off, a hot 15, one meal, one workout, real rest and one connection.

Mel Robbins shares five science-backed ways to stop your brain turning on you, from giving it a project to looking for hearts and manifesting.

Magnus Carlsen on obsession over discipline, the cheating scandal, blindfold chess, flow, and how AlphaZero and engines changed chess.

Pavel Tsatsouline explains strength as a skill: greasing the groove, avoiding failure, anti-glycolytic endurance and breathing for power.

Mel Robbins explains the "great scattering," the three pillars of adult friendship, and a go-first plan for finding your people at any age.

Mel Robbins and her husband Chris answer listener questions on growth, resentment, family pressure, alone time and parenting clashes.

Psychiatrist Dr. Judith Joseph shares the 5 V's from her Happiness Lab research: validation, venting, values, vitals and vision.

Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer explains how noticing, uncertainty and mind-body unity can change healing, aging, stress and daily life.

Mel Robbins offers four steps for unfair moments: set a deadline for grieving, accept reality, make a plan, and choose your attitude.

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.

Harvard stress expert Dr. Aditi Nerurkar names three hidden sources of chronic stress and the small, free steps that help your brain reset.

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

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.

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.

Mel Robbins' top eight expert moments of the year: stress and belly fat, stop breath B, menopause, brain energy, self-compassion and regret.

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.

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.