The Perfect Summary Podcast

Breathing expert Patrick McKeown coaches Mel Robbins through nose breathing, breath holds and slow exhales to cut stress and improve sleep.

Amanda Rizkalla tells Oprah how her teenage experience of losing housing shaped Hungered, the 125th Oprah's Book Club pick.

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal trace Disney from its 1984 near-breakup through Eisner, Pixar, ESPN, and Iger to the Disney+ streaming era.

Cardiologist Dr. Tara Narula explains how stress can cause heart attacks and shares her toolkit for building resilience in adults and kids.

Mel Robbins, her daughter Kendall and producer Amy explain how to pick a North Star and close the distance with emulate, assimilate, innovate.

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and Joe Rogan talk 1883's brutal history, critics, hunting, energy, politics and why coexistence has to come back.

Mel Robbins and her 18-year-old son Oakley answer listener questions on getting teens to open up, cliques, bullying, phones, anxiety and dyslexia.

Myron Golden on wealth as a matter of belief and identity, selling without chasing, faith, loss and raising capable kids.

Old friends Joe Rogan and Bobby Lee finally sit down to talk relapse, 90s Comedy Store tales, writing habits, Star Trek, politics and why podcasts changed comedy.

Comedian Chad Daniels and Joe Rogan cover where jokes come from, funerals, comics lost too soon, Tyson's rise, pool, free speech, Bigfoot and the simulation.

Grimes talks with Lex Fridman about music production, becoming a mother, optimistic futures, AI, consciousness and why we are now Homo techno.

Dr. Ramani explains narcissism as a rigid personality style built on entitlement, busts four myths, and shows how to spot love bombing early.

Mel Robbins walks through six findings on who we spend time with across life, and how to be intentional with family, friends, partners, kids and yourself.

Comedian and novelist Sam Tallent talks touring the world, punk-rock work ethic, the muse, cults, money guilt and politics with Joe Rogan.

A leading reproductive epidemiologist explains why sperm counts in the West have halved in forty years, what everyday chemicals have to do with it, and what you can change at home.

A Nobel-winning biologist and a health psychologist explain how stress, sleep, exercise, food, relationships and surroundings shape the telomeres that set the pace of cellular aging.

Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt argue that three bad ideas and a culture of overprotection are leaving a generation of students more fragile, more anxious and more divided.

Donald Knuth recalls his first programs, literate programming, John Conway, the giant component problem, open source and staying curious.

Mel Robbins takes listeners backstage in Dallas to share how she beat her fear of public speaking, plus Michelle Poler's 100-fears lessons.

Mel Robbins shares six words that interrupt catastrophizing, plus the Buddhist two-arrows teaching and research on how worry hurts.

Texas rapper That Mexican OT tells Joe Rogan about a wild Bay City childhood, rapping since age four, gratitude, and why his next project is called Recess.

Dr. Russell Kennedy answers listener questions on nighttime anxiety, anxious parents and racing thoughts, with body-first tools for healing the alarm.

Cal Newport argues that the inbox has become a broken way of organising work, and lays out four principles for doing knowledge work without the constant chatter.

A former New York Times reporter argues that marijuana causes psychosis and violence and that legalization has outrun the science, a case many experts dispute.

Body language expert Janine Driver teaches Mel Robbins how to spot deception, use words and posture to project confidence, and trust your intuition.

Twin sisters explain why stress stays stuck in the body, why women burn out in a rigged game, and the simple, shared ways to recover.

Jon Kabat-Zinn's gentle classic on mindfulness: how to stop living on autopilot and pay attention to the only moment you have, on the cushion and at the kitchen sink.

Psychologist Dr. Thema Bryant explains psychological homelessness, its warning signs, and practical steps to heal and come home to yourself.

Dr. Scott Lyons explains the signs of being addicted to drama, why stress feels good, and practical ways to stop revving and find peace.

James Lindsay and Joe Rogan discuss border strategy, ESG, China's rise, queer theory in schools, cult psychology, Boeing and degrowth, often in 'tinfoil hat' mode.