The Perfect Summary Podcast

Robert Malenka explains how dopamine and serotonin reward circuits shape craving, addiction, social bonds, empathy, autism and MDMA's effects.

Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar on anchoring identity to your why, handling change, and research-backed tools to set and sustain goals.

Olfaction scientist Noam Sobel on how smell shapes friendship, fear, aggression, hormones and pregnancy, and the race to send smells over the internet.

Andrew Huberman explains how ADHD medications work in the brain, why stimulants calm, and what's known about dosing, addiction, psychosis and long-term use.

Neuralink's head neurosurgeon explains brain implants for paralysis, robotic surgery, his own RFID hand chip, brain health and a future of mind-linked communication.

Peter Attia on blood pressure, ApoB, cancer screening, brain health, fall prevention and the emotional health work that matters most.

Rick Rubin on following feeling over formula, trusting your taste, the four phases of creative work, wrestling, and meditation.

Andrew Huberman answers audience questions on stress, self-hypnosis, gut health, dogs, night owls, and how to tell if you are on the right path.

Lex Fridman returns from Ukraine to talk war, propaganda, hard conversations, peer review, his robotics dream and advice for young people.

Andrew Huberman explains what research says about happiness, money, work and connection, and practical tools to build natural and synthetic happiness.

Huberman explains how THC and CBD hijack the endocannabinoid system, why effects vary so much, and the risks for pregnancy and young brains.

Huberman answers a Portland audience on brain injury, lowering dopamine, morning light, Wim Hof breathing, red light, ice baths and fear.

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how memories form and how exercise, meditation, sleep and affirmations improve memory, focus and mood.

Evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains what men and women want in partners, why people cheat, how jealousy works and what drives stalking.

Andrew Huberman explains the brain circuits and hormones behind social bonds, loneliness, introversion, trust and breakups, with tools for deeper connection.

Andrew Huberman explains how testosterone, DHT and estrogen shape sexual development, and how herbicides, cannabis, alcohol and phones may disrupt it.

Andrew Huberman explains why pain and injury are different, how the brain shapes pain, and practical steps for healing faster.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas on training confidence, voicing insecurity, bouncing back from failure, and her memoir Unfinished.

A compilation of five School of Greatness guests on manifesting: heart coherence, beliefs about money, owning your emotions, discipline, and fear.

Grant Cardone on building from $100 with equity deals, his sales process, negotiation, good debt, and recovering from addiction.

Candace Parker on adversity, calm, what Kobe Bryant and Pat Summitt taught her, and raising a daughter while leading a WNBA team.

Joe Dispenza explains his morning meditation method for breaking old emotional loops, rehearsing a future self and practicing gratitude.

Rich Roll on choosing the right goals, shrinking them to today's task, perfectionism, self-esteem, living lean and a marriage tested by money.

Former monk Jay Shetty on intentional living, stillness, three questions to ask daily, and how to handle both failure and success.

Lewis Howes and business partner Matt Cesaratto look back on 2020: the highlights behind the show and ten lessons on health, adapting and play.

Rachel Hollis on a public divorce, a business that lost its live events, letting go of people-pleasing, and playing the long game.

Matthew McConaughey on freedom and responsibility, walking away from rom-coms, his father's death, and what fame is really for.

Paris Hilton on the abuse she hid for years, the character she built to cope, life as the first influencer and what comes next.