The Perfect Summary Podcast
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Mel Robbins redefines confidence as the willingness to try, busts three myths and shares five research-based tools to build it as a skill.
Mel Robbins coaches four listeners through hard conversations and shares her six-step formula, from knowing your why to validating and setting boundaries.
Breathing expert Patrick McKeown coaches Mel Robbins through nose breathing, breath holds and slow exhales to cut stress and improve sleep.
Divorce lawyer James Sexton explains why marriage is a technology with tradeoffs and how candor about sex and money keeps couples together.
Amanda Rizkalla tells Oprah how her teenage experience of losing housing shaped Hungered, the 125th Oprah's Book Club pick.
Psychotherapist Amy Morin and Simon Sinek treat mental strength as a daily practice and share small, practical moves for bad days.
Biblical scholar Dan McClellan and Joe Rogan explore ancient artifacts, Paul, First Enoch, the roots of hell, and why our minds shape belief.
Emory professor Marina Cooley explains how to get noticed at work and beyond: sticky ideas, sharing wins without cringe, and meeting prep that pays off.
Rob Lowe and Simon Sinek on risk-taking, surviving public humiliation, refusing to self-edit, and finding humor in life's hardest parts.
Arthur Brooks and Simon Sinek on the 80/20/0 gut check, careers as spirals, the arrival fallacy, and why AI may erode the struggle that builds wisdom.
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.
Simon Sinek and Oprah on finding your why, real optimism vs. positivity, the 'great rebalancing' of work, and the friend test for purpose.
Esther Perel on how love and work turned happiness from a perk into the glue, why play matters, and why Gen Z should talk to strangers.
Stanford urologist Dr. Michael Eisenberg explains testosterone, erectile dysfunction, male fertility, and prostate health as windows into a man's overall health.
UFC light heavyweight Khalil Rountree Jr. tells Joe Rogan about his DHEA suspension, Thai training, weight cutting and his dream fight with Alex Pereira.
Mel Robbins, her daughter Kendall and producer Amy explain how to pick a North Star and close the distance with emulate, assimilate, innovate.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot explains why pressure and fear backfire, and how choice, immediate rewards, social proof and progress drive real change.
Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and Joe Rogan talk 1883's brutal history, critics, hunting, energy, politics and why coexistence has to come back.
OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Zaremba on GPT-3, Codex and Copilot, the Rubik's cube robot hand, consciousness as compression, meditation and love.
MAPS founder Rick Doblin traces psychedelic history from Leary to MK Ultra and explains the landmark phase 3 trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD.
Joe Rogan hangs with comics Dave Attell and Ian Fidance, riffing on aging, the opioid crisis, squatters, drones, wildlife and the old Boston comedy scene.
Rogan, Brian Simpson and a former UFC fighter watch UFC Saudi Arabia live, debating weight cutting, glove design, judging and the state of MMA.
Ron White and Joe Rogan riff on tour buses, golf and pool legends, starting a church, political tribalism and why the Comedy Mothership saved Ron.
Mel Robbins and her 18-year-old son Oakley answer listener questions on getting teens to open up, cliques, bullying, phones, anxiety and dyslexia.
Nobel laureate Barry Barish explains gravitational waves, how LIGO measures a thousandth of a proton, and what black holes may teach us.
Cyc founder Douglas Lenat explains how his team spent decades hand-encoding common sense so AI can reason, explain itself and stop making absurd mistakes.
Evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains what men and women want in mates, why we get jealous, and how evolution shapes love and conflict.
Filmmaker David Holthouse joins Joe Rogan on a Hare Krishna guru gone wrong, reporting in Ukraine, DMT, and the UFO he saw over Phoenix.
Functional medicine doctor Mark Hyman explains how a 10-day food reset, better sleep, key supplements and connection help the body heal itself.