The Perfect Summary Podcast

Mel Robbins shares the six-question year-end ritual her family has used for 20 years to reflect on the past year and plan the next.

Harland Williams commits to absurd bits with Joe Rogan, who also remembers Phil Hartman and explains how comedy thieves operate.

Mel Robbins explains why the snooze button sabotages your day and lays out a five-step morning routine built on small promises you keep.

Mel Robbins makes the case for intentionally doing nothing, why online advice rarely fits real lives, and how to quiet a racing mind.

Mel Robbins walks through research on goal setting, the why-and-how that make goals stick, and five mistakes to fix, refining her own goals live.

Oscar-nominated documentarian Skye Fitzgerald talks starvation as a weapon of war, filming in Yemen, rescues at sea, and why the camera is a tool for change.

Rick Rubin and Lex Fridman on reducing music to its essence, recording Johnny Cash's Hurt, depression, running, and why art must be protected.

Mel Robbins uses her son's college rejection to explain why motivation fails you, what dopamine really does, and two steps to act anyway.

Mel Robbins shares three ways she was blocking her own happiness for years, and the simple practices that helped her let the good back in.

Mel Robbins uses Victoria Monet's Grammy speech to show how to start, stay patient and keep growing toward your biggest ambitions.

Mel Robbins explains how false confidence wrecks your mornings and three simple decisions that boost mood, energy, focus and sleep.

Filmmaker Oliver Stone shares his contested view of Putin, the Ukraine war, US foreign policy and nuclear power with Lex Fridman.

Mel Robbins shares 13 blunt lessons for surviving your 20s, from the great scattering and money to relationships, routines and risk.

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds opens up about depression, losing his Mormon faith, fame, ayahuasca, therapy and how he writes songs.

Mel Robbins shares a simple evening routine: pick a real bedtime, clean up, prep for morning, take five for yourself and tuck in your phone.

Mathematician Eric Weinstein steelmans and critiques Terrence Howard's ideas, praising his geometry while calling out errors and broken peer review.

Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista, shares her comeback from debt and scams plus practical rules for budgeting, paying off debt, saving, credit and earning more.

Mel Robbins turns her daughter's Carnegie Hall debut into four lessons on fear, stress release, generosity and being present.

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the evidence that viral social media harms teen girls and democracy, and proposes concrete fixes.

Tony Fadell recounts creating the iPod, iPhone and Nest, and shares his rules for ideas, marketing, leadership, careers and startups.

Quest Nutrition co-founder Lisa Bilyeu shares her frame of reference tool for hard conversations with family and partners without losing yourself.

Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson talks punk roots, defying the music business, the muse, record collecting, travel and why art needs craft and anger.

Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart Bieber explains how to rewire your brain to manifest goals, why stress causes belly fat, and how intuition really works.

Mel Robbins names five things you waste energy trying to control, from the weather to the future, and the shift that gives you your power back.

Mel Robbins runs a solo workshop on one question, what do you want to make happen in the next six months, and how to turn wishes into action.

Susan Cain and Lex Fridman explore introversion, why sad music moves us, Leonard Cohen, longing, loss and turning pain into meaning.

Stanford's Keith Humphreys on alcohol, cannabis, gambling, psychedelics and stimulants, and what the evidence says about recovery.

Stylist Erin Walsh teaches Mel Robbins to ask "How do I want to feel?" before getting dressed, using clothes you already own.

David Eagleman explains how the brain rewires itself, why time slows in a scare, why we dream, and how to bind your future self.

Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar shares tools for unwanted change: possible selves, reframing, self-distancing and betting on your future self.