The Perfect Summary Podcast
Every summary, narrated: the GIST of great conversations and books in minutes, so you can decide if you want the REST.
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Stanford's Jo Boaler explains why math should be visual, creative and collaborative, and how one teacher's belief can change a student's path.
Psychologist Marisa Franco explains the four attachment styles, why we mistake triggers for love, and daily practices for becoming more secure.
Donnell Rawlings and Joe Rogan talk heckling into comedy, auditioning for The Corner, AI's threat to Hollywood, co-parenting, zoo monkeys and his special.
Mel Robbins explains how she beat loneliness in a new town by rethinking friendship and using local coffee shops to find her people.
Comedian Mark Normand talks with Lex Fridman about love, a rough New Orleans childhood, bombing, joke writing, Norm Macdonald and earning what you get.
Mel Robbins' 85-year-old mother-in-law Judy shares her morning routine, daily walks, hospice work and mindset for a long, joyful, connected life.
Max Holloway relives his last-second UFC 300 knockout of Justin Gaethje and talks mindset, video-game striking, rule changes and retiring on top.
Stylist Erin Walsh asks 'How do I want to feel?' before getting dressed, social psychologist Amy Cuddy explains postural feedback and expansive posture, and Vanessa Van Edwards teaches claiming space and using your hands to project and build confidence. Each treats clothing, stance and gesture as inputs you can set before a hard moment, which gives people something concrete to do when telling themselves to feel confident fails.
Therapist KC Davis explains why small chores feel huge, why mess is morally neutral, and simple tools for laundry, dishes, showers and tidying.
Joey Diaz and Joe Rogan riff on scams and charities, Aspen in the 80s, comedy as redemption, MMA, Jiu Jitsu at 61 and staying disciplined.
Mel Robbins argues that high-fiving your own reflection every morning can quiet self-criticism and teach you to back yourself the way you back everyone else.
Harvard philosopher Sean Kelly tours Sartre, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Camus, Heidegger, Melville and Wallace in search of meaning without a fixed ground.
UCLA sleep neuroscientist Dr. Gina Poe explains sleep stages, brain cleaning and memory, plus five research-backed habits for better sleep.
Mel Robbins and her daughter Kendall unpack a backstage bout of imposter syndrome and the mindset shifts that turned it into a breakthrough weekend.
Comedian Deric Poston and Joe Rogan celebrate Austin's comedy boom, the grind of stand-up, rooting for your friends, and a wild tour of history.
GSP, John Danaher and Gordon Ryan share what made them great: finding undervalued skills, balancing confidence and fear, and training smart.
Drybar founder Alli Webb shares how a stay-at-home mom built a blowout empire by trusting her gut, and why she ignored it in love.
Legendary founder Thomas Tull talks blockbusters, patient capital, AI in old industries, Warren Buffett, touring with the Rolling Stones and stoicism.
Mel Robbins coaches live callers on using the Let Them Theory with family peacekeeping, a critical mother-in-law, fixer habits, addiction and a hostile ex.
Gary Clark Jr. and Joe Rogan talk about his genre-defying album JPEG RAW, obsession, the music business, fame, Austin's growth and forgotten songs.
Comic Eleanor Kerrigan and Joe Rogan swap Comedy Store stories, talk finding your real voice on stage, women in comedy, Ambien, and culture war tangents.
Coleman Hughes joins Joe Rogan on his colorblind book and The View clash, fear and greatness, chess cheating, Gaza, OpenAI and a future of superintelligence.
Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson on human nature, why chemical rockets are an accident of history, solar geoengineering, AR, crypto and writing by hand.
Gad Saad returns to Rogan for a tenth time to discuss antisemitism after October 7, suicidal empathy, stubborn minds, evolutionary psychology and AI.
Psychiatrist Dr. Paul Conti explains where negative self-talk comes from, how it ties to past trauma, and how curiosity can change it.
Olympic champion and Iowa head coach Tom Brands talks hatred of losing, repetition, mental toughness, weight cutting and his twin brother Terry.
Painter Greg Overton and Joe Rogan talk art, Native American history, escaping office life, Bigfoot, solar storms and the Comanche.
Therapist KC Davis answers listener questions on overwhelm, self-compassion, rest as a right, paper plates and dividing chores through fair rest.
Tim Ferriss uses cooking as a training ground for meta-learning, a system for picking up any skill far faster than the conventional route allows.
Richard Feynman's last book of memories moves from a childhood of questions and a doomed love story to his investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.