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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Roboticist Rodney Brooks and Lex Fridman debate AI hype, self-driving cars, whether computation is the right metaphor, and lessons from iRobot and Rethink.
RZA talks with Lex Fridman about losing his mother, kung fu wisdom, hip-hop greats, Allah, filmmaking, veganism, chess and life's meaning.
Olympic judo silver medalist Travis Stevens walks Lex Fridman through throws, weight cuts, injuries, a 2012 heartbreak and his 2016 comeback.
Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink talks war's bonds and costs, leadership case studies of tech CEOs, humility, his 4 a.m. routine and jiu-jitsu.
Neuroscientist Jeff Hawkins explains how 150,000 cortical columns vote to build our model of the world, and why he thinks intelligent machines won't turn on us.
Mel Robbins redefines confidence as the willingness to try, busts three myths and shares five research-based tools to build it as a skill.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mel Robbins and her 18-year-old son Oakley answer listener questions on getting teens to open up, cliques, bullying, phones, anxiety and dyslexia.
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.
Myron Golden on wealth as a matter of belief and identity, selling without chasing, faith, loss and raising capable kids.
Steven Bartlett shares how he makes decisions: question the story, use the 51% rule, move fast on reversible choices and reason from first principles.
Tom Green tells Joe Rogan about life on his Canadian farm, a mule that reads his mind, a near-catastrophic burn in Costa Rica, and why he left Hollywood.
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.
Ben Askren talks Jake Paul, Jordan Burroughs, his loss to Masvidal, how he built his funk wrestling, coaching, and why he loves Bitcoin.
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.