The Perfect Summary Podcast

A journalist plugs his own nose for ten days to show why breathing slowly and through the nose may be one of the most overlooked foundations of health.

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.

Journalist Jenny Wallace tells Mel Robbins why grind culture backfires and how helping kids and adults feel they matter builds healthy achievers.

Sex expert Dr. Emily Morse tells Mel Robbins why stress and shame kill desire and how talking, solo sex and scheduling bring pleasure back.

Psychologist Michael Slepian explains why we keep about 13 secrets, why living with them hurts more than hiding them, and how to confide safely.

Mel Robbins, her husband and two kids unpack a morning fight and answer listener questions about repairing family relationships and moving.

Harvard physician John Abramson explains how drug companies control what doctors know, and what reforms could put health first.

C.S. Lewis closes his Space Trilogy on Earth, where a sinister scientific institute, a fraying young marriage and a sleeping Merlin collide in a battle for England's soul.

Therapist KC Davis answers listener questions on overwhelm, self-compassion, rest as a right, paper plates and dividing chores through fair rest.

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.

Greg Koukl's friendly playbook for talking about Christian convictions by asking good questions, spotting weak arguments, and leaving a 'stone in someone's shoe' instead of starting a fight.

A busy sports columnist reunites with his dying college professor for weekly Tuesday visits, and their conversations become a final class on how to live.

Mel Robbins turns a hilarious bodysuit wardrobe failure at an art event into a lesson on why laughing at yourself builds bonds, confidence and respect.

The Triggernometry hosts and Joe Rogan riff on conflict, parenthood, sex robots and AI, free speech, JFK, protests and why collaboration beats competition.

Dr. Mindy Pelz explains metabolic switching and the six fasting lengths, from 12 hours to 72, and what each is said to do for the body.

Attachment expert Thais Gibson explains the four attachment styles, their core wounds and needs, and a 21-day method to reprogram your subconscious.

Andrew Huberman and Lex Fridman range from getting into state and hard conversations to focus, NSDR, stress, sauna, training and love.

Thief Royce and swordsman Hadrian are pulled into a war for the soul of Elan as a puppet empress, a church-run empire and a rebel army compete for power.

Salk Institute scientist Satchin Panda argues that when you eat, sleep, see light and move matters as much as what you do, and shows how to reset the body's internal clocks.

Fifteen years after her actions sent her siblings to prison, Natalie Walker must return to Santa Cruz and reunite with them to inherit their late mother's house, in a darkly funny, tender debut about guilt, forgiveness and second chances.

A psychiatrist and a writer show how dopamine, the brain's chemical of anticipation, drives our love lives, ambitions, addictions, creativity and politics, and why lasting happiness means balancing it with the chemicals of the present.

Stress scientist Elissa Epel explains how to turn threat into challenge, protect your cells from chronic stress, and drop the rope on what you can't change.

Dating coach Sabrina Zohar explains how childhood wiring drives who we chase and shares practical tools for boundaries, attachment, and healthier love.

Ex-Secret Service polygraph examiner Brad Beeler explains why people reveal the truth when they feel safe, not cornered.

Beauty creator Mikayla Nogueira tells Jay Shetty about her viral rise, online hate, her ex-husband's addiction, divorce, new love, and POV.

Jay Shetty explains five signs of a draining relationship, the research linking 'hasslers' to faster aging, and tools for kinder boundaries.

Former US Most Wanted cybercriminal Brett Johnson on ShadowCrew, social engineering, tax fraud, prison, love and turning his life around.

UFC pioneer Tank Abbott tells Joe Rogan wild stories from MMA's no-rules era, explains fighter's fortitude, and recounts nearly dying before two transplants.

Cornell geneticist Chris Mason on what space does to the body, engineering humans for other worlds, and our duty to protect life.

Max Lugavere tells Joe Rogan why dementia starts in midlife and how diet, exercise, toxins and air pollution affect your risk.