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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The School of Greatness · Jun 8, 2025 · 9 min read
Billionaire Mindset, Leadership & Living A Great Life with David Rubenstein

Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein on why leadership comes down to communication, plus reputation, relationships, regrets and giving back.

The School of Greatness · Jun 8, 2025 · 9 min read
Finding Spiritual Truth, Understanding Identity & Managing Your Inner Mess with Tim Storey

Life coach Tim Storey shares the secret of his biological father, what he has unlearned about faith and money, and why your dreams are still unfolding.

The School of Greatness · Jun 7, 2025 · 12 min read
The Facts About Vaccines, Improving Immunity, and The Medical Side of Mental Health with Dr. Roger Seheult

Pulmonologist Roger Seheult explains COVID spread, mRNA vaccines, moderate exercise, fasting and forest bathing for a stronger immune system.

The School of Greatness · Jun 7, 2025 · 10 min read
How to Overcome Self-Doubt & Rejection to Build a Billion Dollar Brand with Jamie Kern Lima

IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima on years of rejection, her make-or-break QVC debut, adoption, self-doubt and trusting your gut.

The School of Greatness · Jun 7, 2025 · 9 min read
Create Intimacy & Upgrade Your Sex Life with Dr. Emily Morse

Sex educator Emily Morse on how couples can talk about sex, why desire fades, and why knowing your own body comes first.

The School of Greatness · Jun 7, 2025 · 10 min read
Use This Science to Boost Your Immune System & Fight COVID-19 with Dr. Roger Seheult

ICU doctor Roger Seheult explains the vitamin D and COVID-19 research, his daily supplement list and why heating the body may boost early immunity.

The School of Greatness · Jun 7, 2025 · 11 min read
Unlocking The Power of Your Mind with Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman

Andrew Huberman explains two kinds of stress, the breathing tools that shift each one, and what dopamine reveals about beliefs and positive thinking.

The School of Greatness · Jun 6, 2025 · 11 min read
CIA Director REVEALS All: Making Mistakes, Being a Leader & Inside the Bin Laden Mission with John Brennan

Former CIA director John Brennan recounts the bin Laden raid, 9/11 from inside the agency, and the leadership lessons of six presidents.

The School of Greatness · Jun 6, 2025 · 11 min read
Key Health Habits to Live Over 100 & Prevent Chronic Diseases with Peter Attia

Peter Attia explains healthspan, the four drivers of type 2 diabetes, how sleep works, and his Centenarian Olympics approach to training.

The School of Greatness · Jun 5, 2025 · 12 min read
A Billionaire's Keys to Success and Building an Empire with John Paul DeJoria

John Paul DeJoria on starting Paul Mitchell with $700, surviving rejection, protecting your money, and why forgiveness frees you.

The School of Greatness · Jun 5, 2025 · 5 min read
Wim Hof: Master Your Breath to Live Happier & Defend Against Disease with ‘The Iceman’

In this electrifying and deeply personal episode of The School of Greatness, Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof, famously known as The Iceman, returns to share the full power of his method—revealing how breathwork, cold exposure, mindset, and simplicity can unlock radical healing,…

The School of Greatness · Jun 5, 2025 · 14 min read
How to Upgrade Your Brain, Boost Metabolism, Maximize Hormones & Burn Body Fat with Shawn Stevenson

Shawn Stevenson explains the five kinds of body fat, why calories are not the whole story, and how food shapes metabolism, mood and relationships.

The School of Greatness · Jun 4, 2025 · 10 min read
How To Prevent Cancer With Your Food & Fasting with Jason Fung

Dr. Jason Fung argues type 2 diabetes is a reversible dietary disease and explains how he thinks about fasting, fruit, keto and longevity.

The School of Greatness · Jun 4, 2025 · 12 min read
Processing Pain: Losing 250+ Pounds & Dissecting Trauma with Actor Ethan Suplee

Actor Ethan Suplee on life at 536 pounds, the childhood roots of his eating, planning food days ahead, and Hollywood lessons.

The School of Greatness · Jun 3, 2025 · 10 min read
Hack Your Brain for Unlimited Potential with Andrew Huberman

Andrew Huberman explains the brain-body contract, the physiological sigh, why stress helps immunity, and how to attach dopamine to effort.

The School of Greatness · Jun 2, 2025 · 5 min read
Lessons on Greatness, Growth, and Healing with Kobe Bryant, Preethaji & More

This episode of The School of Greatness marks a powerful milestone—episode—and reflects on the most defining conversations from the podcast’s journey so far. Host Lewis Howes revisits transformative moments with guests like Kobe Bryant, Preethaji, Rob Bell, and Laverne Cox to…

The Bible · Jun 2, 2025 · 7 min read
Bible - Song of Solomon

The Bible's great love poem: a woman and her beloved seek, praise and long for each other in gardens and city streets, in verses read for centuries as both human passion and divine love.

The School of Greatness · Jun 2, 2025 · 9 min read
Self-Image, Intimacy, and the Dangers of Comedy with Nikki Glaser

Comedian Nikki Glaser opens up about feeling ugly since childhood, her fear of intimacy, cancel culture, and how meditation changed her life.

The School of Greatness · Jun 2, 2025 · 10 min read
How to Stop Aging (Can Humans Become Immortal?) with Dr. David Sinclair

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair on age reversal in mice, fasting and autophagy, sugar and fruit, COVID-19 risk, and why he thinks aliens exist.

The Bible · Jun 1, 2025 · 10 min read
Bible - Book of 2 Chronicles

Four centuries of Judah's kings, from Solomon's golden Temple to its ashes, told as one long lesson that God hears those who humble themselves and turn back.

The Bible · Jun 1, 2025 · 7 min read
Bible - Book of Nehemiah

The king's cupbearer gets leave to rebuild Jerusalem's ruined walls, finishes them in fifty-two days against threats and plots, and then fights to reform the community inside.

The Bible · Jun 1, 2025 · 7 min read
Bible - Book of Numbers

Israel's forty years between Mount Sinai and the Jordan: two censuses, a refusal at the border of Canaan, a generation lost in the desert and a new one made ready.

The Bible · Jun 1, 2025 · 8 min read
Bible - Book of Isaiah

The great prophetic book of judgment and comfort: Jerusalem's fall and renewal, the holy God enthroned, the suffering servant and a peace that reaches every nation.

The Bible · Jun 1, 2025 · 9 min read
Bible - Book of Ezra

The return from Babylon: exiles rebuild the Temple under Persian kings, and the scribe Ezra arrives to teach the law and confront a community in crisis.

The Bible · Jun 1, 2025 · 9 min read
Bible - Book of 2 Kings

From Elijah's chariot of fire to the burning of Jerusalem, the story of how two kingdoms ignored their prophets and lost their land.

The Bible · Jun 1, 2025 · 11 min read
Bible - Book of 2 Samuel

Israel's greatest king wins a nation, receives a promise that his dynasty will last forever, then watches his own sin tear his family apart.

The Bible · May 31, 2025 · 7 min read
Bible - Book of 1 Chronicles

Israel's story retold for a later age: long family lines from Adam to the tribes, then David as the king who brings the ark to Jerusalem and prepares everything for the Temple.

The Bible · May 31, 2025 · 9 min read
Bible - Wisdom and Poetry Books

Five books of the Bible, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon, on suffering, prayer, good sense, the brevity of life and love.

The Bible · May 31, 2025 · 8 min read
Bible - Book of Titus

A compact letter of instructions to Paul's delegate on Crete: appoint sound leaders, silence false teachers, and teach every group to live out the grace they have received.

The Bible · May 31, 2025 · 8 min read
Bible - The Pentateuch

The five books of Moses, from creation to the edge of the Promised Land: the story, covenant and teaching on which the rest of the Bible is built.