The Perfect Summary Podcast

Mel Robbins explains why we're in a "fun drought," the three things stopping holiday fun, and plans real ideas with her daughter Sawyer, the family's fun officer.

The twin directors of Talk to Me tell Joe Rogan about drug trials, car-hit stunts, their indie horror hit, practical effects and a deathmatch wrestling documentary.

Online business expert Amy Porterfield coaches Mel Robbins' listeners on finding a starter idea, unbossing themselves and building a side hustle.

Joe Rogan and Kill Tony host Tony Hinchcliffe riff on bears, wrestling, AI, San Francisco, wolves in Colorado and the Austin comedy family.

Neuralink neurosurgeon Matt MacDougall explains brain implants for paralysis, robotic electrode surgery, animal research, and a sci-fi future for cognition.

Joe Rogan, Cam Hanes and Steven Rinella talk shot pressure, archery rules, wolves and mountain lions, jealousy among hunters, and sharing hunting honestly.

Ina Garten on leaving a White House budget job for a tiny food store, working scared, and building a life around what's fun.

Eric Weinstein argues the post-war calm is over, warns about AI fused with artificial life, and makes the case for humans and AI becoming mutually essential.

Chuck Lorre and Joe Rogan on the fading multi-cam sitcom, difficult stars, a decade in Scientology, and why success never fills the hole inside.

Joe Rogan and fitness educator Derek discuss steroids, the Enhanced Games, stem cells, carnivore eating, dating apps, plastic surgery and Scientology.

A pregnant Whitney Cummings and Joe Rogan riff on birth control, toxic chemicals, online depravity, coyotes, the Mothership and free speech in comedy.

FAIR researcher Ishan Misra explains how machines can learn to see without human labels, from contrastive learning and SwAV to SEER and DINO.

Jim Norton and Joe Rogan talk honesty in comedy, Andrew Dice Clay, radio's wild days, a lawsuit that turned deadly, jiu-jitsu, diet and UFOs.

Sex neuroscientist Debra Soh and Joe Rogan discuss ideology in academia, dating in the app era, sex robots, social media's toll on kids and trust in media.

Dr. Phil and Joe Rogan discuss smartphones and youth mental health, the border, school closures, deepfakes, and his book We've Got Issues.

Collin Gosselin shares his account of life behind Jon & Kate Plus 8: alleged abuse, isolation, 20 months institutionalized, and his fight for kids.

Orthopedic surgeon Shawn Baker and Joe Rogan on the carnivore diet, high cholesterol in lean people, ultra-processed food, fiber, jiu jitsu and aging well.

UT Austin's Risto Miikkulainen explains how evolutionary algorithms discover surprising solutions, from sleepless basil to scheming robots.

Comedian Yannis Pappas shares how EMDR therapy is helping his panic attacks, then riffs with Joe Rogan on propaganda, AI, politics and being a dad.

Author and podcaster Rob Reid explains why synthetic biology is our nearest existential risk and how cheap defenses could neutralize it.

Mel Robbins and Dr. Nicole LePera explain why many people remember little of childhood, how it links to trauma, and a daily first step toward healing.

Belcampo co-founder Anya Fernald explains how to cook meat well, what regenerative and humane farming mean, and why simple food wins.

Coach John Danaher explains how he builds champions: escapes first, heuristics over details, smart drilling, leg-lock control and five-year reinvention.

Ultrarunner and coach Zach Bitter talks 100-mile records, the voice that tells you to quit, aerobic base training, low-carb fueling and his run across America.

Journalist Abigail Shrier tells Joe Rogan why she thinks too much therapy, medication and hovering are making kids more anxious, not less.

Cognitive scientist Joscha Bach argues we live inside a dream our brains generate, and explores free will, suffering, GPT-3, ideology and love.

UFC middleweight Joe Pyfer tells Joe Rogan about his punch record, an abusive childhood, a career-threatening arm injury and fighting Jack Hermansson.

Mel Robbins' 17-year-old son Oakley opens up about two anxiety breakdowns, the scary thoughts he hid, and how therapy helped him heal.

Travis Barker describes his plant-based eating and Woody Harrelson his raw vegan living, while Mark Hyman lays out his pegan approach and discusses meat, soil and regenerative agriculture, Gabrielle Lyon discusses red meat, the environment and animal versus plant protein quality, Layne Norton compares plant and animal protein, Marie-Pierre St-Onge describes plant-forward eating and rancher Taylor Sheridan challenges the myth of harmless eating. Seeing health, protein quality, ethics and the environment argued side by side shows which parts of the debate are about nutrition and which are about values.

Roboticist Rodney Brooks and Lex Fridman debate AI hype, self-driving cars, whether computation is the right metaphor, and lessons from iRobot and Rethink.