The Perfect Summary Podcast
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Psychiatrist Pooja Lakshmin explains why a boundary is a pause, how to tolerate guilt, and a 20-minute exercise to find where you need one.
Mel Robbins teaches "slithering," a somatic technique from her therapist that moves morning dread out of the body so you can get up.
Futurist Ari Wallach and Andrew Huberman on escaping short-term thinking and practical tools for being a great ancestor.
Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how even a 10-minute walk changes mood, focus and memory, and shares a moving family story.
Jordan Peterson and Lex Fridman discuss Nietzsche, unifying ideas, the Abraham story, envy, psychopaths online, his years of pain, and how to find truth.
Mel Robbins breaks down habit science: three common mistakes, the trigger-behavior-reward loop, and practical ways to replace bad habits.
Archaeologist Ed Barnhart tours the ancient Americas with Lex Fridman: Peru's early pyramids, the fanged deity, the Maya calendar, Aztecs, Inca and more.
Dr. Craig Koniver shares how he uses peptides, NAD, methylene blue and more, plus dosing, sourcing and the FDA's recent crackdown.
Mel Robbins shares the breast implant decision she regretted for years and how to stop hiding, trust your intuition and move forward.
Cursor's founders explain how their AI code editor works, from Tab and speculative edits to agents, bug finding, scaling laws, and programming's future.
Yale's Marc Brackett explains the RULER skills, the Mood Meter, permission to feel, and tools for regulating emotions, conflict and bullying.
Memory scientist Charan Ranganath explains how curiosity, intention and healthy habits sharpen memory, and why task switching and aging erode it.
Vivek Ramaswamy lays out his vision for conservatism: cut the federal bureaucracy, rebuild immigration on honesty, and end the Ukraine war.
Esther Perel explains identity and change in love, the dynamics of conflict, true apology and repair, and the tension between love and desire.
Historian Vejas Liulevicius traces communism from Marx's ideas to Lenin, Stalin and Mao, compares it with Nazism, and explains why utopias turned deadly.
Trial lawyer Jefferson Fisher shares practical scripts for arguments, hard conversations, disrespect, oversharing and speaking with confidence.
Mel Robbins breaks down six free daily habits from Warren Buffett, Taylor Swift, LeBron James, Sara Blakely, Shigeru Miyamoto and Jamie Kern Lima.
Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki explains why cynicism harms health and learning, and offers tools for a more accurate, hopeful skepticism.
Craig Jones explains why he launched the free, $2M+ CJI grappling tournament, recounts front-line trips to Ukraine, and trolls his way through jiu jitsu.
Martha Beck shares her perfect day exercise, kind self-talk, body-based truth testing and how to leave codependency for a life of integrity.
Donald Trump talks winning, Ukraine, China, 2020, immigration, marijuana, UFOs and religion with Lex, followed by Lex's AMA on AI and life.
Andrew Huberman explains why testing yourself soon after learning halves forgetting, plus focus, sleep, study habits, emotion and interleaving tools.
Layne Norton explains how to judge nutrition science, then tackles protein timing, training to failure, GLP-1 drugs, sugar, seed oils and sweeteners.
Dermatologist Dr. Teo Soleymani on simple skincare, sun and sunscreen science, retinoids, lasers, acne, psoriasis and skin cancer checks.
Dr. Stacy Sims explains why women shouldn't train fasted, how to polarize training, fuel around workouts, and adapt across the cycle and perimenopause.
Huberman on sun exposure and safer sunscreens, skin cancer checks, evidence-based anti-aging tools, and managing acne, rosacea and psoriasis.
Spine expert Dr. Stuart McGill explains what causes back pain, how to assess it, and how to train for a resilient back at any age.
Peter Attia and Andrew Huberman dissect the NAD pathway, NR and NMN, rapamycin and biological age tests, then share their own supplement routines.
Cannabis researcher Dr. Matthew Hill explains THC, CBD, the munchies, potency, edibles, psychosis and schizophrenia, and cannabis's real risks and uses.
Huberman answers listener questions on thinning skin, cold plunge temperatures, self-motivation, REM sleep, school learning and shilajit.