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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Mel Robbins explains how false confidence wrecks your mornings and three simple decisions that boost mood, energy, focus and sleep.
Filmmaker Oliver Stone shares his contested view of Putin, the Ukraine war, US foreign policy and nuclear power with Lex Fridman.
Mel Robbins shares 13 blunt lessons for surviving your 20s, from the great scattering and money to relationships, routines and risk.
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds opens up about depression, losing his Mormon faith, fame, ayahuasca, therapy and how he writes songs.
Mel Robbins shares a simple evening routine: pick a real bedtime, clean up, prep for morning, take five for yourself and tuck in your phone.
Mathematician Eric Weinstein steelmans and critiques Terrence Howard's ideas, praising his geometry while calling out errors and broken peer review.
Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista, shares her comeback from debt and scams plus practical rules for budgeting, paying off debt, saving, credit and earning more.
OB-GYN Dr. Mary Claire Haver explains how estrogen loss affects every organ and shares her toolkit for perimenopause and menopause.
Tony Fadell recounts creating the iPod, iPhone and Nest, and shares his rules for ideas, marketing, leadership, careers and startups.
Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson talks punk roots, defying the music business, the muse, record collecting, travel and why art needs craft and anger.
Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart Bieber explains how to rewire your brain to manifest goals, why stress causes belly fat, and how intuition really works.
Mel Robbins names five things you waste energy trying to control, from the weather to the future, and the shift that gives you your power back.
Physician Jonathan Reisman tours the weird, gross and wonderful human body, from the throat's flawed design to Arctic whale blubber and ER life.
The director of Harvard's 86-year study explains why warm relationships, not money or status, predict a long, healthy, happy life.
Mel Robbins runs a solo workshop on one question, what do you want to make happen in the next six months, and how to turn wishes into action.
Susan Cain and Lex Fridman explore introversion, why sad music moves us, Leonard Cohen, longing, loss and turning pain into meaning.
Stanford's Keith Humphreys on alcohol, cannabis, gambling, psychedelics and stimulants, and what the evidence says about recovery.
Stylist Erin Walsh teaches Mel Robbins to ask "How do I want to feel?" before getting dressed, using clothes you already own.
Six-time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates on brief, brutal training, an honest view of steroids, life after winning, psychedelics and cannabis.
David Eagleman explains how the brain rewires itself, why time slows in a scare, why we dream, and how to bind your future self.
Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar shares tools for unwanted change: possible selves, reframing, self-distancing and betting on your future self.
Shaolin master Shi Heng Yi explains the five mental hindrances, the RAIN method, and how to turn a vision into a real skill.
Clinic founder Brigham Buhler makes his case for legal peptides and stem cells, a cash-pay health model, gene sequencing and Muse cells.
Donald Knuth on how he writes The Art of Computer Programming, why P may equal NP, faith, mortality, and being happy enough.
Mel Robbins shares research and five true stories showing how saying hello to strangers can boost happiness, health and change your life.
Mel Robbins's 86-year-old mother-in-law Judie shares her daily routine, adventures and why staying connected matters most for a long life.
John Grisham tells Mel Robbins how drifting, rejection and one page a day at 5 a.m. turned a small-town lawyer into a bestselling novelist.
Andrew Huberman explains why heat limits effort and how cooling the palms, soles and face can multiply workout output and speed recovery.
Harvard happiness teacher Tal Ben-Shahar explains why chasing happiness backfires and how the SPIRE model and tiny daily actions make you happier.
Jason Fung describes cancer as a seed that needs the right soil, Peter Attia and Chris Thompson argue for earlier and better screening, and immunologists explain why tumors slip past the body's defenses. Together they show which parts of cancer risk a person can act on and where the experts still disagree.