The Perfect Summary Podcast

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.

Mel Robbins separates legitimate from lifestyle overwhelm and coaches five listeners with the brain dump, the rule of three and one question.

Mel Robbins shares simple tools to keep other people's bad moods off you, win over grumpy colleagues, stop gossiping and spread good energy.

Mel Robbins uses an ocean metaphor and happiness research to explain three ways to be happier now: more fun, warm relationships and presence.

Mel Robbins coaches a 44-year-old listener who feels stuck and uncovers the real root: grief over her father's death 16 years ago.

After a day at the Staccato factory, Joe Rogan and Colion Noir talk carry habits, self-defense law, cars, family courts and gun-control narratives.

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

Dana K. White explains why decluttering beats organizing, the container concept, and a five-step process that only ever makes a space better.

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.

Mel Robbins records a stressful morning in real time, then unpacks with husband Chris why she overfunctions under stress and he underfunctions.

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

Ramit Sethi and Mel Robbins trade budgets for money dials, a 10-year bucket list and four key numbers that define a rich life.

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.

Unbeaten UFC prospect Bo Nickal tells Joe Rogan how wrestling, film study and science-driven training made him a finisher in two years.

Mel Robbins and her team share hilarious stories and four rules for caring less about others' opinions and more about what you actually value.

Mel Robbins coaches two listeners to name their inner critic, talk back to it and program a believable new mantra in its place.

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

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

Mel Robbins makes doing a new habit in the morning one of her five systems for making it stick and builds her Million Dollar Morning around moving and making progress before checking the phone, Robin Sharma's The 5AM Club argues that owning your first hour can transform your whole life, and John Grisham tells how one page a day at 5 a.m. turned a small-town lawyer into a bestselling novelist. Placing the habit that matters most before the day's demands arrive is a simple scheduling choice anyone can try.

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

RZA talks with Lex Fridman about losing his mother, kung fu wisdom, hip-hop greats, Allah, filmmaking, veganism, chess and life's meaning.

Neuroscientist Jeff Hawkins explains how 150,000 cortical columns vote to build our model of the world, and why he thinks intelligent machines won't turn on us.

Mel Robbins redefines confidence as the willingness to try, busts three myths and shares five research-based tools to build it as a skill.

Mel Robbins coaches four listeners through hard conversations and shares her six-step formula, from knowing your why to validating and setting boundaries.

Divorce lawyer James Sexton explains why marriage is a technology with tradeoffs and how candor about sex and money keeps couples together.