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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Psychologist Michael Slepian explains why we keep about 13 secrets, why living with them hurts more than hiding them, and how to confide safely.
Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson on human nature, why chemical rockets are an accident of history, solar geoengineering, AR, crypto and writing by hand.
Mel Robbins, her husband and two kids unpack a morning fight and answer listener questions about repairing family relationships and moving.
Elon Musk tells Lex Fridman how Starship, full self-driving and the Tesla Bot are built, and why becoming multiplanetary is life insurance for life.
Gad Saad returns to Rogan for a tenth time to discuss antisemitism after October 7, suicidal empathy, stubborn minds, evolutionary psychology and AI.
Sebastian Maniscalco and Joe Rogan riff on turning 50, wellness overload, money and freedom, podcasting, air rage and Tyson vs. Jake Paul.
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom on the app's origin, the $1B Facebook sale, social media algorithms, hard work and choosing the game you love.
Joe Rogan and comic Brian Simpson celebrate his Netflix special and riff on fighters, Kill Tony, fame, AI, tribalism and money.
Psychiatrist Dr. Paul Conti explains where negative self-talk comes from, how it ties to past trauma, and how curiosity can change it.
Harvard physician John Abramson explains how drug companies control what doctors know, and what reforms could put health first.
Painter Greg Overton and Joe Rogan talk art, Native American history, escaping office life, Bigfoot, solar storms and the Comanche.
Wait But Why's Tim Urban on aliens, Mars, Elon Musk's first-principles thinking, Neuralink, polarization, reading habits and procrastination.
Computer scientist and game pioneer Rizwan Virk explains why we may live in a simulation and what it could mean for religion, memory and UFOs.
An orthodontist and an evolutionary biologist argue that modern life is shrinking our jaws, crowding our teeth and narrowing our airways, and that parents can do something about it early.
Steven Pressfield names the inner enemy that keeps us from our real work, Resistance, and shows how to beat it by turning pro and showing up every day.
Greg Koukl's friendly playbook for talking about Christian convictions by asking good questions, spotting weak arguments, and leaving a 'stone in someone's shoe' instead of starting a fight.
A Nobel physicist's mischievous, curious, sometimes profound life stories, from cracking safes at Los Alamos to drumming samba in Brazil, ending with a famous warning against fooling yourself.
Rogan and three MMA veterans preview UFC 300, relive legendary fights, debate TRT and Jake Paul vs. Tyson, and roast Star Wars.
Zack Snyder talks with Joe Rogan about making 300 and Watchmen, Spartan culture, director's cuts, Rebel Moon, grief and why superheroes are modern myth.
Harvard psychologist Dr. Luana Marques coaches Mel Robbins through a family transition and shares a 3-step method for facing change: shift, approach, align.
Mel Robbins shares how she was diagnosed with ADHD at 47, why women are missed, how the ADHD brain works, and six surprising adult signs.
Mel Robbins turns a hilarious bodysuit wardrobe failure at an art event into a lesson on why laughing at yourself builds bonds, confidence and respect.
The Triggernometry hosts and Joe Rogan riff on conflict, parenthood, sex robots and AI, free speech, JFK, protests and why collaboration beats competition.
Mark Zuckerberg discusses the metaverse, polarization research, the Instagram whistleblower, free speech, AI translation and raising his daughters.
Dr. Mindy Pelz explains metabolic switching and the six fasting lengths, from 12 hours to 72, and what each is said to do for the body.
Attachment expert Thais Gibson explains the four attachment styles, their core wounds and needs, and a 21-day method to reprogram your subconscious.
Chemist Lee Cronin explains assembly theory, why life may be common but alien, why time is fundamental, and how robots can program chemistry.
Joe Rogan and Kill Tony co-host Brian Redban riff on AI, comedy writing, Kill Tony's arena success, leaded gas, microplastics, lab-grown meat and EVs.
Comedian and libertarian Dave Smith joins Joe Rogan on media failures, COVID, the Israel-Gaza war, NATO, political corruption and why dogs never lose enthusiasm.
Gladstone AI founders Jeremie and Edouard Harris explain why AI scaling alarmed them, what lab insiders fear, and how government should respond.