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The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 10 min read
JRE #1994 with Theo Von: The Comedy Mothership, Morning Routines, SSRIs and Staying Even

Theo Von and Joe Rogan celebrate the Comedy Mothership and talk routines, SSRIs, vapes, exercise and drug companies.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 14 min read
Daphne Koller on Machine Learning, Drug Discovery and Disease in a Dish

Daphne Koller on using stem cells and machine learning to find new drugs, lessons from Coursera, and why AI must know when it is unsure.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Brian Simpson on the Titan Sub, Addiction, Comedy Clubs and Wild Animals

Joe Rogan and comic Brian Simpson riff on the Titan sub, money and freedom, gambling, fair pay for comics, memes and dangerous wildlife.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 10 min read
Gabriel Iglesias on Dodger Stadium, VW Buses, Diabetes and the Comedy Grind

Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias and Joe Rogan talk Dodger Stadium, early comedy grind, VW buses, diabetes, weight loss and aliens.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 12 min read
Dr. Aseem Malhotra on Statins, Sugar, Big Pharma and the COVID Vaccine

Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra tells Joe Rogan why he doubts statins, blames sugar over fat, and turned against the COVID mRNA vaccines.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 14 min read
Steven Wright on Boston Comedy, Creative Play and His Novel Harold

Steven Wright and Joe Rogan on the 1980s Boston comedy scene, how Wright writes jokes, the value of doing nothing, and his novel Harold.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 12 min read
Duncan Trussell on Costumes of Authority, Ideas as Life Forms, and the Hidden Side of Society

Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell riff on cults and costumes, procrastination, the Gospel of John, child influencers and UFO secrecy.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 13 min read
Eugenia Kuyda on Replika, Grief, Loneliness and Friendship with an AI Companion

Replika co-founder Eugenia Kuyda on loneliness, losing her best friend, and building an AI companion that makes people feel seen.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 15 min read
Lisa Feldman Barrett on the Predicting Brain, Constructed Emotions and Empathy

Lisa Feldman Barrett explains why the brain predicts rather than reacts, how emotions are constructed, and why empathy costs energy.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 14 min read
Stephen Schwarzman on Going Big in Business, Philanthropy, China and AI

Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman on going big, spotting the lint on the dress, the MIT College of Computing, China and AI.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 11 min read
James Reed on Chimp Empire: Filming the Ngogo Chimpanzees

Filmmaker James Reed on 400 days inside the Ngogo chimp community: monkey hunts, silent patrols, alpha politics and a rare split.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 12 min read
Jim Gaffigan on Joe Rogan: Comfort, Cold Plunges, Gardening, Outrage and a Country Overwhelmed by Information

Jim Gaffigan and Joe Rogan riff on sugar, social media, cold plunges, gardening, politics, overfishing, microplastics and why busy beats bored.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 14 min read
Michael Malice on the White Pill, Anarchism, North Korea and Humor Amid Chaos

Michael Malice and Lex Fridman trade jokes and history: the white pill, Stalin and Hitler, North Korea, anarchism and secession.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 10 min read
Brian Redban on Owning a Comedy Club Next Door to Joe Rogan, AI Fakes and VR Done Right

Joe Rogan and Brian Redban catch up on their Austin comedy clubs, AI voice fakes, VRChat, salt myths and fast-food nostalgia.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 11 min read
Jack Carr on Only the Dead, Military Accountability, Hollywood and UFOs

Former SEAL and thriller author Jack Carr joins Joe Rogan on his new book, failing-up generals, the writers' strike, hunting, and UFOs.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 16 min read
Michael Malice on Anarchy, Democracy, Libertarianism, Love and Trolling

Anarchist Michael Malice and Lex Fridman spar over the state, trolling versus love, conspiracy theories, Ayn Rand and the meaning of life.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 14 min read
Tony Woods on Comedy, Grief, Bigfoot and an Ice-Bath Prostate Protocol

Tony Woods and Joe Rogan swap military and comedy stories, man-eating animals, parasites in history, and a cold-plunge fix for high PSA.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 14 min read
Joe Rogan on Mortality, Inner Demons, Creativity, Long-Form Conversation and the Meaning of Life

Lex Fridman interviews Joe Rogan on 2020's chaos, his violent competitive streak, ideas as living things, podcasting advice, and love.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 26, 2026 · 10 min read
Protect Our Parks 9: Joe Rogan with Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir on Plastics, Fluoride, Drugs, History and Movie Stars

The Protect Our Parks crew returns for a boozy, rowdy hang covering microplastics, fluoride, Carl Hart, the Donner Party, hippos and Tom Cruise.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 13 min read
Manolis Kellis on the Biology of Disease: Genetics, Genome Circuitry and the Path to Cures

MIT computational biologist Manolis Kellis explains how genetics is revealing the hidden circuitry behind obesity, Alzheimer's and more.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 15 min read
Lisa Feldman Barrett on Love, Brain Evolution, Evil and Why You Have Many Selves

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on falling in love by text, how brains really evolved, evil, many selves and consciousness.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 25, 2026 · 12 min read
Eddie Bravo on Muay Thai, Bare Knuckle MMA, Fight History and Fixing His Back

Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo talk Muay Thai, bare knuckle fighting, MMA rule changes, fight history, wild animals and Bravo's back rehab.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 10 min read
Motivation Is Garbage: Mel Robbins on the 5 Second Rule and How She Rebuilt Her Life

Mel Robbins explains why waiting for motivation fails and how the 5 Second Rule countdown helped her climb out of rock bottom.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 25, 2026 · 10 min read
Bill Maher on Why Liberal Isn't Woke, Obesity, Ozempic, Trump vs. Biden and COVID Medicine

Bill Maher and Joe Rogan debate wokeness, crime, obesity and Ozempic, gender medicine, Trump versus Biden, campus echo chambers and COVID policy.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 11 min read
The 4 Attachment Styles and How to Become More Secure, with Dr. Marisa Franco

Dr. Marisa Franco explains the four attachment styles, how to spot them, and daily tools to become more secure and let love in.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 25, 2026 · 13 min read
Ehsan Ahmad on the Austin Comedy Boom, the Art of Opening a Show, and Trusting the News

Comedian Ehsan Ahmad and Joe Rogan talk about the Mothership, the craft of opening a show, media distrust, AI and luck.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 25, 2026 · 13 min read
Steve Strope on Building Pure Vision, Losing an Eye and Cars as Functional Art

Hot rod builder Steve Strope tells Joe Rogan about his eye surgeries, building magazine-cover cars in a parking garage, and more.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Dr. Becky Kennedy on Emotional Triggers: Why We React and 3 Steps to Rewire Your Response

Dr. Becky Kennedy explains how childhood wiring drives adult triggers and shares three steps to repair and rewire your reactions.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 16 min read
Cal Newport on Deep Work, Time Blocking, Social Media and a World Without Email

Cal Newport and Lex Fridman on deep work, time blocking, boredom, quitting social media and replacing email's hyperactive hive mind.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 25, 2026 · 12 min read
Joe List on Crowd Work, the Comedy Mothership, Phones and Boredom

Joe Rogan and comic Joe List riff on building the Comedy Mothership, crowd work, phones and boredom, sauna, AI and the soul.