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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John Fogerty tells how Proud Mary and Fortunate Son were written, and how lawsuits, lost savings and drinking nearly broke him.
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains how childhood adversity wires the stress response and how buffering helps adults reset it.
Australian comic James McCann on losing a job mid-move to Ohio, finding his feet in Austin, Australian gatekeeping, and AI worries.
Luis J. Gomez and Joe Rogan riff on outrage culture, independent platforms, AI, wealth, odd laws, lucid dreams and ibogaine.
David Cross and Joe Rogan revisit the Boston comedy boom, Mr. Show and NewsRadio, then worry about AI, kids online and war.
RZA talks his new film, Shaolin-style discipline, channeling anger into art, cobalt mining, quitting weed and why movies belong in theaters.
Snowboarder Chloe Kim on competing with a dislocating shoulder, her father's all-in bet, therapy, a new ADHD diagnosis and self-worth.
Marc Brackett explains what emotion regulation really is, why no emotion is bad, and tools like the Meta-Moment and precise labeling.
Comedian Brian Simpson and Joe Rogan riff on his heart attack, pets and coyotes, gaming, nicotine, meme coins and black holes.
Rogan, Gillis, Normand and Shaffir drink and riff on the news, health care, ibogaine at the White House and the craft of stand-up.
Ari Shaffir returns from months in South America to talk psychedelics, weight cutting, ancient ruins and his new series The End.
Norman Ohler on methamphetamine in the Wehrmacht, Hitler's opioid use, the Berlin resistance, and how LSD went from Sandoz to the CIA.
Comedian Ali Siddiq talks YouTube specials, how Texas prisons really work, personal responsibility, great teachers, and a long stretch of boxing talk.
Simon Sinek tells Lex Fridman why life and business have no finish line, and why passion comes from purpose, not pressure.
Big Jay Oakerson and Ari Shaffir join Joe Rogan for a rowdy hang on cults, AI and the RESTRICT Act, Paul Mooney, Manson and Austin comedy.
Jim Breuer and Joe Rogan riff for three hours on 30 years of friendship, pandemic anger, war, trucks, gators and favorite movies.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom walks through the simulation argument step by step, then turns to the promise and risk of superintelligent AI.
Richard Dawkins on why evolution is wasteful yet brilliant, how memes spread, where morals come from, and why even a simulator needs explaining.
Comic Mike Vecchione and Joe Rogan on the slow craft of stand-up, lessons from wrestling, boxing fandom, cold plunges and writing jokes.
Filmmaker Alex Garland on truly alien aliens, Ava's smile in Ex Machina, Silicon Valley's veneer of virtue, and a universe without free will.
Howie Mandel tells Joe Rogan how a dare made him a comic, how he copes with OCD and depression, and why he embraces AI while Rogan worries.
Ric Flair tells Joe Rogan and Tony Hinchcliffe about North Korea with Ali, a plane crash, hour-long matches, anxiety and his cannabis second act.
John Wick director Chad Stahelski explains how the franchise was built, from stunts, dogs and gun work to editing, and what AI may mean for film.
Stephen Wolfram explains why simple rules produce endless complexity, and how that idea drives his hunt for the rule behind physics.
Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell mark episode 2,000 with four hours on power, war, censorship, UFOs, karma and prayer.
Car builder John Hennessey on the Venom F5, how a Viper deal launched his company, Top Gear and Jay Leno stories, and quitting Ritalin for cold plunges.
Ms. Pat tells Joe Rogan how she turned a brutal childhood into a hit sitcom, a tour and a family, with plenty of jokes along the way.
Joscha Bach tells Lex Fridman why the self is a story the brain tells itself, what consciousness is for, and why civilization may not last.
Steven Pressfield on war as a metaphor for the inner fight, where Resistance comes from, serving the muse, and the daily routine of a working writer.
Comics Kim Congdon and Sara Weinshenk riff with Joe Rogan on podcasting, pandemic comedy, weed and hemp, Mike Tyson, UFOs, dreams, and a timeshare.