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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RZA talks his new film, Shaolin-style discipline, channeling anger into art, cobalt mining, quitting weed and why movies belong in theaters.
Social scientist Kasley Killam explains why adult friendship feels hard, which reasons for cancelling are excuses, and small ways to reconnect.
Dr. Shadé Zahrai gives Mel Robbins a four-part framework for self-doubt: acceptance, agency, autonomy and adaptability.
Criminal psychologist Julia Shaw on why nobody is born evil, what really drives murder, how false memories form, and green crime.
Telegram's founder on freedom over money, his ascetic habits, a 40-engineer team, his arrest in France and standing up to governments.
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.
Ryan Bingham on riding bulls from age ten, learning guitar on the rodeo road, landing on Yellowstone and fleeing the LA fires.
Speaker Ryan Leak on preparing for difficult people, pre-deciding how you show up, generosity without strings, and honest friendships.
Harvard's Leslie John on why hiding costs more trust than revealing, the weight of unsaid thoughts, and simple ways to open up.
In a memorial re-release, Auschwitz survivor Dr. Edith Eger shares her lessons on grief, anger, forgiveness and refusing victimhood.
John Hopfield explains associative memory, why feedback and collective behavior matter, and what biology does that AI still ignores.
Simon Sinek tells Lex Fridman why life and business have no finish line, and why passion comes from purpose, not pressure.
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.
After beating Marlon Vera, Cory Sandhagen explains his calmer mindset, his theory of striking, his self-run camps and how MMA scoring should change.
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.
Jitendra Malik explains why vision is hard, why self-driving is far off, and why AI should learn the way children do.
OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever explains why deep learning keeps exceeding expectations, what GPT-2 shows, and how AGI should be built and governed.
Stephen Wolfram explains why simple rules produce endless complexity, and how that idea drives his hunt for the rule behind physics.
Weeks after leaving Sing Sing, Bruce Bryan and attorney Josh Dubin discuss his case, prison life and what produces crime.
Mike Perry tells Joe Rogan why bare knuckle boxing suits him, how family changed his mindset, and why he plans to keep fighting through constant pain.
Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell mark episode 2,000 with four hours on power, war, censorship, UFOs, karma and prayer.
Bioinformatics professor Dmitry Korkin explains how his lab modeled the new coronavirus's proteins and what that reveals for drugs and vaccines.
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.