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.
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.
Ryan Bingham on riding bulls from age ten, learning guitar on the rodeo road, landing on Yellowstone and fleeing the LA fires.
Norman Ohler on methamphetamine in the Wehrmacht, Hitler's opioid use, the Berlin resistance, and how LSD went from Sandoz to the CIA.
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.
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.
After beating Marlon Vera, Cory Sandhagen explains his calmer mindset, his theory of striking, his self-run camps and how MMA scoring should change.
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.
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.