The Perfect Summary Podcast

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains how childhood adversity wires the stress response and how buffering helps adults reset it.

Pastor Michael Todd on how unhealed wounds drive relationships and success, his own health turnaround, and choosing partners by purpose.

Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy on refusing to be a victim, a second devastating injury, and falling in love with the process.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Speaker Ryan Leak on preparing for difficult people, pre-deciding how you show up, generosity without strings, and honest friendships.

In a memorial re-release, Auschwitz survivor Dr. Edith Eger shares her lessons on grief, anger, forgiveness and refusing victimhood.

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.

Comic Mike Vecchione and Joe Rogan on the slow craft of stand-up, lessons from wrestling, boxing fandom, cold plunges and writing jokes.

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.

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.

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.