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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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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.

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.

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.

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 · 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.

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.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Mel Robbins on Manifesting the Right Way: Four Neuroscience-Backed Steps

Mel Robbins redefines manifesting as mental rehearsal: name the goal, visualize the hard steps, feel them, then do the work patiently.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 8 min read
Mel Robbins on "F*** It" Moments: Why Wanting to Quit Is Part of Change

Mel Robbins shares her own near-quit and coaches a listener who broke a 300-day sobriety streak, explaining why 'F*** it' moments help you grow.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 7 min read
How to Learn to Love Yourself: Mel Robbins and Her Son Oakley on Beating Self-Hatred

Mel Robbins and her 17-year-old son Oakley share how he went from hating himself to self-acceptance, plus simple tools to like yourself more.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 24, 2026 · 14 min read
Shane Dorian on Stem Cells, Knee Recovery, Bow Hunting and Modern Health

Big wave surfer Shane Dorian and Joe Rogan cover stem cells, a meat diet, bow hunting under pressure, fentanyl and brain recovery.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min read
Mel Robbins: 3 Lessons From One of the Hardest Years of My Life

Mel Robbins shares three lessons from a brutal year: friction is a teacher, excuses are just fear, and change is hard but worth it.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Mel Robbins on the Art of Doing Nothing: One Minute a Day to Unplug

Mel Robbins makes the case for doing nothing on purpose, why rest feels weird, and a one-minute daily practice to unplug.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min read
Dan Gable on Olympic Wrestling, Mental Toughness, Loss and the Making of Champions

Wrestling legend Dan Gable tells Lex Fridman how toughness plus technique, relentless preparation and hard losses shaped his gold and his coaching.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min read
Jimmy Carr on Teaching Stand-Up, Gratitude, Discipline and Why Comedy Matters

Comedian Jimmy Carr and Joe Rogan on comedy's golden age, teaching stand-up, gratitude, dyslexia, envy, conspiracies and finding your purpose.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 8 min read
Mel Robbins' Goal Setting Toolkit: The Will, the Way and Five Mistakes to Avoid

Mel Robbins walks through goal research, from the 'will and the way' to high-low range goals, while refining her own three goals live.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Mel Robbins' Habit Toolkit: Cue, Behavior, Reward (and Why the Burrito Matters)

Mel Robbins uses puppy training to explain the cue-behavior-reward habit loop, six types of triggers, and why habits take 18 to 254 days.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 24, 2026 · 10 min read
Michael Easter on Scarcity Brain: Slot Machines, Addiction, Numbers and Hunting

Author Michael Easter explains the scarcity loop behind slot machines and apps, why we can't moderate, addiction and ultra-processed food.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min read
Bryan Johnson on Kernel Brain Interfaces, Firing His Conscious Mind and Zero Principle Thinking

Kernel founder Bryan Johnson puts a brain interface on Lex Fridman and explains measuring the mind, data-driven eating, depression and zero principles.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Mel Robbins' Mindset Reset: Reprogram the Filter in Your Brain

Mel Robbins explains the reticular activating system, the 'look for hearts' game, and thought substitution to train your mind to work for you.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 8 min read
How to Let Go: Mel Robbins' Pain-or-Drain Rule and the Remove-or-Redirect Tool

Mel Robbins uses autumn leaves to show how to spot what drains you, remove or redirect it, and quit complaining and controlling others.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 12 min read
Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum 2.0, Proof of Stake, Rollups and Why Evil Comes From Fear

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explains the Shiba Inu donation, proof of stake, sharding, rollups and the merge, then turns to longevity and meaning.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min read
Jordan Ellenberg on Symmetry, High-Dimensional Geometry, Primes and How to Learn Math

Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg and Lex Fridman explore symmetry, topology, Poincaré, primes, Conway's Game of Life and how to love math.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 13 min read
Andrew Huberman on Sleep, Dreams, Fasting, Psychedelics and the Limits of the Human Mind

Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman and Lex Fridman cover sleep, naps, fasting, REM dreams, psychedelics, neuroplasticity and pushing mental limits.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 24, 2026 · 12 min read
David Sinclair on Aging as Lost Information, Fasting, Biosensors and Living Past 100

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair explains his information theory of aging, a reset switch in mice, one meal a day, and a future of body dashboards.