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.
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.
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.
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.