The Perfect Summary Podcast

Andrew Dice Clay tells Joe Rogan how he became the first arena comic, survived the backlash and why acting was always the dream.

Ben Goertzel on where the term AGI came from, his OpenCog design, decentralized AI, the truth about Sophia the robot, and why death is bad.

Lex Fridman maps eight long-term futures for Neuralink, from easing suffering and telepathy to saved memories and merging with AI.

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.

Michael Shellenberger unpacks the Twitter Files, government-backed censorship, COVID, AI, nuclear power and why he stays hopeful.

Joe Rogan and comic Brian Simpson riff on the Titan sub, money and freedom, gambling, fair pay for comics, memes and dangerous wildlife.

Killer Mike and Joe Rogan on his album Michael, envy, mentors, local politics, prisons, barbershops, money and family wisdom.

Beckley Foundation founder Amanda Feilding on psychedelics, blood flow and the ego, microdosing for Alzheimer's, and her self-trepanation.

Navy pilot David Fravor recounts chasing the 2004 Tic Tac UFO, answers debunkers, and shares lessons from 18 years of flying fighters.

Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra tells Joe Rogan why he doubts statins, blames sugar over fat, and turned against the COVID mRNA vaccines.

Jack Dorsey on how Square widened access to the economy, why the internet needs Bitcoin, AI risks, UBI, fasting and mortality.

Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell riff on cults and costumes, procrastination, the Gospel of John, child influencers and UFO secrecy.

Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen roam from hormones and training to God, politics, forgiveness, great fighters and a friendly argument about UFOs.

Karl Friston explains brain imaging, the free energy principle, Markov blankets, and why moving non-randomly makes you alive.

Johns Hopkins researcher Matthew Johnson on psychedelic safety, psilocybin for quitting smoking, addiction economics, and consciousness.

Michael Malice and Lex Fridman trade jokes and history: the white pill, Stalin and Hitler, North Korea, anarchism and secession.

Conservationist Paul Rosolie shares wild Amazon stories and how Jungle Keepers turns loggers into rangers to save the rainforest.

Former SEAL and thriller author Jack Carr joins Joe Rogan on his new book, failing-up generals, the writers' strike, hunting, and UFOs.

Tony Woods and Joe Rogan swap military and comedy stories, man-eating animals, parasites in history, and a cold-plunge fix for high PSA.

UFC fighter and jiu jitsu black belt Ryan Hall on warriors, violence, grace over justice, learning jiu jitsu like a language, and never quitting.

Lex Fridman interviews Joe Rogan on 2020's chaos, his violent competitive streak, ideas as living things, podcasting advice, and love.

Gad Saad and Joe Rogan on his happiness book, tribalism, free speech with no "but", gender ideology, Canada and Messi.

Patrick Bet-David and Joe Rogan debate the 2024 race, COVID distrust, ESG and BlackRock, and why Rogan should interview Trump.

Scott Aaronson critiques IIT and Penrose, weighs GPT-3, and explains universality, the Complexity Zoo, and why he bets P is not NP.

Hulk Hogan tells Joe Rogan about wrestling's brutal early days, 25 surgeries, getting off fentanyl, and the faith that keeps him centered at 70.

MIT biologist Manolis Kellis on the epigenome, how life began, escaping the rat race, and why embracing suffering leads to a fuller life.

MIT computational biologist Manolis Kellis explains how genetics is revealing the hidden circuitry behind obesity, Alzheimer's and more.

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on falling in love by text, how brains really evolved, evil, many selves and consciousness.

UFC middleweight Jared Cannonier tells Joe Rogan how he went from Army combatives and a 300-pound heavyweight to a title contender at 39.

Mel Robbins explains why waiting for motivation fails and how the 5 Second Rule countdown helped her climb out of rock bottom.