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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Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains how childhood adversity wires the stress response and how buffering helps adults reset it.
Rhonda Patrick details her training, fasting and supplement routine and the science linking gut, inflammation, visceral fat and aging.
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.
Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford on AMH testing, egg freezing myths, lifestyle and supplements, and what harms eggs and sperm.
Social scientist Kasley Killam explains why adult friendship feels hard, which reasons for cancelling are excuses, and small ways to reconnect.
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.
Norman Ohler on methamphetamine in the Wehrmacht, Hitler's opioid use, the Berlin resistance, and how LSD went from Sandoz to the CIA.
Stanford epigenetics researcher Dr. Lucia Aronica explains which foods signal your genes and the kitchen tricks that unlock them.
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.
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.
MIT's Robert Langer on early rejection, starving tumors of blood, engineered tissue, patents, biotech startups, and why his students are his proudest work.
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.
Bas Rutten joins Joe Rogan on Karate Combat, his obsessive training, injuries and depression after fighting, MMA history, and breath training.
Steven Pressfield on war as a metaphor for the inner fight, where Resistance comes from, serving the muse, and the daily routine of a working writer.
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.
Joe Rogan and bowhunter Cameron Hanes talk bears and wolves, UFC, running, comedy, pandemic politics and overcoming envy.
Sean Strickland tells Joe Rogan how fighting saved him from a violent childhood, why he only spars, and what's wrong with fighter pay.
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.
Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra tells Joe Rogan why he doubts statins, blames sugar over fat, and turned against the COVID mRNA vaccines.
Steven Wright and Joe Rogan on the 1980s Boston comedy scene, how Wright writes jokes, the value of doing nothing, and his novel Harold.
Filmmaker James Reed on 400 days inside the Ngogo chimp community: monkey hunts, silent patrols, alpha politics and a rare split.
Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen roam from hormones and training to God, politics, forgiveness, great fighters and a friendly argument about UFOs.
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.
Patrick Bet-David and Joe Rogan debate the 2024 race, COVID distrust, ESG and BlackRock, and why Rogan should interview Trump.
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.