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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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.
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.
Steven Wright and Joe Rogan on the 1980s Boston comedy scene, how Wright writes jokes, the value of doing nothing, and his novel Harold.
Replika co-founder Eugenia Kuyda on loneliness, losing her best friend, and building an AI companion that makes people feel seen.
Lisa Feldman Barrett explains why the brain predicts rather than reacts, how emotions are constructed, and why empathy costs energy.
Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman on going big, spotting the lint on the dress, the MIT College of Computing, China and AI.
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.
Anarchist Michael Malice and Lex Fridman spar over the state, trolling versus love, conspiracy theories, Ayn Rand and the meaning of life.
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.
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.
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.
Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo talk Muay Thai, bare knuckle fighting, MMA rule changes, fight history, wild animals and Bravo's back rehab.
UFC fighter Ryan Hall on systems thinking, the illusion of choice, questioning Jiu-Jitsu fundamentals, free will and decency.
Francis Ngannou explains why he left the UFC as champion, what the PFL offered, and how he is preparing to box Tyson Fury.
Dr. Marisa Franco explains the four attachment styles, how to spot them, and daily tools to become more secure and let love in.
Hot rod builder Steve Strope tells Joe Rogan about his eye surgeries, building magazine-cover cars in a parking garage, and more.
Olympic champion Kurt Angle tells Joe Rogan about winning gold with a broken neck, surviving painkiller addiction and life inside WWE.
Dr. Becky Kennedy explains how childhood wiring drives adult triggers and shares three steps to repair and rewire your reactions.
Big wave surfer Shane Dorian and Joe Rogan cover stem cells, a meat diet, bow hunting under pressure, fentanyl and brain recovery.
Mel Robbins shares three lessons from a brutal year: friction is a teacher, excuses are just fear, and change is hard but worth it.
Terence Crawford breaks down his win over Errol Spence, his switch-hitting, a dream Canelo fight and why boxers need unions, pensions and fewer belts.
Former UFC champion Josh Barnett on Nietzsche, human nature, why violence is part of us, catch wrestling, fighting with death at your side, and dark films.
Director Peter Berg and Joe Rogan dig into how the Sacklers sold OxyContin, the business of weapons, stem cells, and what fighting does to the brain.
Wrestling legend Dan Gable tells Lex Fridman how toughness plus technique, relentless preparation and hard losses shaped his gold and his coaching.