The Perfect Summary Podcast

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

Berkeley professor Dawn Song explains how AI models get fooled, how training data leaks, and why people should own their data.

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.

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

MIT biologist Manolis Kellis explains the genome as digital code, what evolution reveals about SARS-CoV-2, and why messiness makes life robust.

Georgia Tech dean Charles Isbell on predictable people, interactive AI, hiring bias, what computing is, hip hop, and race in America.

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.

Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson on exponential tech, the productivity J-curve, free digital goods, lies online, and AI and jobs.

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

Religion scholar Diana Walsh Pasulka on how beliefs shape reality, how religions start, and why UFO belief may be a new religion.

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.

Rev's Dan Kokotov and Lex Fridman on human and AI transcription, word error rate, the data flywheel, podcasts, and loved products.

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

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.

Trae Tha Truth talks sobriety, removing his own bullet, Harvey rescues, UFC and boxing lore, AI fears and his album Stuck In Motion.

Dr. Marisa Franco explains the four attachment styles, how to spot them, and daily tools to become more secure and let love in.

Comedian Ehsan Ahmad and Joe Rogan talk about the Mothership, the craft of opening a show, media distrust, AI and luck.

OpenAI's Sam Altman and Joe Rogan discuss AI's net-good but disruptive future, UBI, neural interfaces, social media, and psychedelic therapy.

Dr. Becky Kennedy explains how childhood wiring drives adult triggers and shares three steps to repair and rewire your reactions.

Cal Newport and Lex Fridman on deep work, time blocking, boredom, quitting social media and replacing email's hyperactive hive mind.

Joe Rogan and comic Joe List riff on building the Comedy Mothership, crowd work, phones and boredom, sauna, AI and the soul.

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

Bowhunter Adam Greentree on a brutal Colorado elk hunt, saltwater crocs, a near-fatal New Zealand fall, and why hard passions matter.

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.

Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov tells Lex Fridman how Waymo went from the DARPA Urban Challenge to a public driverless service in Phoenix, and what scaling takes.