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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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.
Beckley Foundation founder Amanda Feilding on psychedelics, blood flow and the ego, microdosing for Alzheimer's, and her self-trepanation.
Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra tells Joe Rogan why he doubts statins, blames sugar over fat, and turned against the COVID mRNA vaccines.
Lisa Feldman Barrett explains why the brain predicts rather than reacts, how emotions are constructed, and why empathy costs energy.
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.
Tony Woods and Joe Rogan swap military and comedy stories, man-eating animals, parasites in history, and a cold-plunge fix for high PSA.
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.
Neuroscientist MD Russell Kennedy tells Mel Robbins anxiety is a childhood alarm stored in the body, and how to heal it neck down.
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.
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 her own trauma story, explains the nervous system as your home's wiring and offers six ways to flip from fight or flight to calm.
Kernel founder Bryan Johnson puts a brain interface on Lex Fridman and explains measuring the mind, data-driven eating, depression and zero principles.
Mel Robbins explains the reticular activating system, the 'look for hearts' game, and thought substitution to train your mind to work for you.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explains the Shiba Inu donation, proof of stake, sharding, rollups and the merge, then turns to longevity and meaning.
Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman and Lex Fridman cover sleep, naps, fasting, REM dreams, psychedelics, neuroplasticity and pushing mental limits.
Harvard geneticist David Sinclair explains his information theory of aging, a reset switch in mice, one meal a day, and a future of body dashboards.
Mel Robbins shares five evening habits, from the 3-2-1 rule to keeping your phone out of the bedroom, that set up a calmer, more productive morning.
Brigham Buhler tells Joe Rogan why he thinks peptides are being squeezed out, how insurers profit from disease, and where stem cells and AI fit.
Evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein talks close calls, COVID origins, YouTube censorship, his telomere paper, monogamy and the meaning of life.
Neuralink neurosurgeon Matt MacDougall explains brain implants for paralysis, robotic electrode surgery, animal research, and a sci-fi future for cognition.
Psychiatrist Daniel Amen shares simple habits, supplements, a calming breath and brain foods to boost dopamine, serotonin and brain health.
UFC welterweight Sean Brady talks recovery, weight cuts, his first loss, mental performance coaching and his win over Kelvin Gastelum with Joe Rogan.
Orthopedic surgeon Shawn Baker and Joe Rogan on the carnivore diet, high cholesterol in lean people, ultra-processed food, fiber, jiu jitsu and aging well.
Dr. Russell Kennedy tells Mel Robbins why anxiety is alarm stored in the body, and how younger-self work can heal it rather than just cope with it.
Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz trade recovery tips, wild life stories and politics, then reflect on the Comedy Store and Joey's plan for a stand-up residency.