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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RZA talks his new film, Shaolin-style discipline, channeling anger into art, cobalt mining, quitting weed and why movies belong in theaters.
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.
Comedian Brian Simpson and Joe Rogan riff on his heart attack, pets and coyotes, gaming, nicotine, meme coins and black holes.
Rogan, Gillis, Normand and Shaffir drink and riff on the news, health care, ibogaine at the White House and the craft of stand-up.
Ari Shaffir returns from months in South America to talk psychedelics, weight cutting, ancient ruins and his new series The End.
Norman Ohler on methamphetamine in the Wehrmacht, Hitler's opioid use, the Berlin resistance, and how LSD went from Sandoz to the CIA.
Comedian Ali Siddiq talks YouTube specials, how Texas prisons really work, personal responsibility, great teachers, and a long stretch of boxing talk.
Big Jay Oakerson and Ari Shaffir join Joe Rogan for a rowdy hang on cults, AI and the RESTRICT Act, Paul Mooney, Manson and Austin comedy.
Jim Breuer and Joe Rogan riff for three hours on 30 years of friendship, pandemic anger, war, trucks, gators and favorite movies.
Comic Mike Vecchione and Joe Rogan on the slow craft of stand-up, lessons from wrestling, boxing fandom, cold plunges and writing jokes.
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.
Howie Mandel tells Joe Rogan how a dare made him a comic, how he copes with OCD and depression, and why he embraces AI while Rogan worries.
Ric Flair tells Joe Rogan and Tony Hinchcliffe about North Korea with Ali, a plane crash, hour-long matches, anxiety and his cannabis second act.
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.
Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell mark episode 2,000 with four hours on power, war, censorship, UFOs, karma and prayer.
Car builder John Hennessey on the Venom F5, how a Viper deal launched his company, Top Gear and Jay Leno stories, and quitting Ritalin for cold plunges.
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.
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.
Comics Kim Congdon and Sara Weinshenk riff with Joe Rogan on podcasting, pandemic comedy, weed and hemp, Mike Tyson, UFOs, dreams, and a timeshare.
Andrew Dice Clay tells Joe Rogan how he became the first arena comic, survived the backlash and why acting was always the dream.
Theo Von and Joe Rogan celebrate the Comedy Mothership and talk routines, SSRIs, vapes, exercise and drug companies.
Joe Rogan and comic Brian Simpson riff on the Titan sub, money and freedom, gambling, fair pay for comics, memes and dangerous wildlife.
Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias and Joe Rogan talk Dodger Stadium, early comedy grind, VW buses, diabetes, weight loss and aliens.
Steven Wright and Joe Rogan on the 1980s Boston comedy scene, how Wright writes jokes, the value of doing nothing, and his novel Harold.
Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell riff on cults and costumes, procrastination, the Gospel of John, child influencers and UFO secrecy.
Filmmaker James Reed on 400 days inside the Ngogo chimp community: monkey hunts, silent patrols, alpha politics and a rare split.
Jim Gaffigan and Joe Rogan riff on sugar, social media, cold plunges, gardening, politics, overfishing, microplastics and why busy beats bored.
Michael Malice and Lex Fridman trade jokes and history: the white pill, Stalin and Hitler, North Korea, anarchism and secession.