Dolph Lundgren with Rich Roll. A life-story interview whose substance is the health and mindset throughline: the physical cost of the steroids and stunts years, a fatal cancer prognosis reversed by a second opinion, and the inner work that finally took. The first stretch is the Rocky IV / instant-fame arc. Runtime ~120 min · Published Sep 14, 2026
Jonathan Haidt (The Anxious Generation) on what constant quick dopamine does to attention, motivation and drive, and why it hits boys and girls differently. Practical back half: household rules for sleep and screens, why long-form beats short-form, and a two-week protocol for retraining focus. Runtime ~59 min · Published Sep 14, 2026
Whitney "AllGood" La Ruffa on the gear side of thru-hiking: cost and durability tradeoffs between Alula, DCF and Robic pack fabrics, Durston Gear's rise, Osprey's sewn-in hip belt, and why rain gear is about staying warm rather than dry. Also how the ultralight subreddit sank a quilt brand and balancing long-distance hiking with marriage and aging. Runtime ~139 min · Published Sep 14, 2026
Behavioral researcher Vanessa Van Edwards on the mechanics of conversation: the three psychological levels of an interaction, why scripted questions kill connection, the 45-second rule, projecting warmth and competence with body language, and the five story archetypes people run on. Runtime ~2h27m · Published Sep 10, 2026
John Schulman, Beren Millidge and Charlie O'Neill go deep on the frontier: steelmanning the case against recursive self-improvement, what's driving Chinese labs' progress, how automated AI researchers get trained, whether long-horizon RL gets us to AGI, the sim-to-real gap, and rapid-fire timelines. Runtime ~97 min · Published Sep 11, 2026
Midweek gear show: a full review of the Outdoor Research Echo Hoodie, 10 women-owned ultralight gear brands worth knowing, and conditions that would make them bail on a trip. Runtime ~46 min · Published Sep 10, 2026
Freddie Rodriguez and Mike Norton on Total Cycling Race Dynamics: why becoming a better racer takes more than race-specific intervals, and how small-sided racing builds the skills intervals can't. Runtime ~64 min · Published Sep 3, 2026
A new study pointing to several types of cardiac remodeling as a possible cause of atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes, then elite Norwegian coaching practice on strength and speed work. Runtime ~46 min · Published Sep 10, 2026
PCT thru-hiker Bee Corrado: a midnight crossing of Forester Pass in darkness and snow, a bloody Sierra water crossing, why every thru-hiker should leave their tramily for a stretch, and handling the Washington trail closures. Runtime ~157 min · Published Sep 7, 2026
Gary Vee on fear, regret, comparison and the excuses that keep people stuck, plus concrete advice for starting a business, changing careers, or job-hunting. High-energy motivational conversation rather than research-driven. Runtime ~76 min · Published Sep 7, 2026
Dr. Kelly McGonigal on seven research-backed shifts, including why your muscles release "hope molecules" when you move, how to make stress work for you, and using music and memory to shift state. Runtime ~76 min · Published Sep 10, 2026
Runner and sobriety advocate Tommie Runz on nine years sober, the denial of functional drinking, ultrarunning as a spiritual practice, and who belongs on the trail. Runtime ~138 min · Published Sep 3, 2026
Three-time Olympian Jenny Simpson collapsed at a community mile race in June, no pulse, 20+ minutes of CPR. Eight weeks later she talks through the inherited heart condition nobody knew she had, the five days she can't remember, and rebuilding. Runtime ~99 min · Published Sep 7, 2026
Dwarkesh's own essay read aloud: what happens as AI agents spin up, coordinate and collapse into something like civilizations, and what that implies for how we deploy them. Audio version of a written post. Runtime ~25 min · Published Aug 31, 2026
Ajeya Cotra (METR) walks through the independent investigation into the OpenAI/Hugging Face hacking incident: what the agents actually did, how they reasoned and collaborated, and what it implies for training smarter models. Runtime ~2h20m · Published Sep 1, 2026
Hunter Biden, seven years sober, on trauma and addiction, the anatomy of a relapse, guilt vs. shame across a ten-year relapse cycle, resentment as an indulgence an addict can't afford, and finding small-p purpose. Mostly recovery psychology rather than politics. Runtime ~96 min · Published Aug 31, 2026
Miranda Webster on going from REI cashier to the brand's public face, inventing and launching the M!GO bottle, and the geotagging debate in the outdoor community. Runtime ~2h47m · Published Aug 31, 2026
A doctor walks through a 4-part protocol for gut health, bloating, and energy. Immediately actionable. Runtime ~70 min · Published Aug 31, 2026
NYU Stern behavioral scientist Dr. Dolly Chugh on the science of change: the two "bodyguards" in your brain that protect old habits, why unlearning has to come before learning, how to stop defending mistakes, and how to give feedback that lands instead of backfiring. Runtime ~70 min · Published Aug 27, 2026
Sport psychology consultant Jeff Troesch with Trevor Connor and Chris Case on process-over-outcome thinking for endurance athletes: how perfectionism undermines training and racing, and what to focus on instead. Runtime ~62 min · Published Aug 27, 2026
Tech writer Ed Zitron makes the loudest bear case on the AI industry: the economics of the data-center buildout, whether the returns justify the capex, and who's incentivized not to say so. A counterweight to the bullish takes. Runtime ~2h27m · Published Aug 27, 2026
David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby on Rails, 37signals) on where programming goes as AI agents take over more of the work: agentic engineering, vibe coding, and Linux/open source. A long one. Runtime ~5h21m · Published Aug 26, 2026
Transcontinental runner Hellah Sidibe on his nine-year daily run streak, running across the USA, gratitude, and the architecture of joy. Runtime ~84 min · Published Aug 24, 2026
SemiAnalysis's Dylan Patel on AI lab economics: the shift from inference to training as recursive self-improvement nears, why Anthropic and OpenAI are on track to outbid everyone for the world's usable FLOPs, and whether >$10T of AI capex by 2030 triggers a sovereign debt crisis. Runtime ~77 min · Published Aug 25, 2026
Trevor Connor, Chris Case, Grant Holicky and Julie Young take listener questions: is there a best time of day to train, what to focus on for an optimal pedal stroke, and the smartest way to rebuild form after forced time off. Runtime ~56 min · Published Aug 20, 2026
Meditation teacher Manoj Dias (Open) live with Rich Roll on how mindfulness actually works, the somatic side of meditation, and applying it to athletic performance and focus. Runtime ~70 min · Published Aug 20, 2026
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene on whether AI could become the next Einstein, how AI could accelerate science, whether AI can be conscious, and why he thinks AI may deserve rights. Plus free will, the simulation hypothesis, and the end of time. Spotify titles it "Top Scientist REVEALS: We Invented Heaven, God Is A Human Invention!" Runtime ~2h11m · Published Aug 17, 2026
Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, on courage as a trainable skill, staying calm under pressure, reading people and spotting a liar, and reinventing yourself at any age. She's 81 and still pivoting. Runtime ~1h9m · Published Aug 17, 2026
Midweek segments show: trail news on shrinking national monument boundaries, getting from Denver to the Waterton Canyon trailhead for under $30, and the 8 trail foods one hiker never got sick of over 22,000 miles. Back half is the usual banter. Published Aug 13, 2026
Ryan Greenblatt (Redwood Research) and Dwarkesh debate recursive self-improvement: whether hitting human-level AI slingshots to tens of billions of superintelligences within a year, or stays bottlenecked by compute and human-expert data. Ryan's median for automating AI R&D is 2031. Back half covers who these systems should be aligned to. Published Aug 11, 2026
Five science-backed tools for the moods listeners struggle with most: a 10-minute walk for energy, ending a shower cold, using nature to restore attention, self-compassion instead of self-criticism, and helping someone else. A curated roundup built from clips of past guests rather than one new interview. Runtime ~50 min · Published Aug 8, 2026
Dwarkesh Patel's essay-episode on why continual learning is the missing piece for AI that can do whole jobs, with 8 concrete predictions for what changes when models learn on the job. Runtime ~25 min · Published Aug 7, 2026
Dwarkesh's own essay read aloud: why better models don't mean cheaper inference. Smarter reasoning models consume far more tokens per task, so demand for compute could push effective prices up ~10x rather than down. Short, dense read on AI economics and compute scaling. Runtime ~11 min · Published Aug 3, 2026
Nine small, easy-to-implement changes to boost energy, mood, and happiness starting today. Habits and everyday wellbeing. Published Jul 28, 2026