Lex Fridman Podcast

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Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.

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#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens
Apr 22, 2024
#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset
Apr 20, 2024
#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
Apr 17, 2024
#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones
Apr 13, 2024
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame
Apr 05, 2024
#423 – Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex
Apr 02, 2024
#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs
Mar 29, 2024
#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck
Mar 25, 2024
#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy
Mar 22, 2024
#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
Mar 18, 2024
#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
Mar 14, 2024
#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family
Mar 10, 2024
#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI
Mar 07, 2024
#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War
Mar 04, 2024
#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom
Feb 27, 2024
#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech
Feb 20, 2024
#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics
Feb 16, 2024
#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam
Feb 02, 2024
#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
Jan 23, 2024
#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud
Jan 17, 2024
#408 – Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen
Jan 09, 2024
#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI
Dec 29, 2023
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness
Dec 24, 2023
#405 – Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin
Dec 14, 2023
#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
Dec 09, 2023
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events
Dec 03, 2023
#402 – Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special
Nov 25, 2023
#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
Nov 18, 2023
#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity
Nov 09, 2023
#399 – Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East
Oct 11, 2023
#398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse
Sep 28, 2023
#397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech
Sep 25, 2023
#396 – James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love
Sep 18, 2023
#395 – Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin
Sep 10, 2023
#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature
Sep 01, 2023
#393 – Andrew Huberman: Relationships, Drama, Betrayal, Sex, and Love
Aug 17, 2023
#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans
Aug 01, 2023
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine
Jul 24, 2023
#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies
Jul 17, 2023
#389 – Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace
Jul 12, 2023
#388 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning
Jul 06, 2023
#387 – George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God
Jun 30, 2023
#386 – Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI
Jun 22, 2023
#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia
Jun 18, 2023
#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love
Jun 13, 2023
#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
Jun 08, 2023
#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un
Jun 05, 2023
#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI
Jun 02, 2023
#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication
May 28, 2023
#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power
May 24, 2023
#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars
May 18, 2023
#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech
May 16, 2023
#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
May 09, 2023
#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism
May 06, 2023
#374 – Robert Playter: Boston Dynamics CEO on Humanoid and Legged Robotics
Apr 28, 2023
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI
Apr 21, 2023
#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design
Apr 16, 2023
#371 – Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development
Apr 13, 2023
#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love
Apr 10, 2023
#369 – Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Uncontacted Tribes, Anacondas, and Ayahuasca
Apr 04, 2023
#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
Mar 30, 2023
#367 – Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI
Mar 25, 2023
#366 – Shannon Curry: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Trial, Marriage, Dating & Love
Mar 21, 2023
#365 – Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs
Mar 14, 2023
#364 – Chris Voss: FBI Hostage Negotiator
Mar 10, 2023
#363 – B-Team Jiu Jitsu: Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan
Mar 06, 2023
#362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity
Mar 02, 2023
#361 – Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology
Feb 25, 2023
#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics
Feb 20, 2023
#359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics
Feb 15, 2023
#358 – Aella: Sex Work, OnlyFans, Porn, Escorting, Dating, and Human Sexuality
Feb 10, 2023
#357 – Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil
Feb 07, 2023
#356 – Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel
Feb 02, 2023
#355 – David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds
Jan 28, 2023
#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
Jan 25, 2023
#353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy
Jan 21, 2023
#352 – Omar Suleiman: Islam
Jan 17, 2023
#351 – MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram
Jan 11, 2023
#350 – Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens
Dec 29, 2022
#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism
Dec 22, 2022
#348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life
Dec 19, 2022
#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special
Dec 15, 2022
#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels
Dec 12, 2022
#345 – Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power
Dec 09, 2022
#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation
Dec 06, 2022
#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time
Dec 03, 2022
#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield
Nov 29, 2022
#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
Nov 26, 2022
#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
Nov 22, 2022
#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin
Nov 18, 2022
#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness
Nov 15, 2022
#337 – Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships
Nov 11, 2022
#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War
Nov 07, 2022
#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
Nov 04, 2022
#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons
Nov 02, 2022
#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI
Oct 29, 2022
#332 – Kanye ‘Ye’ West Interview
Oct 24, 2022
#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
Oct 20, 2022
#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness
Oct 17, 2022
#329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT
Oct 15, 2022
#328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives
Oct 10, 2022
#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots
Oct 07, 2022
#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality
Oct 05, 2022
#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots
Oct 01, 2022
#324 – Daniel Negreanu: Poker
Sep 27, 2022
#323 – Will Sasso: Comedy, MADtv, AI, Friendship, Madness, and Pro Wrestling
Sep 24, 2022
#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars
Sep 21, 2022
#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
Sep 17, 2022
#320 – Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics
Sep 14, 2022
#319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame
Sep 09, 2022
#318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness
Sep 07, 2022
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
Sep 04, 2022
#316 – Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War
Aug 31, 2022
#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time
Aug 27, 2022
#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk
Aug 24, 2022
#313 – Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning
Aug 19, 2022
#312 – Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man
Aug 16, 2022
#311 – Magatte Wade: Africa, Capitalism, Communism, and the Future of Humanity
Aug 13, 2022
#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
Aug 08, 2022
#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
Aug 04, 2022
#308 – Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens
Aug 01, 2022
#307 – Brian Armstrong: Coinbase, Cryptocurrency, and Government Regulation
Jul 29, 2022
#306 – Oriol Vinyals: Deep Learning and Artificial General Intelligence
Jul 26, 2022
#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang
Jul 23, 2022
#304 – Bishop Robert Barron: Christianity and the Catholic Church
Jul 20, 2022
#303 – Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics
Jul 17, 2022
#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences
Jul 14, 2022
#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy
Jul 09, 2022
#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom
Jul 04, 2022
#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind
Jul 01, 2022
#298 – Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness
Jun 28, 2022
#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart
Jun 25, 2022
#296 – Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West
Jun 21, 2022
#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism
Jun 17, 2022
#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest
Jun 15, 2022
#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth
Jun 12, 2022
#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity
Jun 09, 2022
#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media
Jun 04, 2022
#290 – Dan Reynolds: Imagine Dragons
May 30, 2022
#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine
May 25, 2022
#288 – Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan
May 23, 2022
#287 – Bobby Lee: Comedy, Skyrim, Sex Robots, Love, Fame, and Power
May 20, 2022
#286 – Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine
May 17, 2022
#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture
May 14, 2022
#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics
May 11, 2022
#283 – Chris Mason: Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Survival in Space
May 08, 2022
#282 – David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
May 04, 2022
#281 – Grimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity
Apr 29, 2022
#280 – Cristiano Amon: Qualcomm CEO
Apr 27, 2022
#279 – Alien Debate: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin
Apr 24, 2022
#278 – Skye Fitzgerald: Hunger, War, and Human Suffering
Apr 20, 2022
#277 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Stress, Relationships, and Friendship
Apr 17, 2022
#276 – Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money
Apr 14, 2022
#275 – Rick Rubin: Legendary Music Producer
Apr 10, 2022
#274 – Karl Deisseroth: Depression, Schizophrenia, and Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2022
#273 – Chris Blattman: War and Violence
Apr 03, 2022
#272 – Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal
Mar 27, 2022
#271 – Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures
Mar 23, 2022
#270 – David Wolpe: Judaism
Mar 16, 2022
#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
Mar 11, 2022
#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology
Mar 05, 2022
#267 – Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse
Feb 26, 2022
#266 – Nicole Perlroth: Cybersecurity and the Weapons of Cyberwar
Feb 20, 2022
#265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling
Feb 16, 2022
#264 – Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity
Feb 13, 2022
#263 – John Abramson: Big Pharma
Feb 11, 2022
#262 – Garry Nolan: UFOs and Aliens
Feb 06, 2022
#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind
Feb 03, 2022
#260 – Georges St-Pierre, John Danaher & Gordon Ryan: The Greatest of All Time
Jan 30, 2022
#259 – Thomas Tull: From Batman Dark Knight Trilogy to AI and the Rolling Stones
Jan 26, 2022
#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning
Jan 22, 2022
#257 – Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize
Jan 18, 2022
#256 – Nationalism Debate: Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony
Jan 15, 2022
#255 – Mark Normand: Comedy!
Jan 08, 2022
#254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns
Jan 04, 2022
#253 – Michael Malice: New Year’s Special
Dec 31, 2021
#252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI
Dec 28, 2021
#251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires
Dec 25, 2021
#250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality
Dec 23, 2021
#249 – Albert Bourla: Pfizer CEO
Dec 18, 2021
#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
Dec 13, 2021
#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
Dec 08, 2021
#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
Dec 03, 2021
#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling
Nov 30, 2021
#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East
Nov 28, 2021
#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
Nov 23, 2021
#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA
Nov 20, 2021
#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
Nov 16, 2021
#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity
Nov 11, 2021
#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
Nov 08, 2021
#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nov 05, 2021
#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
Nov 03, 2021
#236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions
Oct 31, 2021
#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing
Oct 29, 2021
#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
Oct 27, 2021
#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society
Oct 23, 2021
#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
Oct 20, 2021
#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights
Oct 16, 2021
#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
Oct 14, 2021
#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
Oct 10, 2021
#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
Oct 05, 2021
#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
Sep 30, 2021
#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math
Sep 27, 2021
#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence
Sep 26, 2021
#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming
Sep 23, 2021
#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
Sep 21, 2021
#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
Sep 20, 2021
#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
Sep 15, 2021
#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
Sep 11, 2021
#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
Sep 09, 2021
#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
Sep 06, 2021
#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics
Sep 03, 2021
#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines
Sep 01, 2021
#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI
Aug 29, 2021
#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science
Aug 27, 2021
#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
Aug 23, 2021
#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
Aug 21, 2021
#211 – Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics
Aug 15, 2021
#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep
Aug 11, 2021
#209 – Luís and João Batalha: Fermat’s Library and the Art of Studying Papers
Aug 09, 2021
#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence
Aug 08, 2021
#207 – Chris Duffin: The Mad Scientist of Strength
Aug 03, 2021
#206 – Ishan Misra: Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision
Jul 31, 2021
#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running
Jul 29, 2021
#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
Jul 26, 2021
#203 – Anya Fernald: Regenerative Farming and the Art of Cooking Meat
Jul 23, 2021
#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
Jul 21, 2021
#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
Jul 19, 2021
#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy
Jul 15, 2021
#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel
Jul 11, 2021
#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
Jul 09, 2021
#197 – Jocko Willink: War, Leadership, and Discipline
Jul 05, 2021
#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea
Jul 01, 2021
#195 – Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets
Jun 28, 2021
#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
Jun 25, 2021
#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks
Jun 21, 2021
#192 – Charles Hoskinson: Cardano
Jun 16, 2021
#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction
Jun 14, 2021
#190 – Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries
Jun 13, 2021
#189 – David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years
Jun 07, 2021
#188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0
Jun 03, 2021
#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens
May 29, 2021
#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces
May 24, 2021
#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
May 20, 2021
#184 – Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, and Asteroids in Our Solar System
May 17, 2021
#183 – Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing
May 14, 2021
#182 – John Danaher: The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, and MMA
May 09, 2021
#181 – Sergey Nazarov: Chainlink, Smart Contracts, and Oracle Networks
May 01, 2021
#180 – Jeremi Suri: History of American Power
Apr 30, 2021
#179 – Georges St-Pierre: The Science of Fighting
Apr 26, 2021
#178 – Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy
Apr 24, 2021
#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation
Apr 19, 2021
#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
Apr 17, 2021
#175 – Yannis Pappas: History and Comedy
Apr 12, 2021
#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
Apr 10, 2021
#173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates
Apr 01, 2021
#172 – Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
Mar 30, 2021
#171 – Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin
Mar 25, 2021
#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
Mar 22, 2021
#169 – Ryan Hall: Solving Martial Arts from First Principles
Mar 20, 2021
#168 – Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
Mar 15, 2021
#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power
Mar 14, 2021
#166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media
Mar 05, 2021
#165 – Josh Barnett: Philosophy of Violence, Power, and the Martial Arts
Mar 01, 2021
#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
Feb 28, 2021
#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
Feb 23, 2021
#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
Feb 18, 2021
#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship
Feb 15, 2021
#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
Feb 12, 2021
#159 – Richard Craib: WallStreetBets, Numerai, and the Future of Stock Trading
Feb 07, 2021
#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds
Feb 05, 2021
#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion
Feb 01, 2021
#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom
Jan 29, 2021
Lex Fridman: Ask Me Anything – AMA January 2021
Jan 27, 2021
#155 – Max Tegmark: AI and Physics
Jan 18, 2021
#154 – Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua
Jan 14, 2021
#153 – Dmitry Korkin: Evolution of Proteins, Viruses, Life, and AI
Jan 11, 2021
#152 – Dan Gable: Olympic Wrestling, Mental Toughness & the Making of Champions
Jan 09, 2021
#151 – Dan Kokotov: Speech Recognition with AI and Humans
Jan 04, 2021
#150 – Michael Malice: The White Pill, Freedom, Hope, and Happiness Amidst Chaos
Dec 31, 2020
#149 – Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion, and the Nature of Belief
Dec 28, 2020
#148 – Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education
Dec 26, 2020
#147 – Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
Dec 20, 2020
#146 – Michael Mina: Rapid Testing, Viruses, and the Engineering Mindset
Dec 19, 2020
#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
Dec 14, 2020
#144 – Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI
Dec 13, 2020
#143 – John Clarke: The Art of Fighting and the Pursuit of Excellence
Dec 06, 2020
#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
Nov 30, 2020
#141 – Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics of AI, Social Networks, and Technology
Nov 25, 2020
#140 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain
Nov 20, 2020
#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance
Nov 16, 2020
#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism
Nov 13, 2020
#137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe
Nov 08, 2020
#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History
Nov 03, 2020
#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America
Nov 02, 2020
#134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness
Oct 30, 2020
#133 – Manolis Kellis: Biology of Disease
Oct 25, 2020
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