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Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.

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Lex Fridman Podcast

#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud &#038; Jung

#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding &#038; Linux

#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor &#038; Football

#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant &#038; Lee

#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise &#038; Fall of Empires

#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy &#038; ToE &#8211; Don Lincoln

#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet

#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla &#038; the Warriors of the Viking Age

#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA &#8211; The $4 Trillion Company &#038; the AI Revolution

#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming

#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History &#038; Future of Music

#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet &#8211; Peter Steinberger

#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI

#489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle

#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness &#038; the Multiverse &#8211; Joel David Hamkins

#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations &#038; Flood Myths

#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence &#038; Biological Life

#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy

#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd &#038; Future of Gaming

#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory &#038; Sex

#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power &#038; Human Nature

#481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra &#038; CIA

#480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park

#479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories

#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex

#477 – Keyu Jin: China&#8217;s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism &#038; Capitalism

#476 – Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire

#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity &#038; Parenting

#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power &#038; the Middle East

#472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics &#038; the Future of AI

#471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet

#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin &#038; Biggest Battles

#469 – Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain

#468 – Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes &#038; Extra Dimensions

#467 – Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming

#466 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao

#465 – Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

#464 – Dave Smith: Israel, Ukraine, Epstein, Mossad, Conspiracies &#038; Antisemitism

#463 – Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas &#038; Gaza

#462 – Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon &#038; DOGE

#461 – ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God

#460 – Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India &#8211; Power, Democracy, War &#038; Peace

#459 – DeepSeek, China, OpenAI, NVIDIA, xAI, TSMC, Stargate, and AI Megaclusters

#458 – Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration &#038; Future of America

#457 – Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom

#456 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

#454 – Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History &#038; Politics

#453 – Javier Milei: President of Argentina &#8211; Freedom, Economics, and Corruption

#452 – Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI &#038; the Future of AI &#038; Humanity

#451 – Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults &#038; Conspiracies

#450 – Bernie Sanders Interview

#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age &#038; Ancient Human History

#448 – Jordan Peterson: Nietzsche, Hitler, God, Psychopathy, Suffering &#038; Meaning

#447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI

#446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America

#445 – Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump, Conservatism, Nationalism, Immigration, and War

#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler

#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire &#8211; Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

#442 – Donald Trump Interview

#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism &#038; Capitalism

#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine &#038; Trolling

#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity

#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6

#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search &#038; the Internet

#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens

#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth &#038; Love in Film and Life

#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI

#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories

#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God

#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes &#038; Aliens

#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar &#038; LLMs

#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics &#038; Alex Jones

#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire &#038; Fame

#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung

#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux

#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football

#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee

#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires

#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln

#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age

#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution

#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music

#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger

#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins

#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths

#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life

#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex

#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature

#481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA

#477 – Keyu Jin: China’s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism & Capitalism

#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting

#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

#472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI

#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

#468 – Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions

#464 – Dave Smith: Israel, Ukraine, Epstein, Mossad, Conspiracies & Antisemitism

#463 – Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas & Gaza

#462 – Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon & DOGE

#460 – Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India – Power, Democracy, War & Peace

#458 – Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America

#454 – Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics

#453 – Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption

#452 – Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI & the Future of AI & Humanity

#451 – Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults & Conspiracies

#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History

#448 – Jordan Peterson: Nietzsche, Hitler, God, Psychopathy, Suffering & Meaning

#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling

#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs

#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs

#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy

#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI

#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI

#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War

#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom

#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism

#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud

#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI

#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

#397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech

#396 – James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love

#395 – Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin

#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature

#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans

#387 – George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God

#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un

#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power

#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation

#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism

#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love

#366 – Shannon Curry: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Trial, Marriage, Dating & Love

#365 – Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs