Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
163 episodes
Episodes
Episode 503
#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung
Episode 502
#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux
Episode 501
#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football
Episode 500
#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee
Episode 499
#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires
Episode 498
#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln
Episode 497
#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet
Episode 496
#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age
Episode 495
#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution
Episode 494
#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming
Episode 493
#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music
Episode 492
#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger
Episode 491
#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI
Episode 490
#489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle
Episode 489
#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins
Episode 488
#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths
Episode 487
#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life
Episode 486
#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy
Episode 485
#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
Episode 484
#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex
Episode 483
#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature
Episode 482
#481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA
Episode 481
#480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park
Episode 480
#479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories
Episode 479
#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex
Episode 478
#477 – Keyu Jin: China’s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism & Capitalism
Episode 477
#476 – Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
Episode 476
#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games
Episode 475
#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting
Episode 474
#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East
Episode 473
#472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI
Episode 472
#471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet
Episode 471
#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles
Episode 470
#469 – Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain
Episode 469
#468 – Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions
Episode 468
#467 – Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming
Episode 467
#466 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao
Episode 466
#465 – Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking
Episode 465
#464 – Dave Smith: Israel, Ukraine, Epstein, Mossad, Conspiracies & Antisemitism
Episode 464
#463 – Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas & Gaza
Episode 463
#462 – Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon & DOGE
Episode 462
#461 – ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God
Episode 461
#460 – Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India – Power, Democracy, War & Peace
Episode 460
#459 – DeepSeek, China, OpenAI, NVIDIA, xAI, TSMC, Stargate, and AI Megaclusters
Episode 459
#458 – Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America
Episode 458
#457 – Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom
Episode 457
#456 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom
Episode 456
#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Episode 455
#454 – Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics
Episode 454
#453 – Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption
Episode 453
#452 – Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI & the Future of AI & Humanity
Episode 452
#451 – Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults & Conspiracies
Episode 451
#450 – Bernie Sanders Interview
Episode 450
#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History
Episode 449
#448 – Jordan Peterson: Nietzsche, Hitler, God, Psychopathy, Suffering & Meaning
Episode 448
#447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI
Episode 447
#446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America
Episode 446
#445 – Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump, Conservatism, Nationalism, Immigration, and War
Episode 445
#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
Episode 444
#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
Episode 443
#442 – Donald Trump Interview
Episode 442
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism
Episode 441
#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life
Episode 440
#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling
Episode 439
#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity
Episode 438
#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6
Episode 437
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life
Episode 436
#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships
Episode 435
#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet
Episode 434
#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens
Episode 433
#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life
Episode 432
#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI
Episode 431
#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories
Episode 430
#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God
Episode 429
#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens
Episode 428
#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset
Episode 427
#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
Episode 426
#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones
Episode 425
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame
Episode 424
#423 – Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex
Episode 423
#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs
Episode 422
#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck
Episode 421
#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy
Episode 420
#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
Episode 419
#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
Episode 418
#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family
Episode 417
#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI
Episode 416
#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War
Episode 415
#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom
Episode 414
#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech
Episode 413
#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics
Episode 412
#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam
Episode 411
#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
Episode 410
#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud
Episode 409
#408 – Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen
Episode 408
#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI
Episode 407
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness
Episode 406
#405 – Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin
Episode 405
#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
Episode 404
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events
Episode 403
#402 – Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special
Episode 402
#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
Episode 401
#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity
Episode 400
#399 – Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East
Episode 399
#398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse
Episode 398
#397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech
Episode 397
#396 – James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love
Episode 396
#395 – Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin
Episode 395
#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature
Episode 394
#393 – Andrew Huberman: Relationships, Drama, Betrayal, Sex, and Love
Episode 393
#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans
Episode 392
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine
Episode 391
#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies
Episode 390
#389 – Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace
Episode 389
#388 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning
Episode 388
#387 – George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God
Episode 387
#386 – Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI
Episode 386
#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia
Episode 385
#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love
Episode 384
#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
Episode 383
#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un
Episode 382
#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI
Episode 381
#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication
Episode 380
#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power
Episode 379
#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars
Episode 378
#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech
Episode 377
#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
Episode 376
#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism
Episode 375
#374 – Robert Playter: Boston Dynamics CEO on Humanoid and Legged Robotics
Episode 374
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI
Episode 373
#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design
Episode 372
#371 – Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development
Episode 371
#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love
Episode 370
#369 – Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Uncontacted Tribes, Anacondas, and Ayahuasca
Episode 369
#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
Episode 368
#367 – Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI
Episode 367
#366 – Shannon Curry: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Trial, Marriage, Dating & Love
Episode 366
#365 – Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs
Episode 365
#364 – Chris Voss: FBI Hostage Negotiator
Episode 364
#363 – B-Team Jiu Jitsu: Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan
Episode 363
#362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity
Episode 362
#361 – Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology
Episode 361
#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics
Episode 360
#359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics
Episode 359
#358 – Aella: Sex Work, OnlyFans, Porn, Escorting, Dating, and Human Sexuality
Episode 358
#357 – Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil
Episode 357
#356 – Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel
Episode 356
#355 – David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds
Episode 355
#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
Episode 354
#353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy
Episode 353
#352 – Omar Suleiman: Islam
Episode 352
#351 – MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram
Episode 351
#350 – Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens
Episode 350
#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism
Episode 349
#348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life
Episode 348
#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special
Episode 347
#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels
Episode 346
#345 – Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power
Episode 345
#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation
Episode 344
#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time
Episode 343
#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield
Episode 342
#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
Episode 341