Episodes

#253 – Michael Malice: New Year’s Special
Dec. 31, 2021

#253 – Michael Malice: New Year’s Special

Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - FightCamp: https://joinfightcamp.com/lex to get free shipping - Linode: https://linode.

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#252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI
Dec. 28, 2021

#252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Roboti…

Elon Musk is CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and Boring Company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil

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#251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires
Dec. 25, 2021

#251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires

Ray Dalio is an investor, author, and founder of Bridgewater Associates. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - GiveWell: https://www.

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#250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality
Dec. 23, 2021

#250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, a…

Peter Wang is the co-founder & CEO of Anaconda and one of the most impactful leaders and developers in the Python community. Also, he is a physicist and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Quip: https://getquip.

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#249 – Albert Bourla: Pfizer CEO
Dec. 18, 2021

#249 – Albert Bourla: Pfizer CEO

Albert Bourla is the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Notion: https://notion.com/startups to get up to $1000 off team plan - Calm: https://calm.com/lex to get 40% off

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#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
Dec. 12, 2021

#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Po…

Norman Naimark is a historian at Stanford, specializing in the history of genocide. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin - Quip: https://getquip.

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#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
Dec. 8, 2021

#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory

Jamie Metzl is an author specializing in topics of genetic engineering, biotechnology, and geopolitics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.com and use code LEX to get $35 off

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#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
Dec. 3, 2021

#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is No…

Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, critic of string theory, and author of the popular science blog Not Even Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - The Prisoner Wine Company: https://theprisonerwine.

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#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling
Nov. 30, 2021

#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling

Tom Brands is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling and the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - FightCamp: https://joinfightcamp.com/lex to get free shipping

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#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East
Nov. 28, 2021

#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the …

Robert Crews is a historian at Stanford, specializing in Afghanistan, Russia, Islam, Central Asia, and South Asia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - MUD\WTR: https://mudwtr.com/lex and use code LEX to get 5% off

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#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
Nov. 23, 2021

#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram

Kevin Systrom is the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Theragun: https://therabody.com/lex to get 30 day trial - NI: https://www.ni.com/perspectives - GiveWell: https://www.givewell.

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#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA
Nov. 20, 2021

#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA

Ben Askren is a wrestler and MMA fighter, former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion and four-time finalist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Notion: https://notion.

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#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
Nov. 16, 2021

#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future …

Boris Sofman is the Senior Director Of Engineering and Head of Trucking at Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car project. He was also the CEO and co-founder of Anki, a home robotics company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor...

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#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity
Nov. 11, 2021

#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of…

Neal Stephenson is a sci-fi writer (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and new book Termination Shock), former Chief Futurist at Magic Leap and first employee of Blue Origin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: ...

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#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
Nov. 8, 2021

#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth

Niall Ferguson is a historian at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of 16 books on the history of money, war, power, and catastrophe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Pris...

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#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nov. 5, 2021

#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Francis Collins is the director of the NIH and former head of the Human Genome Project. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Ten Thousand: https://www.tenthousand.cc/ and use code LEX to get 15% off - Allform: https://allform.

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#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
Nov. 3, 2021

#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream

Steve Viscelli is a former truck driver and now an economic sociologist at University of Pennsylvania studying freight transportation, including autonomous trucks. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Shopify: https://shopify.

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#236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions
Oct. 31, 2021

#236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions

Jimmy Pedro is a judo competitor and coach, world champion, 3x world medalist, 2x Olympic medalist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order

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#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing
Oct. 29, 2021

#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing

Michael Mina is an immunologist, epidemiologist, and physician at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Notion: https://notion.com/startups to get up to $1000 off team plan - Quip: https://getquip.

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#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
Oct. 26, 2021

#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order

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#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society
Oct. 23, 2021

#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs …

Carl Hart is a psychologist at Columbia University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off - Ten Thousand: https://www.tenthousand.

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#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
Oct. 20, 2021

#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, …

Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - The Prisoner Wine Company: https://theprisonerwine.com/lex to get 20% off & free shipping - Blinkist: https://blinkist.

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#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights
Oct. 16, 2021

#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights

Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Stripe: https://stripe.com - Paperspace: https://gradient.run/lex to get $15 credit

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#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
Oct. 14, 2021

#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love

Kelsi Sheren is a veteran, artillery gunner, and founder of Brass and Unity. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial - Justworks: https://justworks.com

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