Episodes
Nov. 20, 2020
#140 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. 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 - Eight Sleep: https://www.
Nov. 16, 2020
#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get $200 off - SEMrush: https://www.semrush.
Nov. 13, 2020
#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism
Yaron Brook is a objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.
Nov. 7, 2020
#137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe
Alex Filippenko is an astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Berkeley. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Neuro: https://www.getneuro.com and use code LEX to get 15% off - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.
Nov. 2, 2020
#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History
Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get free vitamin D - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.
Nov. 1, 2020
#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America
Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Neuro: https://www.getneuro.com and use code LEX to get 15% off - Decoding Digital: https://appdirect.
Oct. 29, 2020
#134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness
Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist, podcaster, and intellectual. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium - Sun Basket: https://sunbasket.
Oct. 25, 2020
#133 – Manolis Kellis: Biology of Disease
Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com/partner/lex/ to get a free month of Guru - Pessimists Archive: https://pessimists.co/
Oct. 21, 2020
#132 – George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets
George Hotz (geohot) is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of Comma.ai. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 40% & free shipping
Oct. 18, 2020
#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages
Chris Lattner is a world-class software & hardware engineer, leading projects at Apple, Tesla, Google, and SiFive. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get a free week of pr...
Oct. 11, 2020
#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness
Scott Aaronson is a quantum computer scientist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex and use code LEX to get a free security camera - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.
Oct. 4, 2020
#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get free vitamin D3/K2
Oct. 2, 2020
#128 – Michael Malice: Anarchy, Democracy, Libertarianism, Love, and Trolling
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com/partner/lex/ to get a free month of Guru - DoorDash: https://doordash.
Sept. 26, 2020
#127 – Joe Rogan: Conversations, Ideas, Love, Freedom & The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and the host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: - Neuro: https://www.getneuro.com and use code LEX - Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.
Sept. 24, 2020
#126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing
James Gosling is the founder and lead designer of the Java programming language. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: - Public Goods: https://publicgoods.com/lex and use code LEX
Sept. 20, 2020
#125 – Ryan Hall: Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Violence, Power, and Grace
Ryan Hall is a jiu jitsu black belt, UFC fighter, and a philosopher of the martial arts. - Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: - PowerDot, use code LEX: https://powerdot.com/lex - Babbel: https://babbel.
Sept. 15, 2020
#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe
Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast. - Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.
Sept. 12, 2020
#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness
Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. - Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: - Public Goods: https://publicgoods.com/lex and use code LEX
Sept. 8, 2020
#122 – David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering
David Fravor is a navy pilot of 18 years and a primary witness in one of the most credible UFO sightings in history, video of which has been released by the Pentagon and reported on by the NY Times. - Please check out our sponsors to get a discount an...
Sept. 7, 2020
Lex Solo #3 – In Memory of My Grandmother
My attempt to find the words to honor my grandmother, an amazing woman who is responsible for much of who I am, who taught me how to be a man, taught me about strength, about wisdom, about compassion, about love. -
Sept. 5, 2020
#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion
Eugenia Kuyda co-founder of Replika, an AI companion. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: - Dollar Shave Club: https://dollarshaveclub.com/lex - DoorDash: download app & use code LEX
Sept. 1, 2020
Lex Solo #2 – The Future of Neuralink
My thoughts on 8 possible long-term futures of Neuralink after attending the August 2020 progress update. This is a solo episode #2 of the podcast. Hopefully it's interesting to some folks. The aim is for these episodes to be focused on a particular to...
Aug. 30, 2020
#120 – François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence
François Chollet is an AI researcher at Google and creator of Keras. - Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors (and get discount): - Babbel: https://babbel.com and use code LEX - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex
Aug. 26, 2020
#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. - Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex – Cash App: download app & use code "LexPodcast" -