Episodes

#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy
July 9, 2022

#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy

Jack Barsky is a former KGB spy and author of "Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America". Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

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#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom
July 4, 2022

#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and …

Joe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Theragun: https://therabody.com/lex - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.

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#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind
July 1, 2022

#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind

Demis Hassabis is the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Mailgun: https://lexfridman.com/mailgun - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - Onnit: https://lexfridman.

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#298 – Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness
June 28, 2022

#298 – Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness

Susan Cain is the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, and Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex

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#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart
June 25, 2022

#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands &…

Jonathan Reisman is a physician and author of The Unseen Body who has practiced medicine in some of the most remote places in the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex

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#296 – Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West
June 21, 2022

#296 – Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West

Douglas Murray is an author and political commentator. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - BiOptimizers: http://www.magbreakthrough.

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#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism
June 17, 2022

#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism

Richard Wolff is a Marxist philosopher and economist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Skiff: https://skiff.org/lex to get early access - Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit - Onnit: https://lexfridman.

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#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest
June 15, 2022

#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest

Tony Fadell is an engineer and designer, co-creator of the iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat, and author of the new book Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making. Please support this podcast by checking out our sp...

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#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth
June 12, 2022

#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the…

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Calm: https://calm.com/lex to get 40% off - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.

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#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity
June 9, 2022

#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Hum…

Robin Hanson is a professor at George Mason University and researcher at Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex - Audible: https://audible.com/lex

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#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media
June 4, 2022

#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU and author of The Coddling of the American Mind, The Righteous Mind, and The Happiness Hypothesis. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Uncruise: https://uncruise.com/pages/lex

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#290 – Dan Reynolds: Imagine Dragons
May 30, 2022

#290 – Dan Reynolds: Imagine Dragons

Dan Reynolds is the lead singer of Imagine Dragons, one of the most popular bands in the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex - Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.

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#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine
May 25, 2022

#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine

Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex - Scale: https://scale.com/lex - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.

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#288 – Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan
May 23, 2022

#288 – Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan

Sarma Melngailis is a chef and restauranteur who was the subject of the Netflix documentary Bad Vegan: Fame, Fraud, Fugitives. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Mailgun: https://lexfridman.com/mailgun

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#287 – Bobby Lee: Comedy, Skyrim, Sex Robots, Love, Fame, and Power
May 20, 2022

#287 – Bobby Lee: Comedy, Skyrim, Sex Robots, Love, Fame, and Power

Bobby Lee is a comedian and co-host of TigerBelly and Bad Friends podcasts. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex - GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX - Linode: https://linode.

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#286 – Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine
May 17, 2022

#286 – Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine

Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations. His films include Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Scarface, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, W, Snowden, and documentaries where he has interview...

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#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture
May 14, 2022

#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Cultu…

Glenn Loury is a professor of economics and social sciences at Brown University, and a prominent podcaster and social critic who speaks and writes about race, inequality, and social policy. Please support this podcast by chec...

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#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics
May 11, 2022

#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics

Saifedean Ammous is an Austrian economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX - Scale: https://scale.com/lex

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#283 – Chris Mason: Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Survival in Space
May 8, 2022

#283 – Chris Mason: Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Surviva…

Chris Mason is a professor of genomics, physiology, and biophysics at Cornell, doing research on the long-term effects of space on the human body. He is the author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds. ...

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#282 – David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
May 4, 2022

#282 – David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences

David Buss is an evolutionary psychologist at UT Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology. His current research is on sex differences in mate selection, mate attraction, infidelity, and the em...

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#281 – Grimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity
April 29, 2022

#281 – Grimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity

Grimes is a musician, artist, singer, songwriter, producer, and director. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex - Novo: https://novo.co/lex - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex

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#280 – Cristiano Amon: Qualcomm CEO
April 27, 2022

#280 – Cristiano Amon: Qualcomm CEO

Cristiano Amon is the CEO of Qualcomm, world-leader in 5G wireless communication and computation systems inside premium Android phones and other robots. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Scale: https://scale.com/lex

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#279 – Alien Debate: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin
April 24, 2022

#279 – Alien Debate: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin

Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. Lee Cronin is a chemist. This is a conversation and debate about alien life and alien civilizations. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Uncruise: https://uncruise.

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#278 – Skye Fitzgerald: Hunger, War, and Human Suffering
April 20, 2022

#278 – Skye Fitzgerald: Hunger, War, and Human Suffering

Skye Fitzgerald is a two-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, his films include Hunger Ward, Lifeboat, and 50 Feet from Syria. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Notion: https://notion.

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