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Lex Fridman· Jun 5, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersHe Asked to Vanish from the Poster. The Second Time, Hollywood Did It for HimGuest Kevin Spacey · Host Lex FridmanKevin Spacey talks with Lex Fridman about Se7en, American Beauty, House of Cards, the 2017 allegations, and a father whose study held a Nazi flag.
2:15:39ENLex Fridman· Jun 2, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersRoman Yampolskiy Puts Superintelligent Ruin at 99.99 PercentGuest Roman Yampolskiy · Host Lex FridmanThe AI safety researcher tells Lex Fridman that controlling AGI is as impossible as a perpetual motion machine, and that tests, open source, and regulation cannot close the gap.
3:10:49ENLex Fridman· May 25, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersMemory Is Not a Replay: Charan Ranganath on Forgetting, Imagination, and False MemoriesGuest Charan Ranganath · Host Lex FridmanA UC Davis neuroscientist explains why the brain is a cheap prediction machine — and why forgetting is how memory works.
4:01:52ENLex Fridman· May 15, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersPaul Rosolie: The Amazon Is a Machine of Death, and Every Heartbeat in It Is Worth SavingGuest Paul Rosolie · Host Lex FridmanDeep in the Peruvian rainforest, the naturalist talks snakes, anacondas, uncontacted tribes, ayahuasca, and why he would rather protect this forest than look for aliens.
2:35:24ENLex Fridman· Apr 22, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersThe Equation Was Smarter Than EinsteinGuest Sean Carroll · Host Lex FridmanSean Carroll tells Lex Fridman why general relativity is the most beautiful theory in physics, and why its equation predicted black holes, gravitational waves, and the Big Bang before anyone, including Einstein, understood them.
2:27:51ENLex Fridman· Apr 20, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersNeil Adams Still Wakes in a Sweat From an Olympic Final He Cannot ReachGuest Neil Adams · Host Lex FridmanThe judo world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist talks with Lex Fridman about Moscow, Los Angeles, the luxury of danger, and why a real champion is the one who does the right thing when they lose.
2:50:44ENLex Fridman· Apr 17, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersThe Pirahã Have No Word for OneGuest Edward Gibson · Host Lex FridmanMIT psycholinguist Ted Gibson tells Lex Fridman why related words sit together, why language is not thought, and why large language models ace form while missing meaning.
2:51:59ENLex Fridman· Apr 13, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersWhat's on Your Mind: Andrew Callaghan's Gonzo Tour of the American EdgeGuest Andrew Callaghan · Host Lex FridmanThe Channel 5 host tells Lex Fridman how a three-word question, a 70-day hitchhike, and a Molotov on Lake Street turned comedy bits into a beat at the margins.
2:43:13ENLex Fridman· Apr 5, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersThirty-Three Minutes He Cannot RememberGuest Bassem Youssef · Host Lex FridmanComedian Bassem Youssef tells Lex Fridman why he walked into a Piers Morgan interview he expected to lose, and what Gaza, satire, and power look like from there.
1:50:42ENLex Fridman· Apr 2, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersThe List Never Became Routine: Tulsi Gabbard on War, Power, and the Six-Minute DecisionGuest Tulsi Gabbard · Host Lex FridmanA combat veteran and former congresswoman walks Lex Fridman through Iraq’s casualty lists, the military-industrial revolving door, Ukraine, a bill that is not about TikTok, and what a president must do in six minutes.
2:13:15ENLex Fridman· Mar 29, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersHe Sold Garbage Bags at 12. The Pitch Hasn't Changed.Guest Mark Cuban · Host Lex FridmanMark Cuban tells Lex Fridman that selling is helping, a billion requires luck, DEI is not a mind virus, and drug prices stay high because three middlemen hide the math.
1:30:20ENLex Fridman· Mar 25, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersDana White Built the UFC From What He Loved — and Hated — About BoxingGuest Dana White · Host Lex FridmanThe UFC president tells Lex Fridman how a $2 million bargain, a jiu-jitsu mat, and a lifetime of fight-fan grudges became a global sport.
3:07:27ENLex Fridman· Mar 22, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersFive Billion Dead, and One Person Has Six MinutesGuest Annie Jacobsen · Host Lex FridmanAnnie Jacobsen walks Lex Fridman from a second-by-second nuclear exchange to CIA secrecy, Area 51, and why she still wants the word “could” kept in the sentence.
1:55:10ENLex Fridman· Mar 18, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersSam Altman Expects the Road to AGI to Be a Power StruggleGuest Sam Altman · Host Lex FridmanOn a Friday afternoon in November 2023, OpenAI's board fired its CEO. Four and a half days later he was back, still refusing super-voting control.
4:57:15ENLex Fridman· Mar 14, 2024PodcastThe Same Archive, Four Meanings: Finkelstein, Morris, Rabbani and Destiny Debate Israel and PalestineHost Lex FridmanA nearly five-hour Lex Fridman debate in which four opposed voices argue over 1948, October 7, Gaza, and whether any peace is still possible.
1:47:08ENLex Fridman· Mar 10, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersKimbal Musk Cooks So People Will Sit DownGuest Kimbal Musk · Host Lex FridmanThe chef, Tesla board member, and author of The Kitchen Cookbook talks with Lex Fridman about apartheid South Africa, a broken neck, Zip2, and why a table beats a nightclub.
2:47:17ENLex Fridman· Mar 7, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersIf You Want Human-Level AI, Abandon Generative ModelsGuest Yann Lecun · Host Lex FridmanYann LeCun tells Lex Fridman why autoregressive LLMs cannot plan, remember, or understand the physical world — and why open source is the only democratic answer.
3:20:00ENLex Fridman· Mar 4, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersThe last empire is still falling: Serhii Plokhy on Ukraine, Russia, and 1991Guest Serhii Plokhy · Host Lex FridmanHarvard historian Serhii Plokhy tells Lex Fridman why the war in Ukraine is the unfinished collapse of the Russian Empire — not a sudden break with history.
3:04:22ENLex Fridman· Feb 27, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersA Ten-Page Memo Told Tucker Carlson Not to Interview PutinGuest Tucker Carlson · Host Lex FridmanAfter eight days in Moscow, Carlson tells Lex Fridman why he let Vladimir Putin talk, what Navalny’s death does and does not prove, and why he thinks Washington is blocking a settlement in Ukraine.
3:32:44ENLex Fridman· Feb 20, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersWhen a Company Fails, Blame the Board: Bill Ackman on Value, Harvard, and a Journalist With a PenGuest Bill Ackman · Host Lex FridmanThe Pershing Square founder walks Lex Fridman from Benjamin Graham's Mr. Market through activist battles, campus ideology, and a looming fight with Business Insider.
1:43:47ENLex Fridman· Feb 16, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersYou Have to Run Before You Can Walk: Marc Raibert on Making Metal Look AliveGuest Marc Raibert · Host Lex FridmanThe Boston Dynamics founder tells Lex Fridman why aggressive hopping beat cautious walking, how 109 Atlas falls became a method, and why robots still need a second kind of intelligence.
2:22:18ENLex Fridman· Feb 1, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersOur Palestinian Casualties Are Always Your FootnotesGuest Omar Suleiman · Host Lex FridmanImam Omar Suleiman tells Lex Fridman that October 7 was a predictable explosion of occupation, and that justice means ending apartheid rather than managing it with kindness.
2:20:04ENLex Fridman· Jan 23, 2024PodcastShapiro vs Destiny: Two Questions That Never MeetHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman sits Ben Shapiro and Destiny down for a long-delayed debate on liberalism, Trump, Gaza, Ukraine, January 6, and whether history is allowed to go backward.
6:00:54ENLex Fridman· Jan 17, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersThe First Crime Was a Bottle of Wite-OutGuest Matthew Cox · Host Lex FridmanMatthew Cox walks Lex Fridman through how a 29-year-old broker's tiny lie became synthetic identities, fake banks, a three-year FBI manhunt, and 13 years in federal prison.Load moreShowing 24 of 640