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Lex Fridman· Mar 20, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersAsk the Right Questions and Every Path Ends on the Middle FingerGuest Ryan Hall · Host Lex FridmanRyan Hall walks Lex Fridman through a finger game that always lands on the middle finger, then treats jiu-jitsu as a problem of systems, beliefs, and first principles.
3:16:29ENLex Fridman· Mar 13, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersSaagar Enjeti Thinks Washington Runs on Autopilot — and Nobody Is Playing ChessGuest Saagar Enjeti · Host Lex FridmanThe Rising co-host walks Lex Fridman through Hitler, the Oval Office, stimulus checks, conspiracy, Lenin, Shackleton, and why personnel is policy.
1:16:12ENLex Fridman· Jan 9, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersDan Gable Won the Olympics 57–0. He Still Talks About the Match He LostGuest Dan Gable · Host Lex FridmanThe Iowa wrestling legend on Russian technique, American toughness, the murder of his sister, and why he took the word choice out of his life.
2:59:53ENLex Fridman· Dec 6, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersFor Every Triumph, Many Souls Must Be TrampledGuest John Clarke · Host Lex FridmanJohn Clarke, Lex Fridman's jiu-jitsu coach, on why most people who train are not martial artists, and what excellence actually costs.
2:35:30ENLex Fridman· Nov 16, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersOn a Perfectly Flat Floor, Heights Still WorkGuest Andrew Huberman · Host Lex FridmanStanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman talks with Lex Fridman about fear circuits, matching inner arousal to outer demand, and why the first minutes after sleep should not belong to someone else's timeline.
2:23:38ENLex Fridman· Oct 4, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe Brain That Never Touches the WorldGuest Lisa Feldman Barrett · Host Lex FridmanNeuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett tells Lex Fridman why your skull is a dark box, why emotions are constructed like money, and why empathy is a metabolic bill.
3:56:24ENLex Fridman· Sep 8, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe Tic-Tac Knew We Were ThereGuest David Fravor · Host Lex FridmanNavy commander David Fravor tells Lex Fridman what four Super Hornet aircrew saw off the USS Nimitz in 2004, why he does not buy a secret human aircraft, and how an unexplained object never made anyone's to-do list.
1:10:16ENLex Fridman· May 15, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersMost People See the Black Dress. Stephen Schwarzman Sees the White Lint.Guest Stephen Schwarzman · Host Lex FridmanThe Blackstone co-founder on pattern recognition, why entrepreneurship is a team sport, and why the United States cannot afford to sleepwalk through AI.
37:49ENLex Fridman· Mar 21, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersYou cannot finish first in a game that has no finish lineGuest Simon Sinek · Host Lex FridmanSimon Sinek on finite versus infinite games, the legacy a career leaves, and why passion cannot be demanded.
17:19ENLex Fridman· Mar 17, 2020PodcastMoney Is a Game of Points: Vitalik Buterin on Coordination, Public Goods, and Quadratic FundingHost Lex FridmanVitalik Buterin explains money as a social point system, why value can survive without physical backing, and how quadratic funding tries to fix public-good underfunding.
20:44ENLex Fridman· Jan 5, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe Staff Job That Became a Dictatorship: Stalin's Improbable Road to PowerGuest Stephen Kotkin · Host Lex FridmanStephen Kotkin traces how war, revolution, contingency, and a new administrative post let Stalin build a personal dictatorship inside the Bolshevik regime.
1:37:22ENLex Fridman· Jan 3, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersLenin Wanted an Assistant. Stalin Built a DictatorshipGuest Stephen Kotkin · Host Lex FridmanPrinceton historian Stephen Kotkin talks with Lex Fridman about Stalin’s rise, Putin’s popularity, and why checks on power are a feature, not a bug.
1:30:20ENLex Fridman· Dec 2, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThe 1982 Crash Was the Best Thing That Happened to Ray DalioGuest Ray Dalio · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with the Bridgewater founder about truth, shapers, credit, AI, and why pain plus reflection equals progress.
14:55ENLex Fridman· Oct 29, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersKasparov on Deep Blue, AlphaZero, and Why Machines Win Closed Systems but Humans Still Choose the QuestionsGuest Garry Kasparov · Host Lex FridmanGarry Kasparov revisits the 1997 loss to Deep Blue, explains why machines beat humans in closed systems, and argues that the human role is to pick the right questions and not interfere with superior machine knowledge.
55:24ENLex Fridman· Oct 27, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThe Machine Has a Steady Hand: Garry Kasparov on Deep Blue, AlphaZero, and PutinGuest Garry Kasparov · Host Lex FridmanThe former world champion tells Lex Fridman why losing to IBM still hurt, why chess was never the peak of intellect, and why he lives in New York.
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Lenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersWin Where Rivals Say "Life's Too Short": Roger Martin on the Five Questions of StrategyGuest Roger Martin · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Playing to Win author walks through his strategy choice cascade, explains why differentiation or low cost is non-negotiable, and shows how to start fixing strategy one gap at a time.
1:09:54ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Context Makes the Irrational Rational: Bob Moesta's Guide to Jobs to Be DoneHost Lenny RachitskyBob Moesta explains how struggling moments create demand, how to interview customers like an investigator, and how to design products and sales processes around the progress people are trying to make.
1:28:40ENLenny's PodcastPodcastBuild First, Then Product Manage: Kevin Yien's Unorthodox PM PlaybookHost Lenny RachitskyKevin Yien shares contrarian PM lessons on starting as a builder, writing for clarity, decision logs, unsell emails, research automation and career resilience.
1:31:22ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Super IC Playbook: 12 Years of Product Leverage Without ManagementHost Lenny RachitskyTal Raviv explains why he stayed an individual-contributor PM for 12 years, how he uses AI and self-reliant teams to scale his impact, and what failure has taught him.
1:31:56ENLenny's PodcastPodcastGive Away Your Legos: Molly Graham's Handbook for Leading Through HypergrowthHost Lenny RachitskyMolly Graham walks through the frameworks she built at Google, Facebook, Quip and CZI, from giving away your Legos and the J-curve to the waterline model and six rules for goals.
1:32:09ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersImpact First: How Product Teams Escape the Low-Impact Death SpiralGuest Matt LeMay · Host Lenny RachitskyMatt LeMay explains why product teams must tie their work directly to business-critical outcomes, and the three steps for doing it whatever their company looks like.
1:41:43ENLenny's PodcastPodcastPumping Heat Into the Infinite Game: Tobi Lütke on First Principles and Human PotentialHost Lenny RachitskyShopify's founder explains how dissatisfaction with the status quo, long time horizons, and unquantifiable taste drive better products and companies.
1:21:01ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersMake It Explicit: Annie Duke on Deciding Better and Quitting SoonerGuest Annie Duke · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer poker champion Annie Duke explains how independent input, shorter feedback loops, pre-mortems with kill criteria and a willingness to quit improve decisions at companies and in life.
19:13ENLenny's PodcastPodcastJudgment Is the Craft: Robby Stein's Three-Chapter Playbook for Product Managers in the AI EraHost Lenny RachitskyGoogle Search's Robby Stein says a PM's core skill is decision making, and walks through how to understand people, diagnose root causes and polish the craft, with AI helping at each step.Load moreShowing 24 of 200