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Lex Fridman· Apr 20, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersStarvation Is a Weapon. Skye Fitzgerald Still Puts the Camera Down.Guest Skye Fitzgerald · Host Lex FridmanNearly 811 million people are hungry today, and 45 million stand at the edge of famine across 43 countries — while the food to feed them already exists.
2:04:16ENLex Fridman· Apr 10, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersPlease Don't Say That: Rick Rubin on Protecting the Room Where Art HappensGuest Rick Rubin · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with the producer about listening blank, ruthless editing, Johnny Cash's "Hurt," and why a compliment can break a session.
2:48:27ENLex Fridman· Apr 3, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersMost Rivals Loathe Each Other in PeaceGuest Chris Blattman · Host Lex FridmanUniversity of Chicago economist Chris Blattman tells Lex Fridman why prolonged violence is rare, costly, and usually a bargaining failure — recorded in the fifth week of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
2:00:13ENLex Fridman· Feb 26, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersHalf of America Dislikes Him. Zuckerberg Still Wants Presence, Not ScreensGuest Mark Zuckerberg · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman sits with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on virtual presence, Instagram's teen research, free speech, and why every content decision costs the company half the country.
2:59:02ENLex Fridman· Jan 30, 2022PodcastWhen the Answers Are Already Known, Look Where Everyone Stopped LookingHost Lex FridmanGeorges St-Pierre, John Danaher, and Gordon Ryan sit with Lex Fridman to unpack success, confidence, training, and why the greatest of all time may not even be born yet.
2:16:40ENLex Fridman· Jan 26, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersEach Blockbuster Is a Startup. The Chocolate River Kills It.Guest Thomas Tull · Host Lex FridmanThomas Tull tells Lex Fridman how a novice raised institutional capital for Hollywood, then applied the same judgment to AI, mammoths, the Steelers, and a Rolling Stones tour.
3:23:42ENLex Fridman· Dec 31, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersBeauty will save the world — Michael Malice's New Year's case for hopeGuest Michael Malice · Host Lex FridmanOn New Year's Eve 2021, Lex Fridman and Michael Malice talk through Dostoevsky, evil, Austin, anarchism, and why a cheap GoBot on a Brooklyn shelf still counts as proof.
1:32:38ENLex Fridman· Dec 25, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersRay Dalio’s Big Cycle: Empires Fall When They Get Rich, Indebted, and at War With ThemselvesGuest Ray Dalio · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio about the 500-year rise and fall of reserve-currency empires, the U.S.–China contest, and the personal recipes that outlast any cycle.
1:08:04ENLex Fridman· Dec 18, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersBreakthroughs Run on Speed. Trust Runs on Patience.Guest Albert Bourla · Host Lex FridmanPfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks with Lex Fridman about the November 2020 unblinding, a $2.3 billion all-in bet, and why a historic vaccine still divided the public.
55:02ENLex Fridman· Nov 30, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersThe Day After Olympic Gold, Tom Brands Mowed the LawnGuest Tom Brands · Host Lex FridmanIowa's head wrestling coach tells Lex Fridman why hatred of losing, extra rope climbs, and a lockstep staff built both a champion and a program.
2:42:47ENLex Fridman· Nov 28, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersThe Invasion Was a MistakeGuest Robert Crews · Host Lex FridmanStanford historian Robert Crews on why Afghanistan was never the center of 9/11, what Bin Laden actually wrote, and how four presidents stayed on the highway until the tank ran dry.
2:41:13ENLex Fridman· Nov 8, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersThe Minefield Used to Be the Point: Niall Ferguson on Universities, Money, and 1914Guest Niall Ferguson · Host Lex FridmanThe historian tells Lex Fridman why he is founding a university in Austin, why money is a technology of trust, and which cabinet decision turned a European war into the twentieth century.
1:26:53ENLex Fridman· Nov 5, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersFrancis Collins Cannot Exclude a Lab LeakGuest Francis Collins · Host Lex FridmanThe outgoing NIH director talks with Lex Fridman about COVID origins, gain-of-function research, Anthony Fauci, vaccines, and why scientific certainty is the wrong pose.
2:23:08ENLex Fridman· Oct 31, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersHate Losing More Than You Love Winning: Jimmy Pedro on Forging Judo ChampionsGuest Jimmy Pedro · Host Lex FridmanThe four-time Olympian and coach of Kayla Harrison and Travis Stevens on uchi mata, visualization, and why American judo loses its teenagers at thirteen.
1:46:47ENLex Fridman· Oct 29, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersA Perfect Rapid Test Would Fail the FDA. Michael Mina Explains Why That Is the PointGuest Michael Mina · Host Lex FridmanThe Harvard immunologist tells Lex Fridman that paper-strip antigen tests answer the only public-health question that matters—are you infectious right now—and that one presidential sentence could unlock them.
3:42:43ENLex Fridman· Sep 20, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersHe Fought for Eight Minutes and Didn't Get a Single VoteGuest Travis Stevens · Host Lex FridmanTravis Stevens on judo, Olympic heartbreak, weight cutting as engineering, and the silver medal that arrived after he stopped treating winning as a goal.
2:22:55ENLex Fridman· Aug 23, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersLIGO measures a thousandth of a proton — then a thousand physicists stayed quiet for a monthGuest Barry Barish · Host Lex FridmanNobel laureate Barry Barish tells Lex Fridman how gravitational waves were predicted, doubted, and finally heard with the most precise machine ever built.
2:42:57ENLex Fridman· Aug 3, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersThe Thousand-Pound Day Was Easy. The Years Before It Were Not.Guest Chris Duffin · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with strength athlete and engineer Chris Duffin about squatting and deadlifting 1,000 pounds for reps, stacking the torso like a pressure vessel, and a childhood spent handling live rattlesnakes.
1:44:54ENLex Fridman· Jul 23, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersIf the meat needs a sauce, start over with the animalGuest Anya Fernald · Host Lex FridmanBelcampo co-founder Anya Fernald tells Lex Fridman why cooking is service, why "grass-fed" is an unregulated word, and why regenerative grazing cannot scale without human attention.
1:57:38ENLex Fridman· Jul 4, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersThe Best Leadership Uses the Least ForceGuest Jocko Willink · Host Lex FridmanRetired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink talks with Lex Fridman about just war, ego, Musk and Jobs, 4 a.m. discipline, and what jiu jitsu taught him about command.
2:08:47ENLex Fridman· Apr 29, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersLincoln Made Politics an Art. The Modern Presidency Made It a Superpower.Guest Jeremi Suri · Host Lex FridmanHistorian Jeremi Suri talks with Lex Fridman about Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kissinger, and why power in a republic is meant to be held only in trust.
1:50:49ENLex Fridman· Apr 12, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersYannis Pappas on Power, Death, and Why Love Is an ActionGuest Yannis Pappas · Host Lex FridmanThe comedian and History Hyenas co-host talks with Lex Fridman about mortality, con men, the Battle of Crete, and the hard currency of being stubbornly yourself.
1:50:31ENLex Fridman· Mar 22, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersHarvard Would Not Renew Him. Ronald Sullivan Would Not Resign.Guest Ronald Sullivan · Host Lex FridmanThe Harvard Law professor on why he took Harvey Weinstein’s case, what universities owe students, and why even the most hated defendant still gets a lawyer.
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.Load moreShowing 24 of 267