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57:33ENHugo Barra on Hardware, Product Storytelling and Building TeamsGuest Hugo Barra · Host Harry StebbingsThe former Android, Xiaomi and Oculus leader explains why hardware demands conviction, how he studies customer needs and what he looks for when hiring.
5:42ENJane Street’s Trading Interview: What to ExpectMichael, Megan · Jane StreetA trader and a recruiter explain the interview stages, how to approach open-ended questions and what the firm says it looks for.
2:13ENInterns Describe Jane Street's 2022 Internship ProgramElla, Sandor Lehoczky · Jane StreetParticipants reflect on learning, project ownership, colleagues, and discovering possible career paths during their internships.
4:11ENInside Production Engineering at Jane StreetMark, Liora Friedberg, Joseph · Jane StreetThree engineers describe the balance between resolving live issues and building software that makes support more effective.
25:42ENGraham and Andrea Work Through a Trading Mock InterviewMichael, Graham, Andrea · Jane StreetA 20-sided die game shows how a trading interview can develop through clarification, quantitative estimates and collaborative problem-solving.
53:50ENBrian Armstrong on Coinbase, Leadership and the 2022 Crypto DownturnGuest Brian Armstrong · Host Harry StebbingsThe Coinbase CEO discusses company culture, risk, product launches and regulation in an interview published on November 7, 2022.
2:31:25ENThe Best Protection Against Evil Is Recognizing It in YourselfGuest Ben Shapiro · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with Ben Shapiro about antisemitism, the collapse of democracies, Twitter, Trump and Biden, Ukraine, faith, and why being good is harder than being great.
3:19:25ENPutin Is Rational in His Own Context. Fiona Hill Spent a Lifetime Learning ItGuest Fiona Hill · Host Lex FridmanThe Durham miner's daughter who advised three U.S. presidents tells Lex Fridman how a collapsing coalfield, a Donbas scholarship, and the 2019 impeachment circus taught her to read Vladimir Putin — and why the West keeps missing him.
52:25ENMichael Mauboussin on Luck, Investment Process and Valuing Uncertain BusinessesGuest Michael Mauboussin · Host Harry StebbingsThe Counterpoint Global researcher explains how to separate outcomes from decisions, make room for dissent, and think about future cash flows in venture investing.
17:25ENWhy the Borwein Integral Pattern BreaksMoving averages and Fourier transforms explain why a sequence stays at π until it falls just short.
55:52ENRafael Ilishayev on Gopuff’s 2022 Profitability Plan and Delivery EconomicsGuest Rafael Ilishayev · Host Harry StebbingsGopuff’s cofounder discusses margins, batching, retention and the choices behind a 2024 profitability target as instant-delivery funding tightens.
3:05:57ENWomen, Life, Freedom: Why Iran's Youngest Generation Has Broken With the Islamic RepublicGuest Abbas Amanat · Host Lex FridmanYale historian Abbas Amanat traces the Mahsa Amini protests through a century of Iranian revolutions, the 1953 CIA coup, and a theocracy that had never existed before.
49:32ENBrian Singerman on Venture Pricing, Founder Selection and AndurilGuest Brian Singerman · Host Harry StebbingsThe Founders Fund partner discusses his investing approach in the October 2022 downturn, cross-fund investments and the difficulty of finding new companies.
3:28:47ENKarpathy Calls Trained Neural Nets Complicated Alien ArtifactsGuest Andrej Karpathy · Host Lex FridmanOn Lex Fridman's podcast, Andrej Karpathy refuses the brain analogy, walks the Fermi paradox through Nick Lane's chemistry, and treats the Transformer as a general-purpose differentiable computer.
0:55ENDrew Houston on Dropbox’s Growth and SetbacksGuest Drew Houston · Host Harry StebbingsThe Dropbox co-founder recalls competition and public failures.
58:09ENVaibhav Sahgal on Connecting Users to Value and Building Growth TeamsGuest Vaibhav Sahgal · Host Harry StebbingsThe Reddit product leader shares lessons from Zynga on user research, protecting channels, hiring growth leaders and validating ideas before engineering them.
28:48ENRishi Sunak on Talent, Investment and Policy Trade-Offs in 2021Guest Rishi Sunak · Host Harry StebbingsIn an interview recorded while he was chancellor, Sunak discusses startup-inspired policymaking, immigration proposals, the Future Fund and the limits of government action.
1:19:15ENEmil Michael on Negotiations, Uber and Building Through a DownturnGuest Emil Michael · Host Harry StebbingsThe former Uber executive recounts Tellme and Uber deals, offers negotiation lessons and discusses leadership and venture investing in 2022.
2:26:29ENYe said schools should teach only engineering. Then he spent an hour rewriting history.Host Lex FridmanOn Lex Fridman’s podcast in October 2022, the artist formerly known as Kanye West talked design, family, and a theory about Jewish control that the host would not let stand.
1:00:38ENKyle Harrison on Venture Differentiation, Community and the Cost of Optimistic ValuationsGuest Kyle Harrison · Host Harry StebbingsThe Contrary partner discusses lessons from several firms, the pressure on undifferentiated investors, and how market corrections changed his own valuation thinking.
7:47:52ENYou Cannot Peacefully Start a New Government. Balaji Thinks That Is the Bug.Guest Balaji Srinivasan · Host Lex FridmanIn a seven-hour conversation with Lex Fridman, Balaji Srinivasan traces a single thread from the prime-number maze to network states, Wikipedia, the FDA, and crypto property rights.
0:40ENLauren Schwartz on Interviewing Sales CandidatesGuest Lauren Schwartz · Host Harry StebbingsA sales leader recommends specific, evidence-focused questions.
50:41ENLauren Schwartz on Hiring Salespeople and Building an Enterprise Sales TeamGuest Lauren Schwartz · Host Harry StebbingsThe Fivetran enterprise sales leader discusses customer discovery, early hires, onboarding, deal reviews and aligning incentives with customer outcomes.
2:48:42ENThe Forty Games Hikaru Nakamura Still Calls a MistakeGuest Hikaru Nakamura · Host Lex FridmanThe world's top blitz player on a 1 a.m. hotel match with Magnus Carlsen, Kasparov's Berlin files, and why "I literally don't care" is a livelihood, not a meme.
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