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55:47ZH → EnglishNeural Corpus Indexer: Generating Document IDs for RetrievalFrom inverted indexes and two-tower retrieval to NCI’s semantic document IDs, including the corrected data leakage and deployment bottlenecks.
53:50ENBartosz Milewski: A Taste of Type TheoryBartosz Milewski · Reliable SoftwareFrom recursive natural numbers and dependent vectors to identity types and path induction.
58:18ENHadi Partovi on Leadership, Hiring and Teaching Computer ScienceGuest Hadi Partovi · Host Harry StebbingsThe Code.org founder draws on Microsoft, Facebook and startup experience to discuss decision-making, talent and an education system adapting to technology.
1:08:53ENMaggie Hott on Building Enterprise Sales and Hiring the First RepsGuest Maggie Hott · Host Harry StebbingsThe Webflow sales leader explains how to combine self-serve adoption with sales, build outbound and evaluate candidates.
3:40:53ENThe White Pill: See How Bad It Got, Then Keep Going AnywayGuest Michael Malice · Host Lex FridmanOn a Lex Fridman Christmas special, Michael Malice talks through The White Pill — why 19th-century socialism looked scientific and humane, why violence sings its own song, and why cynics who call themselves realists are lying.
58:38ENBen Chestnut on Building Mailchimp, Selling to Intuit and Finding ContentmentGuest Ben Chestnut · Host Harry StebbingsThe Mailchimp co-founder recounts a bootstrapped journey from web design to email marketing, and reflects on leadership, family and life after a sale.
4:05:21ENThe men who trained Mexico's new police later became the ZetasGuest Ed Calderon · Host Lex FridmanEd Calderon tells Lex Fridman what counter-narcotics work in Tijuana taught him about corruption, cartels, and why honesty can be a liability.
1:00:49ENBob Pittman on MTV, iHeartMedia and the Discipline of Consumer BusinessesGuest Bob Pittman · Host Harry StebbingsThe media executive discusses dissent, fast decisions, convenience and the economics behind radio and podcasts.
0:36ENMarty Cagan on Recruiting With a Compelling VisionGuest Marty CaganA short interview excerpt and its context.
3:46:18ENA Ten-Billion-Dollar Error Bar on Other People's MoneyGuest Coffeezilla · Host Lex FridmanYouTube investigator Coffeezilla walks Lex Fridman through how Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX turned a low-risk story into a customer-asset casino.
1:07:17ENMarty Cagan on Product Discovery, Hiring and Empowered TeamsGuest Marty Cagan · Host Harry StebbingsThe Silicon Valley Product Group founder explains how product teams test risk, learn from customers and develop the skills to own outcomes.
2:29:21ENThe Poker Bot That Never Tried to Read a SoulGuest Noam Brown · Host Lex FridmanNoam Brown tells Lex Fridman how a Nash-equilibrium bot crushed heads-up no-limit Hold'em, how Pluribus did it six-handed, and why Diplomacy required an AI that could earn human trust.
1:05:07ENMartin Casado on Building Markets and Rethinking Venture CapitalGuest Martin Casado · Host Harry StebbingsThe a16z general partner explains how an engineer became an investor, why founders need patient category-building, and how venture firms might scale.
1:00:19ENWilliam Hockey on Plaid, Column and Building Financial InfrastructureGuest William Hockey · Host Harry StebbingsThe Plaid co-founder explains why he started a regulated bank, how he thinks about patient hiring and what he expects from the next decade of fintech.
2:59:33ENRoger Gracie Cleared His Mind, Conserved Every Move, and Refused to Be Number TwoGuest Roger Gracie · Host Lex FridmanThe ten-time world champion walks Lex Fridman through the Buchecha rematch, why tapping is intelligence, and how a late-starting chubby kid decided to become the best in the world.
1:16:12ENJason Lemkin on Finding SaaS Investments, Founder Feedback and the Algolia BetGuest Jason Lemkin · Host Harry StebbingsThe SaaStr founder revisits an early investment in Algolia and explains how operator experience, honest competitive analysis and difficult conversations shape his venture practice.
2:44:52ENDon't Try to Pen Them In: Todd Howard on Skyrim, Starfield, and Accidental DoorsGuest Todd Howard · Host Lex FridmanThe Bethesda Game Studios director on saying yes to players, leaving a test cell full of every weapon, and why Starfield's empty planets are the point.
1:16:00ENMiki Kuusi on Building Wolt, Leading Through Crisis and Joining DoorDashGuest Miki Kuusi · Host Harry StebbingsThe Wolt founder discusses focus, hiring, trust, the painful 2017 layoffs and why he chose to combine with DoorDash.
49:22ENJeffrey Katzenberg and Sujay Jaswa on Quibi, Talent and Building WndrCoGuest Jeffrey Katzenberg, Sujay Jaswa · Host Harry StebbingsThe WndrCo co-founders discuss what they learned from Dropbox, DreamWorks and Quibi, and debate hiring and the role of in-person work.
3:15:51ENPython Is a Recipe Written for Two ReadersGuest Guido van Rossum · Host Lex FridmanGuido van Rossum on CPython’s 3.11 speedups, indentation, the GIL, and why a 4.0 would hurt extensions more than syntax.
2:56:02ENThe FBI Never Cracked a Password the Day They Took Silk RoadGuest Chris Tarbell · Host Lex FridmanFormer agent Chris Tarbell tells Lex Fridman how a timezone setting, a Gmail address, and an undercover admin brought down Ross Ulbricht — and why the best hackers are still out there.
1:24:20ENSemil Shah on Fund Size, LP Relationships and the Discipline of Seed InvestingGuest Semil Shah · Host Harry StebbingsHaystack’s founder explains how fund economics shape ownership, why investor relationships matter, and what he learned from mistakes and missed deals.
41:05ENOana Olteanu on What Founders Should Expect From Their InvestorsGuest Oana Olteanu · Host Harry StebbingsThe SignalFire partner explains how to assess VC support, run more useful boards and build inclusive hiring pipelines.
4:11:06ENThe climate problem is real. The 12-year asteroid story is not.Host Lex FridmanBjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin tell Lex Fridman why vulnerability, cheaper tons of carbon, and energy innovation matter more than apocalyptic deadlines.
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