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1:56:28ENWill Larson: The Revised Rules of Engineering ManagementGuest Will Larson · Host Gergely OroszThe 2010s taught engineering managers never to make a technical decision again. Will Larson, CTO of Imprint and author of Staff Engineer, argues that era is over: managers who cannot get back into the work are in a career trap.
56:49ENAlfred Lin on Building in the AI Era: The Diffusion Gap, Founder Conviction, and Fire and IceAlfred Lin, Jason Zhang, Tanvir Bhathal · Sequoia CapitalAt Stanford AI Club, Sequoia’s Alfred Lin explains where he sees opportunity in AI and why learning, human understanding, and operating discipline still shape enduring companies.
3:12:58ENOne Cold Shower, Twenty Champions: How Khabib Nurmagomedov Was ForgedGuest Khabib Nurmagomedov · Host Lex FridmanIn a Makhachkala school gym, seventy men shared one shower, and the water was only cold.
1:41:58ENA thousand people on guard, a million in the sprintHost Nathan Labenz80,000 Hours founder Ben Todd on how to spend a career in the years when your impact on AI will actually peak.
5:10:12ENYou Don't Need a CFO to Make World of WarcraftGuest Jeff Kaplan · Host Lex FridmanJeff Kaplan traces the line from 6,000 hours of EverQuest to Overwatch's six-week origin, Titan's collapse, and a 34-person studio that refuses to hand the golden goose over.
1:50:28ENThe 87-Kilobyte Program Two Billion People Open Every MonthGuest Dave Plummer · Host Lex FridmanDave Plummer talks Lex Fridman through Task Manager, old-school Microsoft, and how an autistic mind actually works.
47:18ENThomas Dohmke on GitHub Copilot, Coding Agents, and the Future of SoftwareMatthew Berman, Thomas Dohmke · Forward FutureGitHub’s then-CEO explains how Copilot grew from code completion into agent workflows, why programming education still matters, and where he expects human review to remain essential.
3:29:02ENRobert Rodriguez: Sift the Ashes, Keep the Pipe Open, Don't BlinkGuest Robert Rodriguez · Host Lex FridmanThe director of El Mariachi, Desperado, Sin City, and Alita: Battle Angel tells Lex Fridman how limitation, failure, sound, and identity became his method.
1:13:06ZH → EnglishShi Hongjun: Bringing Charlie Munger to China—and Starting His Life Over Through MungerGuest 施宏俊 · Host 张小珺The Poor Charlie's Almanack has sold more than 1.15 million copies in China. Publisher Shi Hongjun reflects on the judgment behind that success, the golden age of publishing, and shifts in distribution. He also explains how Charlie Munger's ideas led him to leave management and start Munger Academy.
1:08:29ZH → EnglishColin on Corporate Infighting: When Competition Becomes a DrainGuest Colin · Host 张小珺Colin and Zhang Xiaojun examine strategy, rules, culture and individual choices to distinguish useful competition from internal waste.
1:47:18ENA Cannabis Clip Sat Quiet for a Year. Then It Hit X.Guest Andrew Huberman · Host Lex FridmanAndrew Huberman talks with Lex Fridman about online pile-ons, still minds, sharks, ayahuasca, and the slow work of picking who you eat with.
2:19:08ENHe 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.
1:05:52ENInfinite AI Interns Are Already on the JobHost Nathan LabenzNathan Labenz tells computer-science students how to stand out when models are beating doctors on routine work and firms are hiring fewer juniors.
1:50:08ENJeff Beck gave his signature solo to a 21-year-old bassistGuest Tal Wilkenfeld · Host Lex FridmanTal Wilkenfeld talks with Lex Fridman about Crossroads, Prince, Leonard Cohen, and why she would rather stand on the edge of a cliff than play it safe.
2:08:04ENThe First Time Bert Kreischer Tells a Joke, It's Already PerfectGuest Bert Kreischer · Host Lex FridmanThe comedian talks with Lex Fridman about Hemingway, Churchill, drinking, trust, and why he stopped trying to be a serious guy.
1:59:13ENSimone Giertz Spent Two and a Half Years on a Coat HangerGuest Simone Giertz · Host Lex FridmanThe inventor formerly known as the Queen of Shitty Robots talks with Lex Fridman about everyday objects, spectacular failure, a brain tumor, and why enthusiasm beats duty.
1:46:42ENDon't Sign a Fifty-Year Contract While High: Shannon Curry on Love, Contempt, and the Depp TrialGuest Shannon Curry · Host Lex FridmanThe clinical and forensic psychologist who evaluated Amber Heard talks with Lex Fridman about Gottman skills, modern dating, infidelity, courtroom terror, and what PTSD actually is.
2:50:03ENAll I see is silverGuest B-Team Jiu Jitsu · Host Lex FridmanCraig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan on winning, the Death Squad split, and why a brown belt still will not take a black belt.
1:52:15ENWhen Ginni Rometty Took IBM, Only Two in Ten Had the Skills the Future RequiredGuest Ginni Rometty · Host Lex FridmanThe former IBM CEO talks with Lex Fridman about changing a century-old company, hiring for curiosity, and using power without turning cold.
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.
2:57:24ENThe Skill a Child Learns Under a Tree Is How to Calibrate ViolenceGuest Chamath Palihapitiya · Host Lex FridmanChamath Palihapitiya talks with Lex Fridman about a violent childhood, money, poker, energy, startups, and why happiness is not behind the velvet rope.
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.
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.
2:21:28ENThe Seventh-Best Player in the World Is Still the SuckerGuest Daniel Negreanu · Host Lex FridmanDaniel Negreanu talks with Lex Fridman about tells, solvers, variance, and why finding the right table beats being ranked seventh.
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