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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.
3:17:34ENIndia will see eye to eye: Narendra Modi on fasting, democracy, and peaceGuest Narendra Modi · Host Lex FridmanAfter forty-five hours on water, Lex Fridman sits down with India's prime minister for a three-hour conversation on poverty, faith, war, and what holds a civilization together.
3:35:06ENThe 18-year-old who cannot remember America without TrumpGuest Saagar Enjeti · Host Lex FridmanSaagar Enjeti tells Lex Fridman why 2024 realigned the country along a college degree, and why MAGA is a rejection of cultural elitism rather than a policy program.
1:02:32ENThe More Important the Issue, the Less Anyone Discusses ItHost Lex FridmanBernie Sanders tells Lex Fridman why drug lobbyists, campaign cash, and a healthcare system built for profit keep the biggest American problems off the table.
1:04:17ENTrump Tells Lex Fridman the Stick Usually WinsHost Lex FridmanDays before debating Kamala Harris, the former president talked winning, Ukraine, the 2020 election, and the border chart he still carries.
1:54:17ENMetaculus Flagged Covid in January 2020. Now It Is Putting AI on the Forecasting DeskHost Nathan LabenzNathan Labenz talks with Metaculus CEO Deger Turan about epistemic security, a year-long bot tournament, and why a useful forecast is harder than an accurate one.
3:04:08ENWalk the Rooms: Ivanka Trump on Building, Politics, and the Cost of Hitting SendGuest Ivanka Trump · Host Lex FridmanIn 1960s Czechoslovakia, a 14-year-old ski racer came home from Austria and reported first to the local police — enough detail to be believed, not enough to look like a flight risk.
2:27:51ENNeil Adams Still Wakes in a Sweat From an Olympic Final He Cannot ReachGuest Neil Adams · Host Lex FridmanThe judo world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist talks with Lex Fridman about Moscow, Los Angeles, the luxury of danger, and why a real champion is the one who does the right thing when they lose.
1:50:42ENThe List Never Became Routine: Tulsi Gabbard on War, Power, and the Six-Minute DecisionGuest Tulsi Gabbard · Host Lex FridmanA combat veteran and former congresswoman walks Lex Fridman through Iraq’s casualty lists, the military-industrial revolving door, Ukraine, a bill that is not about TikTok, and what a president must do in six minutes.
3:32:44ENWhen a Company Fails, Blame the Board: Bill Ackman on Value, Harvard, and a Journalist With a PenGuest Bill Ackman · Host Lex FridmanThe Pershing Square founder walks Lex Fridman from Benjamin Graham's Mr. Market through activist battles, campus ideology, and a looming fight with Business Insider.
2:20:04ENShapiro vs Destiny: Two Questions That Never MeetHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman sits Ben Shapiro and Destiny down for a long-delayed debate on liberalism, Trump, Gaza, Ukraine, January 6, and whether history is allowed to go backward.
2:09:09ENA Fight Is Not a Fight Until There Is Something to OvercomeGuest Teddy Atlas · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman came to talk boxing with Teddy Atlas and stayed for a story about loyalty, fear, and the night Cus D'Amato chose Mike Tyson.
2:11:32ENThere Are a Thousand Ways to Be Smart: Jeff Bezos on Amazon and the Road to SpaceGuest Jeff Bezos · Host Lex FridmanIn a two-hour conversation with Lex Fridman, the Amazon founder talks through ranch self-reliance, New Glenn, Day One culture, and why he treats large language models as discoveries.
3:48:39ENTwo million hostages, and a peace process that paid both sides to failGuest Jared Kushner · Host Lex FridmanTwo days after a long talk on Middle East peace, Lex Fridman sat down with Jared Kushner again to face Hamas’s October 7 attack.
2:28:37ENThe Marshals Came for an Underground City. RFK Jr. Still Wants a President Who Can Say NoGuest Robert F. Kennedy Jr · Host Lex FridmanOn Independence Day 2023, Lex Fridman sat with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for two and a half hours on Cuba, Ukraine, the CIA, pharma, and why the shopping cart still has to go back.
2:19:00ENLess Impressed, More Involved: Matthew McConaughey on Messy Love and a Live LifeGuest Matthew McConaughey · Host Lex FridmanThe Oscar-winning actor talks with Lex Fridman about his parents' violent romance, the death of his father, green lights, and why some wounds should be kicked off the curb.
4:27:46ENHalf a Million Girls in Wells, and We Still Change the ChannelGuest Sam Harris · Host Lex FridmanSam Harris tells Lex Fridman why emotional contagion is a bad moral compass, why Trump broke norms more than laws, and why Twitter, COVID, and AGI all look like failures of seriousness.
2:10:17ENEmpathy without agreement: Chris Voss on talking to kidnappers and anyone elseGuest Chris Voss · Host Lex FridmanThe former FBI hostage negotiator tells Lex Fridman why feelings, not reason, close deals — and why “that’s right” is the sentence he hunts for.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
4:15:34ENHe defended Bush in the school paper. Then they called him the Ben Shapiro of the leftGuest Destiny · Host Lex FridmanSteven Bonnell, the live-stream debater known as Destiny, tells Lex Fridman how he thinks, how he researches, and why a carpet-cleaning job flipped his politics.
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