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Lex Fridman· May 6, 2026Podcast · 2 speakersEvery Cycle Matters: The Volunteers Who Decode Almost All Internet VideoGuest FFmpeg · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Kieran Kunhya about FFmpeg, VLC, handwritten assembly, and the unpaid crew behind YouTube, Netflix, and a rover on Mars.
1:50:28ENLex Fridman· Aug 29, 2025Podcast · 2 speakersThe 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.
6:08:48ENLex Fridman· Jul 12, 2025Podcast · 2 speakersNobody Serious Believes Cookie Banners Help AnyoneGuest DHH · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with David Heinemeier Hansson for six hours about Ruby, Rails, AI, leaving the cloud, Apple's App Store, and why a small company can still refuse other people's money.
3:15:51ENLex Fridman· Nov 26, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersPython 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.
5:14:50ENLex Fridman· Aug 4, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersThe best programming language is the one you already useGuest John Carmack · Host Lex FridmanJohn Carmack talks with Lex Fridman about languages, id Software, VR, rockets, and why AGI might be tens of thousands of lines of code.
3:12:55ENLex Fridman· Oct 21, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe IQ required to destroy the world drops by one point every yearGuest George Hotz · Host Lex FridmanGeorge Hotz on Fermi's paradox, hacking the simulation, and teaching cars to drive with neural nets.
2:46:57ENLex Fridman· Oct 18, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersProgramming Languages Are Bicycles for the MindGuest Chris Lattner · Host Lex FridmanChris Lattner talks with Lex Fridman about Swift, LLVM, RISC-V, and why the next leap in computing is as much a language problem as a silicon one.
1:43:10ENLex Fridman· Jul 18, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersKen Thompson's Wife Left for Three Weeks. He Wrote Unix.Guest Brian Kernighan · Host Lex FridmanBrian Kernighan walks Lex Fridman through Bell Labs, C, AWK, AMPL, and a lifetime of tools that millions of people still run — including all of his mistakes.
1:45:56ENLex Fridman· Dec 30, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersPoint eight is enough: Donald Knuth on algorithms, TeX, and a life in one chairGuest Donald Knuth · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman visits Donald Knuth at home for a conversation about the IBM 650, geek brains, literate programming, The Art of Computer Programming, TeX, P versus NP, and a happiness budget of 80 percent.
1:20:09ENLex Fridman· Nov 29, 2018Podcast · 2 speakersStack Overflow Was Never Designed for BeginnersGuest Jeff Atwood · Host Lex FridmanOn Stack Overflow’s tenth birthday, Jeff Atwood talks with Lex Fridman about puzzles, leadership, Discourse, and why a software team’s health is how fast it can change one word.
1:26:44ENLex Fridman· Nov 22, 2018Podcast · 2 speakersHe raised Python like a child, then set it freeGuest Guido van Rossum · Host Lex FridmanIn a 2018 conversation with Lex Fridman, Guido van Rossum traces Python from electronics kits and Conway's Game of Life to the Thursday morning he resigned as benevolent dictator for life.
10:20ENLex FridmanPodcast · 2 speakersHow C++ Is Standardized: Votes, Consensus and the Move to a Three-Year Release CycleGuest Bjarne Stroustrup · Host Lex FridmanBjarne Stroustrup explains how the ISO committee works, why C++0x slipped to C++11, and how shorter cycles made C++14, C++17 and C++20 arrive on time.
10:24ENLex FridmanPodcast · 2 speakersConcepts: How C++ Finally Got Compile-Time Constraints on TemplatesGuest Bjarne Stroustrup · Host Lex FridmanBjarne Stroustrup explains what C++ concepts are, why they are real and shippable today, and why it took decades to get them right.
14:47ENLex FridmanPodcast · 2 speakersBuild Your Own Types: What Bjarne Stroustrup Learned from Simula, Fortran and LispGuest Bjarne Stroustrup · Host Lex FridmanThe creator of C++ traces how Simula's user-defined types shaped his language, and why he builds for constrained, long-lived systems.
17:32ENLex FridmanPodcastOver-Automating, Googling Doctors and Neural Nets: George Hotz Reviews Programming MemesHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman and George Hotz rate printed programming memes, and the jokes turn into candid talk about testing, hiring, social media and the power of neural networks.