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Lex Fridman· Apr 17, 2024Podcast · 2 speakersThe Pirahã Have No Word for OneGuest Edward Gibson · Host Lex FridmanMIT psycholinguist Ted Gibson tells Lex Fridman why related words sit together, why language is not thought, and why large language models ace form while missing meaning.
2:31:58ENLex Fridman· Sep 24, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersCancel culture has already outpaced the Red Scare, Greg Lukianoff arguesGuest Greg Lukianoff · Host Lex FridmanThe FIRE president tells Lex Fridman why Harvard scored below zero on campus free speech, how left and right built rhetorical fortresses, and why “hate speech” remains censorship’s most successful brand.
3:44:36ENLex Fridman· Sep 17, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersDisconnection Happens Slowly, Then All at OnceGuest James Sexton · Host Lex FridmanDivorce attorney James Sexton tells Lex Fridman why marriages fail, how small kindnesses and hidden selves undo them, and why people keep betting on love anyway.
3:31:03ENLex Fridman· May 6, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersAsk for the Definition First: David Pakman on Labels, Trump, and a Tweet He Should Have Left UpGuest David Pakman · Host Lex FridmanThe progressive host sits with Lex Fridman for a long walk through political words, Trump versus Biden, January 6th, and why most of his own show sits at the top of the information food pyramid.
1:46:42ENLex Fridman· Mar 21, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersDon'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.
2:10:17ENLex Fridman· Mar 10, 2023Podcast · 2 speakersEmpathy 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.
4:15:34ENLex Fridman· Nov 11, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersHe 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.
1:59:43ENLex Fridman· Jun 28, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersFavorite happy songs get 175 plays. The sad ones get 800.Guest Susan Cain · Host Lex FridmanSusan Cain talks with Lex Fridman about introvert energy, bittersweet creativity, and why the longing itself is the cure.
3:08:32ENLex Fridman· Mar 4, 2021Podcast · 2 speakersNinety Minutes With the Door Shut: Cal Newport on Deep Work, Email, and a Life Built for the Worst CaseGuest Cal Newport · Host Lex FridmanThe Georgetown computer scientist talks with Lex Fridman about attention, digital minimalism, a world without email, and why relationships are the only honest worst-case analysis.
1:19:11ENLex Fridman· Sep 26, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersJoe Rogan Spent Seven Hours on an EllipticalGuest Joe Rogan · Host Lex FridmanIn a 2020 conversation with Lex Fridman, he talks through death, a country already at an eight, and the lock he built around a competitive demon that never left.
17:11ENLex FridmanPodcastDisagreement as an Art: How Lex Fridman Handles Negative CommentsHost Lex FridmanIn an AMA answer, Lex Fridman explains how he separates respectful disagreement from mockery and how he turns the sting of criticism into a lesson.