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Lex Fridman Podcast

Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.

#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream

03 November 2021

3:19:01

#236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions

31 October 2021

2:30:32

#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing

29 October 2021

1:53:50

#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality

27 October 2021

3:45:26

#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society

23 October 2021

1:16:47

#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning

20 October 2021

1:52:11

#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights

16 October 2021

2:40:35

#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love

14 October 2021

#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution

10 October 2021

#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death

05 October 2021

#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning

30 September 2021

#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math

27 September 2021

#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence

26 September 2021

#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming

23 September 2021

#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness

21 September 2021

#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

20 September 2021

#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI

15 September 2021

#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11

11 September 2021

2:49:44

#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life

09 September 2021

2:27:39

#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI

06 September 2021

1:58:54

#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics

03 September 2021

2:30:51

#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines

01 September 2021

3:35:45

#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI

29 August 2021

2:58:07

#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science

27 August 2021

1:58:20

#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built

23 August 2021

2:30:12

#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness

21 August 2021

3:18:56

#211 – Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics

15 August 2021

#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep

11 August 2021

#209 – Luís and João Batalha: Fermat’s Library and the Art of Studying Papers

09 August 2021

3:02:43

#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence

08 August 2021

2:25:58

#207 – Chris Duffin: The Mad Scientist of Strength

03 August 2021

2:48:34

#206 – Ishan Misra: Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision

31 July 2021

#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running

29 July 2021

3:06:51

#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory

26 July 2021

2:18:36

#203 – Anya Fernald: Regenerative Farming and the Art of Cooking Meat

23 July 2021

1:50:44

#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics

21 July 2021

2:42:17

#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System

19 July 2021

2:45:48

#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy

15 July 2021

2:44:44

#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel

11 July 2021

2:15:54

#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds

09 July 2021

2:05:18

#197 – Jocko Willink: War, Leadership, and Discipline

05 July 2021

2:03:29

#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea

01 July 2021

2:06:18

#195 – Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets

28 June 2021

2:04:29

#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic

25 June 2021

3:22:52

#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks

21 June 2021

3:05:11

#192 – Charles Hoskinson: Cardano

16 June 2021

5:04:37

#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction

14 June 2021

4:21:41

#190 – Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries

13 June 2021

2:47:26

#189 – David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years

07 June 2021

1:49:35

#188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0

03 June 2021

3:08:54