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Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.

300 episodes

#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung 17 Sept 2026 Andrew Scull is a historian of psychiatry. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep502-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to…

#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux 26 Aug 2026 · 5 hr 22 min DHH is the creator of Ruby on Rails, Omarchy Linux, CTO of 37signals, and a racecar driver. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep501…

#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football 12 Aug 2026 Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the greatest fighters of all time, who retired from the UFC undefeated with a perfect 29-0 record. We did this conversation entirely in Russian. It’s…

#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee 28 Jul 2026 · 3 hr 53 min Gary Gallagher is a historian of the American Civil War. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep499-sc See below for timestamps, trans…

#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires 30 Jun 2026 Anthony Kaldellis is a historian of the Roman Empire and author of “The New Roman Empire”, a comprehensive history of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). Thank you for li…

#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln 29 May 2026 · 3 hr 2 min Don Lincoln is a particle physicist at Fermilab who has spent decades working at the frontiers of high energy physics. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://le…

#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet 6 May 2026 · 4 hr 24 min Jean-Baptiste Kempf is lead developer of VLC and president of VideoLAN. Kieran Kunhya is a longtime FFmpeg contributor, codec engineer, and the person behind the now-infamous FFmp…

#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age 9 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 10 min Lars Brownworth is a historian, teacher, podcaster, and author specializing in Viking history, medieval Europe, and the Byzantine Empire. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our s…

#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution 23 Mar 2026 Jensen Huang is the co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company and the engine powering the AI computing revolution. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sp…

#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming 11 Mar 2026 Jeff Kaplan is a legendary Blizzard game designer of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, now preparing to launch a new game, The Legend of California, from his new studio Kintsugiyam…

#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music 1 Mar 2026 Rick Beato is a music educator, interviewer, producer, songwriter, and a true multi-instrument musician, playing guitar, bass, cello & piano. His incredible YouTube channel celebr…

#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger 12 Feb 2026 Peter Steinberger is the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework that’s the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our spons…

#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI 1 Feb 2026 Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka are machine learning researchers, engineers, and educators. Nathan is the post-training lead at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and the autho…

#489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle 13 Jan 2026 · 3 hr 14 min Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author of a new book titled Junglekeeper, and is someone who has dedicated his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Thank you for list…

#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins 31 Dec 2025 Joel David Hamkins is a mathematician and philosopher specializing in set theory, the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of infinity, and he’s the #1 highest-rated user on…

#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths 12 Dec 2025 Irving Finkel is a scholar of ancient languages and a longtime curator at the British Museum, renowned for his expertise in Mesopotamian history and cuneiform writing. He speciali…

#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life 30 Nov 2025 Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems. Thank you for listening ❤ Check o…

#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy 17 Nov 2025 David Kirtley is a nuclear fusion engineer and CEO of Helion Energy, a company working on building the world’s first commercial fusion power plant by 2028. Thank you for listening…

#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming 31 Oct 2025 · 2 hr 54 min Dan Houser is co-founder of Rockstar Games and is a legendary creative mind behind Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Red Dead Redemption series of video games. Thank you for listening ❤…

#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex 14 Oct 2025 · 2 hr 49 min Julia Shaw is a criminal psychologist and author who in her books explores human nature, including psychopathy, violent crime, the psychology of evil, police interrogation, false…

#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature 1 Oct 2025 · 4 hr 43 min Pavel Durov is the founder and CEO of Telegram. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep482-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, an…

#481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA 19 Sept 2025 · 4 hr 31 min Norman Ohler is a historian and author of “Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich,” a book that investigates the role of psychoactive drugs, particularly stimulants such as methampheta…

#480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park 4 Sept 2025 · 3 hr 42 min Dave Hone is a paleontologist, expert on dinosaurs, co-host of the Terrible Lizards podcast, and author of numerous scientific papers and books on the behavior and ecology of dino…

#479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories 29 Aug 2025 Dave Plummer is a programmer, former Microsoft software engineer (Windows 95, NT, XP), creator of Task Manager, author of two books on autism, and host of the Dave’s Garage YouTub…

#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex 24 Aug 2025 · 10 hr 35 min Scott Horton is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, co-host of Provoked, and for the past three decades a…

#477 – Keyu Jin: China’s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism & Capitalism 13 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 57 min Keyu Jin is an economist specializing in China’s economy, international macroeconomics, global trade imbalances, and financial policy. She is the author of The New China Playbook:…

#476 – Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire 1 Aug 2025 · 4 hr 40 min Jack Weatherford is an anthropologist and historian specializing in Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sp…

#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games 23 Jul 2025 · 2 hr 35 min Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction using AI. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our s…

#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting 12 Jul 2025 David Heinemeier Hansson (aka DHH) is a legendary programmer, creator of Ruby on Rails, co-owner & CTO of 37signals that created Basecamp, HEY, & ONCE, and is a NYT-best-selling a…

#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East 26 Jun 2025 · 4 hr 11 min Debate on Iran war between Scott Horton and Mark Dubowitz. Scott Horton is the author and director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Sco…