Lex Fridman Podcast

Nov 13, 2020 2h 53m

#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism

Yaron Brook is a objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/...

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Nov 8, 2020 2h 40m

#137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe

Alex Filippenko is an astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Berkeley. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Neuro: https://www....

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Nov 3, 2020 3h 26m

#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History

Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgr...

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Nov 2, 2020 2h 28m

#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America

Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Neuro: https://www.getne...

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Oct 30, 2020 2h 57m

#134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness

Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist, podcaster, and intellectual. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Grammarly: https://gram...

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Oct 25, 2020 2h 40m

#133 – Manolis Kellis: Biology of Disease

Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com/partner/lex...

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Oct 22, 2020 3h 13m

#132 – George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets

George Hotz (geohot) is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of Comma.ai. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Four Sigmatic: https:...

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Oct 19, 2020 2h 47m

#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages

Chris Lattner is a world-class software & hardware engineer, leading projects at Apple, Tesla, Google, and SiFive. Please support this podcast by checking ou...

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Oct 12, 2020 1h 56m

#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness

Scott Aaronson is a quantum computer scientist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex and use c...

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Oct 4, 2020 2h 24m

#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Athletic Greens: https://ath...

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Oct 2, 2020 3h 24m

#128 – Michael Malice: Anarchy, Democracy, Libertarianism, Love, and Trolling

Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com/p...

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Sep 26, 2020 1h 19m

#127 – Joe Rogan: Conversations, Ideas, Love, Freedom & The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and the host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podca...

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Sep 24, 2020 1h 51m

#126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing

James Gosling is the founder and lead designer of the Java programming language. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast:...

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Sep 20, 2020

#125 – Ryan Hall: Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Violence, Power, and Grace

Ryan Hall is a jiu jitsu black belt, UFC fighter, and a philosopher of the martial arts. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this...

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Sep 15, 2020 4h 24m

#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast. Please check out our spon...

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Sep 12, 2020 2h 11m

#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness

Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this po...

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Sep 8, 2020 3h 56m

#122 – David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering

David Fravor is a navy pilot of 18 years and a primary witness in one of the most credible UFO sightings in history, video of which has been released by the ...

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Sep 7, 2020 18m

Lex Solo #3 – In Memory of My Grandmother

My attempt to find the words to honor my grandmother, an amazing woman who is responsible for much of who I am, who taught me how to be a man, taught me abou...

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Sep 5, 2020 3h 1m

#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion

Eugenia Kuyda co-founder of Replika, an AI companion. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: – Dollar Shave Club: http...

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Sep 1, 2020 33m

Lex Solo #2 – The Future of Neuralink

My thoughts on 8 possible long-term futures of Neuralink after attending the August 2020 progress update. This is a solo episode #2 of the podcast. Hopefully...

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Aug 31, 2020 2h 34m

#120 – François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence

François Chollet is an AI researcher at Google and creator of Keras. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors (and get discount): – Babbel: https://...

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Aug 26, 2020 1h 41m

#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex – Bette...

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Aug 24, 2020 2m

New Name: Lex Fridman Podcast

New podcast name. New Russian hitman thumbnail. Everything else stays the same. AI is still my passion, but this gives me a bit more freedom to talk to inter...

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Aug 23, 2020 2h 8m

#118 – Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown

Grant Sanderson is a math educator and creator of 3Blue1Brown. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: – Dollar Shave Club: https://dollarshaveclu...

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Aug 20, 2020 2h 56m

#117 – Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning

Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist, a philosopher, co-developer of Terror Management Theory, co-author of The Worm at the Core. Please support this ch...

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Aug 16, 2020 1h 42m

#116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System

Sara Seager is a planetary scientist at MIT, known for her work on the search for exoplanets. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors. Click links, ...

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Aug 14, 2020 2h 10m

#115 – Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI

Dileep George is a researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, co-founder of Vicarious, formerly co-founder of Numenta. From ...

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Aug 9, 2020 2h 49m

#114 – Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch

Russ Tedrake is a roboticist and professor at MIT and vice president of robotics research at TRI. He works on control of robots in interesting, complicated, ...

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Jul 31, 2020 2h 29m

#113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics

Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. He is interested in understanding the human genome from a computational...

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Jul 29, 2020 2h 1m

#112 – Ian Hutchinson: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and Religion

Ian Hutchinson is a nuclear engineer and plasma physicist at MIT. He has made a number of important contributions in plasma physics including the magnetic co...

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All Episodes

#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism

#137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe

#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History

#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America

#134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness

#133 – Manolis Kellis: Biology of Disease

#132 – George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets

#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages

#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness

#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works

#128 – Michael Malice: Anarchy, Democracy, Libertarianism, Love, and Trolling

#127 – Joe Rogan: Conversations, Ideas, Love, Freedom & The Joe Rogan Experience

#126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing

#125 – Ryan Hall: Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Violence, Power, and Grace

#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe

#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness

#122 – David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering

Lex Solo #3 – In Memory of My Grandmother

#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion

Lex Solo #2 – The Future of Neuralink

#120 – François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence

#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain

New Name: Lex Fridman Podcast

#118 – Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown

#117 – Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning

#116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System

#115 – Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI

#114 – Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch

#113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics

#112 – Ian Hutchinson: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and Religion

Skim the episode first,
then decide if it is worth listening.

Lex Fridman Podcast

All Episodes

#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism

#137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe

#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History

#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America

#134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness

#133 – Manolis Kellis: Biology of Disease

#132 – George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets

#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages

#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness

#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works

#128 – Michael Malice: Anarchy, Democracy, Libertarianism, Love, and Trolling

#127 – Joe Rogan: Conversations, Ideas, Love, Freedom & The Joe Rogan Experience

#126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing

#125 – Ryan Hall: Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Violence, Power, and Grace

#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe

#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness

#122 – David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering

Lex Solo #3 – In Memory of My Grandmother

#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion

Lex Solo #2 – The Future of Neuralink

#120 – François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence

#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain

New Name: Lex Fridman Podcast

#118 – Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown

#117 – Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning

#116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System

#115 – Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI

#114 – Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch

#113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics

#112 – Ian Hutchinson: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and Religion

Skim the episode first,then decide if it is worth listening.

Skim the episode first,
then decide if it is worth listening.