Lex Fridman Podcast - TV Episode Calendar

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#408 – Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen
Episode overview

Tal Wilkenfeld is a singer-songwriter, bassist, and guitarist. She has performed with legendary artists including Jeff Beck, Prince, Incubus, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and many more.

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#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud
Episode overview

Matthew Cox is a former con man who served 13 years in federal prison for bank fraud, mortgage fraud, and identity theft. He is the author of many books, including his memoir Shark in the Housing Pool, and runs the YouTube channel Inside True Crime.

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#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
Episode overview

Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Steven Bonnell, .. show full overview

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#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam
Episode overview

Omar Suleiman is a Palestinian-American Muslim scholar, civil rights leader, and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research.

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#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics
Episode overview

Marc Raibert is founder and former long-time CEO of Boston Dynamics, and recently Executive Director of the newly-created Boston Dynamics AI Institute.

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#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech
Episode overview

Bill Ackman is an investor who has led some of the biggest and controversial financial trades in history. He is founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.

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#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom
Episode overview

Tucker Carlson is a highly-influential political commentator. You can watch and listen to him on the Tucker Carlson Network and the Tucker Carlson Podcast.

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#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War
Episode overview

Serhii Plokhy is a Ukrainian historian at Harvard University, director of the Ukrainian Research Institute, and an author of many books on history of Eastern Europe, including his latest book The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History.

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#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI
Episode overview

Yann LeCun is the Chief AI Scientist at Meta, professor at NYU, Turing Award winner, and one of the most influential researchers in the history of AI.

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#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family
Episode overview

Kimbal Musk is a chef, entrepreneur, and author of The Kitchen Cookbook: Cooking for Your Community.

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#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
Episode overview

Norman Finkelstein and Benny Morris are historians. Mouin Rabbani is a Middle East analyst. Steven Bonnell (aka Destiny) is a political livestreamer.

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#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
Episode overview

Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, Sora, and many other state-of-the-art AI technologies.

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#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy
Episode overview

Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of "Nuclear War: A Scenario" and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security.

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#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck
Episode overview

Dana White is the CEO and president of the UFC.

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#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs
Episode overview

Mark Cuban is a businessman, investor, star of TV series Shark Tank, long-time principal owner of Dallas Mavericks, and founder of Cost Plus Drugs.

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#423 – Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex
Episode overview

Tulsi Gabbard is a politician, veteran, and author of For Love of Country.

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#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame
Episode overview

Bassem Youssef is an Egyptian-American comedian & satirist, referred to as the Jon Stewart of the Arab World.

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#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones
Episode overview

Andrew Callaghan is the host of Channel 5 on YouTube, where he does street interviews with fascinating humans at the edges of society, the so-called vagrants, vagabonds, runaways, .. show full overview

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#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
Episode overview

Edward Gibson is a psycholinguistics professor at MIT and heads the MIT Language Lab.

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#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset
Episode overview

Neil Adams is a judo world champion, 2-time Olympic silver medalist, 5-time European champion, and often referred to as the Voice of Judo.

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#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens
Episode overview

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, author, and host of Mindscape podcast.

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#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God
Episode overview

Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest.

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#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories
Episode overview

Charan Ranganath is a psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis, specializing in human memory. He is the author of a new book titled Why We Remember.

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#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI
Episode overview

Roman Yampolskiy is an AI safety researcher and author of a new book titled AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable.

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#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life
Episode overview

Kevin Spacey is a two-time Oscar-winning actor, who starred in Se7en, the Usual Suspects, American Beauty, and House of Cards, creating haunting performances of characters who often embody the dark side of human nature.

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#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens
Episode overview

Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. She is the author of a new book titled "Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence".

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#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet
Episode overview

Arvind Srinivas is CEO of Perplexity, a company that aims to revolutionize how we humans find answers to questions on the Internet.

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#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships
Episode overview

Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast.

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#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life
Episode overview

Ivanka Trump is a businesswoman, real estate developer, and former senior advisor to the President of the United States.

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#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6
Episode overview

Jordan Jonas is a wilderness survival expert, explorer, hunter, guide, and winner of Alone Season 6, a show in which the task is to survive alone in the arctic wilderness longer than .. show full overview

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#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity
Episode overview

Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO & President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink.

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#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling
Episode overview

Craig Jones is a legendary jiu jitsu personality, competitor, co-founder of B-Team, and organizer of the CJI tournament that offers over $2 million in prize money.

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#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life
Episode overview

Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.

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#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism
Episode overview

Cenk Uygur is a progressive political commentator and host of The Young Turks.

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#442 – Donald Trump Interview
Episode overview

Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States and the Republican candidate in the 2024 US Presidential Election.

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#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
Episode overview

Gregory Aldrete is a historian specializing in ancient Rome and military history.

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#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
Episode overview

Vejas Liulevicius is a historian specializing in Germany and Eastern Europe, who has lectured extensively on Marxism and the rise, the reign, and the fall of Communism.

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#445 – Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump, Conservatism, Nationalism, Immigration, and War
Episode overview

Vivek Ramaswamy is a conservative politician, entrepreneur, and author of many books on politics, including his latest titled Truths: The Future of America First.

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#446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America
Episode overview

Ed Barnhart is an archaeologist and explorer specializing in ancient civilizations of the Americas. He is the Director of the Maya Exploration Center, host of the ArchaeoEd Podcast, and .. show full overview

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#447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI
Episode overview

Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, and Sualeh Asif are creators of Cursor, a popular code editor that specializes in AI-assisted programming.

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#448 – Jordan Peterson: Nietzsche, Hitler, God, Psychopathy, Suffering & Meaning
Episode overview

Jordan Peterson is a psychologist, author, lecturer, and podcast host.

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#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History
Episode overview

Graham Hancock a journalist and author who for over 30 years has explored the controversial possibility that there existed a lost civilization during the last Ice Age, and that it was destroyed in a global cataclysm some 12,000 years ago.

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#450 – Bernie Sanders Interview
Episode overview

Bernie Sanders is a US Senator from Vermont and a two-time presidential candidate.

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#451 – Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults & Conspiracies
Episode overview

Rick Spence is a historian specializing in the history of intelligence agencies, espionage, secret societies, conspiracies, the occult, and military history.

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#452 – Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI & the Future of AI & Humanity
Episode overview

Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic, the company that created Claude. Amanda Askell is an AI researcher working on Claude's character and personality. Chris Olah is an AI researcher working on mechanistic interpretability. T

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#453 – Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption
Episode overview

Javier Milei is the President of Argentina

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#454 – Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics
Episode overview

Saagar Enjeti is a political journalist & commentator, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and The Realignment Podcast. He is exceptionally well-read, and the books he recommends are always fascinating and eye-opening.

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#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Episode overview

Adam Frank is an astrophysicist studying star systems and the search for extraterrestrial life and alien civilizations. T