Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
#387 – George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
George Hotz is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of comma-ai and tiny corp. Please support this ...
#386 – Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Marc Andreessen is the co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture c...
#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors...
#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar-winning actor and author of Greenlights. Please support this podcast...
#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Numerai...
#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bert Kreischer is a comedian, actor, and podcaster. Check him out on Bertcast, 2 Bears 1 Cave, Somet...
#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Lattner is a legendary software and hardware engineer, leading projects at Apple, Tesla, Googl...
#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Please support this podcast b...
#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Randall Kennedy is a law professor at Harvard and author of many seminal books on race, law, history...
#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Frebel is an astronomer and astrophysicist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out ...
#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Harvey Silverglate is a free speech advocate, co-founder of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Righ...
#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wo...
#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Pakman is a left-wing progressive political commentator and host of The David Pakman Show. Ple...
#374 – Robert Playter: Boston Dynamics CEO on Humanoid and Legged Robotics
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Playter is CEO of Boston Dynamics, a legendary robotics company that over 30 years has create...
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our ...
#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simone Giertz is an inventor, designer, engineer, and roboticist famous for a combination of humor a...
#371 – Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher at MIT, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, and...
#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Frenkel is a mathematician at UC Berkeley working on the interface of mathematics and quantum...
#369 – Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Uncontacted Tribes, Anacondas, and Ayahuasca
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, explorer, author, filmmaker, real life Tarzan, and founder of Jun...
#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliezer Yudkowsky is a researcher, writer, and philosopher on the topic of superintelligent AI. Plea...
#367 – Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Codex, and many other st...
#366 – Shannon Curry: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Trial, Marriage, Dating & Love
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Shannon Curry is a clinical and forensic psychologist who conducts research, therapy, and clinic...
#365 – Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris is an author, podcaster, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our...
#364 – Chris Voss: FBI Hostage Negotiator
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Voss is a former FBI hostage and crisis negotiator and author of Never Split the Difference: N...
#363 – B-Team Jiu Jitsu: Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Jones, Nicky Rod and Nicky Ryan, together with Ethan Crelinsten are founders of the B-Team, a ...
#362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ginni Rometty is a former long-time CEO, president, and chairman of IBM. Please support this podcast...
#361 – Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Smith-Levin is a former Scientologist, Vice President of the Aftermath Foundation, and host of...
#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why and a new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Boo...
#359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Strominger is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out...
#358 – Aella: Sex Work, OnlyFans, Porn, Escorting, Dating, and Human Sexuality
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aella is a sex researcher, writer, and sex worker. Please support this podcast by checking out our s...
#357 – Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Conti is a psychiatrist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - NetSuite:...
#356 – Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Dodd is host of the Everyday Astronaut YouTube channel, where he teaches about rocket engines an...
#355 – David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of ...
#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremi Suri is a historian at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: ...
#353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Whyte is a nuclear scientist at MIT and the director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Cen...
#352 – Omar Suleiman: Islam
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imam Omar Suleiman is the Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and a p...
#351 – MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MrBeast is a legendary YouTube creator. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: -...
#350 – Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Betül Kaçar is an astrobiologist at University of Wisconsin. Please support this podcast by checki...
#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bhaskar Sunkara is a democratic socialist, political writer, founding editor of Jacobin, president o...
#348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nathalie Cabrol is an astrobiologist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the ...
#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast...
#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Calderon is a security specialist who worked on counter-narcotics and organized crime investigati...
#345 – Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coffeezilla is a journalist and investigator on YouTube who exposes financial frauds, scams, and fak...
#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Noam Brown is a research scientist at FAIR, Meta AI, co-creator of AI that achieved superhuman level...
#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Gracie is a legendary jiu jitsu competitor and MMA fighter. Please support this podcast by che...
#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Howard is a legendary video game designer at Bethesda Game Studios. He led the development of t...
#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guido van Rossum is the creator of Python programming language. Please support this podcast by check...
#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Tarbell is a former FBI special agent and cybercrime investigation specialist who brought down...
#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bjørn Lomborg is author of "False Alarm". Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Tim...
#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist, engineer, CEO of Social Capital, and co-host of the Al...
#337 – Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Bonnell, aka Destiny, is a progressive political commentator and a live streamer on YouTube. ...
#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The...
#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Hill is a presidential advisor and foreign policy expert specializing in Russia. Please suppor...
#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abbas Amanat is a historian at Yale specializing in the modern history of Iran. Please support this ...
#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He's the former director of AI...
#332 – Kanye ‘Ye’ West Interview
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ye is a legendary artist, producer, and designer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sp...
#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, philosopher, and author of The Network State: ...
#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hikaru Nakamura is a chess super grandmaster and is currently the #1 ranked blitz chess player in th...
#329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT Media Lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics...
#328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Danaher is one of the greatest coaches and minds in martial arts history. Please support this p...
#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Levy Rozman, also known as GothamChess, is a professional chess player, streamer, and educator. Plea...
#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Annaka Harris is the author of Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. Plea...
#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control com...
#324 – Daniel Negreanu: Poker
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Negreanu is one of the greatest poker players of all time. Please support this podcast by che...
#323 – Will Sasso: Comedy, MADtv, AI, Friendship, Madness, and Pro Wrestling
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will Sasso is a comedian, actor, and co-host of the Dudesy podcast. Please support this podcast by c...
#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rana el Kaliouby is a pioneer in the field of emotion recognition and human-centric AI. She is the f...
#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support this podcast by checking out our s...
#320 – Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Capozzola is a professor of history at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out ...
#319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra and Andrea Botez are chess players, commentators, educators, entertainers, and streamers. ...
#318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Lane is a biochemist at UCL and author of Transformer, The Vital Question, and many other amazi...
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Vervaeke is a psychologist and cognitive scientist at University of Toronto. Please support thi...
#316 – Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and political activist. Please support this podcast by chec...
#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in history and widely considered to be the greatest...
#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liv Boeree is a poker champion and science educator on topics of game theory, physics, complexity, a...
#313 – Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Peterson is a psychologist, lecturer, podcast host, and author. Please support this podcast b...
#312 – Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Duncan Trussell is a comedian, host of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast, and co-creator of Th...
#311 – Magatte Wade: Africa, Capitalism, Communism, and the Future of Humanity
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Magatte Wade is an entrepreneur with a passion for creating positive change in Africa through econom...
#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA covert intelligence officer. Check out his work and podcast at htt...
#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revol...
#308 – Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lt. Ryan Graves is a former Navy fighter pilot, who has worked on advanced research and development ...
#307 – Brian Armstrong: Coinbase, Cryptocurrency, and Government Regulation
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Armstrong is the CEO of Coinbase. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: -...
#306 – Oriol Vinyals: Deep Learning and Artificial General Intelligence
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oriol Vinyals is the Research Director and Deep Learning Lead at DeepMind. Please support this podca...
#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lord Martin Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist at Cambridge University and co-founder of the C...
#304 – Bishop Robert Barron: Christianity and the Catholic Church
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Barron is a bishop and founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Please support this podca...
#303 – Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Keen is a heterodox economist and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our spon...
#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Haier is a psychologist specializing in the science of human intelligence. Please support th...
#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy
09 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Barsky is a former KGB spy and author of "Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegianc...
#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please support this ...
#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Demis Hassabis is the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind. Please support this podcast by checking out ou...
#298 – Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Cain is the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, and B...
#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart
25 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Reisman is a physician and author of The Unseen Body who has practiced medicine in some of ...
#296 – Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Murray is an author and political commentator. Please support this podcast by checking out o...
#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Wolff is a Marxist philosopher and economist. Please support this podcast by checking out ou...
#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Fadell is an engineer and designer, co-creator of the iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat, and author...
#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. Please ...
#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hanson is a professor at George Mason University and researcher at Future of Humanity Institut...
#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU and author of The Coddling of the American Mind, The ...
#290 – Dan Reynolds: Imagine Dragons
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Reynolds is the lead singer of Imagine Dragons, one of the most popular bands in the world. Plea...
#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Please support this podcast...
#288 – Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarma Melngailis is a chef and restauranteur who was the subject of the Netflix documentary Bad Vega...