Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
#287 – Bobby Lee: Comedy, Skyrim, Sex Robots, Love, Fame, and Power
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Lee is a comedian and co-host of TigerBelly and Bad Friends podcasts. Please support this podc...
#286 – Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations. His films include Platoon, W...
#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Loury is a professor of economics and social sciences at Brown University, and a prominent pod...
#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Saifedean Ammous is an Austrian economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard. ...
#283 – Chris Mason: Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Survival in Space
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Mason is a professor of genomics, physiology, and biophysics at Cornell, doing research on the...
#282 – David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Buss is an evolutionary psychologist at UT Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of e...
#281 – Grimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Grimes is a musician, artist, singer, songwriter, producer, and director. Please support this podcas...
#280 – Cristiano Amon: Qualcomm CEO
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cristiano Amon is the CEO of Qualcomm, world-leader in 5G wireless communication and computation sys...
#279 – Alien Debate: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. Lee Cronin is a chemist. This is a conve...
#278 – Skye Fitzgerald: Hunger, War, and Human Suffering
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Skye Fitzgerald is a two-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, his films include Hunger Ward, ...
#277 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Stress, Relationships, and Friendship
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. Please support...
#276 – Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy and a prominent holder and proponent of Bitcoin. Please s...
#275 – Rick Rubin: Legendary Music Producer
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time, working with many of the greats inclu...
#274 – Karl Deisseroth: Depression, Schizophrenia, and Psychiatry
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Deisseroth is a professor of bioengineering, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences at Stanford Un...
#273 – Chris Blattman: War and Violence
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Blattman is a professor at the University of Chicago studying the causes and consequences of v...
#272 – Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Johnson was a US Most Wanted cybercriminal, called the Original Internet Godfather by US Secre...
#271 – Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ariel Ekblaw is the director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative. Please support this podcast by...
#270 – David Wolpe: Judaism
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Wolpe is a Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. Please support this podcast by checking out o...
#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Cronin is a chemist at the University of Glasgow. Please support this podcast by checking out ou...
#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Proctor is a historian of science at Stanford University. Please support this podcast by chec...
#267 – Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta, formerly Facebook. Please support this podcast by checking out ou...
#266 – Nicole Perlroth: Cybersecurity and the Weapons of Cyberwar
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Perlroth is a cybersecurity journalist and author. Please support this podcast by checking ou...
#265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Devon Larratt is a professional arm wrestler, widely considered to be one of the best of all time. P...
#264 – Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Urban is the author and illustrator of the popular blog 'Wait But Why'. Please support this podc...
#263 – John Abramson: Big Pharma
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Abramson is faculty at Harvard Medical School and a family physician for over two decades. He's...
#262 – Garry Nolan: UFOs and Aliens
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Garry Nolan is a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research is in microbiolog...
#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Goff is a philosopher of mind and consciousness at Durham University and author of Galileo's ...
#260 – Georges St-Pierre, John Danaher & Gordon Ryan: The Greatest of All Time
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Georges St-Pierre is an MMA fighter. John Danaher is a martial arts coach. Gordon Ryan is a submissi...
#259 – Thomas Tull: From Batman Dark Knight Trilogy to AI and the Rolling Stones
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Tull is founder of Legendary Entertainment, Tulco, part-owner of Pittsburgh Steelers, and gui...
#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yann LeCun is the Chief AI Scientist at Meta, professor at NYU, Turing Award winner, and one of the ...
#257 – Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Keating is an experimental physicist at the UCSD, author of Losing the Nobel Prize, and host o...
#256 – Nationalism Debate: Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Yoram Hazony is a national conservative. This is a conversation and d...
#255 – Mark Normand: Comedy!
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Normand is a stand-up comedian. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Ca...
#254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and co-author of the Great Barrin...
#253 – Michael Malice: New Year’s Special
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast...
#252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk is CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and Boring Company. Please support this podcast by che...
#251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires
25 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Dalio is an investor, author, and founder of Bridgewater Associates. Please support this podcast...
#250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Wang is the co-founder & CEO of Anaconda and one of the most impactful leaders and developers ...
#249 – Albert Bourla: Pfizer CEO
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Albert Bourla is the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer. Please support this podcast by checking out our spo...
#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Norman Naimark is a historian at Stanford, specializing in the history of genocide. Please support t...
#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Metzl is an author specializing in topics of genetic engineering, biotechnology, and geopoliti...
#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, critic of string theory, and author of the pop...
#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Brands is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling and the head wrestling coach at t...
#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Crews is a historian at Stanford, specializing in Afghanistan, Russia, Islam, Central Asia, a...
#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Systrom is the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram. Please support this podcast by checking...
#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Askren is a wrestler and MMA fighter, former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion...
#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Sofman is the Senior Director Of Engineering and Head of Trucking at Waymo, formerly the Googl...
#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neal Stephenson is a sci-fi writer (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and new book Termination Shock), form...
#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Niall Ferguson is a historian at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of 16 boo...
#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Collins is the director of the NIH and former head of the Human Genome Project. Please suppo...
#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Viscelli is a former truck driver and now an economic sociologist at University of Pennsylvani...
#236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Pedro is a judo competitor and coach, world champion, 3x world medalist, 2x Olympic medalist. ...
#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Mina is an immunologist, epidemiologist, and physician at Harvard. Please support this podca...
#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. Please support th...
#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Hart is a psychologist at Columbia University. Please support this podcast by checking out our ...
#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: ...
#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom For...
#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kelsi Sheren is a veteran, artillery gunner, and founder of Brass and Unity. Please support this pod...
#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates an...
#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
RZA is a rapper, record producer, filmmaker, actor, writer, philosopher, and the mastermind of the l...
#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Kelly is a philosopher at Harvard specializing in existentialism and the philosophy of mind. Pl...
#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford and the co-founder of youcubed. Please...
#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Shainline is a physicist at NIST working on. Note: Opinions expressed by Jeff do not represe...
#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Travis Oliphant is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and creator of NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda. Please...
#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Travis Stevens is the 2016 Olympic Judo silver medalist and BJJ black belt. Please support this podc...
#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jay McClelland is a cognitive scientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our...
#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and re...
#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on ...
#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of T...
#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual ...
#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rodney Brooks is a roboticist, former head of CSAIL at MIT, and co-founder of iRobot, Rethink Roboti...
#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent Racaniello is a virologist, immunologist, and microbiologist at Columbia. He is a co-author ...
#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wojciech Zaremba is a co-founder of OpenAI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors...
#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by ch...
#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Barish is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Ple...
#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by...
#211 – Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Muraresku is the author of The Immortality Key. Please support this podcast by checking out ou...
#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Walker is a sleep scientist at Berkeley, author of Why We Sleep, and the host of a new podcast ...
#209 – Luís and João Batalha: Fermat’s Library and the Art of Studying Papers
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Luis and Joao Batalha are co-founders of Fermat's Library. Please support this podcast by checking o...
#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Hawkins is a neuroscientist and cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company. Please s...
#207 – Chris Duffin: The Mad Scientist of Strength
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Duffin is a strength athlete, coach, and engineer, setting multiple strength world records inc...
#206 – Ishan Misra: Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ishan Misra is a research scientist at FAIR working on self-supervised visual learning. Please suppo...
#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Bitter is an ultramarathon runner and coach. Please support this podcast by checking out our sp...
#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cumrun Vafa is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our s...
#203 – Anya Fernald: Regenerative Farming and the Art of Cooking Meat
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anya Fernald is the co-founder of Belcampo farms, chef, and regenerative agriculture expert. Please ...
#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Doblin is a psychedelics researcher and the founder and executive director of the Multidiscipli...
#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Konstantin Batygin is a planetary astrophysicist at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking...
#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checkin...
#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history. Please support this podcast by c...
#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist interested in the origin of life. Please ...
#197 – Jocko Willink: War, Leadership, and Discipline
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jocko Willink is a retired Navy SEAL, co-author of Extreme Ownership, and host of Jocko Podcast. Ple...
#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, human rights activist, and author of the book In Order to Li...
#195 – Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clara Sousa-Silva is a quantum astrochemist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out ...
#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bret Weinstein is and evolutionary biologist, author, and co-host of the DarkHorse Podcast. Please s...
#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Reid is an author and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - At...
#192 – Charles Hoskinson: Cardano
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Hoskinson is the founder of Cardano, co-founder of Ethereum, a mathematician, and a farmer. ...
#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a philosopher interested understanding the rise and fall of societies and...
#190 – Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Ellenberg is a mathematician and author of Shape and How Not to Be Wrong. Please support this...
#189 – David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Sinclair is a geneticist at Harvard and author of Lifespan. Please support this podcast by che...
#188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum. Please support this podcast by checking out our spons...