Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize winning physicist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out...
#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Johnson is the founder and CEO of Kernel, OS Fund, and previously Braintree. Please support th...
#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris is an author, podcaster, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our...
#184 – Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, and Asteroids in Our Solar System
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine de Kleer is a professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy at Caltech. Please support this...
#183 – Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Po-Shen Loh is a mathematician at CMU and coach of the USA International Math Olympiad team. Please ...
#182 – John Danaher: The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, and MMA
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Danaher is a coach, scholar, and educator of jiu jitsu, submission grappling, judo, MMA, and th...
#181 – Sergey Nazarov: Chainlink, Smart Contracts, and Oracle Networks
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sergey Nazarov is the Co-Founder of Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network that provides data to ...
#180 – Jeremi Suri: History of American Power
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremi Suri is a historian at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: ...
#179 – Georges St-Pierre: The Science of Fighting
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Georges St-Pierre is a martial artist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - ...
#178 – Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is an anarchist. Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Both are podcasters and authors. Plea...
#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out...
#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Breedlove is a decentralized finance entrepreneur, philosopher, and podcaster. Please support...
#175 – Yannis Pappas: History and Comedy
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yannis Pappas is a comedian and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:...
#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Cowen is an economist, writer, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our ...
#173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nic Carter is a financial researcher, investor, writer, and podcaster on topics of decentralized fin...
#172 – Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Schiller is the creator of Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for college communities. Please...
#171 – Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Pompliano is an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and podcaster on topics of decentralized fin...
#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ronald Sullivan is a law professor at Harvard and previously a lawyer for Harvey Weinstein and Aaron...
#169 – Ryan Hall: Solving Martial Arts from First Principles
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Hall is a martial artist, BJJ black belt, and MMA fighter undefeated in the UFC. Please support...
#168 – Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Silvio Micali is a computer scientist at MIT, Turing award winner, and founder of Algorand. Please s...
#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saagar Enjeti is a DC-based political correspondent and podcaster. Please support this podcast by ch...
#166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cal Newport is a computer scientist who also writes about productivity. Please support this podcast ...
#165 – Josh Barnett: Philosophy of Violence, Power, and the Martial Arts
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Barnett is an MMA fighter, catch wrestler, and a scholar of violence. Please support this podca...
#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our spo...
#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking ou...
#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, previously at AMD, Apple, Tesla, Intel, and now T...
#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Calacanis is an angel investor, entrepreneur, and co-host of All-In Podcast and This Week in S...
#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Eich is the creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave. Please support this p...
#159 – Richard Craib: WallStreetBets, Numerai, and the Future of Stock Trading
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Craib is the founder of Numerai, a crowd-sourced, AI-run stock trading system. Please suppor...
#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zev Weinstein is a young man who thinks deeply about the world. Please support this podcast by check...
#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natalya Bailey is a rocket propulsion engineer from MIT and now CTO of Accion Systems. Please suppor...
#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Dillon is a comedian and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: -...
Lex Fridman: Ask Me Anything – AMA January 2021
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brooklinen: https://brooklinen.com and ...
#155 – Max Tegmark: AI and Physics
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our...
#154 – Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Avi Loeb is an astrophysicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: ...
#153 – Dmitry Korkin: Evolution of Proteins, Viruses, Life, and AI
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dmitry Korkin is a professor of bioinformatics and computational biology at WPI. Please support this...
#152 – Dan Gable: Olympic Wrestling, Mental Toughness & the Making of Champions
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Gable is one of the greatest Olympic athletes and wrestling coaches of all time. Please support ...
#151 – Dan Kokotov: Speech Recognition with AI and Humans
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Kokotov is VP of Engineering at Rev.ai, an automatic speech recognition company. Please support ...
#150 – Michael Malice: The White Pill, Freedom, Hope, and Happiness Amidst Chaos
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checkin...
#149 – Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion, and the Nature of Belief
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic:...
#148 – Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Michael Littman is a compute...
#147 – Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dmitri Dolgov is the CTO of Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. Please support this podcast by che...
#146 – Michael Mina: Rapid Testing, Viruses, and the Engineering Mindset
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Mina is an immunologist, epidemiologist, and physician at Harvard. Please support this podca...
#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew W. Johnson is a professor and psychedelics researcher at Johns Hopkins. Please support this ...
#144 – Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Littman is a computer scientist at Brown University. Please support this podcast by checking...
#143 – John Clarke: The Art of Fighting and the Pursuit of Excellence
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Clarke is a BJJ black belt and MMA coach. Please support this podcast by checking out our spons...
#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our ...
#141 – Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics of AI, Social Networks, and Technology
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Erik Brynjolfsson is an economist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our spons...
#140 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. Please support this podcast by c...
#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our spo...
#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yaron Brook is a objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by chec...
#137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Filippenko is an astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Berkeley. Please support this pod...
#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking...
#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Please support this podcast ...
#134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist, podcaster, and intellectual. Please support this podcast...
#133 – Manolis Kellis: Biology of Disease
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our ...
#132 – George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George Hotz (geohot) is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of Comma.ai. Please support this podca...
#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Lattner is a world-class software & hardware engineer, leading projects at Apple, Tesla, Googl...
#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Aaronson is a quantum computer scientist. Please support this podcast by checking out our spon...
#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. Please support this podcast by c...
#128 – Michael Malice: Anarchy, Democracy, Libertarianism, Love, and Trolling
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checkin...
#127 – Joe Rogan: Conversations, Ideas, Love, Freedom & The Joe Rogan Experience
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and the host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please check out...
#126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James Gosling is the founder and lead designer of the Java programming language. Please check out ou...
#125 – Ryan Hall: Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Violence, Power, and Grace
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Hall is a jiu jitsu black belt, UFC fighter, and a philosopher of the martial arts. Please c...
#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our secon...
#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. Please chec...
#122 – David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Fravor is a navy pilot of 18 years and a primary witness in one of the most credible UFO sight...
Lex Solo #3 – In Memory of My Grandmother
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My attempt to find the words to honor my grandmother, an amazing woman who is responsible for much o...
#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eugenia Kuyda co-founder of Replika, an AI companion. Please check out our sponsors to get a discoun...
Lex Solo #2 – The Future of Neuralink
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My thoughts on 8 possible long-term futures of Neuralink after attending the August 2020 progress up...
#120 – François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
François Chollet is an AI researcher at Google and creator of Keras. Support this podcast by sup...
#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: ...
New Name: Lex Fridman Podcast
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New podcast name. New Russian hitman thumbnail. Everything else stays the same. AI is still my passi...
#118 – Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Sanderson is a math educator and creator of 3Blue1Brown. Support this podcast by supporting...
#117 – Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist, a philosopher, co-developer of Terror Management Theory, c...
#116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Seager is a planetary scientist at MIT, known for her work on the search for exoplanets. Sup...
#115 – Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dileep George is a researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, co-fo...
#114 – Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Russ Tedrake is a roboticist and professor at MIT and vice president of robotics research at TRI. He...
#113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. He is interest...
#112 – Ian Hutchinson: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and Religion
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Hutchinson is a nuclear engineer and plasma physicist at MIT. He has made a number of important ...
#111 – Richard Karp: Algorithms and Computational Complexity
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Karp is a professor at Berkeley and one of the most important figures in the history of theo...
#110 – Jitendra Malik: Computer Vision
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jitendra Malik is a professor at Berkeley and one of the seminal figures in the field of computer vi...
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Kernighan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University. He co-authored the C Pro...
#108 – Sergey Levine: Robotics and Machine Learning
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sergey Levine is a professor at Berkeley and a world-class researcher in deep learning, reinforcemen...
#107 – Peter Singer: Suffering in Humans, Animals, and AI
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Singer is a professor of bioethics at Princeton, best known for his 1975 book Animal Liberatio...
#106 – Matt Botvinick: Neuroscience, Psychology, and AI at DeepMind
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Botvinick is the Director of Neuroscience Research at DeepMind. He is a brilliant cross-discipl...
#105 – Robert Langer: Edison of Medicine
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Langer is a professor at MIT and one of the most cited researchers in history, specializing i...
#104 – David Patterson: Computer Architecture and Data Storage
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Patterson is a Turing award winner and professor of computer science at Berkeley. He is known ...
#103 – Ben Goertzel: Artificial General Intelligence
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Goertzel is one of the most interesting minds in the artificial intelligence community. He is th...
#102 – Steven Pressfield: The War of Art
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Pressfield is a historian and author of War of Art, a book that had a big impact on my life a...
#101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joscha Bach is the VP of Research at the AI Foundation, previously doing research at MIT and Harvard...
#99 – Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history, cited over 245,000 times, known for ...
#97 – Sertac Karaman: Robots That Fly and Robots That Drive
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sertac Karaman is a professor at MIT, co-founder of the autonomous vehicle company Optimus Ride, and...
#96 – Stephen Schwarzman: Going Big in Business, Investing, and AI
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Schwarzman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, one of the world's leading investment fi...
#95 – Dawn Song: Adversarial Machine Learning and Computer Security
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Song is a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley with research interests in security, mos...
#94 – Ilya Sutskever: Deep Learning
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ilya Sutskever is the co-founder of OpenAI, is one of the most cited computer scientist in history w...
#93 – Daphne Koller: Biomedicine and Machine Learning
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daphne Koller is a professor of computer science at Stanford University, a co-founder of Coursera wi...
#92 – Harry Cliff: Particle Physics and the Large Hadron Collider
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Cliff is a particle physicist at the University of Cambridge working on the Large Hadron Colli...
#91 – Jack Dorsey: Square, Cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Dorsey is the co-founder and CEO of Twitter and the founder and CEO of Square. Support this ...
#90 – Dmitry Korkin: Computational Biology of Coronavirus
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dmitry Korkin is a professor of bioinformatics and computational biology at Worcester Polytechnic In...