Lex Fridman Podcast

Apr 9, 2026 2h 9m

#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age

Lars Brownworth is a historian, teacher, podcaster, and author specializing in Viking history, medieval Europe, and the Byzantine Empire. Thank you for list...

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Mar 23, 2026

#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution

Jensen Huang is the co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company and the engine powering the AI computing revolution. Thank you for liste...

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Mar 11, 2026 failed

#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming

Jeff Kaplan is a legendary Blizzard game designer of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, now preparing to launch a new game, The Legend of California, from his ...

Mar 1, 2026

#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music

Rick Beato is a music educator, interviewer, producer, songwriter, and a true multi-instrument musician, playing guitar, bass, cello & piano. His incredible ...

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Feb 12, 2026

#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger

Peter Steinberger is the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework that’s the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. Thank you for listenin...

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Feb 1, 2026

#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI

Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka are machine learning researchers, engineers, and educators. Nathan is the post-training lead at the Allen Institute for ...

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Jan 13, 2026 3h 14m

#489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle

Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author of a new book titled Junglekeeper, and is someone who has dedicated his life to protecting the Amazon rainfore...

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Dec 31, 2025

#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins

Joel David Hamkins is a mathematician and philosopher specializing in set theory, the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of infinity, and he’s the #1...

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Dec 12, 2025

#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths

Irving Finkel is a scholar of ancient languages and a longtime curator at the British Museum, renowned for his expertise in Mesopotamian history and cuneifor...

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Nov 30, 2025

#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life

Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems. Thank you ...

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Nov 17, 2025

#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy

David Kirtley is a nuclear fusion engineer and CEO of Helion Energy, a company working on building the world’s first commercial fusion power plant by 2028. ...

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Oct 31, 2025 2h 54m

#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

Dan Houser is co-founder of Rockstar Games and is a legendary creative mind behind Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Red Dead Redemption series of video games. Tha...

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Oct 14, 2025 2h 48m

#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex

Julia Shaw is a criminal psychologist and author who in her books explores human nature, including psychopathy, violent crime, the psychology of evil, police...

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Oct 1, 2025 4h 42m

#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature

Pavel Durov is the founder and CEO of Telegram. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep482-sc See below for ti...

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Sep 19, 2025 4h 31m

#481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA

Norman Ohler is a historian and author of “Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich,” a book that investigates the role of psychoactive drugs, particularly stimulan...

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Sep 4, 2025 3h 41m

#480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park

Dave Hone is a paleontologist, expert on dinosaurs, co-host of the Terrible Lizards podcast, and author of numerous scientific papers and books on the behavi...

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Aug 29, 2025

#479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories

Dave Plummer is a programmer, former Microsoft software engineer (Windows 95, NT, XP), creator of Task Manager, author of two books on autism, and host of th...

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Aug 24, 2025 10h 35m

#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex

Scott Horton is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, co-host of Provoked, and for the...

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Aug 13, 2025 1h 57m

#477 – Keyu Jin: China’s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism & Capitalism

Keyu Jin is an economist specializing in China’s economy, international macroeconomics, global trade imbalances, and financial policy. She is the author of T...

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Aug 1, 2025 4h 39m

#476 – Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire

Jack Weatherford is an anthropologist and historian specializing in Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: ht...

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Jul 23, 2025 2h 34m

#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction using AI. Thank you for list...

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Jul 12, 2025

#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting

David Heinemeier Hansson (aka DHH) is a legendary programmer, creator of Ruby on Rails, co-owner & CTO of 37signals that created Basecamp, HEY, & ONCE, and i...

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Jun 26, 2025 4h 11m

#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Debate on Iran war between Scott Horton and Mark Dubowitz. Scott Horton is the author and director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwa...

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Jun 15, 2025 3h 23m

#472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI

Terence Tao is widely considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians in history. He won the Fields Medal and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, and ...

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Jun 5, 2025 2h 17m

#471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet

Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google and Alphabet. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep471-sc See below for times...

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May 24, 2025 3h 30m

#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

James Holland is a historian specializing in World War II. He hosts a podcast called WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Thank you for listening ❤ Che...

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May 20, 2025 2h 27m

#469 – Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain

Oliver Anthony is singer-songwriter who first gained worldwide fame with his viral hit Rich Men North of Richmond. He became a voice for many who are voicele...

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May 5, 2025 3h 7m

#468 – Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions

Janna Levin is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in black holes, cosmology of extra dimensions, topology of the universe, and gravitationa...

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Apr 30, 2025

#467 – Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming

Tim Sweeney is a legendary video game programmer, founder and CEO of Epic Games that created the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, an...

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Apr 24, 2025 3h 14m

#466 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a historian of modern China. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep466-sc See below fo...

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All Episodes

#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age

#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution

#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming

#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music

#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger

#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI

#489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle

#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins

#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths

#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life

#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy

#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex

#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature

#481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA

#480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park

#479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories

#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex

#477 – Keyu Jin: China’s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism & Capitalism

#476 – Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire

#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting

#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

#472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI

#471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet

#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

#469 – Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain

#468 – Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions

#467 – Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming

#466 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao

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episode chat — free.

Lex Fridman Podcast

All Episodes

#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age

#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution

#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming

#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music

#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger

#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI

#489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle

#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins

#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths

#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life

#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy

#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex

#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature

#481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA

#480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park

#479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories

#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex

#477 – Keyu Jin: China’s Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Trump, Communism & Capitalism

#476 – Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire

#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting

#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

#472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI

#471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet

#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

#469 – Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain

#468 – Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions

#467 – Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming

#466 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao

Full transcripts, AI insights,episode chat — free.

Full transcripts, AI insights,
episode chat — free.