Episodes 498
Avg. Duration 2h 27m
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Apple Rating 4.7 (12,146)
Since Aug 2018
Latest Episode May 2026

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Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.

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#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln

May 29, 2026 3h 1m

Don Lincoln is a particle physicist at Fermilab who has spent decades working at the frontiers of high energy physics. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors:…

#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet

May 06, 2026 4h 23m

Jean-Baptiste Kempf is lead developer of VLC and president of VideoLAN. Kieran Kunhya is a longtime FFmpeg contributor, codec engineer, and the person behind the now-infamous FFmpeg account on…

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

Apr 09, 2026 2h 9m

Lars Brownworth is a historian, teacher, podcaster, and author specializing in Viking history, medieval Europe, and the Byzantine Empire. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors:…

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

Mar 23, 2026

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 listening ❤ Check out our sponsors:…

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

Mar 11, 2026

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 new studio Kintsugiyama – available to…

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

Mar 01, 2026

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

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

Feb 12, 2026

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 listening ❤ Check out our sponsors:…

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

Feb 01, 2026

Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka are machine learning researchers, engineers, and educators. Nathan is the post-training lead at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and the author of The RLHF Book.…

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

Jan 13, 2026 3h 14m

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 rainforest. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out…

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

Dec 31, 2025

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 highest-rated user on MathOverflow. He is…

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

Dec 12, 2025

Irving Finkel is a scholar of ancient languages and a longtime curator at the British Museum, renowned for his expertise in Mesopotamian history and cuneiform writing. He specializes in reading and…

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

Nov 30, 2025

Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors:…

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

Nov 17, 2025

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. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our…

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

Oct 31, 2025 2h 54m

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. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our…

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

Oct 14, 2025 2h 48m

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

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

Oct 01, 2025 4h 42m

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 timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback,…

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

Sep 19, 2025 4h 31m

Norman Ohler is a historian and author of “Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich,” a book that investigates the role of psychoactive drugs, particularly stimulants such as methamphetamine, in the…

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

Sep 04, 2025 3h 41m

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 behavior and ecology of dinosaurs. He lectures…

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

Aug 29, 2025

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 the Dave’s Garage YouTube channel, where he…

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

Aug 24, 2025 10h 35m

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 past three decades a staunch critic of…

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