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Lex Fridman

Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy, and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex Fridman is a research scientist at MIT.

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#504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare
2026-11-10 · 181 min
Preston Stewart is a West Point graduate and Afghanistan veteran who covers the Ukraine war extensively on his YouTube channel, his podcast called War and Conflict, and his newsletter called Defens...
#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory
2026-10-26 · 223 min
Ankur Moitra, Steven Brunton and Alex Kontorovich are three mathematicians who can speak to this incredible moment in the history of mathematics, when AI solved some of its hardest problems: Navier...
#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung
2026-09-17 · 224 min
Andrew Scull is a historian of psychiatry. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep502-sc <br...
#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux
2026-08-26 · 322 min
DHH is the creator of Ruby on Rails, Omarchy Linux, CTO of 37signals, and a racecar driver. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep501-sc...
#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football
2026-08-12 · 200 min
Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the greatest fighters of all time, who retired from the UFC undefeated with a perfect 29-0 record. We did this conversation entirely in Russian. It&#8217;s translated ...
#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee
2026-07-28 · 233 min
Gary Gallagher is a historian of the American Civil War. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/e...
#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires
2026-06-30 · 239 min
Anthony Kaldellis is a historian of the Roman Empire and author of &#8220;The New Roman Empire&#8221;, a comprehensive history of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). Thank you for li...
#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln
2026-05-29 · 182 min
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: <a href="https://lexfr...
#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet
2026-05-06 · 264 min
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 X.<b...
#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age
2026-04-09 · 130 min
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: <a ...

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