Lex Fridman Podcast

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Every guest on Lex Fridman Podcast

346 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Rick Spence
#451 – Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults & Conspiracies · Oct 2024

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Graham Hancock
#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History · Oct 2024

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Jordan Peterson
#448 – Jordan Peterson: Nietzsche, Hitler, God, Psychopathy, Suffering & Meaning · 2 episodes

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Ed Barnhart
#446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America · Sep 2024

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Vivek Ramaswamy
#445 – Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump, Conservatism, Nationalism, Immigration, and War · Sep 2024

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Vejas Liulevicius
#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler · Sep 2024

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Gregory Aldrete
#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome · Sep 2024

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Cenk Uygur
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism · Aug 2024

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Pieter Levels
#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life · Aug 2024

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Craig Jones
#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling · Aug 2024

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Elon Musk
#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity · 3 episodes

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Jordan Jonas
#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6 · Jul 2024

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Ivanka Trump
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life · Jul 2024

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Andrew Huberman
#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships · 5 episodes

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Aravind Srinivas
#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet · Jun 2024

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Sara Walker
#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens · 2 episodes

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Kevin Spacey
#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life · Jun 2024

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Roman Yampolskiy
#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI · Jun 2024

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Charan Ranganath
#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories · May 2024

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Sean Carroll
#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens · Apr 2024

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Neil Adams
#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset · Apr 2024

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Edward Gibson
#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs · Apr 2024

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Andrew Callaghan
#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · Apr 2024

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Bassem Youssef
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame · Apr 2024

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Tulsi Gabbard
#423 – Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex · Apr 2024

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Mark Cuban
#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs · Mar 2024

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Dana White
#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck · Mar 2024

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Annie Jacobsen
#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy · Mar 2024

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Sam Altman
#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI · 2 episodes

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Kimbal Musk
#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family · Mar 2024

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Yann Lecun
#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI · 2 episodes

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Serhii Plokhy
#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War · Mar 2024

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Tucker Carlson
#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom · Feb 2024

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Bill Ackman
#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech · Feb 2024

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Marc Raibert
#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics · Feb 2024

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Omar Suleiman
#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam · 2 episodes

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Matthew Cox
#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud · Jan 2024

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Tal Wilkenfeld
#408 – Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen · Jan 2024

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Teddy Atlas
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness · Dec 2023

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Jeff Bezos
#405 – Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin · Dec 2023

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