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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   Sam Harris

   #365 – Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs · 2 episodes

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   Chris Voss

   #364 – Chris Voss: FBI Hostage Negotiator · Mar 2023

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   Ginni Rometty

   #362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity · Mar 2023

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   Aaron Smith-Levin

   #361 – Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology · Feb 2023

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   Tim Urban

   #360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics · 2 episodes

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   Andrew Strominger

   #359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics · Feb 2023

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   Paul Conti

   #357 – Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil · Feb 2023

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   Tim Dodd

   #356 – Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel · Feb 2023

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   David Kipping

   #355 – David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds · Jan 2023

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    Jeremi Suri

    #354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War · 2 episodes

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    Dennis Whyte

    #353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy · Jan 2023

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    Betül Kaçar

    #350 – Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens · Dec 2022

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    Bhaskar Sunkara

    #349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism · Dec 2022

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    Nathalie Cabrol

    #348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life · Dec 2022

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    Ed Calderon

    #346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels · Dec 2022

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    Noam Brown

    #344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation · Dec 2022

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    Roger Gracie

    #343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time · Dec 2022

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    Todd Howard

    #342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield · Nov 2022

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    Chris Tarbell

    #340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road · Nov 2022

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    Chamath Palihapitiya

    #338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness · Nov 2022

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    Ben Shapiro

    #336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War · Nov 2022

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    Fiona Hill

    #335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump · Nov 2022

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    Abbas Amanat

    #334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons · Nov 2022

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    Andrej Karpathy

    #333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI · Oct 2022

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    Balaji Srinivasan

    #331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA · Oct 2022

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    Hikaru Nakamura

    #330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness · Oct 2022

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    Kate Darling

    #329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT · Oct 2022

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    John Danaher

    #328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives · 2 episodes

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    Annaka Harris

    #326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality · Oct 2022

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    Daniel Negreanu

    #324 – Daniel Negreanu: Poker · Sep 2022

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    Ray Kurzweil

    #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality · Sep 2022

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    Christopher Capozzola

    #320 – Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics · Sep 2022

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    Botez Sisters

    #319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame · Sep 2022

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    Nick Lane

    #318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness · Sep 2022

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    John Vervaeke

    #317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom · Sep 2022

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    Noam Chomsky

    #316 – Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War · Aug 2022

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    Magnus Carlsen

    #315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time · Aug 2022

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    Liv Boeree

    #314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk · Aug 2022

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    Duncan Trussell

    #312 – Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man · Aug 2022

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    Magatte Wade

    #311 – Magatte Wade: Africa, Capitalism, Communism, and the Future of Humanity · Aug 2022

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