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Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman Podcast has 113 indexed episodes on PodcastMentions with 334 transcript-derived book mentions across 304 distinct books.

Recurring topics include book recommendations, cancel culture rise, author introduction, and influential books. Notable guests include Andrew Huberman, Ben Shapiro, Elon Musk, and Nathan Lambert. Books this show tends to mention include 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Episodes113

Books304

Mentions334

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Episodes

May 6, 2026

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

Apr 9, 2026

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

Mar 23, 2026

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

Mar 11, 2026

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

Mar 1, 2026

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

Guest: Rick Beato

Feb 12, 2026

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

Guest: Peter Steinberger

Jan 31, 2026

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

Guests: Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka

Jan 13, 2026

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

Guest: Paul Rosolie

Dec 31, 2025

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

Guest: Joel David Hamkins

Dec 12, 2025

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

Guest: Irving Finkel

Nov 30, 2025

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

Guest: Michael Levin

Nov 17, 2025

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

Guest: David Kirtley

Oct 31, 2025

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

Guest: Dan Houser

Oct 14, 2025

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

Guest: Julia Shaw

Sep 30, 2025

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

Guest: Pavel Durov

Sep 19, 2025

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

Guest: Norman Ohler

Sep 6, 2025

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

Guest: Dave Plummer

Sep 4, 2025

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

Guest: Dave Hone

Aug 13, 2025

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

Guest: Keyu Jin

Aug 1, 2025

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

Guest: Jack Weatherford

Jul 23, 2025

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

Guest: Demis Hassabis

Jul 12, 2025

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

Guest: DHH

Jun 26, 2025

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

Jun 15, 2025

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

Guest: Terence Tao

Jun 5, 2025

#471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet

Guest: Sundar Pichai

May 25, 2025

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

Guest: James Holland

May 19, 2025

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

Guest: Oliver Anthony

May 5, 2025

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

Guest: Janna Levin

May 1, 2025

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

Guest: Tim Sweeney

Apr 24, 2025

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

Guest: Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Apr 17, 2025

#465 – Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Guest: Robert Rodriguez

Apr 9, 2025

#464 – Dave Smith: Israel, Ukraine, Epstein, Mossad, Conspiracies & Antisemitism

Guest: Dave Smith

Mar 31, 2025

#463 – Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas & Gaza

Guest: Douglas Murray

Mar 26, 2025

#462 – Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon & DOGE

Guests: Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Mar 23, 2025

#461 – ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God

Guest: ThePrimeagen

Mar 16, 2025

#460 – Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India – Power, Democracy, War & Peace

Guest: Narendra Modi

Feb 3, 2025

#459 – DeepSeek, China, OpenAI, NVIDIA, xAI, TSMC, Stargate, and AI Megaclusters

Guests: Dylan Patel and Nathan Lambert

Jan 26, 2025

#458 – Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America

Guest: Marc Andreessen

Jan 20, 2025

#457 – Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom

Guest: Jennifer Burns

Jan 5, 2025

#456 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

Guest: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Dec 23, 2024

#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Guest: Adam Frank

Dec 8, 2024

#454 – Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics

Guest: Saagar Enjeti

Nov 19, 2024

#453 – Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption

Guest: Javier Milei

Nov 11, 2024

#452 – Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI & the Future of AI & Humanity

Guest: Dario Amodei

Oct 30, 2024

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

Guest: Rick Spence

Oct 24, 2024

#450 – Bernie Sanders Interview

Guest: Bernie Sanders

Oct 16, 2024

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

Guest: Graham Hancock

Oct 11, 2024

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

Guest: Jordan Peterson

Recurring Topics

book recommendations (4)cancel culture rise (4)author introduction (3)influential books (3)nuclear war risks (3)power of the mind (3)

Notable Guests

Andrew Huberman2 episodes Ben Shapiro2 episodes Elon Musk2 episodes Nathan Lambert2 episodes Paul Rosolie2 episodes Adam Frank1 episode

Books This Show Tends to Mention

1984

George Orwell · 6 mentions · 6 episodes

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 6 mentions · 6 episodes

Animal Farm

George Orwell · 4 mentions · 4 episodes

Gulag Archipelago

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 3 mentions · 3 episodes

Life Ascending

Nick Lane · 3 mentions · 3 episodes

The Plague

Albert Camus · 3 mentions · 3 episodes

Quick FAQ

What is Lex Fridman Podcast about on PodcastMentions?

Which books are mentioned most on Lex Fridman Podcast?

1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Animal Farm by George Orwell are the most frequently cited books currently indexed for Lex Fridman Podcast.

Which guests show up most often on Lex Fridman Podcast?

Andrew Huberman (2 episodes), Ben Shapiro (2 episodes), and Elon Musk (2 episodes) are the most common guest appearances currently indexed for Lex Fridman Podcast.

What topics recur on Lex Fridman Podcast?

book recommendations, cancel culture rise, author introduction, and influential books are the strongest recurring transcript topics on Lex Fridman Podcast.

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