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Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast has 109 indexed episodes on PodcastMentions with 287 transcript-derived book mentions across 258 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 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1984 by George Orwell, and Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Episodes109
Books258
Mentions287
Events3
Recurring Topics
Notable Guests
Books This Show Tends to Mention
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley · 6 mentions · 6 episodes
1984
George Orwell · 5 mentions · 5 episodes
Animal Farm
George Orwell · 4 mentions · 4 episodes
Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 4 mentions · 4 episodes
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William Shirer · 3 mentions · 3 episodes
Life Ascending
Nick Lane · 2 mentions · 2 episodes
Quick FAQ
What is Lex Fridman Podcast about on PodcastMentions?
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 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1984 by George Orwell, and Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Which books are mentioned most on Lex Fridman Podcast?
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1984 by George Orwell, 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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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
Oct 6, 2024
#447 – Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI
Guest: Cursor Team
Oct 2, 2024
#446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America
Guest: Ed Barnhart
Sep 29, 2024
#276 – Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money
Guest: Michael Saylor
Sep 29, 2024
#318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness
Guest: Nick Lane
Sep 27, 2024
#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War
Guest: Ben Shapiro
Sep 25, 2024
#445 – Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump, Conservatism, Nationalism, Immigration, and War
Guest: Vivek Ramaswamy
Sep 21, 2024
#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
Guest: Vejas Liulevicius
Sep 12, 2024
#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
Guest: Gregory Aldrete
Sep 3, 2024
#442 – Donald Trump Interview
Guest: Donald Trump
Aug 30, 2024
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism
Guest: Cenk Uygur
Aug 20, 2024
#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life
Guest: Pieter Levels
Aug 15, 2024
#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling
Guest: Craig Jones
Aug 2, 2024
#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity
Guests: Elon Musk and Neuralink Team
Jul 22, 2024
#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6
Guest: Jordan Jonas
Jul 2, 2024
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life
Guest: Ivanka Trump
Jun 28, 2024
#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships
Guest: Andrew Huberman
Jun 20, 2024
#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet
Guest: Aravind Srinivas
Jun 13, 2024
#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens
Guest: Sara Walker
Jun 6, 2024
#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life
Guest: Kevin Spacey
Jun 3, 2024
#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI
Guest: Roman Yampolskiy
May 26, 2024
#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories
Guest: Charan Ranganath
May 15, 2024
#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God
Guest: Paul Rosolie
Apr 22, 2024
#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens
Guest: Sean Carroll
Apr 21, 2024
#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset
Guest: Neil Adams
Apr 17, 2024
#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
Guest: Edward Gibson
Apr 13, 2024
#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones
Guest: Andrew Callaghan
Apr 6, 2024
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame
Guest: Bassem Youssef
Apr 3, 2024
#423 – Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex
Guest: Tulsi Gabbard
Mar 31, 2024
#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs
Guest: Mark Cuban
Mar 25, 2024
#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck
Guest: Dana White
Mar 23, 2024
#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy
Guest: Annie Jacobsen
Mar 18, 2024
#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
Guest: Sam Altman 2
Mar 14, 2024
#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
Mar 10, 2024
#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family
Guest: Kimbal Musk
Mar 8, 2024
#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI
Guest: Yann LeCun
Mar 5, 2024
#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War
Guest: Serhii Plokhy
Feb 27, 2024
#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom
Guest: Tucker Carlson
Feb 20, 2024
#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech
Guest: Bill Ackman
Feb 16, 2024
#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics
Guest: Marc Raibert
Jan 31, 2024
#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam
Guest: Omar Suleiman
Jan 22, 2024
#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
Guest: Ben Shapiro
Jan 17, 2024
#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud
Guest: Matthew Cox
Jan 10, 2024
#408 – Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen
Guest: Tal Wilkenfeld
Dec 30, 2023
#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI
Guest: Guillaume Verdon
Dec 25, 2023
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness
Guest: Teddy Atlas
Dec 14, 2023
#405 – Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin
Guest: Jeff Bezos
Dec 10, 2023
#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
Guest: Lee Cronin
Dec 4, 2023
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events
Guest: Lisa Randall
Nov 26, 2023
#402 – Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special
Guest: Michael Malice
Nov 17, 2023
#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
Guest: John Mearsheimer
Nov 10, 2023
#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity
Guest: Elon Musk
Oct 11, 2023
#399 – Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East
Guest: Jared Kushner
Sep 28, 2023
#398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse
Guest: Mark Zuckerberg
Sep 25, 2023
#397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech
Guest: Greg Lukianoff
Sep 19, 2023
#396 – James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love
Guest: James Sexton
Sep 10, 2023
#395 – Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin
Guest: Walter Isaacson
Sep 1, 2023
#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature
Guest: Neri Oxman
Aug 17, 2023
#393 – Andrew Huberman: Relationships, Drama, Betrayal, Sex, and Love
Guest: Andrew Huberman
Aug 1, 2023
#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans
Guest: Joscha Bach
Jul 24, 2023
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine
Guest: Mohammed El-Kurd
Jul 17, 2023
#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies
Guest: Yuval Noah Harari
Jul 12, 2023
#389 – Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace
Guest: Benjamin Netanyahu
Jul 6, 2023
#388 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning
Guest: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Jun 30, 2023
#387 – George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God
Guest: George Hotz
Jun 18, 2023
#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia
Guest: Jimmy Wales