Oliver Anthony is singer-songwriter who first gained worldwide fame with his viral hit Rich Men North of Richmond. He became a voice for many who are voiceless, with many of his songs speaking to the struggle of the working class in modern American life. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep469-sc See …

Janna Levin is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in black holes, cosmology of extra dimensions, topology of the universe, and gravitational waves. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep468-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, et…

Tim Sweeney is a legendary video game programmer, founder and CEO of Epic Games that created the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, and many other groundbreaking and influential video games. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep467-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to …

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a historian of modern China. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep466-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/jeffrey-wasserstrom-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex:…

Robert Rodriguez is a legendary filmmaker and creator of Sin City, El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn, Alita: Battle Angel, The Faculty, and his newest venture Brass Knuckle Films. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep465-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give …

Dave Smith is a comedian, libertarian, political commentator, and the host of Part of the Problem podcast. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep464-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/dave-smith-transcript…

Douglas Murray is the author of On Democracies and Death Cults, The War on The West, and The Madness of Crowds. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep463-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/douglas-murray-2…

Ezra Klein is one of the most influential voices representing the left-wing of American politics. He is a columnist for the NY Times and host of The Ezra Klein Show. Derek Thompson is a writer at The Atlantic and host of the Plain English podcast. Together they have written a new book titled Abundance that lays out a set of ideas for the future of …

ThePrimeagen (aka Michael Paulson) is a programmer who has educated, entertained, and inspired millions of people to build software and have fun doing it. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep461-sc See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. CONTACT LEX: Feedbac…

Recorded March 5th, 2025 We are joined once again by Dr. Richard Spence to discuss some of the topics from his new podcast Strange As It Seems. We delve into the interesting case of the strange book from the 1930s called "The Elect of the Dragon". We also look at current events as the world and alliances change around us. Check out Dr. Spence's pod…

Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. On YouTube this episode is available in English, Hindi, Russian (and soon other languages). Captions and voice-over audio tracks are provided (for the main episode video on YouTube) in English, Hindi, Russian, and the original mixed-language version, with subtitles available in your preferred language. …

Recorded February 18th, 2025 We welcome first time guest Gabriel Kennedy to talk about his book "Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson". We delve into some of the events of Robert Anton Wilson's life, his involvement with the Discordians, and his experience of Chapel Perilous. Check out Gabriel's work at: https://www.p…

Recorded February 11th, 2025 Timothy Renner joins us to discuss his new book "I Have Never MInded the Loneliness: Hermits and Their Stories". Tim tells about the various Hermit's Lives that he explores in the book as well as the nature and what it means to be a Hermit. https://www.strangefamiliars.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.co…

Dylan Patel is the founder of SemiAnalysis, a research & analysis company specializing in semiconductors, GPUs, CPUs, and AI hardware. Nathan Lambert is a research scientist at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and the author of a blog on AI called Interconnects. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep459…

Recorded January 21st, 2025 We start 2025 with one of our favorite long term guests, Walter Bosley. We speak to Walter about his new book "Esoteric Napoleon Part 2. https://walterbosley.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/conspirinormal-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https:/…

Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor, co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep458-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcr…

Jennifer Burns is a historian of ideas, focusing on the evolution of economic, political, and social ideas in the United States in the 20th century. She wrote two biographies, one on Milton Friedman, and the other on Ayn Rand. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep457-sc See below for timestamps, transc…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the President of Ukraine. On YouTube this episode is available in English, Ukrainian, and Russian. Captions and voice-over audio tracks are provided in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and the original mixed-language version, with subtitles available in your preferred language. To listen to the original mixed language version, pl…

Adam Frank is an astrophysicist studying star systems and the search for extraterrestrial life and alien civilizations. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep455-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/adam-fra…

Recorded December 11th, 2024 We end the year with a roundtable with two of our favorite past guests. Dr Future and Robert Guffey join for a fun and serious topic. We look at what is going on in the world but also talk about some fun things too! We'll see you on the flipside in 2025! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/conspirinormal-pod…

Recorded December 3rd, 2024 We return from our Post Conference Break with a couple of shows reflecting on the interesting year that has been 2024. In this Part we are joined by John Brooks of the "Pod Only Knows" Podcast. We speak to John about the results of the Election and what is coming in the next four years. Are we heading for a collapse of t…

Saagar Enjeti is a political journalist & commentator, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and The Realignment Podcast. He is exceptionally well-read, and the books he recommends are always fascinating and eye-opening. You can check out all the books he mentions in this episode here: https://lexfridman.com/saagar-books Thank you for …

Javier Milei is the President of Argentina. This episode is available in both English and Spanish. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep453-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/javier-milei-transcript CONTA…

Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic, the company that created Claude. Amanda Askell is an AI researcher working on Claude’s character and personality. Chris Olah is an AI researcher working on mechanistic interpretability. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep452-sc See below for timestamps, transcrip…

Rick Spence is a historian specializing in the history of intelligence agencies, espionage, secret societies, conspiracies, the occult, and military history. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep451-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Trans…

Recorded October 23rd, 2024 Tickets are available for Strange Realities 2024 at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strange-realities-conference-2024-tickets-900338806607?aff=oddtdtcreator We conclude our preview of Strange Realities 2024 with some more of the speakers from the Conference. We are joined by Kyndyll Lackey, Seriah Azkath, Timothy Renner, a…

Bernie Sanders is a US Senator from Vermont and a two-time presidential candidate. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep450-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/bernie-sanders-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedba…

Recorded October 15th and 16h, 2024 Tickets are still available for Strange Realities 2024 at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strange-realities-conference-2024-tickets-900338806607?aff=oddtdtcreator We continue our preview episodes for Strange Realities 2024 with an epic episode with some more of the speakers from the conference. In the first part of…

Tickets are still available for Strange Realities 2024 at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strange-realities-conference-2024-tickets-900338806607?aff=oddtdtcreator We start the countdown for the Strange Realities Conference with the first of our preview Episodes. We find out what Joshua Cutchin, Greg Bishop, Katie Andrews, and Brent Raynes are present…

Graham Hancock a journalist and author who for over 30 years has explored the controversial possibility that there existed a lost civilization during the last Ice Age, and that it was destroyed in a global cataclysm some 12,000 years ago. He is the presenter of the Netflix documentary series “Ancient Apocalypse”, the 2nd season of which has just be…