Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman Podcast


Latest Episodes

#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI
June 02, 2023

Chris Lattner is a legendary software and hardware engineer, leading projects at Apple, Tesla, Google, SiFive, and Modular AI, including the development of Swift, LLVM, Clang, MLIR, CIRCT, TPUs, and M

#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication
May 28, 2023

Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - NetSuite: h

#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power
May 24, 2023

Randall Kennedy is a law professor at Harvard and author of many seminal books on race, law, history, culture, and politics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: ht

#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars
May 18, 2023

Anna Frebel is an astronomer and astrophysicist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Hexclad Cookware: https://hexclad.com/lex and use code LEX to get 10% off - Numerai:

#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech
May 15, 2023

Harvey Silverglate is a free speech advocate, co-founder of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Expression, and author of several books on freedom of speech and criminal justice. He is runni

#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
May 09, 2023

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wolfram Research, a company behind Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language, and the Wolfram Physics and Metama

#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism
May 06, 2023

David Pakman is a left-wing progressive political commentator and host of The David Pakman Show. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex

#374 – Robert Playter: Boston Dynamics CEO on Humanoid and Legged Robotics
April 28, 2023

Robert Playter is CEO of Boston Dynamics, a legendary robotics company that over 30 years has created some of the most elegant, dextrous, and simply amazing robots ever built, including the humanoid r

#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI
April 21, 2023

Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - NetSuite: http://ne

#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design
April 16, 2023

Simone Giertz is an inventor, designer, engineer, and roboticist famous for a combination of humor and brilliant creative design in the systems and products she creates. Please support this podcast by