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#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6

Jordan Jonas is a wilderness survival expert, explorer, hunter, guide, and winner of Alone Season 6, a show in which the task is to survive alone in the arctic wilderness longer than anyone else. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest competitors in the history on that show. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(11:25) – Alone Season 6
(45:43) – Arctic
(1:01:59) – Roland Welker
(1:09:34) – Freight trains
(1:21:19) – Siberia
(1:39:45) – Hunger
(1:59:29) – Suffering
(2:14:15) – God
(2:29:15) – Mortality
(2:34:59) – Resilience
(2:46:45) – Hope
(2:49:30) – Lex AMA

#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

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Ivanka Trump is a businesswoman, real estate developer, and former senior advisor to the President of the United States. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/ivanka-trump-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Ivanka’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/ivankatrump
Ivanka’s X: https://x.com/IvankaTrump
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(10:17) – Architecture
(22:32) – Modern architecture
(30:05) – Philosophy of design
(38:21) – Lessons from mother
(1:01:27) – Lessons from father
(1:09:59) – Fashion
(1:20:54) – Hotel design
(1:32:04) – Self-doubt
(1:34:27) – Intuition
(1:37:37) – The Apprentice
(1:42:11) – Michael Jackson
(1:43:46) – Nature
(1:48:40) – Surfing
(1:50:51) – Donald Trump
(2:05:13) – Politics
(2:21:25) – Work-life balance
(2:27:53) – Parenting
(2:42:59) – 2024 presidential campaign
(2:46:37) – Dolly Parton
(2:48:22) – Adele
(2:48:51) – Alice Johnson
(2:54:16) – Stevie Ray Vaughan
(2:57:01) – Aretha Franklin
(2:58:11) – Freddie Mercury
(2:59:16) – Jiu jitsu
(3:06:21) – Bucket list
(3:10:50) – Hope

#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

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Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/andrew-huberman-5-transcript

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Andrew’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/AndrewHubermanLab
Andrew’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/hubermanlab
Andrew’s Website: https://hubermanlab.com
Andrew’s X: https://x.com/hubermanlab
Andrew’s book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3RNSIQN
Andrew’s book: https://hubermanlab.com/protocols-book

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(10:24) – Quitting and evolving
(17:22) – How to focus and think deeply
(19:56) – Cannabis drama
(30:08) – Jungian shadow
(40:35) – Supplements
(43:38) – Nicotine
(48:01) – Caffeine
(49:48) – Math gaffe
(1:06:50) – 2024 presidential elections
(1:13:47) – Great white sharks
(1:22:32) – Ayahuasca & psychedelics
(1:37:33) – Relationships
(1:45:08) – Productivity
(1:53:58) – Friendship

#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

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Arvind Srinivas is CEO of Perplexity, a company that aims to revolutionize how we humans find answers to questions on the Internet. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/aravind-srinivas-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Aravind’s X: https://x.com/AravSrinivas
Perplexity: https://perplexity.ai/
Perplexity’s X: https://x.com/perplexity_ai

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(10:52) – How Perplexity works
(18:48) – How Google works
(41:16) – Larry Page and Sergey Brin
(55:50) – Jeff Bezos
(59:18) – Elon Musk
(1:01:36) – Jensen Huang
(1:04:53) – Mark Zuckerberg
(1:06:21) – Yann LeCun
(1:13:07) – Breakthroughs in AI
(1:29:05) – Curiosity
(1:35:22) – $1 trillion dollar question
(1:50:13) – Perplexity origin story
(2:05:25) – RAG
(2:27:43) – 1 million H100 GPUs
(2:30:15) – Advice for startups
(2:42:52) – Future of search
(3:00:29) – Future of AI

#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens

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Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. She is the author of a new book titled “Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence”. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/sara-walker-3-transcript

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Sara’s Book – Life as No One Knows It: https://amzn.to/3wVmOe1
Sara’s X: https://x.com/Sara_Imari
Sara’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/alien_matter

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(10:40) – Definition of life
(31:18) – Time and space
(42:00) – Technosphere
(46:25) – Theory of everything
(55:06) – Origin of life
(1:16:44) – Assembly theory
(1:32:58) – Aliens
(1:44:48) – Great Perceptual Filter
(1:48:45) – Fashion
(1:52:47) – Beauty
(1:59:08) – Language
(2:05:50) – Computation
(2:15:37) – Consciousness
(2:24:28) – Artificial life
(2:48:21) – Free will
(2:55:05) – Why anything exists

#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

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Kevin Spacey is a two-time Oscar-winning actor, who starred in Se7en, the Usual Suspects, American Beauty, and House of Cards, creating haunting performances of characters who often embody the dark side of human nature. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/kevin-spacey-transcript

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Kevin’s Website: https://kevinspacey.com/

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(10:14) – Seven
(13:54) – David Fincher
(21:46) – Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman
(27:15) – Acting
(35:40) – Improve
(44:24) – Al Pacino
(48:07) – Jack Lemmon
(57:25) – American Beauty
(1:17:34) – Mortality
(1:20:22) – Allegations
(1:38:19) – House of Cards
(1:56:55) – Jack Nicholson
(1:59:57) – Mike Nichols
(2:05:30) – Christopher Walken
(2:12:38) – Father
(2:21:30) – Future

#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI

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Roman Yampolskiy is an AI safety researcher and author of a new book titled AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/roman-yampolskiy-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Roman’s X: https://twitter.com/romanyam
Roman’s Website: http://cecs.louisville.edu/ry
Roman’s AI book: https://amzn.to/4aFZuPb

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(09:12) – Existential risk of AGI
(15:25) – Ikigai risk
(23:37) – Suffering risk
(27:12) – Timeline to AGI
(31:44) – AGI turing test
(37:06) – Yann LeCun and open source AI
(49:58) – AI control
(52:26) – Social engineering
(54:59) – Fearmongering
(1:04:49) – AI deception
(1:11:23) – Verification
(1:18:22) – Self-improving AI
(1:30:34) – Pausing AI development
(1:36:51) – AI Safety
(1:46:35) – Current AI
(1:51:58) – Simulation
(1:59:16) – Aliens
(2:00:50) – Human mind
(2:07:10) – Neuralink
(2:16:15) – Hope for the future
(2:20:11) – Meaning of life

#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories

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Charan Ranganath is a psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis, specializing in human memory. He is the author of a new book titled Why We Remember. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/charan-ranganath-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Charan’s X: https://x.com/CharanRanganath
Charan’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/thememorydoc
Charan’s Website: https://charanranganath.com
Why We Remember (book): https://amzn.to/3WzUF6x
Charan’s Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ptWkt1wAAAAJ
Dynamic Memory Lab: https://dml.ucdavis.edu/

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(10:18) – Experiencing self vs remembering self
(23:59) – Creating memories
(33:31) – Why we forget
(41:08) – Training memory
(51:37) – Memory hacks
(1:03:26) – Imagination vs memory
(1:12:44) – Memory competitions
(1:22:33) – Science of memory
(1:37:48) – Discoveries
(1:48:52) – Deja vu
(1:54:09) – False memories
(2:14:14) – False confessions
(2:18:00) – Heartbreak
(2:25:34) – Nature of time
(2:33:15) – Brain–computer interface (BCI)
(2:47:19) – AI and memory
(2:57:33) – ADHD
(3:04:30) – Music
(3:14:15) – Human mind

#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God

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Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Support his efforts at https://junglekeepers.org

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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/paul-rosolie-2-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Paul’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/paulrosolie
Junglekeepers: https://junglekeepers.org
Paul’s Website: https://paulrosolie.com
Mother of God (book): https://amzn.to/3ww2ob1

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(12:29) – Amazon jungle
(14:47) – Bushmaster snakes
(26:13) – Black caiman
(44:33) – Rhinos
(47:47) – Anacondas
(1:18:04) – Mammals
(1:30:10) – Piranhas
(1:41:00) – Aliens
(1:58:45) – Elephants
(2:10:02) – Origin of life
(2:23:21) – Explorers
(2:36:38) – Ayahuasca
(2:45:03) – Deep jungle expedition
(2:59:09) – Jane Goodall
(3:01:41) – Theodore Roosevelt
(3:12:36) – Alone show
(3:22:23) – Protecting the rainforest
(3:38:36) – Snake makes appearance
(3:46:47) – Uncontacted tribes
(4:00:11) – Mortality
(4:01:39) – Steve Irwin
(4:09:18) – God

#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

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Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, author, and host of Mindscape podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/sean-carroll-3-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Sean’s Website: https://preposterousuniverse.com
Mindscape Podcast: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/
Sean’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/@seancarroll
Sean’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll
Sean’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll
Sean’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/seanmcarroll
Sean’s Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Lfifrv8AAAAJ
Sean’s Books: https://amzn.to/3W7yT9N

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(11:03) – General relativity
(23:22) – Black holes
(28:11) – Hawking radiation
(32:19) – Aliens
(41:15) – Holographic principle
(1:05:38) – Dark energy
(1:11:38) – Dark matter
(1:20:34) – Quantum mechanics
(1:41:56) – Simulation
(1:44:18) – AGI
(1:58:42) – Complexity
(2:11:25) – Consciousness
(2:20:32) – Naturalism
(2:24:49) – Limits of science
(2:29:34) – Mindscape podcast
(2:39:29) – Einstein

Lex Fridman

Research Scientist at MIT. Host of Lex Fridman Podcast.

Author Archives: lexteam

#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6

#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens

#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI

#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories

#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God

#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens