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#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time

Roger Gracie is a legendary jiu jitsu competitor and MMA fighter. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Roger’s match against Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L-Ni7bFAHg
Watch full matches at FloGrappling: https://flograppling.com

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:26) – The moments before a match
(15:17) – Confidence
(29:43) – Greatest jiu jitsu match of all time
(51:04) – Renzo Gracie
(1:03:21) – Braveheart
(1:04:44) – Self-belief
(1:18:50) – Cross-collar choke
(1:22:53) – Mount position
(1:39:07) – How to progress in jiu jitsu
(1:41:22) – Best submission in jiu jitsu
(1:45:55) – The greatest competitor of all time
(1:48:01) – Roger’s statistics
(1:55:57) – MMA vs jiu jitsu
(2:04:25) – Gordon Ryan
(2:16:51) – John Danaher
(2:19:23) – Bear fight
(2:22:21) – Tie
(2:32:53) – Advice for beginners
(2:42:13) – Drilling
(2:50:09) – Roger vs Bear, Lion, Gorilla, and Anaconda
(2:55:14) – Advice for young people
(3:05:02) – Love

#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield

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Todd Howard is a legendary video game designer at Bethesda Game Studios. He led the development of the Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series, and an upcoming game Starfield. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Bethesda: https://bethesda.net
Bethesda Game Studios: https://bethesdagamestudios.com
Creation Club: https://creationclub.bethesda.net

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:53) – Simulation
(07:49) – NPCs
(16:40) – Daggerfall and Arena
(24:53) – Bethesda
(33:18) – Video game graphics
(39:37) – The essence of a video game
(44:25) – Redguard
(49:25) – Creating open worlds
(57:04) – Superintelligent NPCs
(1:01:58) – Starfield
(1:21:40) – The Elder Scrolls 6
(1:41:01) – Fallout
(1:48:09) – Character creation
(1:53:11) – Quests & items
(2:06:57) – Xbox
(2:12:22) – Greatest game of all time
(2:22:38) – Day in the life
(2:30:32) – Advice for young people
(2:34:00) – Fallout TV show
(2:38:32) – Indiana Jones game
(2:44:44) – Meaning of life

#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming

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Guido van Rossum is the creator of Python programming language. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Guido’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/gvanrossum
Guido’s Website: https://gvanrossum.github.io/
Python’s Website: https://python.org

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:26) – CPython
(12:38) – Code readability
(17:00) – Indentation
(33:36) – Bugs
(45:04) – Programming fads
(1:00:15) – Speed of Python 3.11
(1:25:09) – Type hinting
(1:30:27) – mypy
(1:35:43) – TypeScript vs JavaScript
(1:51:42) – Best IDE for Python
(2:01:43) – Parallelism
(2:19:36) – Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)
(2:29:14) – Python 4.0
(2:41:31) – Machine learning
(2:51:13) – Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL)
(3:02:49) – Advice for beginners
(3:09:21) – GitHub Copilot
(3:12:47) – Future of Python

#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road

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Chris Tarbell is a former FBI special agent and cybercrime investigation specialist who brought down Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road, and Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) of LulzSec and Anonymous. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Hacker And The Fed podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/hacker-and-the-fed/id1649541362
Naxo: https://naxo.com/who-we-are

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:05) – Silk Road
(18:28) – Mass surveillance
(22:40) – Operation Onion Peeler
(27:56) – Hacker Avunit
(38:45) – Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road
(51:29) – Edward Snowden
(53:33) – NSA surveillance
(1:05:40) – Silk Road murders
(1:14:26) – Dark web
(1:18:28) – Ross Ulbricht’s arrest
(1:26:27) – Aaron Swartz
(1:29:45) – Donald Trump and the Mar-a-Lago raid
(1:32:50) – Tech companies and censorship
(1:41:49) – War in Ukraine
(1:45:47) – Anonymous and LulzSec
(1:55:59) – FBI
(1:59:00) – Personal threats
(2:04:47) – Hector Monsegur a.k.a Sabu
(2:17:57) – Cyber attack threats against civilians
(2:34:45) – Most secure operating system
(2:38:33) – Cyber war
(2:46:28) – Advice for young people
(2:51:39) – FBI’s credibility
(3:00:10) – Love

#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin

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Bjørn Lomborg is author of “False Alarm”. Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Times). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Andrew’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revkin
Andrew’s Substack: https://revkin.substack.com
Andrew’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/revkin
Bjørn’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg
Bjørn’s Website: https://lomborg.com
Andrew’s Books:
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The Burning Season: https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq
Bjørn’s Books:
False Alarm: https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4
How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:59) – Politics of climate change
(24:01) – Greta Thunberg
(30:31) – Electric cars
(37:53) – Economy
(45:30) – Journalism
(59:32) – Human emissions
(1:17:19) – Worst-case climate change scenario
(1:37:40) – Hurricanes
(1:56:29) – Climate change vs Global warming
(2:00:35) – Climate alarmism
(2:15:25) – Economic models
(2:46:52) – Climate change policies
(3:02:54) – Nuclear energy
(3:09:30) – Alex Epstein
(3:20:00) – Public opinion on climate change
(3:41:57) – US presidents
(3:52:35) – Advice for young people
(4:06:10) – Meaning of life

#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness

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Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist, engineer, CEO of Social Capital, and co-host of the All-In Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Chamath’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/chamath
Chamath’s LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chamath
Chamath’s Substack: https://chamathreads.substack.com
Social Capital (website): https://socialcapital.com
All-In Podcast (podcast): https://youtube.com/channel/UCESLZhusAkFfsNsApnjF_Cg

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:55) – Childhood and forgiveness
(21:39) – Money and happiness
(28:29) – Poker
(31:57) – Mistakes
(42:47) – Early jobs
(44:25) – Facebook
(1:02:11) – Energy
(1:09:51) – Cloud computation
(1:14:06) – Fixing social media
(1:23:58) – Trump’s Twitter ban
(1:29:03) – Kanye West
(1:40:15) – All-In Podcast
(1:49:31) – Nuclear war
(2:01:07) – Startups
(2:09:38) – Work-life balance
(2:20:47) – Teamwork
(2:32:08) – Energy transition
(2:42:41) – Silicon Valley culture
(2:46:00) – Activism culture
(2:50:21) – Advice for young people
(2:56:56) – Meaning of life

#337 – Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships

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Steven Bonnell, aka Destiny, is a progressive political commentator and a live streamer on YouTube. Melina Goransson is a live streamer on Twitch. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Destiny’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/destiny
Destiny’s Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/Destiny
Destiny’s Website: https://destiny.gg
Destiny’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/destiny
Melina’s Twitch: https://twitch.tv/melina
Melina’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melina.goransson
Melina’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/melinagoranson

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:55) – Politics and debates
(24:17) – War in Ukraine
(37:26) – Trans athletics
(40:35) – AI
(53:18) – Lowest point in Destiny’s life
(1:13:29) – Hate speech and language
(1:49:51) – Misogyny
(2:05:02) – Big government and institutions
(2:44:46) – Hasan and Vaush
(3:00:55) – Joe Biden
(3:11:45) – Donald Trump
(3:17:45) – Free speech
(3:20:38) – Melina joins the conversation
(3:23:52) – Melina and Destiny
(3:34:23) – Open relationship
(3:41:45) – Red pill community
(3:52:00) – Sex body count
(4:04:14) – Advice for young people

#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War

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Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Ben’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/benshapiro
Ben’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/officialbenshapiro
Daily Wire: https://dailywire.com
Ben’s Books:
The Authoritarian Moment: https://amzn.to/3T3RRJv
Facts (Still) Don’t Care About Your Feelings: https://amzn.to/3T3Hwgs
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps: https://amzn.to/3fxmeKx
The Right Side of History: https://amzn.to/3E3jGgS
How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: https://amzn.to/3FLHR4z
Facts Don’t Care about Your Feelings: https://amzn.to/3UrcBvL
Books mentioned:
The Strongman: https://amzn.to/3U8f2U7
Economics in One Lesson: https://amzn.to/3DWAbLA
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: https://amzn.to/3DTGlej

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:07) – Kanye ‘Ye’ West
(14:47) – Hitler and the nature of evil
(22:53) – Political attacks on the left and the right
(28:37) – Quebec mosque shooting
(38:33) – Elon Musk buying Twitter
(51:36) – Trump and Biden
(56:09) – Hunter Biden’s laptop
(1:07:42) – Candace Owens
(1:11:22) – War in Ukraine
(1:21:31) – Rhetoric vs truth
(1:26:26) – Infamous BBC interview
(1:29:42) – Day in the life
(1:44:37) – Abortion
(1:57:32) – Climate change
(2:04:55) – God and faith
(2:16:05) – Tribalism
(2:20:41) – Advice for young people
(2:24:26) – Andrew Breitbart
(2:26:56) – Self-doubt
(2:28:58) – Love

#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

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Fiona Hill is a presidential advisor and foreign policy expert specializing in Russia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Fiona’s Books:
There Is Nothing for You Here: https://amzn.to/3TR0nN9
Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin: https://amzn.to/3WiGU9F

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
(06:24) – Education and career
(17:10) – Donbas in the 20th century
(25:28) – Soviet Union
(36:03) – Donald Trump’s foreign policy
(48:03) – Testifying against Donald Trump
(54:54) – US administrations
(1:16:28) – Impeachment of Donald Trump
(1:36:44) – Why people like Donald Trump
(1:45:49) – Vladimir Putin
(2:05:58) – Invasion of Ukraine
(2:21:03) – NATO implication in Ukraine war
(2:33:54) – Interviewing Vladimir Putin
(2:46:22) – 2024 elections
(2:49:30) – Alexei Navalny
(2:54:03) – Nuclear war
(3:05:54) – How Ukraine war will end
(3:12:40) – Hope for the future
(3:15:48) – Advice for young people

#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons

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Abbas Amanat is a historian at Yale specializing in the modern history of Iran. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Abbas’s Website: https://history.yale.edu/people/abbas-amanat
Abbas’s Books:
1. Iran: https://amzn.to/3zzLWVA
2. Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi’ism: https://amzn.to/3h66fU0

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:18) – Mahsa Amini protests in Iran
(24:35) – Propaganda
(42:13) – Iranian culture
(59:02) – Violent suppression of protests
(1:20:31) – Islamic Revolution
(1:38:14) – CIA in Iran
(1:54:30) – Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini
(2:25:26) – Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
(2:33:21) – Nuclear weapons
(2:41:38) – Israel
(2:56:18) – Putin
(3:03:50) – Future of Iran

Lex Fridman

Research Scientist at MIT. Host of Lex Fridman Podcast.

Author Archives: lexteam

#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time

#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield

#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming

#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road

#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin

#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness

#337 – Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships

#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War

#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons