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#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

Gregory Aldrete is a historian specializing in ancient Rome and military history.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:38) – Ancient world
(22:34) – Three phases of Roman history
(25:24) – Rome’s expansion
(37:04) – Punic wars
(45:36) – Conquering Greece
(47:14) – Scipio vs Hannibal
(50:21) – Heavy infantry vs Cavalry
(53:57) – Armor
(1:06:48) – Alexander the Great
(1:12:49) – Roman law
(1:22:29) – Slavery
(1:30:09) – Fall of the Roman Republic
(1:33:54) – Julius Caesar
(1:38:33) – Octavian’s rise
(1:48:25) – Cleopatra
(1:56:47) – Augustus
(2:24:57) – Religion in Rome
(2:49:03) – Emperors
(2:56:10) – Marcus Aurelius
(3:02:21) – Taxes
(3:05:29) – Fall of the Roman Empire
(3:22:41) – Decisive battles
(3:46:51) – Hope

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#442 – Donald Trump Interview

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Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States and the Republican candidate in the 2024 US Presidential Election.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(09:19) – Psychology of winning and losing
(12:01) – Politics is a dirty game
(13:38) – Business vs politics
(16:15) – War in Ukraine
(18:03) – Kamala Harris interview on CNN
(18:46) – Trump-Harris debate
(21:43) – China
(23:57) – 2020 election
(32:13) – Project 2025
(33:03) – Marijuana
(35:24) – Joe Rogan
(39:04) – Division
(46:10) – Communism and fascism
(49:46) – Power
(51:47) – UFOs & JFK
(52:26) – Jeffrey Epstein
(54:05) – Mortality and religion
(55:35) – Lex AMA

#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

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Cenk Uygur is a progressive political commentator and host of The Young Turks.
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The Young Turks YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks
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Justice Is Coming (Cenk’s book): https://tyt.com/justice

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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(14:27) – Progressivism
(20:37) – Communism
(35:24) – Capitalism
(41:27) – Corruption
(46:13) – Money in politics
(1:03:00) – Fixing politics
(1:22:11) – Meritocracy & DEI
(1:33:10) – Far-left vs far-right
(2:07:43) – Donald Trump
(2:28:00) – Joe Biden
(2:46:27) – Bernie Sanders
(2:59:56) – Kamala Harris
(3:07:25) – Harris vs Trump presidential debate
(3:20:55) – RFK Jr
(3:30:37) – The Young Turks
(3:38:49) – Joe Rogan
(3:48:30) – Propaganda
(3:55:46) – Conspiracy theories
(4:03:33) – Israel-Palestine
(4:13:20) – Hope

#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

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Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.
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Indie Maker Handbook: https://readmake.com/
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Remote OK: https://remoteok.com
Hoodmaps: https://hoodmaps.com

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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(11:38) – Startup philosophy
(19:09) – Low points
(22:37) – 12 startups in 12 months
(29:29) – Traveling and depression
(42:08) – Indie hacking
(46:11) – Photo AI
(1:22:28) – How to learn AI
(1:31:04) – Robots
(1:39:21) – Hoodmaps
(2:03:26) – Learning new programming languages
(2:12:58) – Monetize your website
(2:19:34) – Fighting SPAM
(2:23:07) – Automation
(2:34:33) – When to sell startup
(2:37:26) – Coding solo
(2:43:28) – Ship fast
(2:52:13) – Best IDE for programming
(3:01:43) – Andrej Karpathy
(3:11:09) – Productivity
(3:24:56) – Minimalism
(3:33:41) – Emails
(3:40:54) – Coffee
(3:48:40) – E/acc
(3:50:56) – Advice for young people

#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling

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Craig Jones is a legendary jiu jitsu personality, competitor, co-founder of B-Team, and organizer of the CJI tournament that offers over $2 million in prize money.
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B-Team’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/bteamjj/
B-Team’s Website: https://bteamjj.com/

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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(12:20) – $1 million in cash
(14:24) – Kazakhstan
(16:49) – Ukraine
(48:58) – Bali
(56:18) – CJI
(1:07:20) – Gabi Garcia
(1:10:14) – The Alley
(1:25:24) – Gordon Ryan and Nicholas Meregali
(1:32:18) – Trolling
(1:35:06) – ADCC
(1:45:19) – Training camp
(1:57:01) – Breaking legs
(1:57:44) – Advice for beginners
(2:04:23) – Volk
(2:13:26) – Future of jiu jitsu
(2:16:32) – Steroids
(2:20:01) – Hope

#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity

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Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO & President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh is the first human to have a Neuralink device implanted in his brain.

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Neuralink’s X: https://x.com/neuralink
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Elon’s X: https://x.com/elonmusk
DJ’s X: https://x.com/djseo_
Matthew’s X: https://x.com/matthewmacdoug4
Bliss’s X: https://x.com/chapman_bliss
Noland’s X: https://x.com/ModdedQuad
xAI: https://x.com/xai
Tesla: https://x.com/tesla
Tesla Optimus: https://x.com/tesla_optimus
Tesla AI: https://x.com/Tesla_AI

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:26) – Elon Musk
(12:42) – Telepathy
(19:22) – Power of human mind
(23:49) – Future of Neuralink
(29:04) – Ayahuasca
(38:33) – Merging with AI
(43:21) – xAI
(45:34) – Optimus
(52:24) – Elon’s approach to problem-solving
(1:09:59) – History and geopolitics
(1:14:30) – Lessons of history
(1:18:49) – Collapse of empires
(1:26:32) – Time
(1:29:14) – Aliens and curiosity
(1:36:48) – DJ Seo
(1:44:57) – Neural dust
(1:51:40) – History of brain–computer interface
(1:59:44) – Biophysics of neural interfaces
(2:10:12) – How Neuralink works
(2:16:03) – Lex with Neuralink implant
(2:36:01) – Digital telepathy
(2:47:03) – Retracted threads
(2:52:38) – Vertical integration
(2:59:32) – Safety
(3:09:27) – Upgrades
(3:18:30) – Future capabilities
(3:47:46) – Matthew MacDougall
(3:53:35) – Neuroscience
(4:00:44) – Neurosurgery
(4:11:48) – Neuralink surgery
(4:30:57) – Brain surgery details
(4:46:40) – Implanting Neuralink on self
(5:02:34) – Life and death
(5:11:54) – Consciousness
(5:14:48) – Bliss Chapman
(5:28:04) – Neural signal
(5:34:56) – Latency
(5:39:36) – Neuralink app
(5:44:17) – Intention vs action
(5:55:31) – Calibration
(6:05:03) – Webgrid
(6:28:05) – Neural decoder
(6:48:40) – Future improvements
(6:57:36) – Noland Arbaugh
(6:57:45) – Becoming paralyzed
(7:11:20) – First Neuralink human participant
(7:15:21) – Day of surgery
(7:33:08) – Moving mouse with brain
(7:58:27) – Webgrid
(8:06:28) – Retracted threads
(8:14:53) – App improvements
(8:21:38) – Gaming
(8:32:36) – Future Neuralink capabilities
(8:35:31) – Controlling Optimus robot
(8:39:53) – God
(8:41:58) – Hope

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

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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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Jordan’s X: https://x.com/hobojordo

OUTLINE:
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(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

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OUTLINE:
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(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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Andrew’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/AndrewHubermanLab
Andrew’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/hubermanlab
Andrew’s Website: https://hubermanlab.com
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Andrew’s book: https://hubermanlab.com/protocols-book

OUTLINE:
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(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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Aravind’s X: https://x.com/AravSrinivas
Perplexity: https://perplexity.ai/
Perplexity’s X: https://x.com/perplexity_ai

OUTLINE:
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(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

Lex Fridman

Research Scientist at MIT. Host of Lex Fridman Podcast.

Author Archives: lexteam

#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

#442 – Donald Trump Interview

#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling

#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity

#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