Lex Fridman Podcast

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Comedy, Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man
Duncan Trussell
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Africa
Magatte Wade
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CIA Spy
Andrew Bustamante
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Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, and Programming
John Carmack
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UFOs and Fighter Jets
Ryan Graves
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Coinbase CEO
Brian Armstrong
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Deep Learning and AGI
Oriol Vinyals
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Black Holes, Alien Life, and the Big Bang
Martin Rees
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Christianity and the Catholic Church
Robert Barron
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Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics
Steve Keen
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IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences
Richard Haier
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KGB Spy
Jack Barsky
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Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, and Freedom
Joe Rogan
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DeepMind
Demis Hassabis
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The Power of Introverts and Loneliness
Susan Cain
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Anatomy of the Human Body
Jonathan Reisman
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Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West
Douglas Murray
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Marxism and Communism
Richard Wolff
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iPhone, iPod, and Nest
Tony Fadell
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Reality is an Illusion
Donald Hoffman
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Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity
Robin Hanson
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The Case Against Social Media
Jonathan Haidt
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Imagine Dragons
Dan Reynolds
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Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine
Stephen Kotkin
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Bad Vegan
Sarma Melngailis
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Comedy, Skyrim, Sex Robots, Love, Fame, and Power
Bobby Lee
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Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine
Oliver Stone
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Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture
Glenn Loury
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Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics
Saifedean Ammous
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Space Travel, Colonization & Long-Term Survival
Chris Mason
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Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
David Buss
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Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity
Grimes
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Qualcomm CEO
Cristiano Amon
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Alien Debate
Sara Walker and Lee Cronin
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Hunger, War, and Human Suffering
Skye Fitzgerald
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Focus, Stress, Relationships, and Friendship
Andrew Huberman
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Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money
Michael Saylor
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Music
Rick Rubin
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Depression, Schizophrenia, and Psychiatry
Karl Deisseroth
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War and Violence
Chris Blattman
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Cybercrime
Brett Johnson
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Space Colonization and Exploration
Ariel Ekblaw
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Judaism
David Wolpe
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Origin of Life, Aliens, and Complexity
Lee Cronin
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Nazi Science and Ideology
Robert Proctor
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Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg
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Cybersecurity and the Weapons of Cyberwar
Nicole Perlroth
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Arm Wrestling
Devon Larratt
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Elon Musk, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity
Tim Urban
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Big Pharma
John Abramson
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UFOs and Aliens
Garry Nolan
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Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind
Philip Goff
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The Greatest of All Time
Georges St-Pierre, John Danaher, and Gordon Ryan
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From Batman to AI and the Rolling Stones
Thomas Tull
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Dark Matter of Intelligence
Yann LeCun
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Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & the Nobel Prize
Brian Keating
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Nationalism Debate
Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony
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Comedy!
Mark Normand
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The Case Against Lockdowns
Jay Bhattacharya
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New Year's Special
Michael Malice
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SpaceX and Tesla Autopilot, Robotics, and AI
Elon Musk
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Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires
Ray Dalio
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Python and the Search for Meaning
Peter Wang
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Pfizer CEO
Albert Bourla
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Genocide and Absolute Power
Norman Naimark
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Lab Leak Theory
Jamie Metzl
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Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
Peter Woit
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Iowa Wrestling
Tom Brands
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Afghanistan
Robert Crews
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Instagram
Kevin Systrom
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Wrestling and MMA
Ben Askren
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Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars & Future of Robotics
Boris Sofman
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Sci-Fi, Space, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity
Neal Stephenson
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History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
Niall Ferguson
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National Institutes of Health
Francis Collins
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Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
Steve Viscelli
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Judo and the Forging of Champions
Jimmy Pedro
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Rapid COVID Testing
Michael Mina
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Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
Stephen Wolfram
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Drugs, Addiction, and Society
Carl Hart
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Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Death & Meaning
Brian Greene
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Bitcoin and the Fight for Human Rights
Alex Gladstein
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War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
Kelsi Sheren
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Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
Richard Wrangham
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Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
RZA
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Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
Sean Kelly
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Innovating Mathematics Education
Jo Boaler
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Optoelectronic Intelligence
Jeffrey Shainline
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NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda
Travis Oliphant
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Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
Travis Stevens
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Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
Jay McClelland
Cognitive Scientist, Psychologist
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Cyc and Common-Sense Reasoning for AI
Douglas Lenat
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New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
Niels Jorgensen
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Programming, Algorithms, and the Game of Life
Donald Knuth
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Virtual Reality and Social Media
Jaron Lanier
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Robotics
Rodney Brooks
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Viruses and Vaccines
Vincent Racaniello
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OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, and the Future of AI
Wojciech Zaremba
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Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science
Jed Buchwald
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Gravitational Waves
Barry Barish
experimental physicist
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Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
Joscha Bach
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The Secret History of Psychedelics
Brian Muraresku
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Sleep
Matt Walker
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Fermat's Library and the Art of Studying Papers
Luís and João Batalha
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The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins
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Powerlifting and the Engineering of Strength
Chris Duffin
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Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision
Ishan Misra
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Ultramarathon Running
Zach Bitter
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String Theory
Cumrun Vafa
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Regenerative Farming and the Art of Cooking Meat
Anya Fernald
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Psychedelics
Rick Doblin
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Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
Konstantin Batygin
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Totalitarianism and Anarchy
Michael Malice
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Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar
Roger Reaves
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Origin of Life
Sara Walker
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War, Leadership, and Discipline
Jocko Willink
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North Korea
Yeonmi Park
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Search for Life on Venus & Other Planets
Clara Sousa-Silva
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Science and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
Bret Weinstein
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The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses
Rob Reid
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Cardano
Charles Hoskinson
Founder, Cardano
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Philosophy
Daniel Schmachtenberger
Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction
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Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes
Jordan Ellenberg
Math, Wisconsin
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Extending the Human Lifespan
David Sinclair
Biologist, Harvard
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Ethereum 2.0
Vitalik Buterin
Co-founder of Ethereum
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Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Life & Aliens
Frank Wilczek
Physics, MIT
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Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces
Bryan Johnson
Founder, Kernel
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Consciousness, Free Will, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
Sam Harris
Author, Philosopher
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Planets, Moons, and Asteroids in Our Solar System
Katherine de Kleer
Planetary Science
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Math Olympiad, Combinatorics, and Contact Tracing
Po-Shen Loh
Math, CMU
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The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu
John Danaher
Martial Arts
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Chainlink and Hybrid Smart Contracts
Sergey Nazarov
Decentralized Finance
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History of American Power
Jeremi Suri
Historian, UT Austin
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The Science of Fighting
Georges St-Pierre
Martial Arts
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Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy
Michael Malice and Yaron Brook
Philosophy
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Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computatio
Risto Miikkulainen
CS, UT Austin
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Bitcoin from First Principles
Robert Breedlove
Decentralized Finance
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History and Comedy
Yannis Pappas
Comedian
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Economic Growth & the Fight Against Conformity
Tyler Cowen
Economist
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Bitcoin, Layered Scaling & Blocksize Debates
Nic Carter
Decentralized Finance
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Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
Ryan Schiller
Founder, Librex
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Bitcoin
Anthony Pompliano
Decentralized Finance
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The Ideal of Justice
Ronald Sullivan
Law
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Martial Arts from First Principles
Ryan Hall
Martial Arts
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Cryptocurrency, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
Silvio Micali
CS, MIT
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Politics, History, and Power
Saagar Enjeti
Politics, History
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Deep Work
Cal Newport
CS, Productivity
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Philosophy of Violence, Power, and the Martial Arts
Josh Barnett
MMA, Catch Wrestling
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Sleep, Dreams, Psychedelics, and Neuroplasticity
Andrew Huberman
Neuroscientist, Stanford
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Difficult Conversations, Freedom, and Physics
Eric Weinstein
Math, Physics, Philosophy
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The Future of Computing
Jim Keller
Computer Engineer
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Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship
Jason Calacanis
Angel Investor
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JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
Brendan Eich
Creator of JavaScript
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WallStreetBets, Numerai & Future of Stock Trading
Richard Craib
Stock Trading
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The Next Generation of Big Ideas
Zev Weinstein
Philosophy. Science.
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Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion
Natalya Bailey
Rocket Science
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Comedy, Power & Conspiracy Theories
Tim Dillon
Comedian
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AI and Physics
Max Tegmark
Physics & AI, MIT
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Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua
Avi Loeb
Astrophysics, Harvard
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Evolution of Proteins, Viruses & Life
Dmitry Korkin
Computational Biologist, WPI
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Olympic Wrestling
Dan Gable
Wrestling
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Speech Recognition with AI and Humans
Dan Kokotov
Computer Science
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The White Pill
Michael Malice
Political Thinker
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Aliens, Technology, Religion & Belief
Diana Walsh Pasulka
Historian, Philosopher
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Machine Learning and Education
Charles Isbell and Michael Littman
Computer Science
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Waymo
Dmitri Dolgov
CTO, Waymo
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Rapid Testing, Viruses, and the Engineering Mindset
Michael Mina
Infectious Diseases, Harvard
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Psychedelics
Matthew Johnson
Psychedelics, Johns Hopkins
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Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI
Michael Littman
CS, Brown
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Fighting and the Pursuit of Excellence
John Clarke
Martial Artist
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Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
Manolis Kellis
CS & Biology, MIT
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Economics of AI, Social Networks & Technology
Erik Brynjolfsson
Economist, Stanford
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Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Neuroscientist
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Neuroscience of Optimal Performance
Andrew Huberman
Neuroscientist, Stanford
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Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism
Yaron Brook
Objectivist
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Supernovae & the Expanding Universe
Alex Filippenko
Astrophysicist, Berkeley
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Hardcore History
Dan Carlin
Historian, Podcaster
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Computing, AI & Race in America
Charles Isbell
Computing, Georgia Tech
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On the Nature of Good and Evil
Eric Weinstein
Mathematician, Intellectual
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Biology of Disease
Manolis Kellis
CS & Biology, MIT
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Learning to Drive with Neural Nets
George Hotz
Founder, Comma.ai
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The Future of Computing and Programming
Chris Lattner
Software & Hardware
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Computational Complexity and Consciousness
Scott Aaronson
CS, Quantum Computing
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How the Brain Works
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Neuroscience, Psychology
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Anarchy, Democracy, Love, and Trolling
Michael Malice
Political Author, Anarchist
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The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan
Comedian, Podcaster
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Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Day of Computing
James Gosling
Creator of Java
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Philosophy of Martial Arts
Ryan Hall
Martial Artist
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Fundamental Theory of Physics
Stephen Wolfram
CS, Math, Physics
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Origin of Life, Humans, and Ideas
Manolis Kellis
CS & Biology, MIT
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UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets & Aerospace
David Fravor
Pilot & Commander, Navy
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Forming a Friendship with an AI Companion
Eugenia Kuyda
Co-founder, Replika
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Measures of Intelligence
François Chollet
Deep Learning, Google
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Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain
David Eagleman
Neuroscientist, Stanford
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Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching
Grant Sanderson
Math, 3Blue1Brown
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Death and Meaning
Sheldon Solomon
Social Psychologist, Philosopher
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Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System
Sara Seager
Planetary Scientist, MIT
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Brain-Inspired AI
Dileep George
Neuroscience, Vicarious
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Underactuated Robotics
Russ Tedrake
Robotics, MIT
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Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics
Manolis Kellis
CS & Biology, MIT
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Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and Religion
Ian Hutchinson
Plasma Physics, MIT
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Algorithms and Computational Complexity
Richard Karp
CS, Berkeley
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Computer Vision
Jitendra Malik
CS, Berkeley
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UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go
Brian Kernighan
CS, Princeton
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Robotics and Machine Learning
Sergey Levine
Robotic + ML, Berkeley
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Suffering in Humans, Animals, and AI
Peter Singer
Moral Philosopher
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Neuroscience, Psychology, and AI at DeepMind
Matt Botvinick
Neuroscience & AI, DeepMind
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Biotechnology
Robert Langer
Biotech, MIT
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Computer Architecture and Data Storage
David Patterson
CS, Berkeley
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Artificial General Intelligence
Ben Goertzel
AGI Researcher
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
Historian and Writer
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Artificial Consciousness
Joscha Bach
Researcher, AI Foundation
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Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle
Karl Friston
Neuroscientist, UCL
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Social Robotics
Kate Darling
Robot Ethicist, MIT
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Robots That Fly & Robots That Drive
Sertac Karaman
Roboticist, MIT
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Going Big in Business
Stephen Schwarzman
CEO, Blackstone
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Adversarial ML & Computer Security
Dawn Song
CS, Berkeley
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Deep Learning
Ilya Sutskever
OpenAI
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Biomedicine and Machine Learning
Daphne Koller
CS & Biomedicine
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Particle Physics and the Large Hadron Collider
Harry Cliff
Particle Physicist
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Square, Cryptocurrency, and AI
Jack Dorsey
CEO, Square & Twitter
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Computational Biology of Coronavirus
Dmitry Korkin
Computational Biologist, WPI
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Cellular Automata, Computation, and Physics
Stephen Wolfram
Computer Scientist, Physicist
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Geometric Unity and the Call for New Ideas
Eric Weinstein
Mathematician
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Evolution, Intelligence, Simulation, and Memes
Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary Biologist
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AlphaGo, AlphaZero, and Deep RL
David Silver
Research Lead, DeepMind
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