Top 100 Lex Fridman Podcast Episodes

WEEK OF OCTOBER 11, 2026 · 100 VIDEOS

The 100 most-watched Lex Fridman Podcast episodes, ranked live by views, with the full transcript of each.

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Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #310

NO. 1 HOT

Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #310

Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 53m

20M VIEWS

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Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #414 HOT
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 4m · 17M views
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17MVIEWS
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Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #313
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 3m · 16.8M views
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16.8MVIEWS
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Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400 HOT
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 16m · 14.3M views
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14.3MVIEWS
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Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Uncontacted Tribes, Anacondas, and Ayahuasca | Lex Fridman Podcast #369
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 34m · 13M views
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13MVIEWS
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David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds | Lex Fridman Podcast #355
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 47m · 12.5M views
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12.5MVIEWS
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Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism | Lex Fridman Podcast #410
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 2h 20m · 12.5M views
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12.5MVIEWS
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Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #276
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 56m · 11.4M views
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11.4MVIEWS
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Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 2h 31m · 11.2M views
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11.2MVIEWS
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Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #300
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 1h 41m · 10.8M views
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10.8MVIEWS
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Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 16m · 10.4M views
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10.4MVIEWS
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Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal | Lex Fridman Podcast #272
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 47m · 9.8M views
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9.8MVIEWS
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Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #318
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 43m · 9.4M views
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9.4MVIEWS
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Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize | Lex Fridman Podcast #257
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 59m · 9.4M views
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9.4MVIEWS
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Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power | Lex Fridman Podcast #345
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 46m · 9.1M views
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9.1MVIEWS
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Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History | Lex Fridman Podcast #449
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 2h 33m · 8.8M views
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8.8MVIEWS
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Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War | Lex Fridman Podcast #336
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 31m · 8.7M views
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8.7MVIEWS
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John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 26m · 8.3M views
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8.3MVIEWS
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Donald Trump Interview | Lex Fridman Podcast #442
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 1h 4m · 7.8M views
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7.8MVIEWS
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Dan Carlin: Hardcore History | Lex Fridman Podcast #136
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 3h 21m · 7.6M views
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7.6MVIEWS
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #456
Lex Fridman · 2025 · 3h 6m · 7.5M views
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7.5MVIEWS
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Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire - Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome | Lex Fridman Podcast #443
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 42m · 7.5M views
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7.5MVIEWS
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Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #185
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 3h 17m · 7.3M views
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7.3MVIEWS
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David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 3h 56m · 6.9M views
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6.9MVIEWS
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Jack Barsky: KGB Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #301
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 37m · 6.8M views
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6.8MVIEWS
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Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 23m · 6.8M views
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6.8MVIEWS
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Garry Nolan: UFOs and Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #262
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 1h 42m · 6.6M views
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6.6MVIEWS
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Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua | Lex Fridman Podcast #154
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 2h 43m · 6M views
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6MVIEWS
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Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West | Lex Fridman Podcast #296
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 38m · 5.8M views
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5.8MVIEWS
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Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots | Lex Fridman Podcast #325
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 0m · 5.8M views
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5.8MVIEWS
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Kanye 'Ye' West Interview | Lex Fridman Podcast #332
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 26m · 5.7M views
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5.7MVIEWS
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Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy | Lex Fridman Podcast #353
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 8m · 5.7M views
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5.7MVIEWS
33
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India - Power, Democracy, War & Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #460
Lex Fridman · 2025 · 3h 17m · 5.6M views
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5.6MVIEWS
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Michio Kaku: Future of Humans, Aliens, Space Travel & Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #45
Lex Fridman · 2019 · 1h 1m · 5.5M views
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5.5MVIEWS
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Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 11m · 5.4M views
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5.4MVIEWS
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MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #351
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 17m · 5.1M views
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5.1MVIEWS
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James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #396
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 44m · 5.1M views
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5.1MVIEWS
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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 | Lex Fridman Podcast #188
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 3h 2m · 5M views
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5MVIEWS
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Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #308
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 32m · 4.9M views
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4.9MVIEWS
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Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #234
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 3h 38m · 4.8M views
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4.8MVIEWS
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Andrew Huberman: Focus, Stress, Relationships, and Friendship | Lex Fridman Podcast #277
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 25m · 4.8M views
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4.8MVIEWS
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Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #438
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 8h 37m · 4.6M views
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4.6MVIEWS
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Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America | Lex Fridman Podcast #446
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 28m · 4.5M views
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4.5MVIEWS
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John Danaher: The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, and MMA | Lex Fridman Podcast #182
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 3h 37m · 4.5M views
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4.5MVIEWS
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Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 2h 35m · 4.4M views
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4.4MVIEWS
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Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #267
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 0m · 4.3M views
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4.3MVIEWS
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Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man | Lex Fridman Podcast #312
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 19m · 4.2M views
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4.2MVIEWS
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Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris | Lex Fridman Podcast #418
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 4h 57m · 4.1M views
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4.1MVIEWS
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Javier Milei: President of Argentina - Freedom, Economics, and Corruption | Lex Fridman Podcast #453
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 1h 57m · 4.1M views
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4.1MVIEWS
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Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine | Lex Fridman Podcast #286
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 1h 52m · 4.1M views
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4.1MVIEWS
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Joe Rogan: Fear, Love, Chaos, and the Joe Rogan Experience | Lex Fridman Podcast #127
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 1h 16m · 4M views
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4MVIEWS
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Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 28m · 4M views
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4MVIEWS
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Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox - Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #370
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 46m · 3.9M views
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3.9MVIEWS
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Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness | Lex Fridman Podcast #330
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 48m · 3.8M views
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3.8MVIEWS
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Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #137
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 2h 35m · 3.8M views
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3.8MVIEWS
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Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Stalin, Hitler, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine | Lex Fridman Podcast #289
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 41m · 3.7M views
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3.7MVIEWS
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #388
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 28m · 3.7M views
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3.7MVIEWS
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Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road | Lex Fridman Podcast #340
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 56m · 3.6M views
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3.6MVIEWS
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Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic | Lex Fridman Podcast #194
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 3h 17m · 3.4M views
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3.4MVIEWS
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Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System | Lex Fridman Podcast #201
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 2h 39m · 3.3M views
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3.3MVIEWS
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Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 53m · 3.3M views
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3.3MVIEWS
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Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482
Lex Fridman · 2025 · 4h 34m · 3.2M views
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3.2MVIEWS
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Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology | Lex Fridman Podcast #361
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 13m · 3.1M views
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3.1MVIEWS
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Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #303
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 31m · 3.1M views
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3.1MVIEWS
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Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #359
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 19m · 3.1M views
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3.1MVIEWS
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Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck | Lex Fridman Podcast #421
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 1h 30m · 3.1M views
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3.1MVIEWS
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Daniel Negreanu: Poker | Lex Fridman Podcast #324
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 21m · 3.1M views
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3.1MVIEWS
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Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #315
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 31m · 3M views
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3MVIEWS
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Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 1h 4m · 3M views
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3MVIEWS
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Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield | Lex Fridman Podcast #342
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 44m · 3M views
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3MVIEWS
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Georges St-Pierre, John Danaher & Gordon Ryan: The Greatest of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #260
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 59m · 2.9M views
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2.9MVIEWS
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Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #429
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 4h 1m · 2.9M views
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2.9MVIEWS
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Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil | Lex Fridman Podcast #357
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 17m · 2.9M views
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2.9MVIEWS
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Bernie Sanders Interview | Lex Fridman Podcast #450
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 1h 2m · 2.8M views
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2.8MVIEWS
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Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk | Lex Fridman Podcast #314
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 35m · 2.8M views
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2.8MVIEWS
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Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #455
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 26m · 2.7M views
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2.7MVIEWS
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #389
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 1h 11m · 2.7M views
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2.7MVIEWS
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Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #85
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 1h 27m · 2.7M views
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2.7MVIEWS
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Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #413
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 32m · 2.7M views
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2.7MVIEWS
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Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel | Lex Fridman Podcast #199
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 2h 9m · 2.7M views
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2.7MVIEWS
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Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity, Fasting, and Neuroplasticity | Lex Fridman Podcast #164
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 2h 53m · 2.6M views
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2.6MVIEWS
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Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #251
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 1h 32m · 2.6M views
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2.6MVIEWS
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Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 43m · 2.6M views
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2.6MVIEWS
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Omar Suleiman: Islam | Lex Fridman Podcast #352
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 3h 2m · 2.6M views
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2.6MVIEWS
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Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones | Lex Fridman Podcast #425
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 2h 52m · 2.5M views
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2.5MVIEWS
86
Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot | Lex Fridman Podcast #49
Lex Fridman · 2019 · 36m · 2.5M views
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2.5MVIEWS
87
Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 1h 55m · 2.5M views
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2.5MVIEWS
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Shannon Curry: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Trial, Marriage, Dating & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #366
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 1h 46m · 2.5M views
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2.5MVIEWS
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Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy | Lex Fridman Podcast #420
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 7m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
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James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470
Lex Fridman · 2025 · 3h 24m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
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Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame | Lex Fridman Podcast #424
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 2h 43m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
92
Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness | Lex Fridman Podcast #134
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 2h 51m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
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Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 2h 55m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
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Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #436
Lex Fridman · 2024 · 3h 4m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
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Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump | Lex Fridman Podcast #335
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 3h 19m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
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Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies | Lex Fridman Podcast #390
Lex Fridman · 2023 · 2h 44m · 2.4M views
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2.4MVIEWS
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Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy | Lex Fridman Podcast #200
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 2h 37m · 2.3M views
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2.3MVIEWS
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Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang | Lex Fridman Podcast #305
Lex Fridman · 2022 · 2h 13m · 2.3M views
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2.3MVIEWS
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Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, The Big Bang, Aliens, Death, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #232
Lex Fridman · 2021 · 1h 45m · 2.2M views
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2.2MVIEWS
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Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101
Lex Fridman · 2020 · 3h 0m · 2.2M views
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2.2MVIEWS

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