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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on the COVID Vaccine, Trust, Mandates and Paxlovid
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla explains how the COVID vaccine was built so fast and faces Lex Fridman's hard questions on trust, safety and mandates.
Graham Hancock vs. Flint Dibble: Debating a Lost Ice Age Civilization
Archaeologist Flint Dibble and author Graham Hancock debate the evidence for a lost Ice Age civilization, from underwater ruins to the Sphinx and early farming.
Francis Collins on Lab-Leak, Gain-of-Function, Vaccines, Trust in Science and Faith
NIH director Francis Collins talks COVID origins, gain-of-function oversight, Fauci, vaccine hesitancy, rapid tests, the genome and his Christian faith.
Kelsi Sheren on Artillery in Afghanistan, PTSD, Ayahuasca and the Love That Kept Her Alive
Canadian artillery veteran Kelsi Sheren tells Lex Fridman about Afghanistan at 19, a decade of PTSD, psychedelic healing and turning pain into service.
Sam Morril and Joe Rogan on the Comedy Boom, Life on the Road, Old Hollywood and Staying Sane
Comedian Sam Morril and Joe Rogan talk road life, the comedy boom, Fatty Arbuckle, morning-show pranks, deepfakes, movies and avoiding pointless conflict.
Burnout
Twin sisters explain why stress stays stuck in the body, why women burn out in a rigged game, and the simple, shared ways to recover.
Jaron Lanier on Virtual Reality, Why He Doesn't Believe in AI, Data Dignity and Fixing Social Media
VR pioneer Jaron Lanier and Lex Fridman debate AI, social media's incentives, data dignity, Bitcoin, freedom, music, death and meaning.
Ray Dalio on Money, Power, and the Big Cycle Behind the Rise and Fall of Empires
Ray Dalio explains the debt, internal order and world order cycles that raise and sink empires, and what they say about the US and China.
Confronting Christianity
Rebecca McLaughlin takes twelve of the hardest objections to Christianity, from science and slavery to suffering and hell, and argues each one points toward faith.
Ritu Bhasin on Authenticity, Belonging and the Three Selves: How to Stop Performing and Start Showing Up as You
Ritu Bhasin explains the difference between fitting in and belonging, and gives a script, self-coach, breathe and visualize plan for showing up as yourself.
Michelle Dowd on Growing Up in an Apocalyptic Family Cult and Learning to Live Outside It
Forager author Michelle Dowd tells Joe Rogan how her grandfather's apocalyptic cult worked, how she got out at 17, and what the wilderness taught her.
How to Change Your Mind
A skeptical journalist explores the science, history and first-hand experience of psychedelics, and what they reveal about the mind, the ego and healing.
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon on Muscle-Centric Medicine: Protein, Strength Training and Aging Well
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon explains why muscle, not fat, is the key to health, with simple protein targets and a minimal strength-training plan.
The Gulag Archipelago
A former prisoner's vast, secretly written account of the Soviet labor camps, tracing how a system born under Lenin swallowed millions and how ideology made it possible.
Animal Farm
Farm animals overthrow their drunken master to build a society of equals, then watch the pigs who lead them slowly become the tyrants they replaced.
The Hidden Life of Trees
German forester Peter Wohlleben argues that a forest is a cooperative community in which trees communicate, share food and raise their young, and that we should manage it that way.
The Book of Enoch
The ancient Jewish apocalypse that tells of the fallen Watchers, the giants, Enoch's journeys through heaven and the coming judgment by the Son of Man.
The Coder's Path to Wealth and Independence
A farmyard revolution promises equality for every animal, then slides, one small rewritten rule at a time, into the tyranny it set out to end.
The Idiot
A gentle prince returns to Russia and tests whether pure goodness can survive money, pride and obsessive love.
Bargaining with the Devil
Harvard negotiation professor Robert Mnookin uses Churchill, Mandela, IBM and bitter family fights to show when to make a deal with an enemy and when to refuse.
Lying
Sam Harris argues that even kind white lies cost more than they save, and that simply telling the truth makes life simpler and relationships deeper.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python
The Python community's opinionated field guide to setting up, writing, reading and shipping great code.
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn's gentle classic on mindfulness: how to stop living on autopilot and pay attention to the only moment you have, on the cushion and at the kitchen sink.
Light Bringer
A beaten Darrow crosses the Solar System to find allies while his rival Lysander reaches for a crown.