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Noam Chomsky on Putin, the War in Ukraine, Propaganda, China and Nuclear Risk
Noam Chomsky on Putin's motives, why diplomacy matters in Ukraine, how propaganda works without lying, and why US-China cooperation is essential.
Immigration on Rogan: guests argue over wages, vetting, crime and deportation
Rupert Lowe presses for deportations and welfare limits in Britain, the Triggernometry hosts focus on wages and vetting, and Theo Von and Joe Rogan discuss immigration alongside crime and policing. Laying out which concern each speaker puts first separates the economic, security and fairness arguments that are often run together.
When courts and laws become political weapons, from Sheikh Jarrah to Brazil
Mohammed El-Kurd calls law a political instrument in the Sheikh Jarrah expulsions, Michael Shellenberger describes censorship ordered in Brazil, Mike Benz discusses transitional justice in Poland and Brazil, and Harvey Silverglate criticizes political prosecutions in the United States. Each claims that legal process can be used to target opponents, a charge worth comparing across very different countries.
The drug war judged by a smuggler, an FBI agent and a narcotics officer
A man who flew cocaine for the Medellin cartel, the agent who took down Silk Road and a former Mexican counter-narcotics officer each reflect on what prohibition achieved, while Michael Shellenberger and Joe Rogan argue over legalization. Hearing people from opposite sides of the law weigh the same policy shows where its costs fall and why the legalization question remains unsettled.
How Thyroid Hormone and Growth Hormone Control Your Metabolism, and How to Support Both
Andrew Huberman explains thyroid and growth hormone, with tools from iodine and selenium to deep sleep, smart exercise, arginine and sauna.
Magnus Carlsen on Chess Greatness, Quitting the World Championship and Playing for Fun
Magnus Carlsen explains how he thinks at the board, why he gave up the World Championship, his worst loss, and why fun has always driven him.
Jack Symes on God, Agnosticism, Animal Ethics and the Search for Meaning
Philosopher Jack Symes and Joe Rogan debate new atheism, the problem of evil, factory farming, hunting, panpsychism, psychedelics and free speech.
Dennis Quaid on His Reagan Biopic, a Gospel Album and America's Political Divide
Dennis Quaid and Joe Rogan talk about his gospel album, 1970s Hollywood, playing Ronald Reagan, and their worries about politics, media and censorship.
Magatte Wade on Economic Freedom, Africa's Future and Criticizing by Creating
Senegalese entrepreneur Magatte Wade tells Lex Fridman why Africa is poor, why economic freedom is the fix, and how she found her answer.
Duncan Trussell on Eternal Recurrence, Sentient AI, Death, Depression and Burning Man
Comedian Duncan Trussell and Lex Fridman on Nietzsche's loop, sentient AI, surviving cancer, suffering, depression, war, Burning Man and fatherhood.
Yuval Noah Harari on Stories, Consciousness, AI, Power, and Conspiracies
Yuval Noah Harari on why stories rule history, why AI shouldn't pose as human, Israel's crisis, conspiracy theories, and meditation.
David Choe on the Hadza, Giving It All Away, Beef, Psychedelics and AI (JRE #1965)
David Choe tells Joe Rogan why he gave up chasing money and sex for a spiritual quest, plus the Hadza, Beef, iboga and AI.
Michael I. Jordan on Machine Learning, Markets, Recommender Systems and the Future of AI
Berkeley's Michael I. Jordan argues AI is really a new engineering field for decisions and markets, not machine intelligence.
Dileep George on Brain-Inspired AI: Feedback, Inference, CAPTCHAs and the Limits of GPT-3
Dileep George on how the visual cortex's feedback and inference inspired a CAPTCHA-solving model, and why text alone won't give AI a world model.
Sam Tallent on the Comedy Grind, Belonging and Mad Honey (Joe Rogan Experience #1969)
Comic Sam Tallent and Joe Rogan swap road-gig war stories, riff on Bud Light and belief, and try Nepalese mad honey on air.
Anca Dragan on Human-Robot Interaction, Modeling Humans and Reward Engineering
Berkeley roboticist Anca Dragan on how robots can understand people, share the road with them, and learn what we really want.
Russ Tedrake on Underactuated Robotics, Contact, Touch and the DARPA Robotics Challenge
MIT roboticist Russ Tedrake on letting physics do the work, why contact is hard, DARPA challenge falls, and running barefoot.
Rick Doblin on MDMA Therapy, Ibogaine, Drug-War Propaganda and the Future of MAPS
MAPS founder Rick Doblin on MDMA therapy for PTSD, ibogaine, drug-war propaganda and whether MAPS should take investors.
Joey Diaz on His Memoir Tremendous, Quitting Xanax, Felony Life and Comedy Store Days
Joey Diaz talks his memoir Tremendous, a brutal Xanax withdrawal, life with a felony, fentanyl, sleep and Comedy Store memories.
Jason Everman: From Nirvana and Soundgarden to Army Ranger, Green Beret and Sailor
Jason Everman on leaving Nirvana and Soundgarden, fighting as a Green Beret, and chasing growth through upheaval.
David Silver on AlphaGo, AlphaZero, MuZero and Deep Reinforcement Learning
DeepMind's David Silver on cracking Go, beating Lee Sedol, self-play, AlphaZero, MuZero and why learning is the core of intelligence.
Sara Seager on the Search for Exoplanets, Signs of Life, and Finding Light After Loss
MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager on hunting exoplanets, biosignature gases, Starshade, and her memoir of grief and hope.
Sheldon Solomon on Death, Meaning, and Terror Management Theory (Lex Fridman Podcast #117)
Sheldon Solomon explains how the fear of death drives culture, politics and self-esteem, and why facing mortality can open the way to joy.
Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum, Proof of Stake, Quadratic Funding and the Future of Money
Vitalik Buterin explains what money is, how blockchains reach consensus, why Ethereum is moving to proof of stake, and where crypto is headed.