Lex Fridman Podcast
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#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory
Lex Fridman hosts an emergency episode with mathematicians Stephen Brunton, Ankur Moitra, and Alex to discuss the crisis sparked by AI solving major…
#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung
This episode features historian Andrew Scull discussing the turbulent history of psychiatry, tracing the arc from the optimistic asylum era to the dark ages of eugenics and Nazi mass murder.
#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux
Lex Fridman interviews David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and the Amach Linux OS, about his rapid shift from AI skepticism to embracing "agent engineering.
#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football
Khabib Nurmagomedov discusses his undefeated career, the Spartan training conditions in Dagestan, and the historical factors that shaped his resilience.
#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee
Lex Fridman interviews historian Gary Gallagher about the American Civil War, identifying slavery’s expansion as the primary cause while…
#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires
Lex Fridman interviews historian Anthony Kaldellis, who argues that the Byzantine Empire was simply the continuous Eastern Roman Empire, not a separate entity.