Lex Fridman Podcast
Hosted by Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman
4.7from 95,202 ratings
- 503
- Episodes
- 501
- Transcribed
- 95,202
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 860M
- YouTube views
About Lex Fridman Podcast
Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman
- Category
- science · society & culture · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Aug 2018
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
501 of 503 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux
12 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
#500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football
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#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And there's, of course, the... All the human beings around somebody who is suffering with a mental health issue. So the family factors and that's connected to the cultural stuff. It's a very, very complicated area. And oversimplification is a real problem, I think. And I think even that dichotomy you just drew between the brain and the social or the psychological or some mix of those things. I think in some ways that's a category mistake. That's a mistaken way of looking at the world. Because the brain you and I have today is not the brain we were born with. Human brains are remarkably plastic things. […]
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- Andrew Scull
- DHH
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- Gary Gallagher
- Anthony Kaldellis
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 859,558,991
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 12,209 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 82,993 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 98 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 100
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts Lex Fridman Podcast?
Lex Fridman host the show. Published by Lex Fridman.
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