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Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman Podcast is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Lex Fridman, with a new episode every two weeks.

29 moments cut from 12 episodes, 5 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and coding agents.

Also No. 4 of 18 tech podcasts.

New episodes
Every two weeks
Latest
Oct 13, 2026
Moments cut
29
Episodes cut
12

What its moments are about

  • AI agents2
  • Coding agents2
  • Health & medicine1
  • Enterprise AI1
  • Jobs & the economy1
  • Inference & cost1

Best moments from Lex Fridman Podcast

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

  1. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 3 min

    Why big companies don't ship faster with AI agents

    “to get that magical 10x, 100x, in a few rare cases, 1,000x productivity boost, you have to interact with the agents directly.”
    Lex Fridman Podcast25:18

  2. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 11 min

    Why Khabib's father had him compete in every combat sport

    “The more competition experience you have, the more relaxed and confident you'll feel. It builds up over time.”
    Lex Fridman Podcast1:09:21

  3. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 5 min

    Eric the Red's Greenland pitch was history's best real estate scam

    “it is the greatest real estate scam in history”
    Lex Fridman Podcast1:10:30

  4. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 4 min

    Putting CUDA on GeForce nearly sank NVIDIA, but install base won

    “the install base is in fact the single most important part of an architecture. The architecture could attract enormous amounts of criticism.”
    Lex Fridman Podcast12:03

  5. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 4 min

    Squatters sniped his accounts in seconds during the rename

    “none of these services have a squatter protection. So I had two browser windows open. One was like an empty account ready to be renamed to CloudBot.”
    Lex Fridman Podcast34:44

  6. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 6 min

    Emperors stayed honest because nearly half were overthrown

    “Something like 46 percent of the emperors of Constantinople are overthrown through violence. 46 percent. That's almost half.”
    Lex Fridman Podcast37:01

The best Lex Fridman Podcast episodes

Ranked as our lists rank shows: a point for each best minute we cut from it, one more when an AI builder is talking, and one more when it cleared our views bar.

  1. 01Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494Mar 23, 2026 · 3 moments
  2. 02Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age | Lex Fridman Podcast #495Apr 9, 2026 · 3 moments
  3. 03OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491Feb 12, 2026 · 2 moments
  4. 04Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee | Lex Fridman Podcast #499Jul 28, 2026 · 3 moments
  5. 05Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493Mar 11, 2026 · 3 moments

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