# Lex Fridman Podcast Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/lex-fridman/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy. [Best AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/) Research and big ideas · [No. 6 of 37 AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/#lex-fridman) 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](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/#lex-fridman). - [Lex Fridman](https://realalpha.app/hosts/) **New episodes** Every two weeks **Latest** Oct 13, 2026 **Moments cut** 29 **Episodes cut** 12 What its moments are about - AI agents 2 - Coding agents 2 - Health & medicine 1 - Enterprise AI 1 - Jobs & the economy 1 - Inference & cost 1 ## Best moments from Lex Fridman Podcast From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here. 1. Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 26, 2026 · 3 min **[Why big companies don't ship faster with AI agents](https://realalpha.app/s/why-big-companies-dont-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 Podcast [25:18](https://realalpha.app/v/NYFGCESmikA/?t=1518) 2. Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 12, 2026 · 11 min **[Why Khabib's father had him compete in every combat sport](https://realalpha.app/s/why-khabibs-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 Podcast [1:09:21](https://realalpha.app/v/l6USUAIKJls/?t=4161) 3. Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 9, 2026 · 5 min **[Eric the Red's Greenland pitch was history's best real estate scam](https://realalpha.app/s/eric-the-reds-greenland-pitch-was-historys-best-real-estate/)** > “it is the greatest real estate scam in history” Lex Fridman Podcast [1:10:30](https://realalpha.app/v/iKx3gAODybU/?t=4230) 4. Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 23, 2026 · 4 min **[Putting CUDA on GeForce nearly sank NVIDIA, but install base won](https://realalpha.app/s/putting-cuda-on-geforce-nearly-sank-nvidia-but-install-base/)** > “the install base is in fact the single most important part of an architecture. The architecture could attract enormous amounts of criticism.” Lex Fridman Podcast [12:03](https://realalpha.app/v/vif8NQcjVf0/?t=723) 5. Lex Fridman Podcast · Feb 12, 2026 · 4 min **[Squatters sniped his accounts in seconds during the rename](https://realalpha.app/s/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 Podcast [34:44](https://realalpha.app/v/YFjfBk8HI5o/?t=2084) 6. Lex Fridman Podcast · Jun 30, 2026 · 6 min **[Emperors stayed honest because nearly half were overthrown](https://realalpha.app/s/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 Podcast [37:01](https://realalpha.app/v/pv1TUJSEM2k/?t=2221) ## 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. 01 [Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494](https://realalpha.app/v/vif8NQcjVf0/) Mar 23, 2026 · 3 moments 2. 02 [Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age | Lex Fridman Podcast #495](https://realalpha.app/v/iKx3gAODybU/) Apr 9, 2026 · 3 moments 3. 03 [OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491](https://realalpha.app/v/YFjfBk8HI5o/) Feb 12, 2026 · 2 moments 4. 04 [Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee | Lex Fridman Podcast #499](https://realalpha.app/v/XyXBwO5jYpw/) Jul 28, 2026 · 3 moments 5. 05 [Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493](https://realalpha.app/v/H9rF1CSSh-w/) Mar 11, 2026 · 3 moments ## The 13 guests we’ve cut - [Jensen Huang](https://realalpha.app/builders/jensen-huang/) Founder & CEO, NVIDIA 3 moments - [Peter Steinberger](https://realalpha.app/builders/peter-steinberger/) Creator of OpenClaw; personal agents, OpenAI 2 moments - [Gary W. Gallagher](https://realalpha.app/people/gary-gallagher/) Professor emeritus, University of Virginia 3 moments - [Don Lincoln](https://realalpha.app/people/don-lincoln/) Senior scientist, Fermilab 3 moments - [Lars Brownworth](https://realalpha.app/people/lars-brownworth/) Historian & podcaster 3 moments - [Jeff Kaplan](https://realalpha.app/people/jeff-kaplan/) Co-founder & game director, Kintsugiyama 3 moments - [Rick Beato](https://realalpha.app/people/rick-beato/) Founder, Beato Club 3 moments - [Khabib Nurmagomedov](https://realalpha.app/people/khabib-nurmagomedov/) Coach, Eagles MMA 2 moments - [Anthony Kaldellis](https://realalpha.app/people/anthony-kaldellis/) Gaylord Donnelly Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago 2 moments - [Jean-Baptiste Kempf](https://realalpha.app/people/jean-baptiste-kempf/) President, VideoLAN 2 moments - [Andrew Scull](https://realalpha.app/people/andrew-scull/) Emeritus professor of sociology, UC San Diego 1 moment - [David Heinemeier Hansson](https://realalpha.app/people/david-heinemeier-hansson/) Co-founder & CTO, 37signals 1 moment - [Kieran Kunhya](https://realalpha.app/people/kieran-kunhya/) FFmpeg contributor, FFmpeg 1 moment ## Recent episodes - Lex Fridman Podcast **[Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung | Lex Fridman Podcast #502](https://realalpha.app/v/s7d2d8FhevU/)** Andrew Scull · Historian of Psychiatry [3:22:10](https://realalpha.app/v/s7d2d8FhevU/?t=12130) of 3:36:56 · Sep 17 - Lex Fridman Podcast **[DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501](https://realalpha.app/v/NYFGCESmikA/)** DHH · CTO, 37signals [24:36](https://realalpha.app/v/NYFGCESmikA/?t=1476) of 5:15:51 · Aug 26 - Lex Fridman Podcast **[Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football | Lex Fridman Podcast #500](https://realalpha.app/v/l6USUAIKJls/)** Khabib Nurmagomedov · Fighter [1:00:57](https://realalpha.app/v/l6USUAIKJls/?t=3657) of 3:12:58 · Aug 12 - Lex Fridman Podcast **[Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee | Lex Fridman Podcast #499](https://realalpha.app/v/XyXBwO5jYpw/)** Gary Gallagher · Historian [2:07:47](https://realalpha.app/v/XyXBwO5jYpw/?t=7667) of 3:46:18 · Jul 28 - Lex Fridman Podcast **[The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire | Lex Fridman Podcast #498](https://realalpha.app/v/pv1TUJSEM2k/)** Anthony Kaldellis · Historian, University of Chicago [32:38](https://realalpha.app/v/pv1TUJSEM2k/?t=1958) of 3:51:47 · Jun 30 - Lex Fridman Podcast **[Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE - Don Lincoln | Lex Fridman Podcast #497](https://realalpha.app/v/1M3Vdl6DRkU/)** Don Lincoln · Particle Physicist, Fermilab [1:21:37](https://realalpha.app/v/1M3Vdl6DRkU/?t=4897) of 2:53:43 · May 29 ## Host this show? 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