Lex Fridman Podcast
Long-form conversations with high-profile figures in science, technology, and politics, often running for hours and going deep.
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- 1 Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History | Lex Fridman Podcast #449 8,600,000 views
- 2 Donald Trump Interview | Lex Fridman Podcast #442 7,800,000 views
- 3 Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #456 7,400,000 views
- 4 Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire - Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome | Lex Fridman Podcast #443 7,100,000 views
- 5 Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India - Power, Democracy, War & Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #460 5,500,000 views
- 6 Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America | Lex Fridman Podcast #446 4,400,000 views
- 7 Javier Milei: President of Argentina - Freedom, Economics, and Corruption | Lex Fridman Podcast #453 4,100,000 views
- 8 Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482 2,900,000 views
- 9 Bernie Sanders Interview | Lex Fridman Podcast #450 2,700,000 views
- 10 Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #455 2,600,000 views
- Sex in the Roman Empire | Anthony Kaldellis and Lex Fridman Jul 8, 2026
- The greatest military secret weapon in history - Greek Fire | Anthony Kaldellis and Lex Fridman Jul 8, 2026
- Did the plague kill half the Roman Empire? | Anthony Kaldellis and Lex Fridman Jul 8, 2026
- Future of human civilization - historian explains | Anthony Kaldellis and Lex Fridman Jul 8, 2026
- Persian Empire vs Roman Empire: The war that destroyed both empires | Anthony Kaldellis Jul 7, 2026
59 episodes tracked · 2 guests covered · 4 pieces published, latest 2026-07-15
Anthony Kaldellis says the Plague of Justinian probably did not kill half the Roman Empire
The historian's case is brutally practical: if half the empire died, why did Justinian's wars, taxes, and courts keep running?
Anthony Kaldellis says Roman families voluntarily castrated their sons to place them at the emperor's court
The Byzantine historian explains how castration was sometimes a family's smartest power move, not just a cruelty imposed on slaves.
Don Lincoln Has Spent 30 Years Looking for Dark Matter and Has Absolutely No Idea What It Is
The Fermilab physicist makes a compelling case for something he cannot find, cannot name, and cannot stop thinking about.
Don Lincoln Wants You to Understand Why Time Is Weirder Than You Think
A Fermilab physicist walks Lex Fridman through the history of spacetime, and the most interesting part is what nobody actually understands.
Don Lincoln says quantum field theory predicts dark energy 10^120 times too large
The Fermilab physicist puts a number on the vacuum catastrophe, and the number is so stupidly large it makes ordinary scientific failure look dainty.