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#2465 - Michael Shellenberger

The Joe Rogan Experience· Michael Shellenberger

Michael Shellenberger is an author, journalist, and founder of Civilization Works. He is the CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin. His books include “Apocalypse Never" and “San F…

#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity

Lex Fridman Podcast

Elon Musk is CEO of X, xAI, SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. Thank you for listening ❤ Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack …

#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism

Lex Fridman Podcast

Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Steven Bonnell, aka Destiny, is a liberal political…

#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom

Lex Fridman Podcast

Tucker Carlson is a highly-influential political commentator. You can watch and listen to him on the Tucker Carlson Network and the Tucker Carlson Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – ZipR…

#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs

Lex Fridman Podcast

Mark Cuban is a businessman, investor, star of TV series Shark Tank, long-time principal owner of Dallas Mavericks, and founder of Cost Plus Drugs. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Listening: h…

#423 – Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex

Lex Fridman Podcast

Tulsi Gabbard is a politician, veteran, and author of For Love of Country. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Riverside: https://creators.riverside.fm/LEX and use code LEX to get 30% off – Expres…

#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Lex Fridman Podcast

Andrew Callaghan is the host of Channel 5 on YouTube, where he does street interviews with fascinating humans at the edges of society, the so-called vagrants, vagabonds, runaways, outlaws, from QAnon adherents to Phish h…

#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

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Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex to get $350 off – LMNT: https://dr…

#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

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Ivanka Trump is a businesswoman, real estate developer, and former senior advisor to the President of the United States. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Cloaked: https://cloaked.com/lex and us…

#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Lex Fridman Podcast

Cenk Uygur is a progressive political commentator and host of The Young Turks. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep441-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give …

#445 – Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump, Conservatism, Nationalism, Immigration, and War

Lex Fridman Podcast

Vivek Ramaswamy is a conservative politician, entrepreneur, and author of many books on politics, including his latest titled Truths: The Future of America First. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https:/…

#454 – Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics

Lex Fridman Podcast

Saagar Enjeti is a political journalist & commentator, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and The Realignment Podcast. He is exceptionally well-read, and the books he recommends are always fascinating and…

#462 – Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon & DOGE

Lex Fridman Podcast

Ezra Klein is one of the most influential voices representing the left-wing of American politics. He is a columnist for the NY Times and host of The Ezra Klein Show. Derek Thompson is a writer at The Atlantic and host of…

2026's Biggest Questions

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Will the Supreme Court destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act? How much influence will America's 250th anniversary have on the midterm elections? If the Democrats win those elections, who in the administration wil…

Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers]

The Knowledge Project· Anna Wintour

The job was editor-in-chief. The goal was to become the platform. And she did. Once she made it to the top, she didn’t just edit Vogue. She reinvented the power structures beneath it. This episode unpacks how a British g…

Answers: How Does Bitcoin Have Value if its not Backed by Anything?

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Answers: 2 - How Does Bitcoin Have Value if its not Backed by Anything? People say Bitcoin is "fake" because it isn't backed by anything. But is the US Dollar backed by anything? Is Gold? Th…

Answers: Is Bitcoin Dead? (The Truth Behind the 50% Crash)

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Answers 4: Is Bitcoin Dead? With Bitcoin's price swinging by 50% in a few short months, the "Bitcoin is Dead" headlines are back in full force. But if you're only looking at the price, you'r…

Answers: Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Are you worried you missed the boat on Bitcoin? You aren't alone. But the truth is, you aren't too late; you're just early to the biggest shift in human history. 🌍 In this debut episode of Bitcoin Well …

Answers: What is Self-Custody?

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Answers: 3 - What is Self-Custody? Understanding the importance of custody is the difference between having a number on a screen and owning the greatest asset on the planet. If you don’t und…

Bitcoin Well 2025 Year-End Review - $133M Revenue, Bitcoin Treasury Strategy, and What's Coming in 2026

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Send us Fan Mail $133 million in revenue. 47% growth year over year. During a bear market. In this special edition of the Bitcoin Well Podcast, Zach sits down with founder and CEO Adam O'Brien and capital markets expert …

Bitcoin Well Is Launching Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Purchasing (APRIL FOOLS)

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Send us Fan Mail After months of internal conversations, working groups, and a lot of soul searching, Bitcoin Well is announcing carbon neutral Bitcoin purchasing. In this episode, Zach reads the full press release — bec…

Blue Wave Building in the Strait of Hormuz

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Donald Trump's approval rating hits historic lows as voters react to soaring gas prices caused by his war of choice with Iran. Dan and Jon discuss what those new figures mean for the upcoming midterms and react to Florid…

Bondi Gets the Boot

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Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi and announces that Todd Blanche, his former personal attorney, will serve in the interim while he waits to appoint her replacement. Jon and Dan react to Bondi's sudden ouster and di…

Dems Freeze ICE

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Live from Melbourne, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan react to Democrats’ decision to stand firm on ICE funding and force a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, Pam Bondi’s epic meltdown in front of the House Judi…

Donald Trump, Empath in Chief

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Trump says the savage murder of Rob and Michele Reiner was the result of their own "Trump Derangement Symptom" and says Reiner was bad for the country. The one real surprise: the number of Republicans in Congress, and ev…

Empire State of Mind

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Trump kicks off 2026 with a return to imperialism, launching a military assault in Venezuela and abducting President Nicolás Maduro. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy react to the news, the administration's open acknowledgement tha…

Epstein Files: Worse Than You Thought

Pod Save America· Epstein Files

The Justice Department releases more than three million more files related to Jeffrey Epstein, and the list of powerful people involved with the notorious pedophile is ... long. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett react to the most n…

Explains: Bitcoin Addresses and Public & Private Keys

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Bitcoin Well Explains: Public and Private Keys When you buy Bitcoin, what do you actually own? Most people think it works like a digital file — a little coin sitting on their phone or USB drive. That mental model is comp…

Explains: Bitcoin Mining and Proof of Work

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Works - Mining and Proof of Work Forget the guy in a hoodie with a digital pickaxe. Forget the villain's lair boiling the oceans. Neither image is even close to accurat…

Explains: Miners, Nodes, and the War That Settled Everything

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: Nodes and Governance In 2017, the biggest mining pools, major exchanges, and venture capital firms signed an agreement to change Bitcoin's rules by force. They controlled over 80% …

Explains: Pre-Gold Money

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains 0: What is Money? 1 - Pre-Gold Money In order to understand Bitcoin, we have to understand what money is! Join us in the first episode of a three part introduction to the concept of…

Explains: The 3 Biggest Bitcoin Myths

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: The 3 Biggest Bitcoin Myths Most people's first exposure to Bitcoin was a headline. Bitcoin crashes. Bitcoin used by criminals. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme. And if that's all you've …

Explains: The Bitcoin Whitepaper

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists 3 - The Bitcoin Whitepaper What is the Bitcoin White Paper, and why does it still matter in 2026? On October 31st, 2008, while the global financial system was …

Explains: The Cypherpunk War for Digital Cash

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists 2 - The Cypherpunk War for Digital Cash Bitcoin wasn't a miracle, it was the final move in a 40-year chess game. 🤯 Most people think Bitcoin appeared out of t…

Explains: The Difficulty Adjustment and the Halving

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The Difficulty Adjustment and the Halving Explained - Why Bitcoin Is the Hardest Money Ever Created Mining is a global guessing game. Computers race to find a winning number, the winner writes the next p…

Explains: The Failures of Fiat Money

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains I: Why Bitcoin Exists - 1- The Failures of Fiat Money Is your money melting in your pocket? 💸 Discover why the 2% inflation target is actually a design to steal your wealth. Most p…

Explains: The Fall of Gold and the Fiat Trap

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains 0: What is Money? - 3 - The Fall of Gold and the Fiat Trap Gold was the ultimate money for 5,000 years. So how did it lose to paper? The answer isn't just economics—it's physics. ⚛️…

Explains: The Rise of Gold

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail **Explains 0: What is Money? 2 - The Rise of Gold ** Why did the Egyptians, Romans, and Aztecs all choose the same yellow metal for money? They never met, but they all came to the same conclusion. 🤔 It …

Explains: Transactions and the Blockchain

Bitcoin Well Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bitcoin Well Explains: How Bitcoin Actually Works - Transactions and the Blockchain Most people picture a Bitcoin wallet like a digital safe; coins rattling around on a hard drive somewhere. That mental …

Fascist Mile High Club

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Live from Sydney, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan discuss the lurid details of The Wall Street Journal exposé on Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's eye-opening behavior at (and high above) the Department of Homeland Securit…

Formula 1

Acquired· Ben Gilbert

Formula 1 is three competitions in one: a 200mph battle of the world's best race car drivers, the world cup of engineering where thousand-person teams spend hundreds of millions designing cars from scratch, and — as one …

Gavin Newsom Is Finally Comfortable with Himself

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California Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with Jon and Tommy before a live audience in Los Angeles to discuss Trump's war on Iran, the crowded California gubernatorial primary, and his new book Young Man in a Hurry: A M…

Graham Platner Isn't Backing Down

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Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate running for Senate in Maine, stops by the studio to talk with Jon about Trump’s impending conflict with Iran, the future of Medicare for All, and what community organizing in rural …

Hasan Piker Has Thoughts on the Hasan Piker Discourse

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Political commentator Hasan Piker stops by the studio to talk to Jon about his move into electoral politics and the discussion inside the Democratic Party about whether candidates should associate themselves with him and…

How Dems Can Defeat MAGA Once and For All

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What will it take for Democrats to win not just in 2026, but in 2028 and beyond? What do we need to change to win again in Iowa, Texas, and Florida? What's more important: a candidate's ability to communicate or their ab…

How To Survive a Dictatorship (feat. Wagner Moura)

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What can we learn from other countries that have lived through dictatorships? How can artists fight authoritarianism? How should an Oscar nominee react to an encounter with ICE on the way to the Academy Awards? Alex Wagn…

ICE Kills Minnesota Mom

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Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three living in Minneapolis, is gunned down in her car by an ICE agent as cameras roll. Jon and Dan react to the tragedy and discuss the administration's response, especially JD Vance'…

ICE's Reign of Terror

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Minneapolis residents describe the city as a war zone as 3,000 federal agents terrorize citizens and non-citizens alike. Jon and Dan react to the situation on the ground and discuss the latest, including federal agents s…

Inside the business of hosting the Super Bowl

Masters of Scale

The Bay Area is in the midst of something unprecedented: playing host to the NBA All-Star Game, Super Bowl, and FIFA World Cup games back-to-back-to-back. It usually takes years of planning and expert navigating of local…

Is JD Vance the Republican Front-Runner?

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Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy answer your questions about the upcoming midterms, early bets on 2028, what they got wrong about this year, and Lovett's future reality television career. Then, they listen back to their 2024 …