Lex Fridman Podcast
Episodes
#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee
Lex Fridman interviews historian Gary Gallagher about the American Civil War’s causes, focusing on slavery’s expansion and the political collapse of the 1850s.
#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires
Lex Fridman interviews historian Anthony Kaldellis, who argues that the Byzantine Empire was simply the continuous Eastern Roman Empire, not a distinct entity.
#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln
Lex Fridman interviews Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln, who explains the history of unifying physical laws from Newton to Einstein.
#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet
Lex Fridman interviews VLC president Jean-Baptiste Kempf and FFmpeg contributor Kieran Cunha about the open-source software powering global video infrastructure.
#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age
Lex Fridman interviews historian Lars Brownworth about the Viking Age, exploring their origins, naval technology, and the psychological terror of raids like Lindisfarne.
#494 – Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution
Lex Fridman interviews NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang about the company’s shift to extreme co-design, optimizing entire data center racks rather than just individual GPUs.