Lex Fridman Podcast

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 Has Spent 30 Years Looking for Dark Matter and Has Absolutely No Idea What It Is
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Gayle King's Cheating Story Is a Perfect Disaster, and Megyn Kelly Cannot Get Enough of It
The Megyn Kelly Show·Interviews

Gayle King's Cheating Story Is a Perfect Disaster, and Megyn Kelly Cannot Get Enough of It

A bath towel, a Jamaican nanny, a pair of psychologists, and one very long ride to the train station.

Jun 1, 2026
Dr. Abud Bakri Knows Where the Peptides Come From, and It's All China
Huberman Lab·Health

Dr. Abud Bakri Knows Where the Peptides Come From, and It's All China

A 33-year-old internal medicine physician walks into the Huberman Lab and proceeds to explain why millions of people are injecting compounds sourced from one Croatian research group and one country.

May 31, 2026
Ex-Google Insider Mo Gawdat Says Your Job Has About Three Years
The Diary of a CEO·Money

Ex-Google Insider Mo Gawdat Says Your Job Has About Three Years

The former Google X chief business officer comes to The Diary of a CEO with a countdown clock and a dim view of Sam Altman's recent pivot to optimism.

May 31, 2026
Young and Profiting·Money

Jessie Inchauspé Says Your Breakfast Is Why You Feel Terrible by 10 a.m.

The Glucose Goddess on sugar crashes, aging like a chicken in an oven, and why orange juice is basically a can of Coke.

May 31, 2026
Joe McMoneagle Says He Found Russia's Typhoon Sub With His Mind. A Soviet General Believed Him.
The Shawn Ryan Show·Interviews

Joe McMoneagle Says He Found Russia's Typhoon Sub With His Mind. A Soviet General Believed Him.

The CIA's star remote viewer told the National Security Council about a monster submarine. They called it fantasy. Then they took the photos.

May 31, 2026
Mark Bowden Reads the Room: Meghan's Empty Plaza, Blake's Fury, and Kylie's Headlock
The Megyn Kelly Show·Interviews

Mark Bowden Reads the Room: Meghan's Empty Plaza, Blake's Fury, and Kylie's Headlock

The Nerve's body language expert makes his case that fame is just insecurity in expensive linen.

May 29, 2026
Benjamin Hardy Says You're Measuring Yourself Wrong, and He Has the Viktor Frankl Story to Prove It
Young and Profiting·Money

Benjamin Hardy Says You're Measuring Yourself Wrong, and He Has the Viktor Frankl Story to Prove It

The organizational psychologist behind 'The Gap and the Gain' explains why hitting your goals might make you feel worse, and what Mr. Beast figured out at 17 that most adults never do.

May 28, 2026
Don Lincoln Wants You to Understand Why Time Is Weirder Than You Think
Lex Fridman Podcast·Interviews

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.

May 28, 2026
Five Guests on the Secret to a Good Marriage, and One of Them Is Actually Right
The Shawn Ryan Show·Interviews

Five Guests on the Secret to a Good Marriage, and One of Them Is Actually Right

Shawn Ryan asks five people the same question and gets five answers that range from profound to a GPS dog collar ad.

May 28, 2026
The Diary of a CEO·Money

David Bach's $27.40 Sermon Is Both Simple and Incomplete, Which Is Exactly the Point

The 'Automatic Millionaire' guy brought a brick of cash to London and made a very clean argument for a very messy reality.

May 27, 2026
Dr. Tara Narula Wants You to Stop Trying to Bounce Back
The Mel Robbins Podcast·Health

Dr. Tara Narula Wants You to Stop Trying to Bounce Back

The cardiologist and TV medical correspondent makes the case that resilience isn't recovery, it's transformation, and your cardiovascular system is paying close attention either way.

May 27, 2026
Nate Bargatze Is Building a Theme Park With His Own Money and He Knows It's Crazy
This Past Weekend·Comedy

Nate Bargatze Is Building a Theme Park With His Own Money and He Knows It's Crazy

The cleanest comedian in the game comes on This Past Weekend to talk about his new movie, his Nashville theme park, and why he thinks stand-up is the last place you can hear a real person.

May 26, 2026
Tina Fey Has No Beef with Timothée Chalamet, and God Is Fair
New Heights·Culture

Tina Fey Has No Beef with Timothée Chalamet, and God Is Fair

The 30 Rock creator stops by New Heights to settle the great Knicks game manspreading controversy once and for all.

May 26, 2026
New Heights·Culture

Tina Fey on Athletes, Almonds, and Why She Can't Get Her Kids to Watch 30 Rock

The Kelce brothers haul in Tina Fey and Nate Bargatze for an episode that somehow covers manspreading at MSG, a Cleveland Guardians ownership stake, and the origin of Nashville hot chicken.

May 26, 2026
Michio Kaku Says We're Probably Not in a Simulation, and He Has 71 Years of Physics to Back It Up
The Diary of a CEO·Money

Michio Kaku Says We're Probably Not in a Simulation, and He Has 71 Years of Physics to Back It Up

The string theory co-founder visits Diary of a CEO and does something rare: he actually answers the big questions, then politely dismantles one of the internet's favorite cosmic theories.

May 26, 2026
Martin Mallaloy Flew to Austin from Cleveland and Stole Kill Tony's Entire Episode
Kill Tony·Comedy

Martin Mallaloy Flew to Austin from Cleveland and Stole Kill Tony's Entire Episode

A 60-year-old schizophrenic comedian with an enlarged prostate, a frog-killing past, and a Opie & Anthony legacy walks into the Comedy Mothership and leaves with a golden ticket.

May 25, 2026
Daniel Pink Has 26,000 Regrets to Show You, and That's the Good News
The Mel Robbins Podcast·Health

Daniel Pink Has 26,000 Regrets to Show You, and That's the Good News

The author of 'The Power of Regret' joins Mel Robbins to make the case that the emotion you've been running from is actually the most useful one you have.

May 24, 2026
Jeff Cavaliere Says Your Back Pain Is a Glute Problem
Huberman Lab·Health

Jeff Cavaliere Says Your Back Pain Is a Glute Problem

The Athlean-X founder makes the case that the small muscles everyone ignores are the only reason the big lifts keep working.

May 24, 2026
Michio Kaku Will Not Tell You Whether Aliens Exist, No Matter What You Threaten
The Diary of a CEO·Money

Michio Kaku Will Not Tell You Whether Aliens Exist, No Matter What You Threaten

The theoretical physicist comes prepared with one answer for every question: maybe.

May 22, 2026
This Past Weekend·Comedy

Ari Matti Came to America for Stand-Up and Ended Up in Stanley Park

The Estonian comedian tells Theo Von about gay cruising, communist censorship, and why a wet foot at 34 is a medical emergency.

May 21, 2026
Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey Compete to Have Had the Worst Adolescence
The Graham Norton Show·Comedy

Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey Compete to Have Had the Worst Adolescence

On a Graham Norton couch stacked with comedic talent, the real competition is who suffered more as a kid.

Apr 6, 2026
Steve Carell and Amy Poehler Compare Notes on Bombing, Boston, and the Baritone Horn
Good Hang with Amy Poehler·Comedy

Steve Carell and Amy Poehler Compare Notes on Bombing, Boston, and the Baritone Horn

Two Second City survivors swap war stories, and the most revealing thing either of them says is about failure.

Mar 23, 2026
Will Ferrell Didn't Know He Wrote Elf, and Other Things Harland Williams Told Him
Harland Highway Podcast·Comedy

Will Ferrell Didn't Know He Wrote Elf, and Other Things Harland Williams Told Him

The Harland Highway podcast reunites two Superstar co-stars, produces a fake ancestry reveal, and somehow ends with a cappella cowbell.

Mar 23, 2026
Good Hang with Amy Poehler·Comedy

Jennifer Lawrence Knows Exactly What She's Doing

On Good Hang, Lawrence shows up as the rare famous person who is simultaneously very funny, very real, and apparently very willing to flash Amy Poehler on a podcast.

Jan 19, 2026
Timothée Chalamet Tells Adam Sandler He Should Have a Golden Man in His Hand, and He Means It
Vanity Fair·Comedy

Timothée Chalamet Tells Adam Sandler He Should Have a Golden Man in His Hand, and He Means It

Two of the most interesting actors working right now watch each other's movies and, somehow, neither one is wrong about the other.

Dec 1, 2025
Kristen Wiig Tells Amy Poehler She Packed Up Her Car After a Dollar-a-Minute Psychic Told Her to Move to LA
Good Hang with Amy Poehler·Comedy

Kristen Wiig Tells Amy Poehler She Packed Up Her Car After a Dollar-a-Minute Psychic Told Her to Move to LA

Two SNL legends talk Groundlings, ghosts, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and the particular horror of being asked to tell a story at a dinner party.

Sep 29, 2025
John Mulaney, John Mayer, Jimmy Carr, Jim Gaffigan, and Jim Downey Walk Into Conan's Podcast
Conan Friend Talk·Comedy

John Mulaney, John Mayer, Jimmy Carr, Jim Gaffigan, and Jim Downey Walk Into Conan's Podcast

Five guests, one episode, and a running lawsuit fantasy that somehow becomes the most coherent bit of the whole thing.

Sep 11, 2025
Aubrey Plaza Tells Amy Poehler About the Gorge Inside Her Grief
Good Hang with Amy Poehler·Comedy

Aubrey Plaza Tells Amy Poehler About the Gorge Inside Her Grief

The most requested guest in Good Hang history shows up with sunglasses on, a sick dog, and more to say than she lets on.

Aug 18, 2025
Adam Sandler Plays Golf With Bryson DeChambeau and Mostly Gets Out of the Way
Bryson DeChambeau·Comedy

Adam Sandler Plays Golf With Bryson DeChambeau and Mostly Gets Out of the Way

Happy Gilmore 2 is coming, Shooter McGavin got his name from a Darren McGavin connection, and yes, the jock strap came up.

Jul 26, 2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler·Comedy

Tina Fey Tells Amy Poehler She Has to Kill Every Time

The first episode of Good Hang is less a podcast debut than a reunion special where the guest happens to be the host's comedy wife.

Mar 17, 2025
Adam Sandler on Happy Gilmore 2, Bobby Boucher's NFL Career, and Why He Still Gets Nervous Around Taylor Swift
New Heights·Comedy

Adam Sandler on Happy Gilmore 2, Bobby Boucher's NFL Career, and Why He Still Gets Nervous Around Taylor Swift

The Sandman shows up on New Heights and turns a sports podcast into a forty-minute masterclass in being exactly yourself.

Feb 18, 2025
Will Ferrell Drafted Ron Burgundy as QB and Bombed His SNL Debut. He's Fine With Both.
New Heights·Comedy

Will Ferrell Drafted Ron Burgundy as QB and Bombed His SNL Debut. He's Fine With Both.

The Anchorman star visits New Heights to talk hockey stunts, getting rejected twenty times on Anchorman, and why Lorne Michaels is constitutionally incapable of a compliment.

Jan 9, 2025
Bill Hader and Ted Danson Bond Over the One Thing Funnier People Are Supposed to Hide
Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend·Comedy

Bill Hader and Ted Danson Bond Over the One Thing Funnier People Are Supposed to Hide

Two of the most decorated comedy actors alive spend ninety minutes comparing anxiety attacks, SNL nightmares, and the specific horror of bombing in front of a Sarah Palin crowd.

Nov 12, 2024
PowerfulJRE·Comedy

Adam Sandler on Bombing, Kevin Meany, and Why He Said Yes to the Netflix Special

Two hours and forty minutes of comedians talking about comedy, and almost none of it is boring.

Aug 12, 2024
Bill Hader on Celebrity Text Chains, Van Halen Brothers, and the Oompa Loompa Union Meeting That Went Nowhere
The Best Show with Tom Scharpling·Comedy

Bill Hader on Celebrity Text Chains, Van Halen Brothers, and the Oompa Loompa Union Meeting That Went Nowhere

The Barry creator stops by The Best Show to discuss fake press conferences, David Lee Roth's inexplicable EP, and a pitch to the Roald Dahl estate that died on arrival.

Jul 23, 2024
Tina Fey on Las Culturistas: Great Americans, Mozzarella Stick Math, and the Danger of Having Opinions
Las Culturistas·Comedy

Tina Fey on Las Culturistas: Great Americans, Mozzarella Stick Math, and the Danger of Having Opinions

The woman who wrote Mean Girls shows up, delivers a masterclass in institutional wisdom, and tells Bowen Yang his podcast career has maybe one year left.

Feb 6, 2024
Bill Hader Accidentally Poisoned Himself Before Bill Burr's Show, and Barry Is Still Great
Fans of Bill Burr·Comedy

Bill Hader Accidentally Poisoned Himself Before Bill Burr's Show, and Barry Is Still Great

Two Bills meet for the first time and spend an hour talking about nut allergies, Scientology acting classes, and why Eddie Murphy should have kept going.

Dec 18, 2023
John Mulaney Ate Hot Wings at 11 a.m. and Told the Truth About Rehab
First We Feast·Comedy

John Mulaney Ate Hot Wings at 11 a.m. and Told the Truth About Rehab

Baby J is Mulaney's best special, he says, and on Hot Ones he gave you the receipts between tears and fish-food flavors.

Jun 28, 2023
John Mulaney on Arenas, Amsterdam, and Talking to Thousands Like It's a Secret
The 92nd Street Y, New York·Comedy

John Mulaney on Arenas, Amsterdam, and Talking to Thousands Like It's a Secret

The comedian, his director, and David Byrne walk through what it actually costs to make a massive show feel like a private confession.

Jun 20, 2023
Variety·Culture

Andy Cohen and Scheana Shay Break Down the Vanderpump Reunion That Required a Separate Trailer and a Restraining Order

A hundred yards of legal compliance, one revenge dress, and a confession that blew up the whole story.

Jun 7, 2023
John Mulaney Tells Theo Von About the Gorilla in His Head
This Past Weekend·Comedy

John Mulaney Tells Theo Von About the Gorilla in His Head

Two comedians who have spent serious time in the wreckage compare notes on cocaine, sobriety, and chasing the version of yourself that existed before things got dark.

Apr 17, 2023
John Mulaney on Arenas, Addiction, and the SNL Writer Who Thought He Could Dress Himself
Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade·Comedy

John Mulaney on Arenas, Addiction, and the SNL Writer Who Thought He Could Dress Himself

Mulaney joins Dana Carvey and David Spade to talk sobriety, Madison Square Garden, and why Mickey Rooney wanted to shoot a serial killer.

Oct 6, 2022
Will Ferrell Runs a Hamster Wheel 50 Feet in the Air and Still Had to Sing
Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend·Comedy

Will Ferrell Runs a Hamster Wheel 50 Feet in the Air and Still Had to Sing

A quarantine-era Conan interview that doubles as proof Will Ferrell genuinely cannot stop performing, even when strapped inside a steel contraption above a film set.

Jul 6, 2020
DESUS & MERO·Comedy

John Mulaney on Subway Showtime, Michael Jordan's Hitler Mustache, and the Susan Boyle Fortune Nobody Saw Coming

The comedian visits Desus & Mero and proves that a guy who stays humble by not leaving his apartment has extremely strong opinions about everything.

Feb 24, 2020
Will Ferrell Thought the Last Dab Was Just Ceremonial. It Was Not.
First We Feast·Comedy

Will Ferrell Thought the Last Dab Was Just Ceremonial. It Was Not.

The comedy legend shows up without Julia Louis-Dreyfus, with an active ulcer, and still eats every wing.

Feb 19, 2020
John Mulaney Bought Too Many Snacks for David Byrne and Other Confessions From the Sack Lunch Bunch
The 92nd Street Y, New York·Comedy

John Mulaney Bought Too Many Snacks for David Byrne and Other Confessions From the Sack Lunch Bunch

At the 92nd Street Y, Mulaney, co-writer America Ferrera, director Reese Mishler, and composer Eli Bolin explained how a Netflix children's special got made on four days of budget, zero days of certainty, and one emergency Pedialyte.

Jan 22, 2020
Tina Fey Tells Oprah She's Basically Retired, Mostly Means It
Weight Watchers·Comedy

Tina Fey Tells Oprah She's Basically Retired, Mostly Means It

At a Weight Watchers arena show in Minneapolis, Fey is loose, funny, and quietly revealing about cortisol, Cool Whip, and what happens after you've done everything you wanted to do.

Jan 15, 2020
Bill Hader and John Mulaney Spend an Hour Not Talking About Barry
The 92nd Street Y, New York·Comedy

Bill Hader and John Mulaney Spend an Hour Not Talking About Barry

The 92nd Street Y asked two of television's best comedy writers about a prestige HBO drama. They mostly talked about Casey Kasem and Eliot Spitzer.

May 16, 2019
Jason Bateman and Bill Hader Discover They Are Basically the Same Person
Variety·Comedy

Jason Bateman and Bill Hader Discover They Are Basically the Same Person

Two actor-directors sit down and spend an hour cheerfully confirming each other's worldview.

Jun 7, 2018