#363 – Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #363 B-Team Jiu Jitsu: Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan:

No books mentioned.

Craig Benjamin Jones is an Australian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor and coach. An IBJJF world No-Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion as a purple belt, Jones is a two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship silver medallist and a three-time Polaris Pro Grappling champion. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #439

Nick Rodriguez is an American professional submission grappler, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner and former amateur wrestler. Wikipedia

Nicky Ryan is a jiu-jitsu black belt under John Danaher and one of the main representatives of the Renzo Gracie Academy.


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#362 – Ginni Rometty

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #362:

  1. Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World by Ginni Rometty

Virginia Marie “Ginni” Rometty is an American business executive who served as executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020. She previously served as chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company. Wikipedia


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#361 – Aaron Smith-Levin

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #361:

  1. Dianetics: The Modern Science Of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard
  2. A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram
  3. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  4. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder
  5. Blown for Good – Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology by Marc Headley

Aaron Smith-Levin is a former Scientologist, Vice President of the Aftermath Foundation, and host of the Growing Up In Scientology YouTube channel.


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#360 – Tim Urban

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #360:

  1. What’s Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban
  2. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
  3. Culture by Iain M. Banks
  4. Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein

Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why.

Other appearances: #264


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#359 – Andrew Strominger

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #359:

  1. A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram
  2. Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist’s Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature by Steven Weinberg

Andrew Eben Strominger is an American theoretical physicist who is the director of Harvard’s Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature. He has made significant contributions to quantum gravity and string theory. Wikipedia


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#358 – Aella

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #358:

  1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  2. The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
  3. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  4. Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It by Paul Conti
  5. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  6. Books by Mercedes Lackey
  7. Books by E. E. Knight
  8. Books by Ursula K. Le Guin

Aella is a sex researcher, writer, and sex worker.


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#357 – Paul Conti

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #357:

  1. Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It by Paul Conti
  2. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
  3. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
  4. The First Man by Albert Camus

Paul Conti is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his training at Stanford and Harvard, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Conti is the author of Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic, a book that brings his valuable.


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#356 – Tim Dodd

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #356:

  1. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Tim Dodd, also known as Everyday Astronaut, is an American science communicator, YouTube content creator, photographer, and musician. Wikipedia


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#355 – David Kipping

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #355:

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David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of the Cool Worlds YouTube channel.


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#354 – Jeremi Suri

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #354:

  1. Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy by Jeremi Suri
  2. Henry Kissinger and the American Century by Jeremi Suri
  3. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  4. 1984 by George Orwell

Jeremi Suri is an American historian, and the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, at University of Texas at Austin. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #180


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