#328 – John Danaher

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #328:

No books mentioned.

John Danaher is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts instructor and coach from New Zealand. He is widely regarded as one of the best instructors and coaches in these sports. Wikipedia)

• https://www.instagram.com/danaherjohn/

Other appearances: #182, #260

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#327 – GothamChess

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #327:

1. Game Changer: AlphaZero’s Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI by Matthew Sadler, Natasha Regan
2. Playing the Caro-Kann: A Counter-Attacking Repertoire by Lars Schandorff

Levy Rozman aka Gotham Chess is a professional chess player, chess teacher and streamer.

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#326 – Annaka Harris

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #326:

1. Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris
2. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
3. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
4. The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5. Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum
6. The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald Hoffman
7. Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time—and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything by George Musser

Annaka Harris is an author, editor and consultant for science writers, specializing in neuroscience, meditation, mind, consciousness andphysics.

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#325 – Michael Levin

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #325:

1. The Music of Life: Biology Beyond Genes by Denis Noble
2. Dance to the Tune of Life. Biological Relativity by Denis Noble
3. The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World – and Us by Richard O. Prum

Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. Wikipedia

• https://drmichaellevin.org/
• https://x.com/drmichaellevin

Other appearances: #486

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#324 – Daniel Negreanu

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #324:

1. Modern Poker Theory: Building an unbeatable strategy based on GTO principles by Michael Acevedo
2. Power Hold’em Strategy by Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player who has won seven World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour championship titles. In 2014, independent poker ranking service Global Poker Index recognized Negreanu as the best poker player of the previous decade. Wikipedia

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#323 – Will Sasso

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #323:

1. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Will Sasso is an actor, comedian and co-host of the Dudesy podcast.

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#322 – Rana el Kaliouby

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #322:

1. Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology by Rana el Kaliouby, Carol Colman
2. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

Rana el Kaliouby is a computer scientist and entrepreneur in the field of emotion recognition research, human-centric AI and technology development. She is the founder of Affectiva and deputy CEO of Smart Eye.

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#321 – Ray Kurzweil

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #321:

1. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil is a computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist.

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#320 – Christopher Capozzola

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #320:

1. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler
2. Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America’s First Pacific Century by Christopher Capozzola

Christopher Capozzola is associate professor of history at MIT. He teaches courses in political and legal history, war and the military, and the history of international migration.

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#319 – Botez Sisters

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #319:

No books mentioned.

Alexandra and Andrea Botez aka Botez Sisters are chess players, commentators and streamers.

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