#396 – James Sexton

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #396:

  1. How to Stay in Love: A Divorce Lawyer’s Guide to Staying Together by James J. Sexton

James J. Sexton is a divorce attorney and author known for his work in the field of family law.


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#395 – Walter Isaacson

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #395:

  1. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson
  2. All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
  3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  4. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
  5. Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson
  6. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
  7. Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
  8. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
  9. The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson
  10. Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
  11. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
  12. Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Walter Seff Isaacson is an American author, journalist, and professor. He has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, and the editor of Time. Wikipedia


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#394 – Neri Oxman

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #394:

  1. The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  2. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  3. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  4. Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Neri Oxman is an American–Israeli designer and professor at the MIT Media Lab, where she led the Mediated Matter research group. She is known for art and architecture that combine design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. Wikipedia


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#393 – Andrew Huberman

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #393:

  1. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
  2. Fighter’s Heart (Crown MMA Romance) by A. Rivers, Alexa Rivers
  3. Projections: A Story of Human Emotions by Karl Deisseroth

Andrew D. Huberman is an American podcaster and neuroscientist. He is an associate professor of neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is best known for hosting the Huberman Lab podcast, which he started in 2021. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #139, #164, #277, #435


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#392 – Joscha Bach

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #392:

  1. Sacred And Terrible Air by Robert Kurvitz

Joscha Bach is a German artificial intelligence researcher and cognitive scientist focusing on cognitive architectures, mental representation, emotion, social modeling, and multi-agent systems. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #101, #212


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#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #391:

  1. Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd
  2. Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
  3. Books by by Ghassan Kanafani

Mohammed el-Kurd is a Palestinian writer and poet. He is currently based out of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. Prior to the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, he was pursuing a master’s degree in the United States, but returned to protest Israel’s eviction of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem. Wikipedia


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#390 – Yuval Noah Harari

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #390:

  1. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
  2. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
  3. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
  4. Books by Albert Camus

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli public intellectual, historian and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Wikipedia


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#389 – Benjamin Netanyahu

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #389:

  1. Bibi: My Story by Benjamin Netanyahu
  2. Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer, August Cole

Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since December 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is the chairman of the Likud party. Wikipedia


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#388 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #388:

  1. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
  2. The Plague by Albert Camus
  3. Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
  4. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters by James W. Douglass
  5. Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  6. Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle by C. G. Jung

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American environmental lawyer, politician, and writer who has promoted anti-vaccine propaganda and public health–related conspiracy theories. Wikipedia


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#387 – George Hotz

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #387:

  1. The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams
  2. A Casino Odyssey in Cyberspace by Roger Williams

George Francis Hotz, alias geohot, is an American security hacker, entrepreneur, and software engineer. He is known for developing iOS jailbreaks, reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #31, #132


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