The Lex Fridman Podcast is an independent interview show hosted by Lex Fridman. It launched in August 2018 and comes out irregularly, recently about every two to three weeks.
Episodes are long: recent ones typically run 174-280 minutes.
Lex Fridman Podcast is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 12.2K ratings on Apple Podcasts, as of October 2026.
Lex holds very long-form conversations that span AI, programming, science, history, politics and more, with guests from many fields. The standout AI episodes feature Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis and the Cursor team.
The format is one guest (or one team) and plenty of time, so conversations move from technical detail to big-picture questions.
Our take: this is for listeners who want multi-hour, in-depth conversations with prominent AI researchers, founders and public figures, and who don't mind splitting an episode across several sittings. For more shows like it, see our best AI podcasts list.
Episodes are long enough that most listeners pick a guest and dip in rather than following every release. If you care about AI coding specifically, the Cursor team episode is the most hands-on of the three below.
The Cursor episode overlaps with our own testing; see our Cursor page and Claude Code vs Cursor.
The latest episode in the public feed when we checked was dated September 17, 2026.
If you like Lex Fridman Podcast, these shows are worth a listen:
Show details on this page come from the public listings and feeds below, checked on October 4, 2026.
Recent episodes typically run about 174 to 280 minutes, so many listeners spread one episode over several sessions.
Irregularly; recently about every two to three weeks. The latest episode in the public feed when we checked was dated September 17, 2026.
Good starting points are #452 with Dario Amodei, #475 with Demis Hassabis and #447 with the Cursor team.
On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and lexfridman.com.
