- 11-30#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling63 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 10:08Motivation
- 24:08Mental toughness
- 28:36Weight cutting
- 30:24Olympic dreams
- 35:201996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
- 38:24Brother
- 43:36Champion mindset
- 49:36Beyond limits
- 54:37Faith
- 56:06Family
- 1:00:11Brands vs Brands
- 11-28#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East169 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 06:42U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
- 21:30September 11
- 39:05Bin Laden
- 1:14:35Withdrawal of U.S. troops
- 2:06:47War
- 2:18:01Leadership
- 2:34:11Afghan people
- 2:43:40Rumi
- 11-23#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram173 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 08:26Origin of Instagram
- 50:33New social networks
- 1:09:38Selling Instagram to Facebook
- 1:32:40Features
- 1:36:47Facebook
- 2:13:28Whistleblower
- 2:24:47Machine learning
- 2:34:45Advice for startups
- 2:40:37Money
- 2:46:37Love
- 2:48:54Meaning of life
- 11-20#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA142 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 06:59Woodley vs Jake Paul boxing match
- 10:48Askren vs Jake Paul boxing match
- 13:23Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake
- 24:37Askren vs Burroughs charity match
- 29:21Champion mentality and handling losses
- 43:40Future interest in competition
- 53:09Askren’s early career
- 1:03:58Robots wrestling
- 1:18:39Olympics
- 1:24:46Dagestan wrestling
- 1:30:51Askren Wrestling Academy
- 1:46:32Khabib Nurmagomedov
- 1:53:082020 Olympics
- 1:54:49Wrestling dominance in MMA
- 11-16#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics201 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 07:32Robots in science fiction
- 13:13Cozmo
- 38:28AI companions
- 45:23Anki
- 1:10:56Waymo Via
- 1:42:34Sensor suites for long haul trucking
- 1:52:30Machine learning
- 2:10:26Waymo vs Tesla
- 2:21:02Safety and risk management
- 2:30:06Societal effects of automation
- 2:41:11Amazon Astro
- 2:45:35Challenges of the robotics industry
- 2:50:03Humanoid robotics
- 2:57:06Advice for getting a PhD in robotics
- 3:04:37Advice for robotics startups
- 3:15:43Advice for students
- 11-11#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity168 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 08:34WWII and human nature
- 17:20Search engine morality
- 21:58Space exploration
- 38:59Aliens and UFOs
- 47:21SpaceX and Blue Origin
- 54:43Social media
- 59:11Climate change
- 1:11:00Consequences of big ideas
- 1:15:42Virtual reality
- 1:38:50Artificial intelligence
- 1:53:49Cryptocurrency
- 2:06:26Writing, storytelling, and books
- 2:29:05Martial arts
- 2:38:23Final thoughts
- 11-08#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth169 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 09:14University of Austin (UATX)
- 42:09Sam Harris
- 1:00:36Elon Musk
- 1:08:55Money
- 1:18:50Hyperinflation
- 1:24:15Bitcoin
- 1:40:57Ethereum and smart contracts
- 1:49:43Worst disasters in human history
- 2:11:41How history will remember the current pandemic
- 2:25:16Hope for the future
- 2:33:46Love
- 2:40:24Meaning of life
- 11-05#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)93 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 07:44Lab-leak theory
- 10:51Gain-of-function research of viruses
- 23:00Bioterrorism
- 27:30Tony Fauci
- 37:41COVID Vaccines
- 43:46Joe Rogan
- 50:49Variants
- 55:31Rapid at home testing
- 59:44Animal testing
- 1:05:09Stepping down as director of the NIH
- 1:09:03Barack Obama
- 1:11:06Accelerating Medicines Partnership
- 1:21:44Faith
- 1:27:12Fear of death
- 1:30:15Meaning of life
- 11-03#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream199 分钟
- 00:00Introduction
- 07:36Ethnography
- 19:49Challenges of driving a truck
- 38:28Trucking industry: State of affairs
- 1:11:33Future of autonomous trucks
- 1:37:49Solving the automated truck dilemma
- 2:09:44Role of society in automated trucking
- 2:36:53Tesla and revolutionizing the trucking industry
- 2:56:33Hope and final thoughts