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    #502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung

    17/09/2026 | 3h 43 mins.
    Andrew Scull is a historian of psychiatry.
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    (00:00) – Introduction
    (01:07) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
    (08:10) – Crisis in Psychiatry
    (37:48) – Categories of Mental Illness
    (45:07) – Asylums, Eugenics, and the Nazis
    (57:13) – The Ice Pick Lobotomy
    (1:03:26) – Malaria "Cure" for Syphilis
    (1:21:42) – Insulin Coma Therapy
    (1:29:34) – Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
    (1:49:03) – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    (2:06:35) – Freud and Psychoanalysis
    (2:36:30) – WWII and Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
    (2:57:04) – Antipsychotics
    (3:20:24) – Antidepressants
    (3:33:18) – Future of Psychiatry PODCAST LINKS:
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    #501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux

    26/08/2026 | 5h 21 mins.
    DHH is the creator of Ruby on Rails, Omarchy Linux, CTO of 37signals, and a racecar driver.
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    DHH's X: https://x.com/dhh
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    (00:00) – Introduction
    (01:14) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
    (08:56) – Programming with AI agents
    (24:14) – How software will change
    (33:30) – AI impact on open source
    (43:21) – Building Omarchy Linux distro
    (53:05) – Vibe coding vs agentic engineering
    (1:06:06) – The end of manual programming
    (1:16:24) – Advice for programmers
    (1:28:31) – Surviving Internet Hate
    (1:37:46) – Programming setup for AI Agents
    (1:50:11) – Obsessing about speed
    (2:13:06) – Voice prompting vs typing
    (2:27:05) – Best AI coding models
    (2:43:55) – Best AI coding harnesses
    (2:56:57) – AI video generation and filmmaking
    (3:16:28) – Fatherhood
    (3:44:35) – Linux will win the desktop
    (3:55:51) – PewDiePie
    (4:05:25) – Future of programming
    (4:28:18) – Politics and immigration
    (4:59:55) – Longevity, over-optimization, and fear of death
    (5:11:38) – Eternal recurrence and future of human civization
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    #500 – Khabib Nurmagomedov: Dagestan, MMA, UFC, Islam, Conor, Fedor & Football

    12/08/2026 | 3h 19 mins.
    Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the greatest fighters of all time, who retired from the UFC undefeated with a perfect 29-0 record. We did this conversation entirely in Russian. It's translated and dubbed into English. Both language audio tracks (and subtitles) are available on YouTube. Here, only the English audio is available. We worked hard to make it enjoyable to listen to, by carefully dubbing the translation using voice-cloning, as we've done for previous foreign-language podcasts. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep500-sc
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    (00:00) – Introduction
    (01:29) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
    (08:24) – Why Dagestan produces so many great fighters
    (18:31) – History of Dagestan warrior culture
    (27:51) – Hard training in the mountains of Dagestan
    (31:42) – The trap of fame, money, and power
    (42:23) – The key to Khabib's dominance
    (53:36) – Discipline and hard work
    (1:06:04) – Street fights in Dagestan
    (1:19:45) – Khabib's top pressure
    (1:25:29) – Khabib vs Conor McGregor
    (1:38:14) – Khabib's toughest fight
    (1:46:02) – Greatest MMA fighters of all time
    (2:03:46) – Coaching
    (2:09:19) – Daniel Cormier
    (2:13:38) – Islam Makhachev
    (2:23:35) – Dana White
    (2:27:05) – Joe Rogan
    (2:29:20) – Ali Abdelaziz
    (2:31:57) – Football
    (2:39:12) – Messi vs Ronaldo
    (2:57:12) – Dubai
    (3:01:03) – God
    (3:08:46) – Advice for young people
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    #499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee

    28/07/2026 | 3h 53 mins.
    Gary Gallagher is a historian of the American Civil War.
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    Gary's UVA page: https://history.virginia.edu/people/gary-w-gallagher
    Gary's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_W._Gallagher
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    Lee and His Generals in War and Memory (book): https://amzn.to/4fdrbD5
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    The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History (book): https://amzn.to/4vsAogU
    The Great Courses – The American Civil War: https://bit.ly/4gDX3mQSPONSORS:
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    (00:00) – Introduction
    (00:07) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
    (08:36) – What caused the Civil War?
    (18:33) – Slavery
    (46:07) – Lincoln
    (1:01:03) – Grant vs Lee
    (1:09:57) – Could the Civil War have been avoided?
    (1:19:23) – The bloodiest war in US history
    (1:36:31) – How the Confederate Army could've won
    (1:57:05) – Key battles of the Civil War
    (2:20:07) – Best and Worst Presidents
    (2:34:06) – Robert E. Lee
    (2:53:40) – The most important battle of the Civil War
    (3:03:51) – The final showdown of the Civil War – Grant vs Lee
    (3:26:10) – Lost Cause and Confederate Monuments
    (3:43:37) – Extreme political division in US
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    #498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires

    30/06/2026 | 3h 58 mins.
    Anthony Kaldellis is a historian of the Roman Empire and author of "The New Roman Empire", a comprehensive history of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
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    Anthony's Books: https://amzn.to/49AX7Q1
    Anthony's Publications: https://kaldellispublications.weebly.com
    Anthony's University of Chicago page: https://classics.uchicago.edu/people/anthony-kaldellis
    The New Roman Empire (book): https://amzn.to/3PTFTqk
    Streams of Gold (book): https://amzn.to/4fgRMRq
    Byzantium & Friends Podcast: https://byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com/
    The History of Byzantium Podcast: https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/SPONSORS:
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    (00:00) – Introduction
    (00:11) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
    (08:45) – The Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire
    (12:42) – 2,200 Years of Roman History
    (33:06) – Power, violence, and civil war
    (54:20) – Edict of Caracalla
    (1:07:17) – Crisis of the Third Century
    (1:21:45) – Constantine and the new Roman Empire
    (1:33:46) – Christianity in the Roman Empire
    (1:59:14) – Fall of the Western Roman Empire
    (2:12:11) – Eunuchs, Taxes, and Power
    (2:37:17) – Emperor Justinian and wars of conquest
    (2:54:19) – The Arab conquests
    (3:13:55) – Why the Roman empire survived so long
    (3:40:01) – Lessons from history PODCAST LINKS:
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