Best Alex Lehmann Podcasts (2025)

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Jonathan Anomaly and James Lee: is eugenics in our future? 1:24:01

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Recently, the new embryo-selection start-up Herasight has been in the news, finally coming out of stealth. Part of the buzz is because of the public involvement of well-known geneticists and academics like Alex Young and Joe Pickrell in Herasight’s algorithm development. Additionally, Noor Siddiqi, the CEO of Orchid, a competitor to Herasight (and …

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Philippe Rousselot: ‘Diva’ 41:25

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The Oscar-winning cinematographer walks Seth through the making of the gorgeous cult French film from 1981. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Hollywood Reporter

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Adeyemi Adeyosoye: Why Men Need To Let Go Of Control To Find Embodied Power | EP 57 1:13:53

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Adeyemi Adeyosoye is a transformational coach and spiritual teacher whose work bridges the realms of business, energy, and men’s activation. With a foundation in Mechanical Engineering and business, Adeyemi once built a successful career driving company growth and chasing the external markers of success. At one stage, he landed the career opportuni…

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Reverse Swept Radio 189: Jeff Thomson's debut, Ashley Giles reviewed, and betting on the Tests 34:38

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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy visits the Hundred, and Toby has an unusual wager "I think what you've cleverly done, without knowing it, is an emotional hedge." FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'00): Jeff Thomson's Test debut "He decides that he's not going to let a big toe get in the way of his test debut and a shot at the West Indies." THE REVIEW (22'00): Th…

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Jason Richwine: immigration moratorium now 1:08:56

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On last week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib spoke with Alex Nowrestah, a vice president at the Cato Institute and a strong advocate for expanding legal immigration. This week, he turned to the other side of the debate with Jason Richwhine, a resident scholar at the Center for Immigration Studies and a vocal supporter of sharply reducing …

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Rob Reiner: ‘This is Spinal Tap’ 43:57

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The director of the landmark 1984 mockumentary joins Seth for an unforgettable conversation about the making of a comedy classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Hollywood Reporter

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Charlie Kaufman: 'Synecdoche, New York' 1:00:25

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The Oscar-winner breaks down the making of his 2008 postmodern mindbender starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Hollywood Reporter

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Rainier Wylde: Risking Authenticity Over Performance—Why Failing Better Matters More Than Performing Well | EP 56 1:28:33

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Rainier Wylde is a gifted writer, teacher, and guide known for his direct and insightful approach to some of life’s toughest questions... His work blends wisdom from ancient traditions with a modern understanding of life’s impermanence challenging us to confront our fears, embrace discomfort, and cultivate the strength to stay present to the raw ex…

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Alex Nowrasteh: an immigration libertarian in Trump's America 1:12:53

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Three years ago, Razib recorded two podcasts with two immigration experts on different sides of the issue, Alex Nowrestah and Jason Richwhine. While Nowrasteh, who works for the libertarian Cato Institute as Vice President for Economic and Social Policy Studies, supports higher levels of legal immigration, Richwine, a Resident Scholar at the Center…

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John Hawks: varieties of humankind all mixed-up 53:29

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Today on Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist who has been a researcher and commentator in human evolutionary biology and paleoanthropology for over two decades. With a widely read weblog (now on Substack), a book on Homo naledi, and highly cited scientific papers, Hawks is an essential voice in understanding the …

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Alex Lehmann: What Facing Death Taught Me About Living Fully — A Journey into Authenticity, Transformation & Masculinity | EP 55 [W/ Edward Dangerfield] 1:37:48

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It’s time to share more of my story! This episode is a little different, because this time, I’m the one being interviewed on my own show by my dear friend, Edward Dangerfield. When he reached out a few months ago & suggested this, I didn’t know exactly why or what I was getting myself into... But something in me felt it was the right thing to do. W…

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Noah Millman: from finance to the culture industry 1:53:13

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Today Razib talks to Noah Millman. Millman is an American screenwriter and filmmaker, as well as a political columnist and cultural critic based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the film and theater critic for Modern Age; previously he was a columnist for The Week (2015–2022) and a senior editor at The American Conservative (2012–2017). Millman writes …

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Cesar Fortes-Lima: the Fulani out of the Green Sahara 55:45

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to human geneticist Cesar Fortes-Lima about his paper from earlier this year, Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel. Fortes-Lima has a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, and his primary research areas include African genetic diversity, the African diaspora, the trans…

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Edward Dangerfield: Facilitated Breath Repatterning [FBR]: The Breathwork Technique That Changed My Life | EP 54 2:04:01

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Edward Dangerfield is back for his 3rd round on "Heart of Man" And while we’ve explored a wide range of topics in our past conversations, from relationships, to coming home to our bodies, to finding sovereignty and integrity within our own sexual expression, we had yet to come together to explore the core element that first brought us into connecti…

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Jack Despain Zhou: in defense of tracking 1:16:24

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Jack Despain Zhou, executive director of the Center for Educational Progress (CEP). Despain Zhou is a graduate of Western Governors University, and is completing his J.D. at Temple University. A former cryptographic analyst for the US Air Force, Despain Zhou is better known as a former produce…

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Reverse Swept Radio 188: Warne's test debut, Cronje Documentary reviewed, and unlikely cricketing conversations 32:25

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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy talks cricket at work, and Toby talks cricket in Italy "This was an excellent moment to be an evangelist - because of the recent news in Italian cricket." FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'30): Shane Warne's Test debut "Haigh also says you could see Warne’s “lucky yellow speedos visible through the white pants”." THE REVIEW (18'2…

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Nikolai Yakovenko: the $200 million AI engineer 1:20:48

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, in the wake of Elon Musk’s xAI Grok chatbot turning anti-Semitic following a recent update, Razib catches up with Nikolai Yakovenko about the state of AI in the summer of 2025. Nearly three years after their first conversations on the topic, the catch up, covering ChatGPT’s release and the anticipation of m…

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David Van Ofwegen: a peripatetic philosopher across Eurasia's antipodes 1:18:54

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Today on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to David van Ofwegen, a philosophy teacher based in Thailand. Razib and Ofwegen first met by chance while he was traveling in the US in 2003. A Dutch national, educated at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands and then the University of Hawaii, specializing in the philosophical underpinnings of Socia…

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Claire Lehmann: after the Intellectual Dark Web 1:35:37

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to returning guest Claire Lehmann. Lehmann has an undergraduate degrees in psychology and English from the University of Adelaide. She was enrolled in a graduate program in psychology, but left it after becoming disillusioned with moral relativism, she went on to found the online magazine Quillet…

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Nathan Cofnas: Judaism's group evolutionary strategy and hereditarianism defended 1:40:49

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to philosopher of science Nathan Cofnas, whose specialty is biology and ethics. An American, Cofnas is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Columbia University, and his doctorate i…

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Kenneth Lonergan: 'You Can Count on Me' 1:11:21

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The Oscar-winning writer-director revisits his landmarkfirst film about the bond between two orphaned siblings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Hollywood Reporter

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Michaela Boehm: Why Polarity Isn't Enough, And What Makes Love And Intimacy Thrive | EP 53 1:11:28

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Michaela Boehm is an internationally renowned teacher, speaker, and counselor whose work sits at the intersection of embodiment, relationships, and intimacy Born and raised in Austria, Michaela combines her training in psychology and extensive clinical counseling experience with her in-depth training in the yogic arts as a classical Kashmiri Tantri…

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Steve Hsu: China's inevitable rise and America's confused response 57:55

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Today Razib talks to repeat guest Steve Hsu about China, a topic with so many currently relevant dimensions gIven the PRC’s clear emergence as an economic, military and political rival to the US. Hsu is a Caltech‑trained theoretical physicist who migrated from black holes to big data, co‑invented privacy tech at SafeWeb, helped found the biotech co…

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David Gress: Plato and NATO 25 years later 1:14:27

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Today Razib talks to David  Gress, a Danish historian. The son of an American literary scholar and a Danish writer, he grew up in Denmark, read Classics at Cambridge, and then earned a Ph.D. in medieval history from Bryn Mawr College in the US in 1981. During a fellowship form 1982-1992 at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, he published on C…