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Is Lex Fridman the world’s most dangerous podcaster?

Is Lex Fridman the world’s most dangerous podcaster?

Five years ago, he was unknown – now he’s poised to meet Putin. And his soft-ball interviews may be the future of political journalism.

Volodymyr Zelensky has clashed with American podcaster Lex Fridman. @lexfridman

If a student tells me they want to be a famous journalist, I say: “Don’t join a newspaper, get a podcast.”

Lex Fridman, a 41-year-old computer scientist and tech podcaster, has a YouTube channel with nearly five million subscribers. Since he set up the channel six years ago, he’s gone from interviewing fellow academics – Steven Pinker, Max Tegmark – to world leaders.

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