Noam Chomsky

We usually begin the study of physics with a discussion of motion, not because it is easy, or because the modern understanding of motion began with Galileo hundreds of years ago. Rather, Galileo’s groundbreaking work provides a paradigm to understand how physics is done today. Ex ...  Show more

Alcoholism is a scourge on modern society. Every year, 178,000 American die from alcohol abuse, and it has been estimated that over 200 billion dollars is lost from the US economy due to alcoholism, includingcosts of health care, lost productivity, and costs of crime enforcement. ...  Show more

Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and political activist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Skiff: https://skiff.com/lex – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off – Bli ...  Show more

Today it’s great to have the legendary Noam Chomsky on the podcast. Noam is a public intellectual, linguist, and political activist. He’s the author of many influential books, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and his latest book with Rober ...  Show more

OK, so we're finally getting around to taking a chunk out of the prodigious, prolific, and venerable Noam Chomsky. Linguist, cognitive scientist, media theorist, political activist and cultural commentator, Chomsky is a doyen of the Real Left™. By which we mean, of course, those ...  Show more

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In Episode 248 of</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hidden Forces</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, Demetri Kofinas speaks with professors of international relations John Mearsheime ...