Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize | Lex Fridman Podcast #257

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Thanks Lex. This is a bucket list interview for me. I hope the bucket doesn’t get kicked for many years however. I loved the opportunity to share time with you and bask in your unique blend of humanity, humility, and curiosity. Thrive my brother AD ASTRA!

Great episode Lex. Brian is fantastic and getting to see him in a one on one in person discussion is a real treat.

Brian is like this charismatic and funny science teacher who makes you love science . Thank you for this great episode . Probably on my top ten lex episodes thank u

Many nights I fall asleep re-listening to your previous podcasts. I’ve often had the most incredible and hyper realistic dreams into which I’m obviously going in and out of listening and dreaming and, invariably part of what is being discussed becomes part of my dream. Some of the scenes and characters that have plaid out have been amazing… from childhood to current concerns to the possibilities of the future. I love your podcasts.

casually browsing through YouTube and Lex's new podcast pops up. CLICK!

Man, many of Lex's interview are just timeless. He almost unfailingly finds the right chemistry and humour with the guest, as with the depth and uniqueness of questions he asks them

Man this flows so well, Brian came with no fixed intentions, just flows between topics effortlessly and engages in return

"If you're a Pollock and you're painting chaos, it's much more comforting to see that they can paint an accurate picture" was so true, same reason I love aphex twin's piano pieces

I was a huge JRE fan, and watched about 80% of the episodes in full. The last two years I've lost interest to the point of only watching 1 in 30 episodes very rarely. I'm not sure if it's because of Joe, because of the guests, or that I've changed, or even as simple as you can only listen to the same person talk for so long. I always enjoyed the episodes with Lex, and while I knew this podcast existed, I never sought it out. It came across my feed, and I've watched a couple episodes including one with his father Alexander Fridman, Elon Musk, and Sam Harris. I'm so happy I did, as I now have a wonderful backlog of episodes to watch of my new favorite podcast. Keep up the awesome work Lex! Cheers!

This guy cracks me up! Lex is not appreciating his jokes enough. Great episode. We need a round 2!

When you got to the Joe Rogan part and started talking about this... toxic competition in academic science, it really made me think of my journey in grad school. Everyone was very quick to tear down others achievements or diminish others. Like, I love competition but for whatever reason the environment felt like it lost the excitement for actual science, and was instead just about frustration, anger, and jealousy towards others all the time and it didnt really help my already horrible mental health.

I’m a new subscriber- going through old episodes. Each one is such a delight. Thanks Lex for sharing all these beautiful and sublime guests with the world.

Thank you for making the internet so amazing. These podcasts are incredible!!!

Best quote, "I'm just speaking as a human." That really does sum it all up from our perspective.

The only way you're going to get anywhere in life is surround yourself with people smarter than you. this podcast helps a lot. Thank you for this interview it's been so enlightening. I ain't saying I understand everything you are talking about. But I am 100% grateful for it!

This episode in particular is peak Lex Fridman podcast.

Brian Keatings podcast is awesome!

8 minutes 15 seconds in, and I'm grinning like an idiot. Got to love this podcast....

That was incredible ! Dr Keating is awesome , almost as Lex ! Thanks for this episode.