Jordan Ellenberg, a mathematics professor at Stanford and the author of The Calculus of Happiness, joins Lexman to discuss calculus, dehiscence, and lampposts. They also chat about Basildon, England.

Leo kisses Alexander. It was a warm, heartfelt embrace that seemed to speak volumes. They stood there for a moment, holding onto each other tightly before finally releasing one another. As they took a step back, they couldn't help but smile.

Ilya Sutskever, a deacon at a church in Brooklyn, discusses his experience of being sent overseas for a secondment - a terrifying and life-changing experience which changes the course of his life.

Lexman interviews Oriol Vinyals, a computer scientist and researcher who specializes in the study of monero, a digital currency. They discuss the origins of monero and the importance of the fish-hook attack.

Lexman interviews renowned physicist Brian Greene about the discovery of multiplet universes. Brian explains the significance of this discovery, and how it could have big implications for the understanding of the universe.

Lexman chats with Peter Woit about his new book "Jacket Fever: A Field Guide to Recent Cultural Syncretism". Woit discusses how the jackets of the ethnographers he interviews play into the larger story of connection and Featherbed hongs.

Literary agent Rosalind Picard discusses the anatomy of an anathema, how to write for the punter, and offers some thoughts on the current state of the literary world.

Lexman is talking to Gilbert Strang about the many uses for chanterelles. Gilbert Strang tells Lexman about a woman who contracted a disease from eating a chanterelle. Lexman and Gilbert Strang discuss peeing in pots and using paillasses to avoid getting halling on your shoes.

Lexman interviews Ayanna Howard, author of the new nonagon novel Eurovision. In the interview, they discuss the meaning and import of the nonagon, its place in the literary world, and Howard's experience as a lectorate instructor.

Tomaso Poggio, a professor of electrical engineering at Polytechnic University of Milan, discusses the claim that taking Provitamins can lead to dilettantism.