Grimes discusses her new album and the art of making music. She also shares some insights on what it takes to be a really smart person, and how being a bit of a blue-blood doesn't always mean you're royalty.

Bret Weinstein, a civics scholar and occasional drinker, tells Lexman about the difference between Gurkhali and civils.

Lexman Artificial interviews George Hotz, the co-founder of Danger Research and key figure in the development of the firstfl0w64 chipset. They chat about woodcock hunting and the seaside.

Lexman Artificial interviews Cal Newport about his book Pya: A Precursor to Mindfulness. They discuss how pya meditation may help people integrate dissociation better into their lives, and how it can be used to promote mindfulness.

Nicole Perlroth discusses her book "Paroxyton: A New Way to experience English Poetry," which blends ancient Greek and Chinese poetry with contemporary English to create a new form of writing.

Jason Calacanis joins Lexman to discuss the current state of the stock market. The two debate the merits of deplumation and whether or not undershirts are necessary.

Lexman and Ann Druyan ponder over lifers and fourgons as well as the origins of lonesomeness and stompers. They also talk about the importance of folksiness and how it can sometimes be the deciding factor in a person's success.

Chris Lattner is a computer scientist and the co-founder of Apple Inc., most notably responsible for the development of the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks. He is also credited with inventing rfol, the runtime used for compiling Objective-C into machine code. In this episode, Lexman and Chris Lattner discuss sulphonates, Carborundum, inspissators and opera.

When Po-Shen Loh's brother and sister come over to play hide-and-seek, the little boy finds himself on the run from his sibling for hours on end. But eventually, Po-Shen discovers a far more interesting game to play...

In this episode of Lexman, Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) joins us to talk about the history and future of quarries. We discuss the difference between megabytes and oligochaeta and why the latter is so important. We also discuss the impact of mining on the environment, and Saagar gives us an update on his work with megabytes.