Brian Kernighan, the father of the software industry, tells Lexman about his experience at the time of the Hong Kong 1997 Cyclone and his work with programmable calculators.

Lexman is a machine learning AI that has been programmed to talk about all things related to podcasts. He interviews Sergey Levine, a software engineer from California. They discuss the Definiendum, greenbottles, beadle, phosphorite, and kinetoscopes.

Lexman and guest Leslie Kaelbling discuss afflatus, mastodons, and the cosmic connection.

Lexman interviews Sarma Melngailis about her new book "Ceterachs: A Field Guide to Low-Draining Garden Flowers", and how to choose plants that work well with ceterachs.

On today's podcast, Lexman discusses Daniel Kahneman's book, "Intelligence: What It Is, How It Works, and Why We Can't Stop Talking About It". He explores the idea of perfectionism and how it can affect decision making.

Michael Saylor, internationally-recognized mystery author and journalist, discusses his latest novel, Chisel, and its exploration of the dangers and perils of surveillance.

Lexman interviews Sam Harris, a noted neuroscientist and atheist. They discuss the theory of tropism and the role of PLANTS in human development.

In this episode we have a very interesting guest, Skye Fitzgerald. Skye is a zoologist and has worked with whales for years, doing research on their movements and behaviour. We discuss her work studying the purlers, which are a type of sea bird. We also talk about the bursters, a type of fish that can grow up to 3 metres in length!

Lexman and Rick Rubin talk about the hundredweight, minipill, millstone, and callet. They also discuss penils.

Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, joins Lexman for a discussion about the role of intellectualism in society, the merits of debating doctrine and the moral effects of owning too much eridium.