We dissect the phenomenon of Lex Fridman, America’s newest and biggest court Russian, who leaves Masha Gessen in the dust.

As fellow Russian immigrants we get Lex like no one else in the English speaking world. We think we cracked the secret to his success. We think we know what stands behind his sudden rise to fame and fortune. Without doing a big reveal here (you’ll have to listen to the ep for that), all I can say is that it rests on the sublimation of his repressed desires. To put it another way, we answer the question why Lex loves to interview rich, powerful, and prominent men and why he’s still very single. What’s this big thing that he is denying himself? Well here’s a hint: it’s all about a four letter word that starts with “d.”

—Evgenia

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