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Monday, January 19, 2026

PM Modi’s appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast


Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared as a guest on the Lex Fridman Podcast. Fridman described the conversation as “one of the most powerful” of his life in a post on X.

Here’s my conversation with @narendramodi, Prime Minister of India.

It was one of the most moving & powerful conversations and experiences of my life.

This episode is fully dubbed into multiple languages including English and Hindi. It’s also available in the original (mix of… pic.twitter.com/85yUykwae4

— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) March 16, 2025

Fridman takes a neutral stance, aiming to understand his guests rather than challenge them.

Lex Fridman’s Background

Lex Fridman, 41, was born in present-day Tajikistan and moved to the United States at age 11. His father, Alexander Fridman, was a leading plasma physicist in the Soviet Union and later taught at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, where Lex earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees.

Fridman worked as a Machine Learning researcher at Google from 2014 to 2015. He then became a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The Lex Fridman Podcast’s Growth

Fridman launched his podcast in 2018, focusing on AI. The podcast now covers a wide range of topics, with over 400 episodes published. Fridman remains connected to MIT but is primarily focused on his podcast.

PM Modi’s appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast adds to the show’s list of high-profile guests, reinforcing its influence in global conversations.

This episode is available in English, Hindi, Russian (and soon other languages). Captions and voice-over audio tracks are provided (for the main episode video on YouTube) in English, Hindi, Russian, and the original mixed-language version, with subtitles available in your preferred language. To listen to the original mixed-language version, please select the Hindi (Latin) audio track. The default is English overdub. To switch between languages on the main episode YouTube video, click: Settings (Gear Icon) ... Audio Track ... Choose Language.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUtA3W-7_I

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