The Great Read: The Podcast Where You Can Eavesdrop on the A.I. Elite
Dwarkesh Patel was a bored college sophomore looking for intellectual stimulation. Now he commands interviews with Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg and holds his own with deeply nerdy A.I. researchers.
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April 26, 2026, 10:06 a.m. Eastern time

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The Podcast Where You Can Eavesdrop on the A.I. Elite

Dwarkesh Patel was a bored college sophomore looking for intellectual stimulation. Now he commands interviews with Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg and holds his own with deeply nerdy A.I. researchers.

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