Your Daily Lex

A daily podcast from Lex Friedman.

Pretty much every day, Lex shares his thoughts on... anything. It's improvised, random, and has one heck of a killer theme song.

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#551 It's A Fine

Updates on Cody the dog, and Lex the human.

4:46 | 5.5 MB | June 9th, 2023 2:34 pm
#550 Air Apparent

Deep breaths. Or not.

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5:46 | 6.6 MB | June 8th, 2023 10:54 am
#549 Apple of My Eyes

On Apple’s announcements. And the air. And other stuff.

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4:14 | 4.8 MB | June 7th, 2023 3:28 pm
#548 Free Coke

A story about a celebrity guest on a cruise ship.

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5:08 | 5.9 MB | June 6th, 2023 11:13 am
#547 Direct Address

A follow-up from Friday. And weekend updates. Also happy WWDC keynote day!

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5:18 | 6.1 MB | June 5th, 2023 11:13 am
#546 Cussed Or More Service

Customer service experiences. Plot twist: Good ones!

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5:32 | 6.3 MB | June 2nd, 2023 12:51 pm
#545 Cool Cool Cool

Hey, it’s summer weather! Cool! Hot! Neat!

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4:30 | 5.2 MB | June 1st, 2023 2:33 pm
#544 Pills, Pills, Pills

On swallowing pills, distributing pills, and other pills that aren’t tough to swallow.

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5:04 | 5.8 MB | May 31st, 2023 12:55 pm
#543 Room For Improv-Ment

There’s improv. And there’s scripted shows. Sometimes, the twain shall meet.

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5:58 | 6.8 MB | May 30th, 2023 3:45 pm
#542 The Year of Lex on the Desktop

I have various things in my office. Here are just a few of them.

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5:03 | 5.8 MB | May 25th, 2023 11:22 am
#541 Thank Q

The thrilling conclusion of a long-lasting YDL dramatic narrative!

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5:56 | 6.8 MB | May 24th, 2023 9:25 am
#540 No Newsday Tuesday

Audition updates! Plus a small amount of praise for myself.

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5:18 | 6.1 MB | May 23rd, 2023 9:40 am
#539 Ironing Bored

How do you get wrinkles out? Does anyone iron anymore?

5:26 | 6.2 MB | May 18th, 2023 9:48 am
#538 Callback

Updates on the callback! Spoiler: I don’t know anything yet, but… 😬

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7:44 | 8.9 MB | May 17th, 2023 9:32 am
#537 Not Not Playing

Lex is watching a movie today. And attending a callback. Big day.

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5:34 | 6.4 MB | May 16th, 2023 9:24 am
#536 Yes Filter

On cold brew and a clever solution to a stupid problem.

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5:34 | 6.4 MB | May 15th, 2023 9:10 am
#535 Puppet Master

A dramatic arc on Your Daily Lex is reaching its most tension-laden point!

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5:28 | 6.3 MB | May 12th, 2023 2:49 pm
#534 Flights of Fancy

Follow-up to yesterday’s plane story. This episode was executive produced by John Siracusa.

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5:41 | 6.5 MB | May 11th, 2023 9:19 am
#533 Plane and Simple

A blast from the past! Sort of. A story about a thing that happened 13 years and a few days ago.

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4:48 | 5.5 MB | May 10th, 2023 2:10 pm
#532 Two Tired

My car is back! Also: More bus stop musings. Topics!

5:15 | 6 MB | May 9th, 2023 11:47 am
#531 Car Trouble

Car trouble. Like I said.

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5:02 | 5.8 MB | May 8th, 2023 8:08 pm
#530 Sewer Jokes Stink

Liam wants to go the Paris Sewer Museum. I’m less sure. Only Judge John Hodgman can decide.

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5:58 | 6.8 MB | May 5th, 2023 10:55 am
#529 Bus Shirt

This episode is all about the bus shirt. It’s a thing.

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5:26 | 6.2 MB | May 4th, 2023 3:05 pm
#528 Introducing Sorkin' In It.

Introducing Lex’s new podcast with Brian: Sorkin’ In It. It’s all about the films of Aaron Sorkin. Also just a reminder to Dan that I love him.

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4:54 | 5.6 MB | May 3rd, 2023 1:03 pm
#527 Have a Seat

On choosing your seats.

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5:22 | 6.1 MB | May 2nd, 2023 12:30 pm
#526 Tipping Point

Poker night logistics. Food delivery. Tipping.

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6:48 | 7.8 MB | May 1st, 2023 11:38 am
#525 Table Daddy

It’s poker night.

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5:24 | 6.2 MB | April 28th, 2023 12:54 pm
#524 Hi Arlo

More on not sleeping, the Eiffel Tower, and new family member Arlo.

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5:27 | 6.3 MB | April 27th, 2023 2:41 pm
#523 [Yawn Emoji]

Today’s tiredness is France’s fault.

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4:54 | 5.6 MB | April 26th, 2023 10:29 am
#522 Starts With T

Posing a pop problem.

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4:51 | 5.6 MB | April 25th, 2023 1:54 pm
#521 High Five

On workout high fives, lunch, and what really matters.

5:14 | 6 MB | April 24th, 2023 12:27 pm
#520 Bear Necessities

One more story from the dermatologists office. And a story about a bear.

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4:46 | 5.5 MB | April 21st, 2023 2:26 pm
#519 The Office

The dermatologist appointment is now a memory. But a memory worth sharing with you!

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5:40 | 6.5 MB | April 20th, 2023 12:15 pm
#518 Do Something Rash

Dentists! Dermatologists! Teleprompters! Presentations!

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5:12 | 6 MB | April 19th, 2023 1:56 pm
#517 Mother

Feedback on my album. Feedback on someone else’s album. And speaking sans slides.

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5:34 | 6.4 MB | April 18th, 2023 2:40 pm
#516 New Album Alert

Yes, a new album alert! Featuring podcast theme songs, pop songs (the way I do them, anyway), and some real oddballs.

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4:39 | 5.3 MB | April 17th, 2023 10:55 am
#515 It's A-Me, Movie Goer

Lex reviews the Mario movie. And reviews movie reviews. And movie prices. And soda.

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5:34 | 6.4 MB | April 14th, 2023 12:12 pm
#514 Queue You

This post is about Six C̶o̶l̶o̶r̶s̶ Flags.

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6:08 | 7 MB | April 13th, 2023 2:39 pm
#513 Just Sit

On babysitters, alarms, and sitting through an alarm.

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5:46 | 6.6 MB | April 12th, 2023 2:09 pm
#512 Don't Be Alarmed

On burglar alarms. Which is almost the correct topic for this episode.

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4:54 | 5.6 MB | April 11th, 2023 6:29 pm
#511 Wool and Good

Lex visited an alpaca farm.

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4:56 | 5.7 MB | April 10th, 2023 10:21 am
#510 Hats Off

I’m under occasional hat attack.

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4:26 | 5.1 MB | April 7th, 2023 12:07 pm
#509 The Nerve

On nerves before live shows and presentations.

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5:12 | 6 MB | April 6th, 2023 10:28 am
#508 Fast One

This is an episode about car holes.

3:06 | 3.6 MB | April 5th, 2023 4:06 pm
#507 A Brush With the Tooth

Exploring John Siracusa’s toothpaste rinsing nightmare.

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4:45 | 5.4 MB | April 4th, 2023 12:22 pm
#506 With the E

I’m the real Lex Friedman.

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3:39 | 4.2 MB | April 3rd, 2023 1:24 pm
#505 See Me

A non-gross episode about eyes.

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5:00 | March 31st, 2023 11:43 am
#504 SRO

An all-audio episode of Your Daily Lex! Yes, that way, but also — another way!

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5:05 | March 30th, 2023 2:08 pm
#503 Bleuuughhhhuh Moment

A non-story about Liam. Follow-up regarding Andy. And a contact lens story.

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4:45 | March 29th, 2023 2:32 pm
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