Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power | Lex Fridman Podcast #167

Saagar Enjeti is a DC-based political correspondent and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:41 – Hitler
7:01 – Evil
8:20 – Donald Trump
18:51 – Teddy Roosevelt
24:12 – Nazi Germany
29:08 – The balance of power in US government
33:04 – Bureaucracy
41:38 – Money
43:54 – UFOs
47:57 – Jeffrey Epstein
1:01:18 – Left and Right
1:12:02 – How to fix politics
1:37:28 – Political predictions
1:50:42 – Journalism
2:01:37 – Joe Rogan
2:09:04 – Lyndon Johnson
2:10:23 – World War I
2:15:15 – Dan Carlin
2:22:09 – How Stalin came to power
2:27:36 – Putin
2:33:47 – Lenin and Stalin
2:37:17 – Book recommendations
2:44:44 – Antarctica and Mars
2:51:59 – Born to Run
2:54:26 – Texas

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