#450 – Bernie Sanders Interview

**Lex Fridman** (0:00)
The following is a conversation with Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont and two-time presidential candidate, both times as the underdog who, against the long odds, captivated the support and excitement of millions of people, both on the left and the right. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the best way to support this podcast. We've got Eight Sleep for Naps, Salie for eSim, Magic, Ground News for non-partisan presentation of the truth, Age One for vitamins and Element for electrolytes. Choose wisely, my friends. Also, if you want to get in touch with me for a multitude of reasons, go to lexfridman.com/contact.
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Everything is made easier when you have an internet connection. And again, just a reminder how lucky we are in the 21st century. Billions of people are able to be seamlessly connected with each other. So anyway, I've had countless and countless experiences where I have terrible internet and the SIM situation is complicated. Do I buy a new SIM at the airport? It's just a mess. And so, Salie takes on this problem, makes sure it's affordable, but also makes sure it's super easy. If you're traveling and you want to make sure you stay connected, try them out. Go to salie.com/lex and get 15% off any eSIM data plan. That's salie.com/lex to get 15% off. This episode is also brought to you by Ground News, a nonpartisan news aggregator that I use to compare media coverage from across the political spectrum. In these days and weeks especially, a site like this is just priceless. Reporting on the different things going on in the world, whether it's local, or whether it's national, whether it's international, it's really nice to be able to get multiple perspectives and for that perspective to be presented with a clear indication of the best kind of estimate from which side of the political spectrum this reporting is coming from. Anyway, Ground News is doing an amazing thing that I always thought should exist and I'm glad they're building it. Basically creating a tech solution to the problem of the division of the completely biased subjective reporting, presenting itself as if it's objective. So breaking through all of that and they're doing a lot of really nice other things like the Blindspot feed shows discrepancies in media coverage in the left and the right. There's just a lot of really nice features. Go check them out. It's groundnews.com/lex, and you'll get 40% off the Ground News Vantage plan, giving you access to all of their features. trust me, it's worth it. That's ground, G-R-O-U-N-D, news.com/lex. This episode is also brought to you by AG1, an all-in-one daily drink to support better health and peak performance. I drink it twice a day, usually after training. And that training could be a long run or jiu-jitsu. Grappling, which I really love, and I've loved the fact that I've been injury free, not even really minor injuries for quite a long time. I've been able to knock on wood. I've been able to train really hard and enjoy doing it. And of course, go through the whole roller coaster of training, which is when you go against people that are really good, you sometimes get humbled. And that humbling could be emotionally challenging. But then from that, you grow. And it's the beautiful journey of the sport, especially as you get older. Somebody has better technique than you. Somebody has better timing than you on that particular day. And together, you figure out what works and what doesn't. And through that process of humbling, you chip away at the ego that most human beings have. I think it just makes you a better person when you realize that you're somewhere in the food chain, nowhere close to the top, and you're mortal, and you kind of suck at most things. And the only way to get better is by working really hard. All of those truths hit you really hard when you're doing a combat sport, because you can't pretend you didn't just get your ass kicked. So, it's a beautiful process of humbling. And when you should try AG1, they'll give you one month supply of fish oil when you sign up at drinkag1.com/lex.