This film or show by Alex Garland has come up 11 times across 3 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 10 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Joe Rogan, Kevin Rose, Lee Cronin, Lex Fridman, Sam Morril, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-03-03 and the most recent from 2025-05-23. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
New Health Gadgets, How to Drink Less, AI, & More
“Have you seen a great movie, Ex Machina? Oh, of course. Fantastic movie. So good”— Kevin Rose
The guest here is Kevin Rose: Tech entrepreneur and investor (founder of Digg, partner at True Ventures, host of the Modern Finance/Diggnation podcasts) and Tim Ferriss's recurring co-host on The Random Show. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose swap health gadgets, sobriety strategies, Japan/Taiwan travel, brain stimulation, genomics, and AI's threat to online trust.
Joe Rogan Experience #2241 - Rick Strassman
“then it's exmachina did you ever see X makina yeah I love that movie one of our top 10 all-time favorite movies”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Rick Strassman: Psychiatrist and clinical researcher who ran the first U.S. government-sanctioned DMT studies; author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule and the new memoir My Altered States. DMT researcher Rick Strassman joins Joe Rogan for a sprawling talk on psychedelics, the Bible in ancient Hebrew, AI, and consciousness.
Q&A with Tim — Parenting Considerations, Intuition, New Hobbies, Dating, and More
“ex bakina I remember really enjoying there are a lot of great science fiction movies”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author, entrepreneur, angel investor, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show, here doing a solo Q&A marking the podcast's 10th anniversary. Tim Ferriss answers fan questions on reinvention, parenting, dating, intuition, archery, and why doing things in real life beats AI overload.
Joe Rogan Experience #2077 - Tim Dillon
“it's one of my all-time favorite movies I've watched that movie at least five times someone listening to this go watch that movie”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Tim Dillon: Stand-up comedian and host of The Tim Dillon Show, known for cynical political and cultural commentary. Joe Rogan and Tim Dillon roam from fur coats and ancient Egypt to war profiteering, money laundering, immigration, and an AI-run future.
Joe Rogan Experience #1934 - Lex Fridman
“that movie was one it's one of my top tens I love that movie but that scene where he's just”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Lex Fridman: AI researcher and host of the Lex Fridman Podcast. Lex Fridman and Joe Rogan riff on ChatGPT, AI's future, aliens, chess cheating, crypto, Twitter, and what makes us human.
Joe Rogan Experience #1919 - Bret Weinstein
“like ex machina where it's exhibiting all of the behavior characteristics of a person... that's one of my favorite movies of all time I love that movie”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Bret Weinstein: Evolutionary biologist, former Evergreen State College professor at the center of the 2017 campus controversy, and host of the DarkHorse Podcast, known for contrarian COVID and vaccine commentary. Bret Weinstein and Joe Rogan dissect COVID vaccine harms, the lab-leak case, institutional capture, AI consciousness, and political tribalism.
Joe Rogan Experience #2053 - Danny & Michael Philippou
“oh x maacho one of my all-time favorites that was yeah I've watched that movie like 10 times it's incredible”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Danny & Michael Philippou: Australian twin filmmakers and former YouTubers (RackaRacka) who wrote and directed the A24 horror hit Talk to Me. Twin filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou tell Joe Rogan how YouTube stunts, drug trials and death-match wrestling led to the A24 horror hit Talk to Me.
Joe Rogan Experience #2103 - Sam Morril
“movie was so so good yeah it was good man one of my all-time favorites I've watched that so many times on planes”— Sam Morril
The guest here is Sam Morril: Stand-up comedian known for tight joke-writing, a relentless touring habit, and his deadpan disruption of morning TV interviews. Comedian Sam Morril and Joe Rogan riff on stand-up, sports, mob movies, AI surveillance, and the comedy boom over drinks.
Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #404
“called cam mackina nice well done yeah yeah which is basically a um for people who don't understand the point that xar is a great uh film about I guess AGI embodied”— Lee Cronin
The guest here is Lee Cronin: Chemist at the University of Glasgow known for assembly theory and the search for the origin of life; third appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast. Chemist Lee Cronin explains assembly theory, his controversial Nature paper quantifying selection, life's origin, and why time is fundamental.
Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion | Lex Fridman Podcast #121
“i got in she has to meet alex garland who wrote ex machina and that movie um i yeah the movie's good”— guest
The guest here is Eugenia Kuyda: Co-founder and CEO of Replika, an app that lets users build a chatbot AI friend that connects emotionally. A former Russian investigative journalist who created the first version of the tech to memorialize a close friend who died. Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda on loneliness, losing her best friend, and building an AI companion born from grief.
Alex Garland: Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, and the Poetry of Science | Lex Fridman Podcast #77
“the deep questions of consciousness and intelligence raised in the movie ex machina which to me is one of the greatest movies and artificial intelligence ever made”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Alex Garland: British writer and director of philosophical science-fiction films including Ex Machina, Annihilation, and the series Devs. Known for weaving rigorous science and philosophy into mainstream cinema. Filmmaker Alex Garland and Lex Fridman explore AI, consciousness, free will, and the poetry of science behind Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Devs.
