Tech bro podcasts are obsessed with alpha men, and it’s dangerous for the rest of us

Jeff Bezos is a busy man. But in December, he found the time—two hours and 11 minutes, to be exact—to talk with Lex Fridman, a computer scientist and host of the Lex Fridman Podcast. Fridman’s podcast is the most popular in the technology category, according to Apple and Spotify. His following on social media—including his own Reddit community, 38,000 strong—extends to more than 8 million people. During the past six years, Fridman has recorded more than 400 episodes on topics ranging...