This is an episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast featuring historian Lars Brownworth discussing the Viking origins of Kievan Rus, which encompasses modern-day Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. The conversation delves into medieval European history and the Byzantine Empire, with Brownworth sharing his expertise as a historian, teacher, podcaster, and author specializing in Viking history. The episode also includes promotional content for various sponsors, including AI-related services like Larridin for AI adoption measurement and Fin for customer service AI agents, alongside other services like BetterHelp, LMNT, Shopify, and Perplexity. AI
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RANK_REASON The content is a podcast episode about history with tangential mentions of AI services as sponsors, not core AI news.
