Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle | Lex Fridman Podcast #489

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   @lexfridman

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

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   0:00 – Episode highlight
   1:08 – Introduction
   3:59 – Uncontacted tribes in the Amazon Jungle
   11:45 – Intense new encounter
   34:51 – Never-before-seen footage of tribe warriors
   48:07 – The mysteries of the jungle
   1:02:42 – Tribe's diet: Monkeys, turtles, and turtle eggs
   1:12:18 – Jane Goodall
   1:18:30 – Advice for young people
   1:27:44 – Cartel, Narco-traffickers & assassination attempts
   1:49:44 – Climbing the giant tree
   2:00:42 – Giant anaconda
   2:18:00 – Rescuing a spider monkey
   2:24:04 – Dangerous animal encounters
   2:34:12 – Writing, journaling, and great writer inspirations

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   @hjv7121

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   The last episode Lex and Paul did together was by far the greatest podcast I’ve ever listened to. I’m really looking forward to this one.

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   @Vodyanoy666

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   1:49:27 25 milion?😂 maybe in North America only hahah

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   @bradfincher1010

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   The big necklaces are used to store hot charcoal in. There’s probably animal dung around it. That was my first guess.

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   @ScarTissue-1

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   Uncontacted tribes, pirates, drugs, corruption, giant anacondas, unknown species…. sounds like a Far Cry game.
   This is the perfect setting and story if Ubisoft still gave a fuck about making good games. The profits would help with his conservation efforts.

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   @chhavimanichoubey9437

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   Now my favourite podcast celebrity🎉

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   @michealolsen1299

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   You guys need an ethnographer.

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   @NatalieBlakeylou

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   I watched Beyond Terrain’s video on “untouched tribes” the other day. I believe the third tribe they show in the old video footage is this tribe.
   The first 2 tribes live in nearby islands and are contacted but live naturally and it gives more insight into how they may live as well.

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   @michealolsen1299

   January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

   The necklace is actually a sophisticated fire starting kit.
   The kit must remain dry, this is why it is worn over the chest.
   The red paint on the warriors face, and the red necklace denote his crucial role in the tribe as a "fire starter".

   The reason the guid was attacked while piloting the boat has to do with the very familiar sound of a chain saw and a small boat motor make.
   The tribe saw the motor in the water as a chain saw cutting into their territory and harming the water.
   This is why only the pilot was attacked.

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    @romanbudzak4140

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    It’s so sad that there are so many rich people around the world and nobody can invest 20 dollars to help saving pure nature. It would be the best investment they ever made

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    @talendergaming

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    Id be willing to wager that those pendants on the necklaces that they didnt let get wet was the container that holds their firemaking secrets. Makes sense why they seemed to hold them of such importance…

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    @robertandlisadenesha148

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    I think the tribe was protecting their territory, like animals, regardless of the gifts of food. L.

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    @elias-aj7251

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    I really don’t understand why insanely wealthy and fanatic people like Joe Rogan don’t make a big donation to these causes, or other celebs that have the capacity to give a large sum of money.

    I pray this podcast reaches rich people and leads to way more funding

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    @Dominus1345

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    Watching this was a mistake,

    that section about the gangers targeting environmentalist has me depressed, can’t even get angry.
    I’m just sad now.

    Threatening/Killing these brave, passionate people who are trying to help all of us by defending lands largest carbon sink and biodiversity superpower over drug money is something else.

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    @CoryNelsonn

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    I pray that Paul comes to Christ.
    We have thousands of historical documentation about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
    What happens to us after we separate from our bodies is more important that anything else.
    We should fight against the rainforest being destroyed, but its more important to convey the good news about our eternal lives after we bodily die

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    @katehache

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    Why can’t all the rich people just buy the land? This is such bs. All of the billionaires could easily fund a military to protect the Amazon.

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    @AbdulGhaffar99

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    1:45:18 All the rich people of world and particulary of United States, who are humanitarian in nature should support this guy to turn this land into some National Park that will be a great service to humanity especially people like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett may take part in it also may be Arab princes could be convinced to do it anyone who has huge wealth can help this sincere and hardworking guy.

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    @goodthoughts2252

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    Lol 😂 Bro's are throwing up gang signs 😂😅😊

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    @Benvontrei

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    Have been so keen for this

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    @mindsurfer101101

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    Joe Rogan Peruvian reserve .🙏

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    @arpadtatar5052

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    In 2004, i was on an excavation, home, in Transylvania. I had Early Neolithic, Middle Neolithic, First Iron Age, Dacians and Gepids. On the way back to our base, i was passing by by some coppersmith Gipsies, who came from the western shores of the Black Sea. That's what they said. They were travelling in horse pulled carts and were living in a few tents, made of blankets and plastic foil. I was curious, how are they working the copper? I visited them. Instantly, they started to ask, what's in my bag? I still had some food: cheese, tomatoes and some bread. They asked for it, so i gave them the food. Then, they asked for my knife, my bag, my sport shoes, my clothes. Without the metals, horses and carts, they were on the same level, like your natives.

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    @CastroPalmeiras

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    There is a documentary about the Mashco Piro tribes made back in 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0bhiLlEVYc

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    @DimmzBojne

    January 19, 2026 at 4:56 am

    I would think that the 2nd encounter, the group that attacked, is just another group of people that still hadn't gotten any information from the first group who got bananas.
    Maybe not even part of the same community.
    Gotta remember information takes a long time to spread in old societies like that.
    It's also highly likely that their language may not as defined, developed and precise as our modern language is.
    So it's quite possible they they are not able to convey what they experienced to their own tribe members, let alone have that experience spread to the rest of the indiginous tribes.

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