I actually feel the complete opposite is occurring, the guests are free to go really deep on their own and Lex provides a simple sounding board without getting

I actually feel the complete opposite is occurring, the guests are free to go really deep on their own and Lex provides a simple sounding board without getting his ego involved he teases more out of his guests and doesn’t try to appear clever. If Lex is so uninformed, unresearched an unengaging why does he keep getting exceptional guests and have such an incredibly popular podcast. I can understand you not personally liking his style but he hardly ever interrupts his guests or gets in the way apart from smoothly moving onto the next topic. Maybe his philosophy is just enjoy the speaker and let them shine, rather than worrying his own ego to want to be constantly noticed.