The Pushback
Guest pushback is scored 0–10 per episode from raw tape (0 = no pushback identified, 10 = sustained challenge), read from every diarized word. Each quote below plays at the exact second it was said. Showing the top 100 of 1,434 rated episodes; each card carries two selected quotes, not every moment. Click through for the full episode.
1434episodes rated
2.3/10average guest pushback
3/10highest pushback
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3/10 20VC: Anduril Founder, Palmer Luckey: "I Am Here To Build a $50Bn Company", How Palmer Evaluates His Relations ▶ watch
▶“To be a contrarian here, I'd say we're actually just a return to the past.”
· Palmer Luckey ▶“As somebody who's sympathetic to the venture capitalist perspective, I understand why they're not doing it.”
· Palmer Luckey Pushback by guest
Average pushback across rated appearances, minimum two.
| Guest | Pushback | Host pushback | Eps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Prince ↗ Co-Founder & CEO, Cloudflare | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Brian Singerman ↗ Partner Emeritus, Founders Fund | 5 | 3.7 | 3 |
| Anjney Midha ↗ Founder & CEO, AMP | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Nick Tomaino ↗ Founder and General Partner, 1confirmati | 4.5 | 4 | 2 |
| Mike Cannon-Brookes ↗ Co-Founder and CEO, Atlassian | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| Kyle Samani ↗ Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Multicoin | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Chad Peets ↗ Managing Partner, RPT Partners | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Eoghan McCabe ↗ Co-Founder & CEO, Intercom | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3 |
| Chris Degnan ↗ Former Chief Revenue Officer, Snowflake | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3 |
| Sam Lessin ↗ Founding Partner, Slow Ventures | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Ryan Caldbeck ↗ Founder & CEO, Waystation AI | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Rory O'Driscoll ↗ General Partner, Scale Venture Partners | 4 | 4.1 | 56 |
| Phil Libin ↗ Co-Founder & CEO, All Turtles | 4 | 2.7 | 3 |
| Nabeel Hyatt ↗ General Partner, Spark Capital | 4 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Kaz Nejatian ↗ CEO, Opendoor | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Jason Lemkin ↗ Founder & CEO, SaaStr | 4 | 4.2 | 68 |
| Eurie Kim ↗ Managing Partner, Forerunner Ventures | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Assaf Wand ↗ Founding Partner, Mensch Capital Partner | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Oren Zeev ↗ Founding Partner, Zeev Ventures | 3.8 | 2.6 | 5 |
| Miles Grimshaw ↗ Partner, Thrive Capital | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3 |
| Vinod Khosla ↗ Founder, Khosla Ventures | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| Tony Fadell ↗ Principal, Build Collective | 3.5 | 2 | 4 |
| Nik Storonsky ↗ Co-Founder & CEO, Revolut | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Nicole Quinn ↗ Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Connect V | 3.5 | 5 | 2 |
| Mitchell Green ↗ Founder & Managing Partner, Lead Edge Ca | 3.5 | 5 | 2 |