People
Everyone on the record. Click any column header to sort the whole table, hover a header for what the column means, and click through for the full record. Corpus average certainty is 3.9/5; deltas show each person against it. Argument clarity carries a full score for 56 people (gold bar, raw unedited tape) and a coarse estimate for 64 more (blue bar). Roles and titles are extracted from the episodes themselves: they are as of the recording, and people move on, so some are out of date today.
| Person | Eps | Statements | Claims | Supported | Partly supported | Contradicted | Full support rate | Certainty | Argument clarity | WPM | Fillers/1k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Que Gaskins President, THINK450 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% 0/2 | 3.89/5 -0.0 | — | 258 | 17.8 |
| Rachel Kalmar Principal Product Manager, Moderna | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.78/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Rajaie Batniji Co-Founder and CEO, Waymark | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Robin Rombach Co-founder & CEO, Black Forest Labs | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.56/5 -0.3 | — | 251 | 41.9 |
| Ryan Petersen Founder & CEO, Flexport | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% 2/4 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 276 | 17.1 |
| Sid Gorham Former Co-founder & CEO, Granular | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.89/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Spencer Rascoff CEO, Match Group | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.22/5 +0.3 | — | 307 | 22.7 |
| Stein Overtoom Co-founder & CEO, Lassie | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.78/5 -0.1 | — | 300 | 47.1 |
 Steve Wozniak ×2 Co-Founder, Privateer Space | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 4.11/5 +0.2 | ≈3.5 | 296 | 13.7 |
| Susan Plageman Former President, WME Fashion | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% 1/3 | 4.11/5 +0.2 | — | 213 | 16.9 |
| Terry Angelos Chief Strategy Officer, Very Good Security | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.33/5 -0.6 | — | 246 | 47.7 |
 Tim Schafer Founder & CEO, Double Fine Productions | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.78/5 -0.1 | — | 303 | 20.4 |
| Todd Cranny Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Riverwood Strategies | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.89/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ≈282 | ≥4 |
| Todd McKinnon Co-Founder and CEO, Okta | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 266 | 13.8 |
 Tom Davenport Distinguished Professor, Babson College | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3/5 -0.9 | — | ||
| Adam Alter Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.8/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Alan Knott Craig Founder & Chairman, Fibertime | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 288 | 19.8 |
| Anil Sethi Founder and CEO, Selfiie | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% 3/5 | 4.1/5 +0.2 | — | ≈223 | ≥0.9 |
 Aubrey de Grey President and CSO, LEV Foundation | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 229 | 32.6 |
 Blake Masters Board Member, The Thiel Foundation | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.7/5 -0.2 | — | 286 | 50.8 |
| Dimitri Dadiomov Co-Founder & President, Modern Treasury | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.9/5 +0.0 | — | 270 | 31.9 |
| Doug Beck Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.2/5 +0.3 | — | 254 | 45.2 |
| Duncan McIntyre Founder and CEO, Highland Electric Fleets | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% 1/3 | 4.1/5 +0.2 | — | 217 | 15.1 |
| Gregory Davis President, Raisbeck Engineering | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25% 1/4 | 3.9/5 +0.0 | — | 267 | 25.1 |
 Heather Podesta Founder & CEO, Invariant | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Hendrick Pretorius Co-Founder and CEO, ImmiPartner | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86% 6/7 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 278 | 32.6 |
| Jimmy Soni Author | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86% 6/7 | 3.9/5 +0.0 | — | 273 | 24.4 |
 John Collison Co-founder & President, Stripe | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 4.1/5 +0.2 | — | ≈276 | ≥2.4 |
| Josh Bloom Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 3.9/5 +0.0 | — | 253 | 43.9 |
 Kamala Harris Principal, The Office of Kamala D. Harris | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% 5/5 | 4.4/5 +0.5 | — | 259 | 16.7 |
| Mark Selke Member of Technical Staff, OpenAI | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.6/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Matt Perault Head of AI Policy, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 3.6/5 -0.3 | — | 273 | 11.4 |
 Meg Whitman Former CEO, eBay and Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ≈289 | ≥1.2 |
| Mike Swartz CEO, deHaven Group, LLC | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 254 | 24.7 |
| Nand Mulchandani Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.3/5 +0.4 | — | 244 | 19 |
 Nazanin Daneshwar General Partner, Angel Invest | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 4.1/5 +0.2 | — | 238 | 14.2 |
 Oprah Winfrey Chairwoman and CEO, Harpo Productions | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 4.1/5 +0.2 | — | 226 | 15.4 |
| Ron Gill Chief Financial Officer, Benchling | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.3/5 +0.4 | — | 258 | 21.7 |
| Ross Anderson Staff Writer, The Atlantic | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% 6/6 | 3.8/5 -0.1 | — | 258 | 18.4 |
| Russell Davies Marketing and Product Director, The Modern House | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.6/5 -0.3 | — | 249 | 17.8 |
| Ryan Hoover ×3 Founder and General Partner, Weekend Fund | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | 278 | 11.9 |
| Ryan Spoon President, Yahoo Media Group | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% 1/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Ryan Tseng ×2 President & Co-Founder, Shield AI | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.9/5 +0.0 | — | 267 | 42.8 |
 Sal Khan Founder & CEO, Khan Academy | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% 2/5 | 3.9/5 +0.0 | — | 289 | 21.2 |
| Sarah Lombard Senior Digital Curator, US Holocaust Memorial Museum | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.8/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Scott Weiss ×3 Former General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.8/5 -0.1 | — | 286 | 23.9 |
| Shannon Brayton Partner & CMO, Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.8/5 -0.1 | — | ≈287 | ≥3 |
| Shaq (Shakil Khan) Founder, CoinDesk | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.8/5 -0.1 | — | 243 | 11.7 |
| Surya Ganguli Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% 7/7 | 3.9/5 +0.0 | — | 259 | 13.7 |
 Tim O'Reilly Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.7/5 -0.2 | — | 237 | 21.6 |
| Zach Wiener Co-founder and President, Overtime | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.7/5 -0.2 | — | ≈275 | ≥0 |
 Adam Back Co-Founder and CEO, Blockstream | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% 2/4 | 3.27/5 -0.6 | — | 258 | 19 |
 Bruce Friedrich Founder and President, The Good Food Institute | 1 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% 4/6 | 3.91/5 +0.0 | — | ||
| Chandler Lujica Founder & CEO, Galadyne | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 3.91/5 +0.0 | — | 317 | 20.6 |
| Christopher Nguyen Co-Founder and CEO, Aitomatic | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | 4.2 | 256 | 10.8 |
| David D'Amato Chief Information Security Officer, Citadel | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Devin Finzer Co-founder & CEO, OpenSea | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.64/5 -0.3 | — | 240 | 40.2 |
| Devon Zuegel ×6 Founder & CEO, Esmeralda | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.73/5 -0.2 | — | 259 | 29.4 |
| Doug E. Fresh Musician & Hip-Hop Artist | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% 3/6 | 4.36/5 +0.5 | — | 244 | 13.1 |
| Dr. Katherine Huff Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 4.27/5 +0.4 | ≈4.0 | 241 | 8.6 |
 Eileen Burbage Founding Partner, Passion Capital | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 67% 6/9 | 3.73/5 -0.2 | — | 290 | 8.2 |
 Ezra Klein Columnist & Podcast Host, The New York Times | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ≈268 | ≥7.9 |
| Greg Ulrich Chief AI and Data Officer, Mastercard | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4.36/5 +0.5 | — | 246 | 8.4 |
| Jack Parker-Holder Research Scientist, Google DeepMind | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | 280 | 32.2 |
| Jan Sramek Founder and CEO, California Forever | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% 2/4 | 3.91/5 +0.0 | — | 264 | 40.9 |
 Kevin Rose Venture Partner, True Ventures | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | 283 | 13.9 |
| Koki Hirasaki Managing Director, Ikigai BioVentures | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86% 6/7 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Liam Fedus Co-founder and CEO, Periodic Labs | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | 236 | 21.1 |
| Mark Chen Chief Research Officer, OpenAI | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.55/5 -0.3 | — | 287 | 37.2 |
| Matt Oberhardt Partner, Talent Network, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Matthew Colford ×4 Managing Partner, Carpenter Capital | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.73/5 -0.2 | — | ≈249 | ≥5.2 |
| Mike Hearn Founder & Lead Developer, Hydraulic Software | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% 6/6 | 4.18/5 +0.3 | — | 273 | 32.3 |
| Nate Chang Operating Partner, Playground Global | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 67% 4/6 | 3.45/5 -0.4 | — | ||
 Peter Leeson Professor of Economics and Law, George Mason University | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% 2/6 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | ≈235 | ≥5.1 |
| Rajiv Singh ×2 CEO, Smartsheet | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 4.27/5 +0.4 | — | ≈257 | ≥8.8 |
| Shannon Callahan Operating Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.91/5 +0.0 | — | 256 | 26.8 |
| Simon Khalaf Chief Executive Officer, WorkWhile | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20% 1/5 | 3.82/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Simon Moe Co-Founder & CEO, Inferact | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.91/5 +0.0 | — | 225 | 21.2 |
 Teresa Carlson Global Head of Public Sector, Anthropic | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% 2/4 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.0 | ≈233 | ≥6.7 |
| Tom Reichert ×3 Managing Partner, Angels for Agents | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.09/5 -0.8 | — | 278 | 33.7 |
| Tracy Young Co-founder & CEO, TigerEye | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.91/5 +0.0 | — | ||
| Waseem Daher Co-Founder and CEO, Pilot | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.91/5 +0.0 | — | 268 | 3.6 |
| Wei Lowe VP of Strategy, Product and Operations, Cruise | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | 215 | 16.2 |
 Zooko Wilcox Head of Product, Shielded Labs | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% 0/3 | 3.82/5 -0.1 | — | 239 | 13.7 |
| Alec Nielsen Co-founder and CEO, Asimov | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% 2/4 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ≈241 | ≥5.6 |
| Amin Vahdat Chief Technologist for AI & Infrastructure, Google | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.83/5 -0.1 | — | 265 | 39.1 |
 Atul Butte Distinguished Professor and Director, BCHSI at UCSF | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.17/5 +0.3 | — | ≈264 | ≥3 |
 Benjamin Wittes Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.58/5 -0.3 | — | ≈198 | ≥4.1 |
| Brandon Ballinger CEO, Cardiogram | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 29% 2/7 | 3.42/5 -0.5 | — | ||
| Brett Hagler Co-Founder & Board Member, New Story | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86% 6/7 | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | 258 | 24.4 |
| Chris Ré | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ≈262 | ≥4.9 |
| Colin McCune Head of Government Affairs, a16z | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4.08/5 +0.2 | — | 258 | 8.8 |
| Daniel Reid Cahn Co-Founder, Slingshot AI | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 309 | 18.3 |
| David Rumsey Founder, David Rumsey Map Collection | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% 2/3 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ||
 Diane Greene Board Director, Stripe | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.17/5 +0.3 | — | 244 | 19.6 |
| DJ Kleinbaum | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4.08/5 +0.2 | — | 219 | 8.7 |
 Dylan Field Co-founder and CEO, Figma | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.58/5 -0.3 | — | 300 | 38.4 |
| Elliot Hershberg | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% 4/6 | 3.92/5 +0.0 | — | 250 | 44 |
 Ion Stoica ×2 Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 226 | 18.4 |
| Jamie McGurk ×2 Operating Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.0 | 274 | 38.3 |
Why this person has no speaking number
We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself: a model transcribes the tape verbatim, every "um" and "uh" kept, and articulation rate comes from the word timings. A fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured, and we have less of them than that. A rate from a smaller sample would be noise, so we print nothing. It says nothing about how they speak.
A plain figure in these columns comes from raw-level tape. A dim figure with ≈ or ≥ comes from the aired feed of an edited show, where the editor cut some hesitation before release, so it is a floor. How it's measured →
eps counts appearances on the record; compilation re-airs and clips rolled into someone else's episode are left out, the same rule as the person page. statements counts everything they said on the record, the same number their page shows, compilation re-airs included. claims is the checkable subset: predictions and assertions, the statements the public record can support or contradict. Only claims can resolve to supported, partly supported or contradicted; claims not yet resolved are not yet assessed or name nothing precise enough to check, and re-air statements are never scored. full support rate = fully supported ÷ resolved, where resolved = supported + partly supported + contradicted, so partly supported claims sit in the denominator. Sorting that column puts records of five or more resolved claims first, so a 12/13 record outranks a lucky 3/3; percentages on fewer than 5 resolved statements are greyed. argument clarity = a 1–5 score against a rubric (directness, coherence, precision, compression), assessed with names hidden on question→answer exchanges. A gold bar is a full score: 8 or more exchanges on raw, unedited tape. A blue bar with ≈ is a coarse estimate at half point precision, pooled from whatever assessed exchanges exist when a full score is impossible; produced feed audio scores about 0.3 higher, which is why estimates stay coarse. A “—” never means zero. It means fewer than 3 scorable exchanges of that person exist anywhere (roundtables and news formats yield very few). Hover any bar or “—” for the exact basis. Argument clarity is a score, and we do not rank people on it: nobody is “worst”, and everyone scored has a number. WPM and fillers/1k are measurements of speaking style, made by listening to the audio itself rather than reading the cleaned transcript. They are not scores: across this corpus fluency and argument quality are nearly uncorrelated (ρ≈0.2). WPM is articulation rate while actually speaking, pauses excluded. A plain figure comes from raw-level tape. A dim ≈ or ≥ figure comes from the aired feed of an edited show, where some hesitation was cut before release, so the fillers figure there is a floor. A ? means under 2,000 words of measured tape.