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and titles are extracted from the episodes themselves: they are as of the recording, and people move on, so some are out of date today.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 | — | ||
 Andrew Mason Founder and CEO, Descript | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 238 | 39.1 |
 Andrew McAfee (Andy) Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% 2/4 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ≈259 | ≥2.6 |
 Anne Neuberger Head of Global Affairs, a16z | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Arnie Goldberg Non-Executive Director, Prosus | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 266 | 23.1 |
 Bob Langer Institute Professor, MIT | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% 3/5 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 249 | 15 |
 Brad Feld Partner & Co-Founder, Foundry | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.12/5 +0.2 | — | 239 | 32.9 |
| Brandon Brown Assistant General Manager, New York Giants | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 268 | 42.8 |
| Brandon Tseng ×2 Co-Founder & President, Shield AI | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 244 | 39.1 |
 Brian Grazer Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Imagine Entertainment | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 270 | 16.4 |
| Chris Berniske Partner & Co-Founder, Placeholder | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.25/5 -0.6 | — | ||
 Chris Messina Product Consultant and Startup Investor | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4.12/5 +0.2 | — | 289 | 16.8 |
| Christina Xu Co-founder, ROFLCon | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | 249 | 25.7 |
 Congressman David Schweikert U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representatives | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% 2/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Dan Warmenhoven Operating Partner, Lateral Investment Management | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Darren Murph Future of Work and AI Architect | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 4.12/5 +0.2 | 4.3 | 220 | 19 |
 David Oyelowo Co-Founder, Yoruba Saxon | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 218 | 13 |
| David Solomon CEO, Goldman Sachs | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 271 | 11.4 |
| Dennis Nazarov ×3 Founder, Kiosk | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | 242 | 10.4 |
| Eli Dorado Head of Strategic Investments, Astera Institute | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86% 6/7 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | 270 | 39.3 |
 Fred Benenson Founder & CEO, Breadwinner | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | ≈4.0 | ≈285 | ≥6.3 |
| Gaurav Banga Founder & CEO, Balbix | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 257 | 12.2 |
| Jeff Stump Head of Executive Talent, a16z | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 246 | 23.4 |
| Jenny Lee | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% 5/6 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ≈255 | ≥7.3 |
 Jim VandeHei Co-founder and CEO, Axios | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.62/5 -0.3 | — | 265 | 7.3 |
| Josh Levin Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, OpenInvest | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Kelsey Millard Chief Customer Officer, Midstream Health | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | ≈238 | ≥8.9 |
 Kevin Scott Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 205 | 48.9 |
| Kieran Flanagan SVP of Marketing, HubSpot | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.25/5 -0.6 | ≈4.0 | 297 | 4.3 |
| Kurt McMaster Founder & CEO, Playtron | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% 2/4 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 264 | 12.3 |
| Lee Fan Chief Technology and AI Officer, Circle | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | ≈252 | ≥5.5 |
| Lena Sergi Attar Founder & CEO, Karam Foundation | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% 1/3 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ||
 Leo Kosinski Chief Strategy Officer, Air Space Intelligence | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 273 | 4 |
| Luis von Ahn Founder & CEO, Duolingo | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Michael Casey Chairman, Decentralized AI Society | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 274 | 28.4 |
| Mike Curtis Board Member, Zendesk | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ≈305 | ≥3.1 |
| Mike Paulus Founder & CEO, PCM Encore | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% 2/4 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Mintu Turakhia EVP & CMSO, iRhythm Technologies | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 231 | 7.8 |
| Nadia Eghbal Community Programs, GitHub | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 295 | 8 |
| Nat Eliason Program Director of Founders School, Alpha School | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | 252 | 13.7 |
| Nicole Brichtova Group Product Manager, Google DeepMind | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.88/5 -0.0 | — | 286 | 18.6 |
| Peter Rubin Head of Publishing, Automattic | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | 263 | 19 |
| Prasad Akella Operating Partner, ReX Capital | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% 0/2 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ≈263 | ≥2.2 |
| Robin Guo Founder, LionBio | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 254 | 12.2 |
| Roman Stanek Founder & CEO, GoodData | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Sakundala Pantharatna Director, Rationally Exuberant Media | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% 1/3 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 281 | 36 |
 Sukhinder Singh Cassidy CEO, Xero | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | ≈4.5 | 283 | 17.2 |
| Tom Lehman Co-founder, Ethscriptions and Facet | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 294 | 10.3 |
| Tony Stoyanov Co-founder & CTO, EliseAI | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Uma Valeti Founder and CEO, UPSIDE Foods | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Alex Bouaziz Co-Founder and CEO, Deel | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.29/5 +0.4 | 4.0 | 282 | 22.1 |
| Alex Le Chief Product Officer, Fizz | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.57/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Alison Pickens Founder and General Partner, Allison Pickens Ventures | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.14/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Alvin Salehi Co-Founder and Chairman, Shef | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% 1/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 277 | 14.6 |
| Annalise Saxenian | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Anne Winblad Founding Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Ash Ashatosh ×2 CEO, Pinecone | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% 0/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 257 | 25.5 |
| Benjamin Heinemann Co-creator, Apache Mesos | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | 278 | 42.1 |
| Danielle Morrill CEO & Founder, Groupthink | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.57/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Danny Shader Founder and CEO, PayNearMe | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.57/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| David Pierce Editor-at-Large, The Verge | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 284 | 7.2 |
 Drew Baglino Founder & CEO, Heron Power | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% 3/4 | 4.14/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Florian Otto Co-founder & CEO, Cedar | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Gabriel Vasquez ×2 Investment Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Geri Elliott Independent Board Director, Whirlpool Corporation | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% 2/4 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | 252 | 13.6 |
| Greg Lohman Principal, Compensia | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.29/5 +0.4 | — | ≈256 | ≥2.4 |
 Greg Walden Chairman, Alpine Advisors LLC | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Gregory Allen Founder & CEO, Decision Tree Research | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 4.14/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Jeff Kindler CEO, Centrexion Therapeutics | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.57/5 -0.3 | — | 252 | 35.2 |
| Jeffrey Lowe ×3 Partner, Averin | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.71/5 -0.2 | — | ≈269 | ≥9.3 |
| Joe Spisak VP of Product, Reflection AI | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Julie Samuels President & CEO, Tech:NYC | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Keisha Cash Founder and General Partner, Impact America Fund | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.86/5 -0.0 | — | 240 | 52.2 |
| Marco Mascorro ×2 AI Researcher & Roboticist | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% 5/5 | 3.71/5 -0.2 | — | 294 | 10.7 |
| Matt Clifford Co-founder & Non-Executive Chair, Entrepreneur First | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.71/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | 270 | 16.5 |
| Matt Spence ×8 Global Head of Venture Capital Banking, Barclays | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.43/5 -0.5 | — | 277 | 7.9 |
| Michael Copeland ×84 Technology Writer and Content Strategist | 84 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% 5/6 | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | 258 | 14.9 |
 Nir Eyal Author & Consultant, Nir & Far | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.43/5 +0.5 | — | 262 | 18.8 |
 Paula Long CEO & Founder, DataGravity intelligent data storage systems for modern datacenters. She… | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% 0/2 | 3.71/5 -0.2 | — | 293 | 15.3 |
| Renato Valdez-Olmos Founder, Noord | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.14/5 +0.2 | — | ≈234 | ≥5.6 |
 Reshma Saujani Founder & CEO, Moms First | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% 1/3 | 4.43/5 +0.5 | — | 267 | 6.8 |
| Roger Batnigi Co-Founder and CEO, Waymark | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.71/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Shelley Archambault | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50% 3/6 | 4.14/5 +0.2 | — | 280 | 6.4 |
| Shlomi Fruchter Research Director, Google DeepMind | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.71/5 -0.2 | — | 259 | 32 |
| Taggart Matheson ×2 Chief Product Officer, LogicMonitor | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.71/5 -0.2 | — | ≈266 | ≥1.7 |
 Tom Standage Deputy Editor, The Economist | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 300 | 29.6 |
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.