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and titles are extracted from the episodes themselves: they are as of the recording, and people move on, so some are out of date today.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Thomas Founder & CEO, The Troublemaker Lab | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 239 | 10.3 |
| Alex Constantinople Partner and CMO, Greycroft | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ≈303 | ≥6.8 |
| Alex Morkos Co-Founder, Chaincode Labs | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.25/5 -0.6 | — | ||
| Andreas Blattman Co-Founder, Black Forest Labs | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Andrew Rubin CEO & Co-Founder, Illumio | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 249 | 1.9 |
 Anthony Foxx Professor, Harvard Kennedy School | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Chris Lyons General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | 257 | 15.6 |
 Congressman Jake Auchincloss U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representatives | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Craig Walker Co-Founder & CEO, Switch | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 270 | 4.8 |
| Dan Birkenstock Distinguished Research Fellow, Hoover Institution | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Daniel Chow Operating Partner, Palo Santo | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| David Mack Director of Public Affairs Campaigns, Meta | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Dieter Shirley Co-founder & CTO, Dapper Labs | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 266 | 75.2 |
| Dominic Schein Chief Information Officer, WPP | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Dwight Gaston VP, Portfolio Operations, Platinum Equity | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Ethan Zuckerman Director, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, UMass Amherst | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Frederick Schrader Co-founder, Lassie | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Giovanni Vigna Professor of Computer Science, UCSB | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.75/5 +0.9 | — | 209 | 35.4 |
| Honorable Duffy Under Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| J.R. Rivers Senior Principal Engineer, Amazon Web Services | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| James Loftus Chief Financial Officer, Pebl | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| JD Moriarty CEO, ICR Capital | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 274 | 6 |
 Joe Gebbia Founder, Samara | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% 1/3 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ||
 Joe Grundfest Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Jonathan Downey ×2 Founder & CEO, Airware | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ≈249 | ≥11.7 |
 Judy Smith Founder & CEO, Smith & Company | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Julia Kirby Senior Editor, Harvard University Press | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Kartik Rao ×2 CEO, Contentful | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Krista Anderson-Copperman Operating Partner, TCV | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Kristo Käärmann Co-founder and CEO, Wise | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ||
 Larry Summers President Emeritus, Harvard University | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Laura Weidman Powers Operating Partner, Base10 Partners | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Matthew Green Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Michael Dearing Founder and General Partner, Harrison Metal | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 254 | 9.4 |
| Michael Temkin Chief Product Officer, Splash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Michelle Wilson Board Member, Wealthfront | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Michelle You Co-founder & CEO, Supercritical | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
 Nanjira Sambuli Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | 276 | 34.7 |
| Paul Vigna Managing Editor, American Banker | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Piotr Dabkowski Co-founder & CTO, ElevenLabs | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Ram Palaniappan Founder & CEO, EarnIn | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.5/5 +0.6 | — | ||
| Robin Arzón VP of Fitness Programming, Peloton | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | 271 | 17.6 |
| Roger Dickey Founder & Managing Partner, Untitled Capital | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Ruben Gallego U.S. Senator, United States Senate | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 270 | 27.8 |
| Sam Arbesman Venture Partner, Lux Capital | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Saurabh Ladha Founder & CEO, Doxel | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% 0/3 | 4.25/5 +0.4 | — | ≈241 | ≥0.8 |
| Shan Sinha Co-Founder and CEO, Canopy | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 261 | 8.6 |
| Steve McDermott Managing Director, Venture Investing, Emerson Collective | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Troy Kirwin Investing Partner, a16z Games | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Aarthi Ramamurthy Founder & General Partner, Schema Ventures | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | 3.9 | 279 | 8.3 |
| Adam Martin Chief Digital Officer, NMAAHC | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Aileen Lee Founder and Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3/5 -0.9 | — | ||
| Alex Gluchowski (Alex G) Co-Founder & CEO, Matter Labs | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.67/5 +0.8 | — | 243 | 63.3 |
| Alex Roeder General Partner and Managing Director, Moxxie Ventures | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Alexandria Lafci Founder & Managing Partner, Hometeam Ventures | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 4.67/5 +0.8 | — | ||
| Andrei Anissimov | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Andrew Radin Co-founder & CEO, Aria Pharmaceuticals | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Atif Mian Professor of Economics, Princeton University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Bill Macaitis Founder & CEO, SaaS CMO Pro | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Brandon Cherry Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.33/5 -0.6 | — | ||
| Brian Crowley Chief Executive Officer, Cove Soda | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Bryon Hargis Co-founder & CEO, Castelion | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Caroline Horn Partner, a16z Executive Talent | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Charlie Wurzel Staff Writer, The Atlantic | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | 263 | 11.9 |
| Connie Guglielmo Editor at Large and AI Columnist, CNET | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | ||
 Corey Hawkins Actor | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Doug Hirsch Co-Founder and Board Member, GoodRx | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Doug McCracken Chief Marketing Officer, Coverstar | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Dr. Justin Larkin Chief Product Officer, Sprinter Health | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 253 | 5.1 |
 Fabrizio Zilibatti Professor of International and Development Economics, Yale University | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | ||
 Fred Upton Commissioner, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Idaho National Laboratory Official Director, Idaho National Laboratory | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Ima and Asha Christian Co-founders, STEMGuyana | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| John Stanfield Co-Founder & CEO, Local Motion | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Kevin Zolman Professor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Laura Behrens-Wu Founder & CEO, Shippo | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Liz Young McNally Deputy Director, Commercial Operations, DIU | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% 0/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 270 | 13.4 |
| Matt Flannery Co-Founder and CEO, Branch | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Matthew McCullough VP of Product Management, Android Developer, Google | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Michael Brandt Co-Founder and CEO, Ketone-IQ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Michelle Volz Founder & Managing Partner, Pax Ventures | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Mike Lempress Chief Risk and Trust Officer, Inveniam | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Nikki Locker | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Nyesha Arrington Mentor & Judge, Next Level Chef | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | 249 | 24.1 |
| Rahul Sidhu VP of Aviation, Flock Safety | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Rob Goodman Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Romy Drucker Director of Education, Walton Family Foundation | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Samit Singh Founder & Managing Partner, Worldbuild | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.67/5 -0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Sandy Jen Co-Founder and CTO, Honor Technology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Satish Thaluri Founder & Angel Investor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.33/5 +0.4 | — | ||
 Tracy Chow Founder and CEO, Block Party | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Wei-Lin Chiang Co-Founder & CTO, Arena | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | 248 | 13.4 |
| Zed Inam Co-Founder and Advisor, Cresta | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.67/5 -0.2 | — | 308 | 8.5 |
| Adam Beckman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.5/5 +0.6 | — | ||
 Adrian Fenty Founding Managing Partner, MaC Venture Capital | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Alan Schaaf Founder and former CEO, Imgur | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Alex Solomon Co-Founder, PagerDuty | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Anne Lee Skates Founder & General Partner, Parable VC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Bailey Richardson Head of Community & Culture, OpenAI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Bill Krauss Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — |
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.