U2
other on 13 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes · said 47 times in 29 episodes since 2017
How I Built This 15 
Founders 9 
20VC 8 
Acquired 3 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 3 
the a16z Podcast 2 
All-In 2 
the Knowledge Project 1 
My First Million 1 
the Paul Morris Podcast 1 
Capital Allocators 1 
David Senra 1 
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How I Built This 15Founders 920VC 8Acquired 3the Startup Ideas Podcast 3the a16z Podcast 2All-In 2My First Million 14 more shows
2026 6 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
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- STARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct
- Rick Rubin on Finding Your Life’s Work
- Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
- Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want
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2025 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2024 7 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2023 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2022 8 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: How I Lost a $125M Deal with Yahoo by Being Too Honest, The M&A Meeting with Steve Jobs That Did Not Go Well and How U2's Bono Saved The Day For One Tech Startup with Ali Partovi, CEO @ Neo
- Holiday Special 2022 · Acquired
- HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow
- Pitchfork: Ryan Schreiber
- Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version) · Acquired
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2021 8 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
2020 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2019 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode
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4 statements about U2, every show
Iovine: Bono is the most positive person in the music industry
“He is the most positive person I met in music.”
Iovine: U2 correctly picked Brian Eno over him for The Joshua Tree
“I didn't work on, on, on Joshua Treat. I wanted to do it, but they chose Brian Eno and Danny Lenoir, which was a better choice, because they wanted to change their sound, but that was the right choice, but they would always bring me in to listen to the songs, …”
Morin: U2 altered Sphere show because visualizations put audiences into trances
“They actually had to during the U two residency, they had to slow down the show for like the middle, 45 minutes because it was putting people into a legitimate trance and they had to change all the visualizations because it was too much.”