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Friedberg: All-In lost money on event and struggles to book speakers
“We can't get speakers to come on the show because of the association with the Trump administration. We lost money on that event in June that I spent 12 days of my life working on.”
Calacanis: Trump administration insiders credit All-In Podcast for victory
“I've heard from people in and around the administration. They believe that that was a key part in their success this time.”
Sacks: Marc Benioff is texting to defend SaaS against AI on All-In
“He's chomping at the bits to come back on the pod and Explain why AI is not going to disrupt SAS. He's texting me. He wants to come on.”
Friedberg: I have repeatedly considered quitting The All-In Podcast
“I cannot tell you how many times I've considered quitting the pod and not even showing up for this event”
Friedberg: I tried to quit All-In every week early on
“I tried to quit, like, every week I wanted to quit, and I, Still contemplated a lot.”
RFK Jr. told Friedberg podcast appearance changed trajectory of his campaign
“He showed great appreciation, and he was so, he was extremely effusive about coming on Be All in Pod, and he said it really did change the trajectory of the campaign for me, and it made a huge impact on my life.”
Calacanis: All-In Podcast and David Sacks helped drive Chesa Boudin's recall
“We were involved in the recall of Chesa Boudin, our podcast, and David Sachs, our compatriot who couldn't make it.”
Khanna faces staggering criticism from Democrats for appearing on All-In
“The amount of criticism that I have gotten for, like, going on Fox News, or even coming to the All In podcast. I mean, look, try inviting some of my Democratic colleagues. It is staggering.”
Calacanis: All-In is the number one business and tech podcast globally
“It's so much of a phenomenon that we're the number one business and the number one tech podcast in the world, hands down, that the press has a hard time giving us any oxygen because they want to hate us.”
Calacanis: All-In Podcast is leaving $7.5M in uncollected annual ad revenue
“I got approached by a couple of by two different people who want to represent the pod. They say there's seven and a half million dollars in advertising we're leaving on the table, by the way, a 150 a week.”
Chamath Palihapitiya predicts the All-In Podcast will surpass CNBC and CNN viewership
“We're probably going to pass, you know, most CNBC shows and some CNN shows by the end of next year.”
Chamath: All-In Podcast will pass CNBC and Fox in viewership
“I think we've probably eclipsed MSNBC, any show that, and we're probably going to pass CNBC and Fox by the end of this year.”
David Sacks claims he uniquely predicted Eric Adams' NYC mayoral victory
“The fact that Eric Adams won, you could not have predicted that. Nobody else in the pod would have predicted it. I predicted it because for six months I've been saying that's the number one political issue in America.”
Jason Calacanis claims he interrupts when co-hosts are boring or for jokes
“I'm, I am playing the role of the audience. When I interrupt you, it's because you're being fabulously boring, or there's an opportunity to make a joke.”
David Sacks claims co-hosts are the stars and Jason Calacanis merely moderates
“We're the stars of the podcast, you're just the moderator.”
Calacanis: Proposed All In network would rival CNN within five years
“If each of you did your own pod, and I have my pod, and we made the all in network, the all in news network, I guarantee you we would be within five years, you know, right up there with CNN and MSMUC.”
Hellmuth: All-In Podcast brought at least 200,000 new players to poker
“At least a couple 100,000 people have come in because of these guys.”
Friedberg: Placing Science Corner first reduces All-In audience clicks
“No one wants Science Corner up front, because then the audience won't click.”
Calacanis: Trump pledged on All-In to staple green cards to college diplomas
“Remember he said on the show, he's going to staple the green card to it.”
Chamath Palihapitiya requested White House invite for Joe Biden on All-In
“I have asked the White House for President Biden to come on the show.”
JCal says journalists attack the podcast to boost their Substack subscriptions
“You can tell that this podcast has truly become successful when The mainstream media fights up and punches up to try to get us to respond to them, to get more people to subscribe to their Substack while playing Matt.”
Chamath: All-In Podcast reaches 3M to 5M people across all platforms
“We add it all up, and you know, we think it's in this, you know, sort of three to five million range of people”
Palihapitiya: All-In Podcast draws 3M to 5M weekly listeners
“There are three to five million people a week that listen to this podcast”
Chamath: All-In hosts signed agreement as equal 25% partners
“Basically what happened was we had an agreement that it was 25% each. There was a moment where J Cal believed that he deserved more. We had to sort through a lot of the underlying issues that caused them to believe that. We got to a good consensus. We now have…”
Calacanis: All-In Podcast will not host future summits or build a business
“There's not going to be any more summits. There's not going to be any business here. It's just a pod. I have other events I do. I have other pods I do. If I want to get paid, I'll do them over there. And here, it's just a pod that you see every week.”
Chamath claims All-In Podcast reaches over 1M weekly listeners
“There's more than a million people a week that listen to this.”
Chamath: All-In Podcast reaches 1M weekly listeners and could hit 10M
“We're at a million fucking people a week, we could be a ten million people a fucking week, and we could fucking own the distribution of our ideas to millions and millions of people.”
Palihapitiya: All In Podcast will never run advertisements
“There are no ads in this podcast, nor will there ever be.”
Friedberg: All-In is about aiding everyday business, not direct pod revenue
“For me, the pod isn't about making money on the pod as much as it is like helping me in my everyday work”
Mark Pincus's daughters state All-In hosts' children are developing a podcast
“Yes. I'd say it's in the working.”
Sacks admits he grew annoyed co-hosting the podcast with Jason Calacanis
“I mean, to be honest, I was starting to feel really annoyed with you, Jcal, on the pod. I wasn't sure how much longer I could put up with it, to be perfectly frank, but, you know, tonight, you kind of remind me why it's fun to do this.”
Chamath: Trump called him in November 2023 to pitch interview
“In fact, I think of all of us, he was, he called me last November. That's how this whole thing started, if you remember.”
Sacks: Trump called to thank hosts for All-In Podcast interview
“The president called to say that he enjoyed the experience and to thank us.”
Paltrow: All-In is the only podcast she listens to religiously every week
“You guys are the only thing I listen to religiously every single week.”
Chamath: 'Besties' nickname was co-opted to mock Phil Hellmuth
“One of our other friends, Phil Hellmuth, kept calling me Bestie C. And we used to think it was the dumbest thing that we've ever heard. And then what we thought was, would be even funnier is to just co-opt it. And it was done. But it was done initially to make…”
Chamath announces plans for an All-In listener investment syndicate in 2021
“Yes, we are. We're going to figure out how to do something. We're going to do something to let the people who listen invest alongside us. We're going to figure it out in 2021 at some point.”
Friedberg: Only hosts All-In because it requires just 90 Zoom minutes
“The only reason I do it is because I can get on Zoom for 90 minutes and be done, and then I go on the rest of my day for work”
Friedberg: All-In Podcast plans to spend $1 million on holiday party
“We are gonna spend a million dollars on this party.”