Star Treatment
Does prominence change the questions? Every guest, plotted: their public prominence (rated 1–10 by an LLM, methodology below) against the host pushback they met, measured from every diarized word of their episodes.
An aggregate AI reading of public interviews: pushback per exchange, plotted against guest prominence. It describes questioning patterns across the whole catalogue, not any single guest, and every point opens to its episode. full disclaimer →
+0.07pushback per +1 prominence
1.5/10host pushback, prominence 8–10
1.2/10host pushback, prominence 1–4
154guests measured
dot size = rated episodes · gold line = average per prominence level · every dot links to the person
All guests, by prominence
| Guest | Prominence | Host pushback | Guest pushback | Eps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Kutcher Co-Founder and General Partner, Sound Ventures | 9 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Charles Koch Chairman & Co-CEO, Koch, Inc. | 9 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Mike Pompeo Partner, Niobrara Investment Partners | 9 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Rahul Gandhi CEO, Crossterra | 9 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jake Paul Co-Founder, Anti Fund | 9 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Peter Thiel Partner and Co-Founder, Founders Fund | 9 | 2 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Marc Andreessen Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 9 | 2.5 | 3/10 | 2 |
| Reid Hoffman Partner, Greylock | 9 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Mark Esper Partner, Red Cell Partners | 8 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Niall Ferguson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution | 8 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Ronnie Lott NFL Hall of Famer & Philanthropist | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Stephen Harper Board Chair, AIMCo | 8 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Palmer Luckey Founder, Anduril Industries | 8 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ryan Holiday Founder & Host, The Daily Stoic | 8 | 1 | 1.3/10 | 3 |
| Tom Cotton U.S. Senator, United States Senate | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jared Isaacman Administrator, NASA | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Tony Fadell Principal, Build Collective | 8 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Andrew Yang Founder, Forward Party | 8 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Adm. Bill McRaven Professor of National Security, UT Austin | 8 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Alex Karp Co-founder & CEO, Palantir Technologies | 8 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Zachary Levi Founder, Wyldwood Studios | 8 | 4 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Kimbal Musk Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, The Kitchen Restaurant Group | 7 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Daniel Lubetzky Founder and Chairman, Camino Partners | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Scott Cook Co-Founder & Executive Committee Chair, Intuit | 7 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| John Chambers Founder and CEO, JC2 Ventures | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Leonard Leo Co-Chairman, The Federalist Society | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Crown Prince of Iran | 7 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Kelly Loeffler Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Joe Gebbia Founder, Samara | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| John Mackey Co-Founder & CEO, Love.Life | 7 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Boyan Slat Founder & CEO, The Ocean Cleanup | 7 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Brad Gerstner Founder & CEO, Altimeter Capital | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Guillermo Rauch Founder & CEO, Vercel | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Phil Gramm Nonresident Senior Fellow, AEI | 7 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Maria Corina Machado National Coordinator, Vente Venezuela | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Chris Sununu President & CEO, Airlines for America | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Adrian Fenty Founding Managing Partner, MaC Venture Capital | 7 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Peter Attia Founder, Early Medical | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ken Langone Chairman, Invemed Associates | 7 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Wilbur Ross Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dave Rubin Comedian & Media Host | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n Founder, The Network School | 7 | 3 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Arthur Brooks Professor of the Practice, Harvard Kennedy School | 7 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Bari Weiss Journalist & Founder, Substack Newsletter | 7 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Tyler Cowen Professor of Economics, George Mason University | 7 | 3 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Steve Blank Adjunct Professor, Stanford University | 7 | 3 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Tim Urban Co-Founder & Writer, Wait But Why | 7 | 3 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Rep. Ro Khanna U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representatives | 7 | 4 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Balaji Srinivasan Founder, The Network School | 7 | 4 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Troy Carter Founder & CEO, Venice Music | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| John Mack Senior Advisor, KKR | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Congressman Mike Gallagher Head of Defense, Palantir Technologies | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Kevin Stitt Governor, State of Oklahoma | 6 | 0.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Coleman Hughes Author & Host, Conversations with Coleman | 6 | 0.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Kevin Mandia Founder & CEO, Armadin | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Dhani Jones Chairman and Founder, Qey Capital | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ambassador Kelly Craft Head, Kelly G. Knight LLC | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Andrew McAfee Principal Research Scientist, MIT | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jimmy John Liautaud Founder & former Chairman, Jimmy John's | 6 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Roland Fryer Professor of Economics, Harvard University | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Senator Eric Schmitt U.S. Senator, U.S. Senate | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Mike Israetel Co-Founder, Renaissance Periodization | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Thomas Chatterton Williams Staff Writer, The Atlantic | 6 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Elad Gil Founder, Gil Capital | 6 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sam Lessin Founding Partner, Slow Ventures | 6 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Paul Atkins Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | 6 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Scott Wu Co-founder & CEO, Cognition | 6 | 2.3 | 1.7/10 | 3 |
| Steve Hilton Founder and CEO, Golden Together | 6 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Bjorn Lomborg President, Copenhagen Consensus Center | 6 | 4 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Matt Ridley Author & Columnist | 6 | 5 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jonathan Greenblatt CEO and National Director, Anti-Defamation League | 6 | 6 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Scott Kupor Director, United States Office of Personnel Management | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Jacob Helberg Under Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State | 5 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Emil Michael Under Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense | 5 | 0.7 | 1/10 | 3 |
| Wesley Chan Co-Founder and Managing Partner, FPV Ventures | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Rick Klausner Co-Chair & Chief Scientific Advisor, Altos Labs | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Chris Sprowls Managing Partner, Rooker Ward Partners LLC | 5 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Founding Partner, Future Africa | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Guillaume Verdon Founder & CEO, Extropic | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Clarence Jones Chairman, Spill the Honey Foundation | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Russ Vaught Director, Office of Management and Budget | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Shyam Sankar CTO & EVP, Palantir Technologies | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 2 |
| JoeBen Bevirt Founder & CEO, Joby Aviation | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7/10 | 3 |
| Bob McGrew Co-founder, Arda | 5 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| JD Ross Co-Founder & CEO, With Coverage | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Mike Solana CMO, Founders Fund | 5 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Anson Frerichs Founder, Athletic Capital | 4 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Nima Ghamsari Co-Founder & CEO, Blend | 4 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Richard Sandler Executive Vice President, Milken Family Foundation | 4 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Gene Berdachevsky Co-Founder & CEO, Sila Nanotechnologies | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Rebekah Gee Founder & CEO, Nest Health | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Eboo Patel Founder & President, Interfaith America | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Philip Howard Founder and Chair, Common Good | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Boris Sofman Co-Founder and CEO, Bedrock Robotics | 4 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Ian Cinnamon Co-Founder and CEO, Apex Space | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jeff Wu Co-founder & Managing Partner, Anti Fund | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Pano Kanelos Founding President, University of Austin | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Zach Latta Founder and Executive Director, Hack Club | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Hayes Barnard Founder & CEO, GoodLeap | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jeannette zu Fürstenberg Managing Director & President, General Catalyst | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Raj Bhakta Founder, BHAKTA Spirits | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Zach Bookman Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, OpenGov | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Joe Liemandt Principal, Alpha School | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Scott Nolan Founder & CEO, General Matter | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Russell Kaplan Co-Founder & President, Cognition | 4 | 2.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Sujay Jaswa Founding Partner & Managing Partner, WndrCo | 4 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Maureen Hillenmeyer CEO & Co-Founder, Hexagon Bio | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sebastian Caliri Partner, 8VC | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Kimmy Scotti Co-Founder, Fig.1 Beauty | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Byron Boots Co-Founder & CEO, Overland AI | 3 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Harish Abbott Co-Founder and CEO, Augment | 3 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Sal Churi Founder & General Partner, Trust Ventures | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Keri Findley Founder and CEO, Tacora Capital | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Maleka Momand Co-Founder & CEO, Esper | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jared Meyer Senior Advisor, Cicero Action | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jake DeWitt Co-founder & CEO, Oklo Inc. | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Judge Glock Director of Research, Manhattan Institute | 3 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Francisco Gimenez Partner, 8VC | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Eddie Margain Founder & CEO, Pixiu Investments | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Tade Oyerinde Founder & Chancellor, Campus | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Yitz Applbaum Co-Founder and Partner, MizMaa Ventures | 3 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Adi Berlia Co-Founder & Pro-Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Clay Johnston Co-founder & CMO, Harbor Health | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ethan Penner Chairman, Hill Street Realty | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ben Black CEO, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | 3 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jake Kloberdanz Founder & CEO, ONEHOPE Wine | 3 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ben Rubinstein Co-Founder, Yodle | 3 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Whitney Baker Founder & CIO, Totem Macro | 3 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Brendan McCord Founder & Chair, Cosmos Institute | 3 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Alex Kolicich Founding Partner & CIO, 8VC | 3 | 2.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Dr. Cliff Winston Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution | 3 | 3 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Bo Marmon Co-founder & CTO, Chaos Industries | 2 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Eliot Hodges CEO, Anduin | 2 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Sri Ganesan Co-founder & CEO, Rocketlane | 2 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dr. David Ruth Provost, University of Austin | 2 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Tyler Scriven Co-Founder & CEO, Saltbox | 2 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Andy Lowery CEO, Epirus | 2 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Mike Reiser Chancellor & CEO, Texas State Technical College | 2 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Michael Bettersworth Chief Innovation Officer, Texas State Technical College | 2 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Maria Davidson Founder & CEO, Kojo | 2 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ivan Dimov Co-founder & CEO, Orca Bio | 2 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Carlos Carvalho President, University of Austin | 2 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jacob "Jake" Miller Co-Founder & Chief Solutions Officer, Opto Investments | 2 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Nathan Mintz CEO & Co-Founder, CX2 | 2 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Eric Scott Founder, Overlook Capital | 2 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Nick Perry Co-Founder & CEO, Candid Health | 1 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Doug Proctor COO, Candid Health | 1 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dino Mavrucas Co-Founder and CEO, Saronic Technologies | 1 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Will Fry Founder & CEO, American Operator | 1 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dylan Sirota Co-founder & CEO, Terminal | 1 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Max Meyer Founder & Publisher, Arena Magazine | 1 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| John Milles-Kiriazzi Co-Founder & CEO, Standard Metrics | 1 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jack Moskovich Partner, 8VC | 1 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Aaron Cannon Co-founder & CEO, Outset | 1 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
host and guest pushback: scored 0-10 per topic segment by an LLM with a published rubric over the diarized transcript; an episode’s number is the peak-weighted p75 · prominence: rated 1–10 by an LLM from the person's public profile · full method on /methodology.