Episodes
11 years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
74 episodes in 2021
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1h 6m Spin Master/PAW Patrol: Ronnen Harary
In this episode of How I Built This, Spin Master co-founder Ronnen Harari details how three childhood friends built a multi-billion-dollar toy and entertainment empire behind Air Hogs, Bakug…
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1h 0m Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews Planet co-founders Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler about how they left NASA to revolutionize Earth observation by building c…
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1h 17m Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan
On NPR's How I Built This, Merge Records founders Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan share how their DIY punk background and indie rock band Superchunk evolved into one of the most enduring an…
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48m Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Recorded live in Portland, this episode of 'How I Built This' features Seth Tibbott detailing his improbable journey from an environmental naturalist living in a treehouse to founding Turtle…
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1h 8m Stasher and Modern Twist: Kat Nouri
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Kat Nouri about her journey from an Iranian immigrant childhood to creating Modern Twist and pioneering Stasher, the…
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1h 23m Coinbase: Brian Armstrong
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong about the turbulent journey of creating an industry-leading cryptocurrency exchange. …
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1h 19m Back to the Roots: Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' co-founders Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez share how an undergraduate curiosity about growing mushrooms on spent coffee grounds evolved into Back to …
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1h 15m Audible: Don Katz
This episode of 'How I Built This' chronicles how investigative journalist Don Katz founded Audible in the 1990s, pioneering downloadable digital audio and persevering through hardware bottl…
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1h 23m Title Nine: Missy Park
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Title Nine founder Missy Park, exploring how she bootstrapped a pioneering women's athletic apparel company into a resilient, $10…
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1h 6m Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews biotech visionary Noubar Afeyan about his journey from surviving the Lebanese Civil War to founding Flagship Pioneering a…
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1h 16m Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver
In this episode of How I Built This, entrepreneur and author Fawn Weaver recounts how she uncovered the forgotten history of Nearest Green—the enslaved Black master distiller who taught Jack…
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1h 12m KAYAK: Paul English
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews serial entrepreneur Paul English, tracing his journey from a working-class Boston childhood and struggles with bipolar disorder t…
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1h 28m Dude Perfect: Cory Cotton and Tyler Toney
In this episode of How I Built This, Guy Raz interviews Dude Perfect co-founders Tyler Toney and Cory Cotton on how five Texas A&M roommates transformed casual backyard trick shots into a mu…
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58m inov-8: Wayne Edy
This episode of How I Built This chronicles how Wayne Edy founded inov-8, using hands-on engineering and grassroots marketing in the niche subculture of fell running to build a global perfor…
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1h 14m Lynda.com: Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, tracing their journey from pioneering digital design educators to building Lynda.com into a sub…
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55m Springfree Trampoline: Keith Alexander & Steve Holmes (2019)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz chronicles how New Zealand inventor Keith Alexander and Canadian entrepreneur Steve Holmes partnered to create Springfree Trampoline, transf…
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25m Live From The HIBT Summit: Rashad Robinson
In this virtual summit edition of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Color of Change president Rashad Robinson about modern civil rights organizing, building durable structural power,…
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50m Burt's Bees: Roxanne Quimby (2019)
In this episode of How I Built This, Burt's Bees co-founder Roxanne Quimby shares the remarkable story of turning an artisanal Maine honey stand into a multi-million-dollar personal care bra…
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50m Live From The HIBT Summit: Adam Grant
In this live session from the How I Built This Summit, organizational psychologist Adam Grant joins host Guy Raz to explore how entrepreneurs and leaders can unlock innovation, overcome ego …
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1h 10m Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, hip-hop artist Logic and his manager Chris Zarou detail how two inexperienced outsiders joined forces to build Visionary Music Group into an independent …
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32m Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown
In this featured conversation from the How I Built This summit, researcher and author Brené Brown joins Guy Raz to examine how embracing vulnerability, dismantling protective emotional armor…
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57m Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Stacy Madison, who shares how she and partner Mark Andrus transformed surplus pita bread from a Boston food cart int…
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36m Live From The HIBT Summit: Gary Vaynerchuk
In this virtual summit edition of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk on mastering modern digital marketing, content strategy, and the entrepreneuria…
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1h 10m Serial Entrepreneur: Gary Vaynerchuk
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, tracing his journey from an immigrant family's New Jersey liquor store to becoming a digital…
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1h 18m Robert Reffkin: Compass
On this episode of How I Built This, Compass co-founder Robert Reffkin details how overcoming personal adversity, learning from early career failures, and executing a decisive strategic pivo…
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42m Live From HIBT Summit: Payal Kadakia, Tristan Walker, and Perry Chen on Innovation
Host Guy Raz convenes founders Payal Kadakia, Tristan Walker, and Perry Chen at the How I Built This Summit to explore how authentic lived experiences, iterative resilience, and mission-driv…
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45m Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Bobbi Brown (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, beauty pioneer Bobbi Brown shares how her contrarian philosophy of understated, natural makeup evolved from freelance hustle into a billion-dollar cosmet…
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1h 22m Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut
Mailchimp co-founder Ben Chestnut recounts how he transformed a bootstrapped web design side project into a multi-billion-dollar marketing automation titan by rejecting venture capital, serv…
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1h 9m Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim
Siblings Ahmed Rahim and Reem Hassani transformed their artistic backgrounds and Iraqi cultural heritage into Numi Organic Tea, bootstrapping from an Oakland apartment into an industry-leadi…
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1h 20m Casper: Philip Krim
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews Casper co-founder Philip Krim about disrupting the traditional mattress industry through direct-to-consumer innovation, m…
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34m Live From The HIBT Summit: Cynt Marshall, Chieh Huang, and Sadie Lincoln on Leadership
Host Guy Raz moderates a live panel at the How I Built This Summit featuring CEOs Cynt Marshall, Chieh Huang, and Sadie Lincoln, exploring how empathetic governance, radical vulnerability, a…
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1h 28m ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay details her journey from entertainment publicist to award-winning director and cultural entrepreneur. She discus…
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1h 3m Expedia & Zillow: Rich Barton
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' serial entrepreneur Rich Barton shares how his core philosophy of empowering consumers and dismantling information asymmetry led to the creation …
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1h 17m Jovial Foods: Carla Bartolucci
This memorial episode chronicles the life of entrepreneur Carla Bartolucci, exploring how personal health crises, Italian culinary traditions, and an uncompromising ethical code guided her i…
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24m Meet The HIBT Fellows: Dinesh Tadepalli & Jennifer Zeitler
Guy Raz interviews How I Built This fellowship finalists Dinesh Tadepalli of Incredible Eats and Jennifer Zeitler of Let's Goat Buffalo as they pitch their eco-friendly enterprises for a $50…
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1h 18m Policygenius: Jennifer Fitzgerald
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' Policygenius co-founder and CEO Jennifer Fitzgerald recounts her journey from aspiring diplomat to InsurTech pioneer. She explains how educational cont…
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24m Meet The HIBT Fellows: Kaitlin McGreyes & Nicole Argüelles
In this special Fellows edition of How I Built This, Guy Raz interviews entrepreneurs Kaitlin McGreyes of Be Her Village and Nicole Argüelles of ALI about their mission-driven startups refor…
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24m Meet The HIBT Fellows: Mark Atlan & Zach Correa
In this special Fellows edition of How I Built This, host Guy Raz spotlights entrepreneurs Mark Atlan of ZapCare and Zach Correa of Lemongraft as they pitch their community-focused ventures …
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1h 14m Diapers.com & Jet.com: Marc Lore
Serial entrepreneur Marc Lore details his journey pioneering modern e-commerce, from scaling Diapers.com through guerrilla logistics and navigating a hostile Amazon buyout to founding Jet.co…
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23m Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
In this Fellows edition of How I Built This, host Guy Raz profiles entrepreneurs Katie Mitchell of Good Books and Celena Gill of Frère Brancheau as they compete for a 50,000 dollar grant. Th…
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28m Meet The HIBT Fellows: Pierre Paul & Toby Egbuna
Host Guy Raz showcases How I Built This Fellows Pierre Paul and Toby Egbuna, highlighting how their respective ventures—assistive translation tool We Hear You and workplace culture platform …
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55m Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, tech pioneer Sandy Lerner details the grueling founding and eventual ouster from Cisco Systems, followed by her audacious reinventions across animal welf…
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55m Live Episode! Clubhouse: Paul Davison and Rohan Seth
In this live episode of How I Built This recorded on Clubhouse, co-founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth discuss how fifteen years of startup trials, personal challenges, and parallel careers…
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1h 10m Eleven Madison Park: Daniel Humm
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, chef Daniel Humm details his journey from an ambitious Swiss school dropout and cyclist to the helm of Eleven Madison Park, culminating in his dari…
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1h 6m Live Episode! Wellness Coach and Podcaster: Jay Shetty
In this live episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews wellness coach, podcaster, and former monk Jay Shetty about his transformative journey from corporate disillusionment and mo…
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1h 39m Pipcorn: Jennifer and Jeff Martin
Pipcorn co-founders Jennifer and Jeff Martin recount how they transformed an easily digestible heirloom corn kernel into a multi-million-dollar national snack brand through grassroots hustle…
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30m How I Built Resilience: Bayard Winthrop of American Giant
In this episode of NPR's "How I Built Resilience," host Guy Raz speaks with American Giant founder and CEO Bayard Winthrop about building a 100% US-made apparel brand, resisting rapid ventur…
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29m How I Built Resilience: Lindsay Peoples Wagner of The Cut
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews Lindsay Peoples Wagner, editor-in-chief of The Cut, exploring her non-traditional rise in fashion journalism,…
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1h 21m Robinhood: Vlad Tenev
In this episode of NPR's "How I Built This," host Guy Raz interviews Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev about transforming from an academic mathematician into the leader of a disruptive…
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31m How I Built Resilience: Ethan Diamond of Bandcamp
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' Guy Raz interviews Bandcamp co-founder and CEO Ethan Diamond about building an artist-first, profitable music marketplace, re…
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1h 29m Food52: Amanda Hesser
In this episode of How I Built This, Amanda Hesser recounts her journey from an acclaimed New York Times food writer to co-founding Food52, a leading digital media and e-commerce lifestyle b…
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21m How I Built Resilience: Kara Goldin of Hint
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz speaks with Hint founder and CEO Kara Goldin about creating an unsweetened fruit-infused beverage category and implemen…
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53m UPPAbaby: Bob and Lauren Monahan
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz speaks with Bob and Lauren Monahan about how they bootstrapped UPPAbaby from an old shoe factory into an industry-leading baby gear brand th…
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23m How I Built Resilience: Vivian Ku, Restaurateur
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This: Resilience Edition, restaurateur Vivian Ku joins Guy Raz to share how she navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-Asian xenophobia by anchoring he…
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1h 30m Hinge: Justin McLeod
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' Hinge founder Justin McLeod recounts how personal battles with addiction, heartbreak, and reconnecting with his college love led him to build and radic…
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30m How I Built Resilience: Lisa Baird of National Women's Soccer League
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' host Guy Raz interviews NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird about navigating the sudden shutdown of professional sports during the C…
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1h 18m Siete Family Foods: Miguel and Veronica Garza
In this episode of How I Built This, siblings Miguel and Veronica Garza recount how overcoming autoimmune illness and launching a family gym led to the creation of Siete Foods. Driven by the…
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27m How I Built Resilience: Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews Zola CEO Shan-Lyn Ma about creating a modernized wedding platform, engineering its hybrid e-commerce model, a…
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1h 22m Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves
In this episode of How I Built This, travel entrepreneur Rick Steves details how he transformed a youthful passion for budget backpacking into a $100-million travel empire by offering free p…
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28m How I Built Resilience: Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief of Morning Brew
In this live episode of NPR's How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz interviews Morning Brew co-founders Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief about transforming a college side project into …
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41m Canva: Melanie Perkins (2019)
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, Guy Raz interviews Canva co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins about her journey from bootstrapping a school yearbook company in Australia to building…
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24m How I Built Resilience: Troy Carter of Q&A (June, 2020)
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz interviews music entrepreneur Troy Carter about navigating the dual crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racial injus…
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1h 28m Boxed: Chieh Huang
This episode of How I Built This chronicles entrepreneur Chieh Huang's transition from corporate law and mobile gaming to founding Boxed, a digital wholesale club. Scaling the company from a…
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27m How I Built Resilience: Beverly Leon of Local Civics
In this Resilience Edition of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Beverly Leon, a former professional soccer player and founder of Local Civics, about her educational technology platfo…
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59m Simple Mills: Katlin Smith
In this episode of 'How I Built This', Katlin Smith shares how she transformed her personal dietary breakthrough into Simple Mills, evolving a homemade grain-free muffin mix into a $100 mill…
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31m How I Built Resilience: Michael Horvath and Mark Gainey of Strava
Strava co-founders Michael Horvath and Mark Gainey join Guy Raz to discuss the origins, ethical philosophy, and rapid scaling of their connected fitness platform. They detail how their colle…
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1h 12m Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar about how they bootstrapped a Sydney-based software startup into a $…
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48m How I Built Resilience: M. Night Shyamalan
In this Sundance Film Festival edition of NPR's How I Built This, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan joins host Guy Raz to discuss his career journey, creative resilience, immigrant work ethic, an…
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1h 30m Norma Kamali: Norma Kamali
In this episode of 'How I Built This', fashion pioneer Norma Kamali chronicles her fifty-year career, detailing how she revolutionized American style with functional innovations like the sle…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz interviews Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch about transforming their multi-generational family ranch into an orga…
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1h 33m Seventh Generation: Alan Newman and Jeffrey Hollender
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, Seventh Generation co-founders Jeffrey Hollender and Alan Newman reunite to recount the pioneering rise, painful partnership rift, and corporate tr…
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21m How I Built Resilience: Elisa Villanueva Beard of Teach For America
Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard speaks with Guy Raz about educational equity, navigating pandemic-induced learning disruptions, recruiting diverse educator pipelines, and reimag…
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1h 16m Jazzercise: Judi Sheppard Missett
In this episode of How I Built This, Jazzercise founder Judi Sheppard Missett shares how she transformed accessible jazz dance routines into an enduring, multi-million-dollar global fitness …
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1h 25m Patreon: Jack Conte and Sam Yam
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz speaks with Jack Conte and Sam Yam about how creator monetization frustrations led the Stanford roommates to launch Patreon, creating a sust…
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