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 0 people (gold bar, raw unedited tape) and a coarse estimate for 464 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and titles are extracted from the episodes themselves: they are as of the recording, and people move on, so some are out of date today.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Listug Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Taylor Guitars | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.1/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Lena Phoenix Co-Founder & Board Director, Xero Shoes | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4.2/5 +0.3 | — | ||
| Lisa Baird Chief Executive Officer, NextUp | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% 6/6 | 4.1/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Mariana Matus Co-founder & CEO, Biobot Analytics | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.9/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Morgan DeBaun Founder and CEO, Blavity Inc. | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.9/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Simon Sinek Founder, The Optimism Company | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.9/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Sundar Pichai CEO, Alphabet and Google | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Tina Roth-Eisenberg Founder & CEO, CreativeMornings | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% 2/3 | 3.8/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Varshini Prakash Co-Founder, Sunrise Movement | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.7/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Alexis Ohanian Founder & General Partner, Seven Seven Six | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Amanda Klane Co-Founder, Foundership Ventures | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.82/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Arran Stephens Co-Founder and Board Member, Nature's Path Organic Foods | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4.18/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Bob Monahan Co-founder & CEO, UPPAbaby | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Chris Zarou ×2 Founder & CEO, Visionary Music Group | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Cody Friesen | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% 5/6 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Dalbir Singh Trustee, Redwood Day School | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.73/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Danielle Walker Founder and Author, Against All Grain | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Danny Winer | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.73/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 James Park Co-founder, Luffu | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 3.82/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Jason McGowan Co-Founder and Board Chair, Crumbl | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Jennifer Neundorfer Co-Founder and Managing Partner, January Ventures | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Joey Zwillinger Co-Founder & CEO, Biologica | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% 4/6 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Johann Hari Author and Journalist | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25% 1/4 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Jonathan Poneman Co-Founder and Co-Owner, Sub Pop Records | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 3.82/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Ju Rhyu Co-founder & Former CEO, Hero Cosmetics | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% 5/6 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Kai Tang Co-founder and CEO, Light | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Kendra Scott Founder & Executive Chairwoman, Kendra Scott | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.27/5 +0.3 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Krishna Kaliannan Founder, Catalina Crunch | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Lucie Basch Co-founder, Too Good To Go | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Mac McCaughan Co-founder, Merge Records | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Morra Aarons-Mele Host, The Anxious Achiever | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Peter Sterios Founder, Manduka | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Pokimane (Imane Anys) Co-founder, OfflineTV | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Polina Veksler Co-Founder and CEO, Universal Standard | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% 3/4 | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Shane Legg Chief AGI Scientist, Google DeepMind | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.82/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Shiza Shahid Co-founder & Co-CEO, Our Place | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.73/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Slava Rubin Founder & Managing Partner, humbition | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.09/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Steve Huffman Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Reddit | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.82/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Tai Sade Co-founder & CEO, BloomX | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% 5/5 | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Tim League Founder, Metro Private Cinema | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.91/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Y-Vonne Hutchinson Founder & CEO, ReadySet | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.7/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Alex Lofton Co-Founder, Landed | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 3.75/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Aman Narang Co-Founder and CEO, Toast | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 43% 3/7 | 3.58/5 -0.4 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Andrew Kitirattragarn ×2 Co-founder, Dang Foods | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3.75/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Brett Schulman ×3 Co-Founder & CEO, CAVA Group | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Chuck Surack | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Drew Harrington Co-Founder and Investor, Foundership Ventures | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Elizabeth Cutler Co-Founder, Peoplehood | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.08/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Emily Powell Owner and President, Powell's Books | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4.08/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Eric Liedtke EVP of Brand Strategy, Under Armour | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 56% 5/9 | 3.5/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Hamish McKenzie Co-founder & Chief Writing Officer, Substack | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Jessie Woolley-Wilson Operating Partner, Owl Ventures | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Kathleen King Founder, Tate's Bake Shop | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
 L.A. Reid Co-Founder and Executive, Mega | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Laura Ballance Co-founder, Merge Records | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.67/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Leigh Keith | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.17/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Lily Hevesh Founder, Hevesh5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% 2/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Lyndon Cormack ×2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.08/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Mel Ziegler Co-Founder, Banana Republic | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.75/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Michael Houlihan Co-Founder, The Barefoot Spirit | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.83/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Michael Kors Chief Creative Officer, Michael Kors | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4.08/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Michelle Wahler Adjunct Professor, USC Marshall School of Business | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.08/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Mike Krieger ×3 Chief Product Officer, Anthropic | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Nelson Gonzalez Partner, Bridgerock Holdings | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 3.83/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Nikhil Arora Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Back to the Roots | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 67% 4/6 | 3.83/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Patrick Collison Co-founder & CEO, Stripe | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Paul Davison Co-Founder & CEO, Clubhouse | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.75/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Rashad Robinson Principal, Rashad Robinson Advisors | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.08/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Samir Chaudry Co-Host & Co-Founder, Colin and Samir | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Shashank Samala Co-founder & CEO, Heirloom | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86% 6/7 | 3.83/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Alexa Hirschfeld ×3 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.46/5 -0.5 | — | ||
| Allison Ellsworth Co-Founder, Poppi | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.15/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Andy Katz-Mayfield Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Mammoth Brands | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% 1/3 | 3.85/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Andy Spade ×2 Co-Founder, Kate Spade New York | 2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Angie Bastian ×3 Co-Founder, Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Blake Scholl Founder & CEO, Boom Supersonic | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Carley Roney ×2 Co-Founder, The Knot | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.77/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Chris Urmson | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40% 2/5 | 3.69/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Cynt Marshall ×2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4.23/5 +0.3 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Dan Bastian ×3 Co-Founder, Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.77/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Daniela Corrente | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 David Kelley Founder & Partner Emeritus, IDEO | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Drew Houston Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Dropbox | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4.15/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Issa Rae Founder and CEO, HOORAE Media | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Jason Ballard | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Joe Kudla ×2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Keith Alexander ×2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% 1/3 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Luke Holden ×2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.92/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Matanya Horowitz | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.77/5 -0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Melissa Bernstein ×2 Co-Founder, Lifelines | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Mike Pfotenhauer Founder, Osprey Packs | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.77/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Ouidad Wise | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% 2/4 | 4.23/5 +0.3 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Ramya Swaminathan CEO, Malta Inc. | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% 6/6 | 3.85/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Rod Cuthbert | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.85/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Rosanna Pansino | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.85/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Roy Seiders | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 4.15/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Sam Calagione Founder, Dogfish Head Brewery | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% 3/4 | 4/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Sandy Chilewich Founder & Creative Director, Chilewich | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40% 2/5 | 4.08/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Simon Cowell Founder, Syco Entertainment | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% 1/2 | 4.08/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Steve Altemus Co-founder & CEO, Intuitive Machines | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50% 3/6 | 3.85/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 |
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.