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 →
-0.00pushback per +1 prominence
1.0/10host pushback, prominence 8–10
0.9/10host pushback, prominence 1–4
224guests 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Munger Former Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway | 9 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Bill Ackman Founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management | 9 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Reid Hoffman Partner, Greylock | 9 | 0.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Bill Belichick Head Football Coach, North Carolina Tar Heels | 9 | 1 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| James Clear Author and Writer, JamesClear.com | 8 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Marc Andreessen Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 8 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Walter Isaacson Professor, Tulane University | 8 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Stephen Schwarzman Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, Blackstone | 8 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Scott Adams | 8 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Naval Ravikant Co-founder and Chairman, AngelList | 8 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Andrew Huberman Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine | 8 | 0.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Esther Perel Host, Where Should We Begin? | 8 | 0.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Ryan Holiday Founder & Host, The Daily Stoic | 8 | 0.8 | 1.3/10 | 4 |
| Barry Diller Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC | 8 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Daniel Kahneman Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton University | 8 | 1 | 1.7/10 | 3 |
| Jason Calacanis Founder & CEO, LAUNCH | 8 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Apolo Ohno CEO, Olympic Mountain | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jonathan Haidt Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ray Dalio Founder and Mentor, Bridgewater Associates | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Robert Greene Author and Speaker | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Tobi Lütke Co-Founder and CEO, Shopify | 8 | 1.3 | 2.3/10 | 3 |
| Pierre Poilievre Leader, Conservative Party of Canada | 8 | 1.5 | 3/10 | 2 |
| Indra Nooyi Former CEO, PepsiCo | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Bryan Johnson Founder, Project Blueprint | 8 | 1.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Patrick Collison Co-founder & CEO, Stripe | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Seth Godin Author, Speaker, and Teacher, Seth's Blog | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Chris Bosh Author and Former Professional Basketball Player | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Greg Brockman President & Co-founder, OpenAI | 8 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Reed Hastings Co-Founder, Netflix | 8 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Garry Tan President & CEO, Y Combinator | 8 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Adam Grant Professor of Management, Wharton | 8 | 2 | 2.3/10 | 4 |
| Chamath Palihapitiya Founder & CEO, Social Capital | 8 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| John Mackey Co-Founder & CEO, Love.Life | 7 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Joe Mazzulla Head Coach, Boston Celtics | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Nathan Myhrvold Co-founder & CEO, Intellectual Ventures | 7 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Robert Cialdini Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Matt Mullenweg Founder & CEO, Automattic | 7 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| John Maxwell Founder, Maxwell Leadership | 7 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Hannah Fry Professor, University of Cambridge | 7 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sophie Grégoire Trudeau Author and Mental Health Advocate | 7 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Atul Gawande Surgeon, Brigham and Women’s Hospital | 7 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Susan Cain Author & Founder, Quiet Revolution | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Chris Dixon Founder & Managing Partner, a16z crypto | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dr. David Sinclair | 7 | 0.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Alan Mulally Senior Fellow, Seattle University | 7 | 0.7 | 0.3/10 | 3 |
| Jim Collins | 7 | 0.8 | 0.8/10 | 4 |
| David Baszucki Co-founder & CEO, Roblox | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Michael Ovitz Chairman, Treville Capital Group | 7 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Frank Slootman Chairman, Snowflake | 7 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Matthew Walker Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, UC Berkeley | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Stanley McChrystal Founder and Partner, McChrystal Group | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Matt Walker Professor of Neuroscience, UT Dallas | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jason Fried Co-founder and CEO, 37signals | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Howard Marks Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ben Thompson Founder & Author, Stratechery | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Chris Voss CEO and Founder, The Black Swan Group | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dan Ariely Professor, Duke University | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Bret Taylor CEO & Co-Founder, Sierra | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Tyler Cowen Professor of Economics, George Mason University | 7 | 1.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Kevin Kelly Senior Maverick, Wired | 7 | 1.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Balaji Srinivasan Founder, The Network School | 7 | 1.5 | 3/10 | 2 |
| Angela Duckworth Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania | 7 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Bill Gurley General Partner, Benchmark | 7 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Vlad Tenev Co-Founder & CEO, Robinhood | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Elad Gil Founder, Gil Capital | 7 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Mark Pincus Founder & Executive Chairman, Zynga | 6 | 0 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Anna Lembke Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Matt Ridley Author & Columnist | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Brian Koppelman Screenwriter, Director & Showrunner | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Esther Wojcicki Founder & CEO, Global Moonshots in Education | 6 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Mike Maples Jr. Co-Founder and Partner, Floodgate | 6 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Frank Stephenson Co-Founder & CCO, frankstephenson design | 6 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Shep Gordon President & Co-Founder, Alive Enterprises | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Hugh Howey Author & Executive Producer | 6 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Daniel Gross Compute Lead, Meta | 6 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Steven Strogatz Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University | 6 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Barbara Oakley Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Oakland University | 6 | 0.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Jack Kornfield Guiding Teacher, Spirit Rock Meditation Center | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Marshall Goldsmith Executive Coach & Co-Founder, 100 Coaches Agency | 6 | 0.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Laurie Santos Professor of Psychology, Yale University | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Morgan Housel Partner, The Collaborative Fund | 6 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 4 |
| Ryan Petersen Founder & CEO, Flexport | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Rhonda Patrick Founder, FoundMyFitness | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Dr. Becky Kennedy Founder & CEO, Good Inside | 6 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Kunal Shah Founder & CEO, CRED | 6 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Annie Duke Special Partner, First Round Capital | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Les Snead General Manager, Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Emily Nagoski Author and Sex Educator | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Jane McGonigal Director of Games R&D, Institute for the Future | 6 | 1 | 3/10 | 2 |
| Danny Meyer Founder & Executive Chairman, USHG | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Lisa Feldman Barrett Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University | 6 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| BJ Fogg Director, Stanford Behavior Design Lab | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Thomas Tull Founder, Chairman & CEO, Tulco | 6 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| William MacAskill Senior Research Fellow, Forethought | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Marc Garneau Former Minister of Transport, Government of Canada | 6 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Philip Tetlock Professor, University of Pennsylvania | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Alfred Lin Partner & Co-Steward, Sequoia Capital | 6 | 1.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Harley Finkelstein President, Shopify | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Rory Sutherland Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK | 6 | 1.5 | 4/10 | 2 |
| Josh Wolfe Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Lux Capital | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Bruce Flatt CEO, Brookfield Corporation | 6 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Mickey Drexler Chairman, Alex Mill | 6 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Codie Sanchez Founder & CEO, Contrarian Thinking | 6 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Brian Halligan Co-Founder & Executive Chairperson, HubSpot | 6 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Abigail Shrier Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute | 6 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Nir Eyal Author & Consultant, Nir & Far | 6 | 2 | 2.5/10 | 2 |
| Bethany McLean Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair | 6 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Gabriel Weinberg Founder & CEO, DuckDuckGo | 6 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Gary Taubes Co-Founder & President, Nutrition Science Initiative | 6 | 2 | 5/10 | 1 |
| Jeff Immelt Venture Partner, NEA | 6 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Douglas Rushkoff Professor of Media Theory, Queens College, CUNY | 6 | 3 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Giulia Enders Physician and Author | 5 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ed Stack Quotes | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Maya Shankar Senior Director of Behavioral Economics, Google | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Jim Loehr Co-founder, Human Performance Institute | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Todd Herman Founder, Herman Global Ventures | 5 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Roger Martin Professor Emeritus, Rotman School of Management | 5 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Josh Kaufman Founder, PersonalMBA.com | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dacher Keltner Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Jason Zweig | 5 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Michael Lombardi Host, The GM Shuffle | 5 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Michael Mauboussin Head of Consilient Research, Counterpoint Global | 5 | 0.5 | 0/10 | 2 |
| Dr. Sue Johnson Founding Director, ICEEFT | 5 | 0.7 | 2.3/10 | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs Chairman & CEO, QXO, Inc. | 5 | 1 | 1.3/10 | 3 |
| Ron Shaich CEO & Managing Partner, Act III Holdings | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| April Dunford Founder and CEO, Ambient Strategy | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Matthew Dicks Storyteller & Author, Storyworthy | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Derek Sivers Author and Programmer | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Kat Cole CEO, AG1 | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 4 |
| Maria Konnikova Contributing Writer, The New Yorker | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Andrew Wilkinson Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tiny | 5 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Sarah Tavel Venture Partner, Benchmark | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Joel Greenblatt Managing Principal & Co-CIO, Gotham Asset Management | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Paul Rabil Co-Founder and President, Premier Lacrosse League | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sahil Lavingia Founder and CEO, Gumroad | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sendhil Mullainathan Professor of Economics and EECS, MIT | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sheila Heen Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Celeste Headlee President & CEO, Headway DEI | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Margaret Heffernan Professor of Practice, University of Bath | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Pedro Domingos Professor Emeritus, University of Washington | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Neil Pasricha Founder and Director, The Institute for Global Happiness | 5 | 1.3 | 1/10 | 3 |
| Ravi Gupta Partner, Sequoia Capital | 5 | 1.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Nicolai Tangen CEO, Norges Bank Investment Management | 5 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Michaeleen Doucleff Science Correspondent, NPR | 5 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Shreyas Doshi Startup Advisor & Executive Coach | 5 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Julia Galef Co-founder, Center for Applied Rationality | 5 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Benedict Evans Independent Technology Analyst | 5 | 3 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Jerry Colonna Co-Founder and CEO, Reboot.io | 5 | 3 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Brent Beshore Founder & CEO, Permanent Equity | 4 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Leah Lagos Clinical and Performance Psychologist, Private Practice | 4 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Barbara Tversky Professor of Psychology, Columbia University | 4 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| William Irvine Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Wright State University | 4 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Loch Kelly Founder and Guiding Teacher, Effortless Mindfulness Institute | 4 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Brent Gilchrist President, JDS Resources | 4 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Alexander Shelley Artistic and Music Director, Artis—Naples | 4 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jim Dethmer Co-Founder, The Conscious Leadership Group | 4 | 0.3 | 0.7/10 | 3 |
| David Segal Co-Founder & CEO, Firebelly Tea | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Tom Gaynor CEO & Chairman, Markel Group | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Keith Creel President and CEO, CPKC | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Venkatesh Rao Founder, Ribbonfarm | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Gary Klein Chief Scientist, ShadowBox LLC | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Luke Burgess Managing Partner, Fourth Wall Ventures | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen Director, ETH Zurich | Space | 4 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Noreena Hertz Honorary Professor, University College London | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Doug Conant Founder and CEO, ConantLeadership | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Russ Hudson Co-founder, The Enneagram Institute | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Greg Walton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Scott Page Professor, University of Michigan | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Laura Markham Founder & Clinical Psychologist, Aha! Parenting | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Barbara Coloroso Author & Consultant, Kids Are Worth It! Inc. | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Warren Berger Founder, A More Beautiful Question | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Amelia Boone | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sanjay Bakshi | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Adam Robinson Founder & CEO, Retention.com | 4 | 1.3 | 2/10 | 4 |
| Diana Chapman Co-founder, Conscious Leadership Group | 4 | 1.3 | 0.7/10 | 3 |
| Kaz Nejatian CEO, Opendoor | 4 | 2 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Joe Liemandt Principal, Alpha School | 4 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Connor Teskey CEO, Brookfield Asset Management | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Lulu Cheng Meservey Founder and CEO, Rostra | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Tracy Britt Cool Co-Founder, Kanbrick | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Charlie Hoehn Co-Founder and CEO, Author.Inc | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ken Stanley | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Logan Ury Director of Relationship Science, Hinge | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Rob Fraser Founder & CEO, Outway | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Rey Flemings Co-Founder and CEO, Myria | 3 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Christopher Davis Chairman & Portfolio Manager, Davis Advisors | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Paul Assaiante Athletics Ambassador, Trinity College | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jason Karp Founder and CEO, HumanCo | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Justin Su'a Founder & Leadership Performance Advisor, PAG | 3 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ali Almossawi Author and Independent Designer | 3 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Gio Valiante Performance Psychologist and High-Performance Coach | 3 | 0.3 | 0.5/10 | 4 |
| Dr. Julie Gurner Founder, Gurner Consulting | 3 | 0.3 | 1/10 | 3 |
| Ed Latimore Founder, Mind and Fist | 3 | 0.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Dr. Emily Balcetis Associate Professor of Psychology, New York University | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Randall Stutman Founder, Admired Leadership Institute | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| John Bragg Chairman and Co-CEO, Oxford Frozen Foods | 3 | 0.7 | 1.3/10 | 3 |
| Jennifer Garvey Berger Co-founder & CEO, Cultivating Leadership | 3 | 0.7 | 0.3/10 | 3 |
| Winston Weinberg Co-founder and CEO, Harvey | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Mario Harik Chairman & CEO, XPO, Inc. | 3 | 1 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Aaron Dignan Founder, The Ready | 3 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Nancy Sherman | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Gina Poe Professor and BRI Director, UCLA | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sarah Jones Simmer COO, National Women's Soccer League | 3 | 1 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Todd Simkin Associate Director, Susquehanna International Group | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Matthew Holland Founder & CEO, Field Effect | 3 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dan Kluger Chef & Owner, Loring Place | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sam Arbesman Venture Partner, Lux Capital | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Blake Eastman Founder, The Nonverbal Group | 3 | 1.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| David Heacock Founder and CEO, Filterbuy | 3 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| George Stalk Jr. Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group | 3 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Suzanne Iasenza Faculty Member, Ackerman Institute for the Family | 2 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Carolyn Coughlin Co-founder and US Director, Cultivating Leadership | 2 | 1 | 0.5/10 | 2 |
| Jeff Hunter Founder & CEO, Talentism | 2 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Adam Carr President and Portfolio Manager, Orbis Investments | 2 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Aaron Wade Founder, Homeroom | 2 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Code Cubitt Co-Founder & Managing Director, Mistral Venture Partners | 2 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Anthony Scilipoti President & CEO, Veritas Investment Research | 2 | 2.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Jim Murphy | 2 | 3 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Chris Cordell Portfolio Manager, Davis Advisors | 1 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Veronique Rivet | 1 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Aristotle Koskinas | 1 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Panayiota Kalogeropoulou | 1 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Suzanne Iacenza | 1 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jeff Annello Investment & Planning Analyst, SAGEbroadview | 1 | 2 | 1/10 | 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.