Episodes
Three years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
27 episodes in 2023
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1h 8m #28: What We Got Right and Wrong in ’23 and Calls for ’24 · More or Less Podcast
In the 2023 year-end finale of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Britt Morin review pivotal tech events—from the collapsed Adobe-Figma merger to shi…
22 statements 8 featured 5 assessments 1 contradicted
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53m #27: Make Number Go Up, and The Problem with Nonprofits · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of More or Less, tech founders and journalists Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin unpack venture capital year-end trends, dissect the structural flaws of …
9 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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54m #26: Google Gemini, Meet Crypto-Cyber-Crystals · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, Jessica Lessin, and Dave Morin examine key developments in technology, including Google Gemini's multimodal debu…
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51m #25: TikTok, Porn and The Immediate Risks of AI · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, Brit Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin scrutinize the tangible, immediate dangers of artificial intelligence—including algorithmic weaponization …
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37m Bonus: A Conversation with Erin and Sara Foster on Everything Founders are Afraid to Say · More or Less Podcast
Recorded live at The Information's WTF Summit, sisters Erin and Sara Foster join host Jessica Lessin to discuss how they leveraged self-awareness, radical authenticity, and strategic partner…
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1h 6m #24: Sam Altman - Religious Cult Leader or CEO? · More or Less Podcast
In this emergency Thanksgiving episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Britt Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin analyze the boardroom coup, governance collapse, and ideo…
20 statements 8 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 2m #23: Why (and How) SMBs and Creators Will Win With AI, the New Financing Contracts, and More · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Dave Morin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Jessica Lessin explore how artificial intelligence and alternative financing models empower smal…
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54m #22: Your GPT Will Make More Money Than Your Substack? Please Tell Us More… · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, Dave Morin, Sam Lessin, Jessica Lessin, and Brit Morin evaluate OpenAI's Developer Day, exploring the commercial viability of custom GPTs and pla…
21 statements 9 featured 1 assessments 1 contradicted
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57m #21: AI Regulation, War and the Future of the American Tech Stack · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Dave Morin, Brit Morin, Jessica Lessin, and Sam Lessin analyze President Biden's AI Executive Order, examining its implications for nationa…
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45m #20: The New Founder Mindset: The End of the Product-Focused CEO · More or Less Podcast
The hosts of 'More or Less' debate the shifting expectations for tech founders, arguing that the end of the zero-interest-rate era has made product-only CEOs obsolete in favor of commercial …
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56m #19: Answering for Misinformation: The New York Times Needs to be Held To Account · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, the co-hosts critically examine mainstream media accountability and platform moderation during wartime, evaluate diplomatic tensions and emerging…
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40m #18: Why This Week Changed Social Media Forever · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the 'More or Less' podcast, tech entrepreneurs and commentators Brit Morin, Dave Morin, Jessica Lessin, and Sam Lessin analyze how the Israel-Hamas war exposed the collaps…
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49m #17: How to Save Your Startup, Twitter/X, Threads (and Swift’s Stunt Romance) · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of More or Less, the co-hosts deliver actionable survival playbooks for startups navigating the venture downturn, analyze the ongoing platform rivalry between X and Meta's Th…
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46m #16: Why Your AI Startup is Probably Already Dead · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin join Adobe executive Scott Belsky to analyze why generative AI overwhelmingly advant…
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48m #15: Instacart’s Fake IPO and Why Hiring in Tech Is So Broken · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of More or Less, the co-hosts critique unoriginal Big Tech executive hiring, examine the enduring dominance of Silicon Valley over tax-haven hubs, and unpack Instacart's humb…
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53m #14: The Apple Episode (Carbon Neutralish) · More or Less Podcast
Co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin dissect Apple's Wonderlust keynote, debating whether the company's carbon-neutral initiatives represent authentic sustainabili…
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51m #12: Inside the VC brain · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of More or Less, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin analyze Jessica's diplomatic reporting trip to China regarding semiconductor export controls,…
20 statements 8 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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52m #11: Why hybrid work doesn’t work, long live the phone call · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin debate the operational failures of hybrid work models, examine the benefits of spont…
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52m #10: You should kill your startup, What replaces globalization · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Dave Morin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin explore the painful venture capital correction forcing startups to liquidate, the ge…
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53m #9: How to save ESPN. Barstool’s Bad (Good?) Example · More or Less Podcast
The More or Less podcast co-hosts analyze the collapse of legacy sports broadcasting, examining Penn Entertainment's Barstool buyback and ESPN BET partnership alongside survival strategies f…
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56m #8: Where's the Barbie business pop? Why brands beat marketplaces · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less Podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin evaluate the economics of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, analyze Mattel's IP and marketin…
28 statements 7 featured 10 assessments 3 contradicted
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50m #7: Elon's X game and RIP seed investing · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, and Dave Morin dissect Elon Musk's controversial rebranding of Twitter to X, analyze the generative AI pressure…
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49m #5: Twitter Won't Die! Long Live Threads! · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of More or Less, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Britt Morin dissect the launch of Meta's Threads against Twitter's ongoing crises, evaluate declining consu…
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45m #4: MMA, M&A and Misfits; Silicon Valley's weird cultural moment · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Britt Morin debate major tech M&A, founder mental health and drug culture, and the proposed Mus…
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49m #3: Mr. Beast's burger bust and will M&A ever return? · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of the More or Less Podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin examine the cooling tech M&A landscape driven by regulatory antitrust scrutiny and e…
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47m #2: Reddit and the death of the public internet; the end of the VC "epoch" · More or Less Podcast
In this episode of More or Less, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin evaluate the fallout from Reddit's API revolt, the structural demise of the open web, and the hi…
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40m #1: Apple's head scratchy VR rollout; VR vs. AI in the interface wars; crypto's 'nothing burger'? · More or Less Podcast
In the debut episode of 'More or Less,' tech veterans Jessica Lessin, Dave Morin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin debate major shifts across the tech landscape, contrasting Apple's Vision Pro rol…
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