Episodes

In this 2024 retrospective special, the hosts of the More or Less podcast review the year's defining artificial intelligence breakthroughs, governance upheavals, and macroeconomic debates al…

In this year-end episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin evaluate the defining technology milestones of 2024—debating whether Goo…

In this episode of More or Less, co-hosts Brit Morin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Jessica Lessin debate the economic realities of OpenAI's Sora, autonomous AI agents, and digital trade polic…

Box CEO Aaron Levie joins the More or Less podcast to debate the economic consequences of near-perfect AI, Big Tech antitrust enforcement, and the political and deregulatory shifts emerging …

In this holiday episode of More or Less, hosts Jessica Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin unpack the cultural scapegoating and political rise of the 'tech bro,' while guest filmmaker Matt Va…

In this episode of More or Less, hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin sit down with Forward founder Adrian Aoun for an in-depth post-mortem on winding down his $400 million healt…

In Episode 73 of the More or Less podcast, hosts Brit Morin, Dave Morin, Jessica Lessin, and Sam Lessin analyze the technological, political, and financial fallout of Donald Trump's election…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin analyze Donald Trump's influencer-driven campaign victory alongside Vercel CEO Guill…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Dave Morin, Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, and Brit Morin analyze Big Tech quarterly earnings, the rapid rise of AI-assisted software engineer…

In this episode of More or Less, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin dissect Silicon Valley's shifting landscape, analyzing Apple's hardware and AI roadmaps, vent…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin critically debate the technology, hype, and economics behind Elon Musk's latest Tesl…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin evaluate potential Department of Justice antitrust breakups of Google, critique deceptive use…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Dave Morin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Jessica Lessin break down OpenAI's record-breaking funding round, evaluate Apple's on-device AI …

In this episode of More or Less, hosts Brit Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin welcome University of Michigan endowment allocator Dan Feder to discuss Meta's latest hardware lineup, instituti…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, Jessica Lessin, and Dave Morin debate youth screen time accountability across Apple and Meta, analyze YouTube's …

In this episode of More or Less, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin contrast Mark Zuckerberg's open-ecosystem vision with Apple's latest hardware and health tech…

In this episode of More or Less, the co-hosts debate Paul Graham's viral 'founder mode' concept, dissecting how hands-on founder leadership compares to professional management through case s…

The hosts of More or Less debate the cultural dilution of Burning Man before analyzing the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, Mark Zuckerberg's congressional letter, and the future of d…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin analyze the macroeconomic reset sweeping the venture capital industry, debating l…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin debate Big Tech workplace complacency and executive tenure before exploring why Gen …

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, Sam Lessin, and Dave Morin analyze the landmark federal antitrust ruling against Google, the shifting economics…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Britt Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin dissect the social rituals of East Coast elites, examine the diverging monetizat…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin critically examine Mark Zuckerberg's open-source AI manifesto, the systemic vulne…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Dave Morin, Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin dissect Silicon Valley's growing political influence and venture endorsements for…

In this episode of the 'More or Less' podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin preview Silicon Valley summer habits, dissecting the secretive Sun Valley confe…

Celebrating their one-year anniversary, the co-hosts of More or Less conduct an honest retrospective on their past tech debates, contrasting industry hype with economic realities across AI, …

Investor and operator Elad Gil joins the More or Less podcast to debate the economic viability of the artificial intelligence boom, evaluating where enterprise value accrues across models, a…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin interview veteran venture capitalist Vinod Khosla to discuss OpenAI's surging revenu…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, the co-hosts celebrate Brit Morin's upcoming Life360 U.S. public listing before delivering an in-depth masterclass on modern media entrepreneursh…

Hosts Britt Morin, Sam Lessin, and Dave Morin dissect the comedic blunders and architectural limits of generative AI, explore radical viral marketing stunts, and share personal workarounds f…

Hosts Dave Morin, Sam Lessin, and Jessica Lessin debate the escalating hype, capital misallocation, and ethical erosion across Silicon Valley, scrutinizing Humane's hardware struggles, OpenA…

In this episode of More or Less, the co-hosts dissect the escalating AI platform wars between Google and OpenAI, the impact of AI search summaries on digital media, and the necessity of buil…

In this episode of More or Less, tech founders and investors Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Britt Morin, and Dave Morin analyze why Silicon Valley has abandoned culture war activism to refocus …

In this episode of More or Less, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin analyze landmark tech developments, including the TikTok divestment legislation, the FTC non-com…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Dave Morin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin analyze major shifts across the tech landscape, debating California's changing te…

In this episode of the 'More or Less' podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Dave Morin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin critically analyze the legal and ethical fallout of generative AI data scraping…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin explore how artificial intelligence and evolving platform distribution are disrup…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Dave Morin analyze tech initial public offerings, the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple, and the cultural…

In this episode of the "More or Less" podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin analyze major industry shifts including Apple and Google's potential AI partnership, Microsoft…

Guest co-host Julia Hartz of Eventbrite joins Sam Lessin, Jessica Lessin, and Dave Morin on More or Less to dissect the U.S. House's bipartisan TikTok ban bill, analyze the adolescent mental…

In this episode of More or Less, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin debate the legislative push to ban or divest TikTok, dissect Elon Musk's lawsuit against Open…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin analyze key developments across tech, including Reddit and Klarna's pre-IPO challeng…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, hosts Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin analyze major tech and cultural developments, including hands-on evaluations of the …

In this episode of More or Less, hosts Jessica Lessin, Britt Morin, and Dave Morin are joined by Founders Fund partner Brian Singerman to conduct an in-depth hands-on review of Apple's Visio…

Recorded live at Lessin Fest in Jackson Hole, the More or Less hosts and guests Casey Neistat and Ricky Van Veen unpack major tech headlines, antitrust crackdowns, and the shifting dynamics …

In this episode of More or Less, tech investors and media founders Dave Morin, Britt Morin, Jessica Lessin, and Sam Lessin debate the fintech valuation reset, analyze Netflix's subscriber re…

In this episode of More or Less, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin debate Apple's controversial App Store policies, evaluate emerging AI hardware like the Rabbi…

In this episode of the More or Less podcast, co-hosts Jessica Lessin, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin, and Britt Morin examine the realities of tech austerity in 2024, analyzing industry layoffs, the…