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 →
-0.16pushback per +1 prominence
2.0/10host pushback, prominence 8–10
2.2/10host pushback, prominence 1–4
141guests 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elon Musk CEO, Tesla and SpaceX | 10 | 2.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary Vee) | 9 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ben Horowitz Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 8 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Tony Robbins Chairman, Robbins Research International | 8 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Mark Manson Owner, Infinity Squared Media | 8 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Palmer Luckey Founder, Anduril Industries | 8 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ramit Sethi Founder and CEO, I Will Teach You To Be Rich | 8 | 2 | 3.5/10 | 2 |
| Rob Dyrdek Founder and CEO, Dyrdek Machine | 8 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dr. Andrew Huberman | 8 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Hasan Minhaj Co-Founder & CEO, 186K Films | 8 | 3 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Michael Saylor Executive Chairman, Strategy Inc. | 8 | 3 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Scott Galloway Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern | 8 | 3.5 | 2.5/10 | 2 |
| Alex Hormozi Founder & Managing Partner, Acquisition.com | 8 | 3.5 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Daniel Negreanu Global Ambassador, GGPoker | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Mike Posner Musician, Songwriter, and Adventurer, Monster Mountain | 7 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Chris Voss CEO and Founder, The Black Swan Group | 7 | 1 | 3/10 | 1 |
| John B. Allen (MrBallen) Founder & Host, Ballen Studios | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jack Carr Author & Host, Danger Close Podcast | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Joe Lonsdale Founder & Managing Partner, 8VC | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Laird Hamilton Co-Founder, Laird Superfood | 7 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Bryan Johnson Founder, Project Blueprint | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Marc Lore Founder, Chairman & CEO, Wonder Group | 7 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jason Fried Co-founder and CEO, 37signals | 7 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Ryan Smith Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Qualtrics | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ryan Petersen Founder & CEO, Flexport | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Calley Means Co-founder, Truemed | 7 | 2 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Cody Ko Content Creator & YouTuber | 7 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Doug DeMuro Co-founder, Cars & Bids | 7 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Martin Shkreli Co-founder, DL Software | 7 | 2 | 5/10 | 1 |
| Kevin Rose Venture Partner, True Ventures | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Kaitlyn Siragusa (Amouranth / Kate) Content Creator & Entrepreneur | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ariel Helwani Host, The Ariel Helwani Show | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Balaji Srinivasan Founder, The Network School | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ryan Holiday Founder & Host, The Daily Stoic | 7 | 3 | 2.5/10 | 2 |
| David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) | 7 | 3 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Scott Harrison Founder & CEO, charity: water | 6 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Jess Lee CEO and Co-Founder, Polyvore | 6 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Will Guidara Founder, Thank You | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Nick Bilton Executive Producer, 60 Minutes | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Sabri Suby Founder and Head of Growth, King Kong | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jesse Itzler Founder, The 100 Mile Group | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Kevin Ryan Founder and CEO, AlleyCorp | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Will Ahmed Founder & CEO, WHOOP | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Saagar Enjeti Co-host and Co-founder, Breaking Points | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Brian Halligan Co-Founder & Executive Chairperson, HubSpot | 6 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Mike Maples Founding Partner, Floodgate | 6 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Brett Adcock Founder & CEO, Figure AI | 6 | 1.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Codie Sanchez Founder & CEO, Contrarian Thinking | 6 | 1.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Eric Glyman Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Ramp | 6 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Leila Hormozi Co-Founder, Gym Launch | 6 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Elad Gil Founder, Gil Capital | 6 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Connor Price Musician & Content Creator | 6 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Samir Chaudry Co-Host & Co-Founder, Colin and Samir | 6 | 2 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Dharmesh Shah Co-Founder and CTO, HubSpot | 6 | 2 | 1/10 | 3 |
| Howie Liu Co-Founder & CEO, Airtable | 6 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jason Lemkin Founder & CEO, SaaStr | 6 | 3 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Sarah Guo Founder & General Partner, Conviction | 6 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Anthony Pompliano Founder & CEO, Professional Capital Management | 6 | 3 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Colin Rosenblum Co-Host, The Colin and Samir Show | 6 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Noah Kagan Founder & CEO, AppSumo | 6 | 3.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| David Senra Host, Founders Podcast | 6 | 4 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jon McNeill Former Executive, Tesla-related Operations & Sales Leader, Tesla | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Dan Porter Co-Founder and CEO, Overtime | 5 | 0 | 1/10 | 1 |
| David Perell Founder, Write of Passage | 5 | 0 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jenny Hoyos Content Creator & Video Strategist | 5 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Jason Cohen Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, WP Engine | 5 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Michael "Harry-O" Harris COO, Death Row Records | 5 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| John Coogan Co-Host, TBPN | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Logan Ury Director of Relationship Science, Hinge | 5 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| James Currier General Partner & Co-Founder, NFX | 5 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Christina Cacioppo CEO and Co-founder, Vanta | 5 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Sasha Issenberg Managing Editor, Enterprise, POLITICO | 5 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Kevin Espiritu Founder, Epic Gardening | 5 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Amy Porterfield Founder & CEO, Amy Porterfield LLC | 5 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Andrew Gazdecki Founder & CEO, Acquire.com | 5 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jack Butcher Founder, Visualize Value | 5 | 2 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Brienne Kimmel | 5 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Andrew Wilkinson Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tiny | 5 | 2.4 | 1.7/10 | 14 |
| Wade Foster Co-founder & CEO, Zapier | 5 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Graham Weaver Founder & CEO, Alpine Investors | 5 | 3 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sheel Mohnot Co-Founder & General Partner, Better Tomorrow Ventures | 5 | 3 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Alex Lieberman Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Morning Brew | 5 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Anand Sanwal Executive Chair & Co-Founder, CB Insights | 5 | 3 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Rob Walling General Partner & Co-founder, TinySeed | 5 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jack Abraham Founder, Managing Partner & CEO, Atomic | 5 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Greg Isenberg CEO & Co-founder, Late Checkout | 5 | 3.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Nader Al-Naji Founder and Leader, Decentralized Social | 5 | 5 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jeff Bonforte Managing Partner, Catapult Capital | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Rick Marini Co-Founder, President & COO, Rails | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Matt Mazzeo Investor & Technologist | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| George Mack Founder and Writer, High Agency | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 2 |
| Jess Mah Founder & Managing Partner, Mahway | 4 | 1 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Anne Mahlum Founder, [solidcore] | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Michael Sonnenfeldt Founder & Chairman, TIGER 21 | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Max Litvin Co-Founder, Grammarly | 4 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Julian Shapiro Startup Growth Expert | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dan Held General Partner, Asymmetric | 4 | 1 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Nick Gray Author & Founder, Party.pro | 4 | 1.3 | 1.3/10 | 3 |
| Austin Rief Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Morning Brew | 4 | 2 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Furqan Rydhan Founder & CEO, Founders, Inc. | 4 | 2 | 1.5/10 | 2 |
| Jesse Pujji Founder and CEO, Gateway X | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Kevin Van Trump Founder & CEO, Farm Direction | 4 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Craig Fuller Founder & CEO, FreightWaves | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jeremy Giffon Founder & Investor, Octave | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Audie Attar Founder & CEO, Paradigm Sports | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Justin Mares Founder & CEO, Truemed | 4 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Steph Smith Creator, Internet Pipes | 4 | 2.7 | 1.3/10 | 6 |
| Joe Liemandt Principal, Alpha School | 4 | 3 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Pat Walls Founder, Starter Story | 4 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Ankur Nagpal Founder & CEO, Carry | 4 | 3 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Patrick Campbell Founder & CEO, ProfitWell | 4 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Jason Yanowitz Co-Founder, Blockworks | 4 | 3 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Dave Selinger Founder and CEO, Deep Sentinel | 4 | 3 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Nikhil Arora Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Back to the Roots | 3 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Alejandro "Alex" Velez Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Back to the Roots | 3 | 0 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Jordi Hays Co-founder & Co-host, TBPN | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Thomas Braziel Distressed Investor | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ramon Van Meer | 3 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Will O'Brien Co-Founder and President, Ulysses | 3 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Preston Holland | 3 | 2 | 0/10 | 1 |
| Suleman "Suli" Ali | 3 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Mike Wittmeyer Board Director, A-Mark Precious Metals | 3 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Val Katayev Founder & CEO, Jocalio | 3 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Ben Wilson Host & Creator, How to Take Over the World | 3 | 2.1 | 1.3/10 | 13 |
| Isaac French Founder and Principal, Experiential Hospitality | 3 | 3 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jack Smith Syndicate Lead, The Tribe | 3 | 4 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Elaine Zelby Co-Founder and CRO, Tofu | 3 | 5 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Nick Allen | 2 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Brianna Price | 2 | 2 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Chris Koerner Host, The Koerner Office | 2 | 2.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Anand Sinha Co-Founder & CTO, Internet Activism | 2 | 5 | 2/10 | 1 |
| Bobby Housel Co-Founder, Founder's Cupid | 2 | 5.5 | 2/10 | 2 |
| Mark O'Brien Founder, Build Me A Brownstone | 1 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Isaac Katayev Founder, Cookieduck Games | 1 | 1 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Sarah Moore Owner and President, King Sales Group | 1 | 2 | 3/10 | 1 |
| Ishan Haque CEO & Co-founder, Origami | 1 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Kendall Saville Co-Founder, Bitfo | 1 | 2 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Lincoln Snyder Founder and Owner, Sunshine Exteriors | 1 | 3 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Justin Frober Co-Founder and CEO, Elite Travel Hackers | 1 | 5 | 1/10 | 1 |
| Jonah / Austin Majors | 1 | 7 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Shrekar Lakkaraju Co-founder and CEO, MetaFrazo | 1 | 7 | 4/10 | 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.