Reddit

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10 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 11, 2024 by John Coogan · said 142 times in 70 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by John Coogan (50), Jordi Hays (22), Alexis Ohanian (13), Nic Carter (2), Immad Akhund (2), Sean Frank (1), Scott Wu (1), Roy Lee (1)

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2025 85 mentions in 39 episodes 2 per episode
2024 20 mentions in 13 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Reddit, oldest first

Dec 11, 2024
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Thiel Said Straussian Takeaway of 'Zero to One' Is Avoiding Entrepreneurship
“Somebody asked him, what's the Straussian reading of Zero to One, and he said, don't become an entrepreneur.”
John Coogan Dec 11, 2024 ▶ 2:02:19 How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20)
Jan 16, 2025 positive
Insight
Coogan: X's Algorithm Connects Disparate Subcultures Better Than Reddit
“That's the beauty of X is that it's not designed like siloed reddits. So you don't need to like go and take your account over to watch Twitter or tech Twitter or media Twitter or UFC Twitter to engage with those people. You can just kind of like follow a few p…”
John Coogan Jan 16, 2025 ▶ 1:05:55 What's Happening at SONOS (Total Disaster)
Mar 11, 2025 neutral
Insight
Ohanian: Sports Team Business Models Are Very Similar to Reddit
“Turns out the business model of a sports team is actually very similar to Reddit”
Alexis Ohanian Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 20:27 Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
Mar 11, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ohanian: Reddit founders did not know about Digg when launching
“In our defense, and I have the email to prove it, we did not know about it when we started Reddit. It was about a month into the company we'd already launched that we'd finally learned about Dig.”
Alexis Ohanian Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 3:54 Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
Mar 11, 2025
Disclosure
Ohanian: Debated buying bankrupt Digg to redirect it to Reddit
“At when it was first on sale, I had debated buying it when the company went bankrupt and I told Kevin this later, I was like, I debated actually buying it and then just redirecting it to Reddit.”
Alexis Ohanian Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 1:59 Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
Oct 13, 2025
Disclosure
Ohanian: Reddit raised only $72,000 to launch
“72,000 dollars. That's all we raised.”
Alexis Ohanian Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 9:44 Alexis Ohanian on TikTok's Frozen Innovation, Gaming Reddit & Sports vs AI
Oct 13, 2025 neutral
Insight
Ohanian: Bot Networks Must Offer Superhuman Utility, Not Just Sycophancy
“It would have to be the utility of the bot, the why of the bot would have to be so great that no human could reasonably do it... It can't just be sick of fancy. Like, it has to be like, no, this actually adds some value that no human could reasonably do.”
Alexis Ohanian Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 22:11 Alexis Ohanian on TikTok's Frozen Innovation, Gaming Reddit & Sports vs AI
Feb 3, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Moltbook is a Reddit clone where only AI agents post
“Moldbook is essentially a clone of Reddit. There's subreddits, there's users, there's upvotes, but it's all agents. So you can browse it if you're a human, but if you're, but the only way to post really is to connect your AI agent”
John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 0:32 Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN
Feb 3, 2026 negative
Opinion
Coogan: Moltbook Fails to Deliver as a 'Reddit for AI'
“Moldbook doesn't really deliver on, like, Reddit for AI.”
John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 7:43 Moltbook and the Zombie Internet
Feb 3, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Moltbook is a Reddit clone where only AI agents post
“Moldbook is essentially a clone of Reddit. Ah, there's subreddits, there's users, there's upvotes and, but it's all agents. So you can browse it if you're a human. But if you're, but the only way to post really is, ah, to connect your AI agent, your, ah, Claud…”
John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 0:34 Moltbook and the Zombie Internet
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