People
Everyone on the record. Click any column header to sort the whole table, hover a header for what the column means, and click through for the full record. Corpus average certainty is 3.8/5; deltas show each person against it. Argument clarity carries a full score for 6 people (gold bar, raw unedited tape) and a coarse estimate for 27 more (blue bar). Roles and titles are extracted from the episodes themselves: they are as of the recording, and people move on, so some are out of date today.
| Person | Eps | Statements | Claims | Supported | Partly supported | Contradicted | Full support rate | Certainty | Argument clarity | WPM | Fillers/1k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Coogan ×223 host Co-Host, TBPN | 223 | 1,494 | 992 | 614 | 75 | 44 | 84% 614/733 | 3.79/5 -0.0 | 3.9 | ||
| Jordi Hays ×211 host Co-founder & Co-host, TBPN | 211 | 1,055 | 589 | 316 | 47 | 39 | 79% 316/402 | 3.67/5 -0.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Delian Asparouhov ×9 Partner, Founders Fund | 9 | 69 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 46% 12/26 | 3.77/5 -0.0 | 3.9 | ||
 Ryan Cohen ×3 Chairman and CEO, GameStop | 3 | 58 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 91% 10/11 | 3.93/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Sam Lessin ×4 Founding Partner, Slow Ventures | 4 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.88/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Andrew Huberman ×3 Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine | 3 | 49 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 55% 11/20 | 3.8/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Travis Kalanick ×2 CEO, Atoms | 2 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57% 4/7 | 4.08/5 +0.3 | — | ||
 Sam Altman ×2 CEO, OpenAI | 2 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.4/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Augustus Doricko ×5 Founder & CEO, Rainmaker | 5 | 45 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 47% 9/19 | 3.84/5 +0.0 | 4.3 | ||
 Marc Andreessen ×3 Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 3 | 44 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% 6/6 | 3.51/5 -0.3 | 4.0 | ||
 Mark Cuban ×3 Co-founder, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company | 3 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Brian Chesky ×2 Co-founder and CEO, Airbnb | 2 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90% 9/10 | 3.55/5 -0.3 | — | ||
 Martin Shkreli ×3 Co-founder, DL Software | 3 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 67% 4/6 | 3.62/5 -0.2 | ≈3.5 | ||
 Alex Karp ×4 Co-founder & CEO, Palantir Technologies | 4 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.95/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Palmer Luckey ×2 Founder, Anduril Industries | 2 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.98/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Aravind Srinivas ×2 Co-founder & CEO, Perplexity AI | 2 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% 2/4 | 3.65/5 -0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
| David Senra ×4 Host, Founders Podcast | 4 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 79% 15/19 | 3.89/5 +0.1 | ≈3.5 | ||
| Shaun Maguire ×3 Partner, Sequoia Capital | 3 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% 3/4 | 3.8/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Tyler Cosgrove ×19 Head of Engineering & Cohost, TBPN | 19 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 88% 15/17 | 3.62/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Chris Dixon ×3 Founder & Managing Partner, a16z crypto | 3 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 78% 7/9 | 3.58/5 -0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Tae Kim ×2 Founder and Author, Key Context | 2 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 80% 8/10 | 3.61/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Logan Bartlett ×2 Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures | 2 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.4/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Mark Gurman Chief Correspondent, Bloomberg News | 1 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71% 5/7 | 3.78/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Ben Thompson ×3 Founder & Author, Stratechery | 3 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.66/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Dwarkesh Patel ×2 Host, Dwarkesh Podcast | 2 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.24/5 -0.6 | — | ||
 Jimmy Iovine Co-founder, Beats Electronics | 1 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.72/5 -0.1 | — | ||
 Garry Tan ×5 President & CEO, Y Combinator | 5 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60% 3/5 | 3.63/5 -0.2 | — | ||
 Matthew Prince ×2 Co-Founder & CEO, Cloudflare | 2 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% 3/6 | 3.86/5 +0.1 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Roger Lynch CEO, Condé Nast | 1 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71% 5/7 | 4.04/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Alexis Ohanian ×2 Founder & General Partner, Seven Seven Six | 2 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.81/5 +0.0 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Scott Wu ×4 Co-founder & CEO, Cognition | 4 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.52/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Jeremy Giffon Founder & Investor, Octave | 1 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% 2/3 | 3.62/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Dylan Patel Founder & Chief Analyst, SemiAnalysis | 1 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% 4/6 | 3.92/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Shyam Sankar CTO & EVP, Palantir Technologies | 1 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% 5/6 | 3.8/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Jordan Schneider ×2 Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ChinaTalk | 2 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 63% 5/8 | 3.67/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Brian Armstrong ×2 Co-Founder & CEO, Coinbase | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.65/5 -0.2 | 4.3 | ||
 Casey Neistat ×2 Filmmaker and YouTube Creator | 2 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.65/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Guillermo Rauch Founder & CEO, Vercel | 1 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% 3/4 | 3.87/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Brad Gerstner Founder & CEO, Altimeter Capital | 1 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% 3/5 | 3.86/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Gavin Baker Managing Partner & CIO, Atreides Management | 1 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% 3/4 | 3.37/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Alex Hormozi Founder & Managing Partner, Acquisition.com | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 4.1/5 +0.3 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Immad Akhund Co-founder & CEO, Mercury | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.76/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Saman Farid Founder & CEO, Formic | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 78% 7/9 | 3.9/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Thomas Laffont Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director, Coatue Management | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.76/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Bryan Johnson ×2 Founder, Project Blueprint | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.7/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Calley Means Co-founder, Truemed | 1 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25% 4/16 | 3.95/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Casey Handmer Founder and CEO, Terraform Industries | 1 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% 4/6 | 3.65/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Gabe Whaley ×2 Founder and CEO, MSCHF | 2 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Satya Nadella Chairman and CEO, Microsoft | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% 1/3 | 3.58/5 -0.2 | — | ||
 Tyler Cowen Professor of Economics, George Mason University | 1 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.7/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Logan Kilpatrick Product Lead, Google DeepMind | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.68/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Amjad Masad Co-founder & CEO, Replit | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.67/5 -0.1 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Jake Paul Co-Founder, Anti Fund | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Peter Steinberger Agent Lead, OpenAI | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.89/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Ted Feldmann Founder & CEO, Durin | 1 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% 5/5 | 3.89/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Andrew Ross Sorkin ×2 Co-Anchor, CNBC | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80% 8/10 | 3.76/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Bill Bishop Publisher and Author, Sinocism | 1 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 91% 10/11 | 3.47/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Chris Power Founder & CEO, Hadrian | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3.88/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Doug DeMuro Co-founder, Cars & Bids | 1 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86% 6/7 | 3.76/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Dr. Drew Pinsky ×2 Host and Producer, Dr. Drew Productions | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33% 2/6 | 4.12/5 +0.3 | — | ||
| Jake Adler Founder & CEO, Pilgrim | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% 7/7 | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Jeff Yan Founder & CEO, Hyperliquid | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 3.88/5 +0.1 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Jensen Huang Founder and CEO, NVIDIA | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4.5/5 +0.7 | — | ||
 Keith Rabois Managing Director, Khosla Ventures | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.47/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Packy McCormick ×2 Founder & Writer, Not Boring | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.53/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Russell D'Sa ×2 CEO & Co-Founder, LiveKit | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 89% 8/9 | 3.76/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Car Dealership Guy | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% 6/6 | 3.94/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Chad Janis Founder & CEO, Grüns | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% 1/2 | 3.62/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Doug O'Laughlin President, SemiAnalysis | 1 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.44/5 -0.4 | — | ||
| Grant LaFontaine Co-Founder & CEO, Whatnot | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Karol Hausman Co-founder & CEO, Physical Intelligence | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.69/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Kevin Espiritu Founder, Epic Gardening | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% 1/3 | 3.94/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Ryan Hudson Founder & CEO, ZeroClick | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.88/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Samuel Hammond | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50% 3/6 | 3.88/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Trae Stephens Partner, Founders Fund | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.56/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Chad Byers Co-Founder and General Partner, Susa Ventures | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.93/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Eric Glyman ×3 Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Ramp | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.8/5 -0.0 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Jeff Huber Co-founder & CEO, Chroma | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.47/5 -0.3 | — | ||
| Justin Mares Founder & CEO, Truemed | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17% 1/6 | 3.73/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Matt Schlicht Creator, Moltbook | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% 1/3 | 3.73/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Nic Carter General Partner, Castle Island Ventures | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3.87/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Robin Langtry Co-Founder and CEO, Avalanche Energy | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86% 6/7 | 3.67/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Will Brown Research Lead, Prime Intellect | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.6/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Alap Shah | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67% 2/3 | 3.29/5 -0.5 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Alex Epstein Founder, Center for Industrial Progress | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75% 6/8 | 4.07/5 +0.3 | — | ||
| Andrew Reed ×2 Partner, Sequoia Capital | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% 2/3 | 3.71/5 -0.1 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Anjney Midha Founder & CEO, AMP | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Bridgit Mendler CEO & Co-Founder, Northwood Space | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Erik Palitsch Co-Founder & CEO, Freeform | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3.93/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Greg Brockman President & Co-founder, OpenAI | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.86/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Marc Benioff Chair, CEO & Co-Founder, Salesforce | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 57% 4/7 | 3.86/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Mike Knoop Co-Founder & CEO, Ndea | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 3.57/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Nichole Wischoff ×2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.57/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Roy Lee ×3 Co-founder & CEO, Cluely | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Aidan McLaughlin | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.62/5 -0.2 | — | ||
| Andy Dunn Founder & CEO, Pie | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% 1/3 | 3.92/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Connor Love General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Edward Mehr | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80% 4/5 | 3.69/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Eric Ries Founder & CEO, Long-Term Stock Exchange | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% 4/4 | 3.77/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Everett Randle ×2 General Partner, Benchmark | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.77/5 -0.0 | ≈4.0 |
Why this person has no speaking number
We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself: a model transcribes the tape verbatim, every "um" and "uh" kept, and articulation rate comes from the word timings. A fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured, and we have less of them than that. A rate from a smaller sample would be noise, so we print nothing. It says nothing about how they speak.
A plain figure in these columns comes from raw-level tape. A dim figure with ≈ or ≥ comes from the aired feed of an edited show, where the editor cut some hesitation before release, so it is a floor. How it's measured →
eps counts appearances on the record; compilation re-airs and clips rolled into someone else's episode are left out, the same rule as the person page. statements counts everything they said on the record, the same number their page shows, compilation re-airs included. claims is the checkable subset: predictions and assertions, the statements the public record can support or contradict. Only claims can resolve to supported, partly supported or contradicted; claims not yet resolved are not yet assessed or name nothing precise enough to check, and re-air statements are never scored. full support rate = fully supported ÷ resolved, where resolved = supported + partly supported + contradicted, so partly supported claims sit in the denominator. Sorting that column puts records of five or more resolved claims first, so a 12/13 record outranks a lucky 3/3; percentages on fewer than 5 resolved statements are greyed. argument clarity = a 1–5 score against a rubric (directness, coherence, precision, compression), assessed with names hidden on question→answer exchanges. A gold bar is a full score: 8 or more exchanges on raw, unedited tape. A blue bar with ≈ is a coarse estimate at half point precision, pooled from whatever assessed exchanges exist when a full score is impossible; produced feed audio scores about 0.3 higher, which is why estimates stay coarse. A “—” never means zero. It means fewer than 3 scorable exchanges of that person exist anywhere (roundtables and news formats yield very few). Hover any bar or “—” for the exact basis. Argument clarity is a score, and we do not rank people on it: nobody is “worst”, and everyone scored has a number. WPM and fillers/1k are measurements of speaking style, made by listening to the audio itself rather than reading the cleaned transcript. They are not scores: across this corpus fluency and argument quality are nearly uncorrelated (ρ≈0.2). WPM is articulation rate while actually speaking, pauses excluded. A plain figure comes from raw-level tape. A dim ≈ or ≥ figure comes from the aired feed of an edited show, where some hesitation was cut before release, so the fillers figure there is a floor. A ? means under 2,000 words of measured tape.