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The podcasters who made us think differently in 2026, as nominated by their peers
13Patrick O’Shaughnessy
Founder & CEO, Positive Sum and Colossus · Host, Invest Like the Best
10Molly O’Shea
Founder and Host, Sourcery
9David Rosenthal
Acquired Co-host; Investor at Kindergarten Ventures
9David Senra
Host of Founders; angel investor
9Casey Newton
Technology journalist; founder and editor of Platformer; co-host of Machine Gods
9Tyler Cowen
Chairman and Faculty Director at Mercatus Center at George Mason University
9David Friedberg
CEO and Partner at The Production Board; CEO of Ohalo
9John Collison
Co-founder and president of Stripe
8Chamath Palihapitiya
Founder of Social Capital; Cofounder and CEO of 8090
8Ti Morse
Host and creator of Relentless, an interview series focused on founders and builders.
8Dan Senor
Author, podcast host, and investment-management partner
8Lenny Rachitsky
Author of Lenny’s Newsletter, host of Lenny’s Podcast, and angel investor; previously product at Airbnb
7Jackson Dahl
Host of Dialectic; former investment partner at Paradigm
7Harry Stebbings
20VC founder and host
6Joe Weisenthal
Co-host of Bloomberg’s Odd Lots
6Jay Kapoor
General Partner at VSC Ventures, backing physical AI; founder of Dirty Jobs
6Jack Altman
General Partner at Benchmark; Lattice Cofounder and Executive Chairman
6Dwarkesh Patel
Host of the Dwarkesh Podcast; angel investor
5Ashlee Vance
Founder of Core Memory, technology journalist, author, and filmmaker
5Elad Gil
Technology investor and leader of Gil & Co
5Turner Novak
Founder of Banana Capital · Host of The Peel
5Theo Jaffee
Co-founder and host at MTS
swyx
AI engineering writer and community builder at Latent Space, AI Engineer, and Cognition
5John Coogan
Co-founder and host at TBPN
4Ben Gilbert
Venture Partner at Pioneer Square Labs and co-founder of Acquired
4Guy Raz
Creator and host of How I Built This
3Kevin Roose
Co-host of Machine Gods; author of The AGI Chronicles
3Lex Fridman
MIT research scientist and host of the Lex Fridman Podcast
3Tim Ferriss
Angel Investor, Author and Host of The Tim Ferriss Show
3David Sacks
Cofounder and Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST Co-chair
3Sarah Guo
Founder of Conviction | AI investor | Co-host of No Priors
3Sabrina Halper
Host, Sabrina Halper Show · Ecosystem & Operations at Elad Gil
3Nathan Labenz
AI Scout and Host, The Cognitive Revolution
3Steven Bartlett
Founder & CEO of Steven.com, founder of FlightStory, investor, and host of The Diary Of A CEO.
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2@jason
Founder and CEO at LAUNCH; co-host of This Week in Startups and All-In
2David Senra
Creator of Founders and David Senra
1Tracy Alloway
Executive editor at Bloomberg Markets and co-host of Odd Lots
1Ben Thompson
Author and founder of Stratechery, covering the strategy and business of technology and media.
1Sophia Dew
Host at MTS
1Chris Balestras
Co-founder and Head of Talent, Media, & Brand at Crew
1Rory O'Driscoll
Partner at Scale Venture Partners
1Allie Howe
1Jay Rughani
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
1Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.
Neuroscientist at Stanford and host of Huberman Lab
