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How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz interviews Dr. Squatch founder Jack Haldrup about turning a personal product discovery into a consumer brand. The story follows his consulting career, a small launch alongside paid work, family-run fulfillment, subscription-box sampling, a trademark-driven rebrand, the shift from search ads to Facebook, a difficult partner buyout and a cash squeeze. A humorous paid video becomes an acquisition engine, followed by outside investment, rapid hiring, product expansion, a majority sale, CEO succession and the move into retail. The close weighs execution against timing and luck. Main theme: entrepreneurship, branding, customer acquisition, cash management and founder succession. His psoriasis and personal product experience are origin-story context, not evidence that soap treats a condition. The speakers' claims about natural products, processing and skin benefits are not independently verified health conclusions; the raw-milk analogy is not nutrition advice or a recommendation to drink unpasteurized milk. No soap-making recipe or chemical-handling procedure is provided here. The host's million-times comparison between launch spending and a reported acquisition value is not an investor return or the founder's personal proceeds. Revenue, margins, customer acquisition costs, valuations, ownership, deal terms, video views and retailer mix are attributed historical recollections, not audited or current performance. In the 2019 sales discussion, the guest gives roughly $20-23 million and the host later says $25 million; no exact reconciliation is invented. Trademark and buyout stories are one participant's account, not legal findings or reusable contract advice. Facebook-era ad economics and the pandemic's commercial tailwinds do not predict today's results. Stress, exhaustion and family priorities are personal experiences, not diagnoses or a claim that overwork is necessary. FULL COVERAGE: entire downloaded publisher RSS audio, 77 sequential chunks; sparse chunk58 checked in two halves. Actual audio76:58 versus RSS80:13. This is the publisher-audio edition only, not a claim of YouTube-cut or timestamp equivalence. Ads/promotions heard: NPR's Machine Gods and Phoebe Judge's Criminal live tour. The Dr. Squatch commercial is a historical creative example within the interview, not separately identified as a current sponsor read. Closing promotions: following How I Built This and its new YouTube channel. Original YouTube thumbnail: How I Built This, "How a Soap Side Hustle Became a $1.5 Billion Business" (November 10, 2026), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXFGVi0L9mw. The 63:18 video is a different cut of the same Jack Haldrup conversation. These notes cover the 76:58 publisher audio, not the YouTube cut; title, date and duration here refer to that audio edition. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal or medical advice.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz revisits an archive conversation with Michael Dell, explicitly labeled2018 in the publisher title and reissued November5,2026. Dell describes early selling experiments, curiosity about computers, upgrade kits built around a customer's needs and the transition from a dorm-room business to a computer manufacturer. A customer visit reveals a product opportunity; a responsive supply chain, direct relationships and on-site service help the business compete. The conversation also covers capital needs, compliance problems, failed engineering bets, customer listening and his return to the CEO role. Main theme: entrepreneurship, business models, operations and learning from customers. AI appears in a new sponsor read and a brief closing update, not as the main interview theme. The closing comment about US opportunity is a personal reflection, not a political-policy discussion. The interview's historical revenue, prices, market share, age records and timelines are speaker or host recollections, not current company results or independently audited facts. The original interview date is not inferred beyond the publisher's2018 label; the publication-date field records this2026 reissue. New wrapping material does not make it a new interview, and future dedupe must include the original2018 edition. The catalog contains a separate Tim Ferriss interview with Dell, not this conversation. Newspaper targeting through public records is described as a historical anecdote, not a recommendation to collect personal data or ignore present privacy and marketing rules. A regulatory warning led to legal advice, testing and an application; the account is not permission to disregard a regulator or a current FCC compliance guide. Leaving college is Dell's personal decision under an agreed fallback, not advice that dropping out causes success. Hardware modifications are historical context, not a procedure or safety guide. Intensive work and marriage preferences are personal choices, not universal success requirements. FULL COVERAGE: entire downloaded publisher RSS audio in45 sequential chunks, sparse chunks1,24,36,44 checked in halves. Actual44:41 versus RSS46:48. Publisher-audio edition only; no claim of equivalent YouTube content or timestamps. Ads/promotions heard: Anthropic/Claude, NPR's Machine Gods and Phoebe Judge's Criminal live tour. The host's closing philanthropy and AI-infrastructure update belongs to the reissue wrapper, not the2018 interview. Verified publisher show artwork is used because this RSS item has no separate episode image. Informational only, not personalized financial or legal advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz and Calendly founder Tope Awotona take four small-business calls: Newlane on margins and growth for a folding helmet, Playfield on keeping a pet-accessories brand running during a founder's leave, The Nail Room on expansion and family priorities, and ISlide on focus across sales channels. An opening Calendly update covers product change and building an initial software product; the close returns to serving a customer rather than falling in love with a product. Main theme: entrepreneurship, customer acquisition, operations, delegation and expansion decisions. AI is an opening product-business update and brief closing sales-tool example, not the main theme of the four calls. Parenting, pregnancy and personal identity are context for operating choices, not medical or mental-health instruction. Generalizations about children or parents are personal remarks, not established facts. Helmet safety certifications, uniqueness, prices, salon nail-health claims, business revenue, margins, growth and product capabilities are attributed claims, not independently verified recommendations or current terms. No helmet is recommended as safe on the strength of this conversation, and no manicure treatment protocol is provided. Possible childcare, alcohol or other service additions are brainstorming, not a reviewed operating plan; licensing, safety, insurance and customer needs require separate checks. The hosts' views on focus differ in emphasis: Tope favors concentrating effort on stronger channels while Guy also sees value in a broad channel mix with larger orders. Neither position is presented as a guaranteed answer. Founder leave and growth remain each owner's choices; no promise of success or instruction to work through childbirth is adopted. The ending extract about personal savings, retirement accounts and high-interest borrowing is a historical founding story, not financing advice. Source names are kept to the verified business names and callers' given names where transcription of surnames is uncertain. FULL COVERAGE: entire downloaded publisher RSS audio in 58 sequential chunks; sparse chunks 34,45,57 checked in halves. Actual57:41 versus RSS60:48. Publisher-audio edition only, not a claim of equivalent YouTube content or timestamps. Ads/promotions heard: Anthropic/Claude, NPR's Machine Gods and Phoebe Judge's Criminal live tour. Own-show promotions: the original Calendly interview and Guy Raz's newsletter/Substack. The RSS notes call this the final Advice Line episode; this was not separately announced in the downloaded closing audio. Verified publisher show artwork is retained because the item has no separate episode image. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal or medical advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the complete publisher audio (Megaphone MP3, 1:09:22 actual), transcribed in 7 contiguous 10-minute chunks including sponsor reads. No YouTube cut was used or claimed. Transcription note: the transcript renders the brand as 'Figs'; quote texts are verbatim. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor) - claude.ai/hibt", "American Express Corporate - go.amex/amexcorporate", "Show promo: Criminal live tour with Phoebe Judge - thisiscriminal.com/live", "Guy Raz newsletter plug - guyraz.com / Substack", "Outro note: FIGS' red-carpet debut - Noah Wyle wore a custom midnight-blue FIGS tuxedo at the Emmy Awards"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Insomnia Cookies founder Seth Berkowitz joins Guy Raz for three small-business calls. Kahindo is rebuilding a fashion brand after losing wholesale accounts; Tara wants to introduce customers to Sauna Societé hats; Carol is deciding how Desden should market collegiate bags when a family member buys for a student. The opening update covers Insomnia's expansion ambitions, company-operated stores, control over product quality and the idea that a brand must earn growth through customer demand. Main theme: entrepreneurship, customer acquisition, product focus, experiential selling and channel decisions. Sauna, hair-protection, heat-tolerance and health-benefit claims are secondary product context in one call, not medical advice or independently established facts. No claim that a hat makes prolonged heat exposure safe is adopted. The caller's15-20minute remark is not a recommended duration or a treatment protocol; do not infer safety from comfort or from this summary. Sauna and cold-plunge anecdotes are not health recommendations. The episode does not establish venue policies or bag acceptance; the caller's historical stadium-policy account is not a current rule. Store counts, growth plans, revenues, margins, licenses, customer claims and price examples are attributed, dated statements, not checked current figures. The hosts' suggestions about partnerships, samples, QR codes, promotions and discounts are experiments, not guaranteed results; privacy, contest rules, licensing, margins and operations need separate checks before execution. Insomnia's company-operated model is Seth's choice, not proof that franchising is wrong for everyone. FULL COVERAGE: all downloaded publisher audio reviewed in41sequential chunks; the final3.5second chunk was also checked in halves (closing words, then no speech). Actual40:04rounded from2403.500seconds versus RSS43:48. Publisher-audio edition only, not a claim about unverified YouTube content or timestamps. RSS and Apple date isOct23,2026; some third-party transcript indexes displayOct22, not used as the source date. Ads/promotions heard: NPR's Machine Gods. Own-show promotions: the original2024Insomnia interview, Advice Line submissions and Guy Raz's newsletter/Substack. Closing archive extract recounts the founder's losses, staff cuts and18months without pay; it is a historical hardship story, not an instruction to stop paying oneself. The item has no separate episode image, so verified show artwork is retained. Informational only, not personalized business, financial, legal or medical advice. Guest portrait is still unresolved; this spec must not be published until that gap is filled. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the complete publisher audio (Megaphone MP3, 1:06:14 actual), transcribed in 7 contiguous 10-minute chunks including sponsor reads. No YouTube cut was used or claimed. Transcription note: speech-to-text often renders 'Loren' as 'Lauren'; quote texts are verbatim from the transcript. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor) - claude.ai/hibt", "American Express Corporate (corporate cashback cards) - go.amex/amexcorporate", "Guy Raz newsletter plug - guyraz.com / Substack"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Tara Bosch joins Guy Raz for three founder calls: XO Marshmallows on moving from direct sales into grocery, Vivi's Vacation on communicating the reason to choose its swimwear, and Romanticize Collective on whether to refine or change its experience-box subscription. An opening update covers Snackish and starting again after SmartSweets. Main theme: entrepreneurship, channel expansion, manufacturing, brand positioning, customer research and early product-market fit. Nutrition, sugar substitutes, digestion, diabetes and inflammation appear as secondary product-development discussion, not the main topic. Guy's allulose claims, the caller's ingredient and shelf-life statements, and Tara's historical formulation complaint are attributed statements, not verified health conclusions, food-safety guidance or dietary recommendations. No candy or chip is recommended as safe for daily consumption or for a medical condition. Ingredients, retailer exclusions, health claims, production changes and shelf-life extensions require qualified review and current validation; this episode is not a recipe, treatment protocol or regulatory approval. The hosts' suggestions are business hypotheses, not guaranteed outcomes. Revenues, margins, acquisition values, customer counts, retailer behavior and plans are dated, attributed claims rather than checked current facts. The experience-box discussion concerns a business model, not mental-health treatment or personal-development instruction. Brief AI comments and sponsor reads are incidental rather than an AI main theme. FULL COVERAGE: entire downloaded publisher audio reviewed in53sequential chunks, including final52checked in halves. Actual52:25 versus RSS47:48, with additional ad blocks in this edition; no missing-content or video-equivalence claim. Untimed sections avoid transferring source timestamps across editions. Ads/promotions heard: Upwork, Anthropic/Claude, Framer, Stripe Atlas/Treasury, State Street/SPY, Toast, NPR's Machine Gods, American Express Corporate, Taboola's Realize advertising platform (heard with inconsistent naming in ASR), Philadelphia cream cheese, Canva and Firefox/Mozilla. Promotions for the earlier SmartSweets interview and Guy Raz's newsletter/Substack are also included. Ad prices, credits, offers and product capabilities are not validated current terms. Closing extract from the earlier interview describes Tara's allegation about a manufacturer; it is not independently adjudicated or broadened here. Verified publisher show art retained; guest photo is captioned Tara Bosch, courtesy Snackish, in Canadian Grocer and was visually inspected. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical or nutrition advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
2023 archive reissue: interview recorded spring 2023; Guy's intro and outro are new, with a post-acquisition update. Title carries (2023). Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Guy's first-person 'hard questions' read; Anthropic as public benefit corporation; his own question about what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "One intelligent platform for company spending with smart expense management; 'built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "mid-roll promo", "copy": "Phoebe Judge announces a live tour of personal stories about secrets and forgiveness. CTA: thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["Sony Pictures Entertainment acquisition and the Leagues' sale of their stakes come from Guy's 2026 outro update - attribute to the show's epilogue, keep time-stamped; Metro Private Cinema opened 'last year' relative to the 2026 reissue.", "Industry figures ($11B 2019 US box office, 80% 2020 plunge) are Guy's narration about the period.", "The franchise lawsuit is recounted by the parties themselves (they sued first, trademark claims, countersuit to unwind) - keep as their account, no independent legal conclusions; the harassment-allegations segment is Tim's own acknowledgment of company failures.", "Voicemail PSA views (10-12M) are Tim's estimate ('I don't know').", "ASR name notes: 'Karrie' also rendered 'Carrie' (normalized to Karrie per title); 'Tehachapi Theater' in Guy's narration = Tejon Theater; 'Cisco' food purveyor = Sysco. Quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz and Thrive Market co-founder Nick Green take three founder calls: Blackstrad Concert Attire on balancing product quality and speed, Peak State Coffee on growth without losing its values, and Voice Back on awareness for an assistive communication app. The opening update covers recurring grocery orders, search data and AI-assisted shopping, followed by brief personal walking and reading anecdotes. Main theme: entrepreneurship, focus, scalability, mission, financing and customer acquisition. AI grocery features, mushroom and adaptogen claims, medical diagnoses, disability and personal mental-health comments are context or secondary discussion, not the main purpose of the calls. The app call concerns a paid product, retention, pricing and relevant distribution, not disease treatment or clinical guidance. No health benefit, diagnosis, prognosis, voice-cloning accuracy, app suitability or patient outcome is independently established. The hosts' simplified ALS remarks are not adopted as a prognosis; do not use them to set care, pricing or personal expectations. No coffee, supplement or health routine is recommended. Voice cloning and patient testimonials require proper consent, privacy protection and appropriate professional review; no patient-targeting list or outreach action is created by these notes. Medical app claims and current pricing must be checked separately. The caller's claims about advisers, downloads, testimonials and marginal costs remain attributed. The app name is kept as Voice Back per the publisher description and closing audio, not the erroneous Voiceitt ASR in its introduction. Funding, equity-for-promotion, debt, influencer partnerships and discounts are discussed as possible options, not legal or investment instructions. Equity involves dilution; debt involves repayment and loss risk. Customer research and any marketing must respect consent, platform rules, health-data sensitivities and disclosure requirements. Reported revenues, memberships, conversion figures, goals and prices are historical episode statements, not checked current facts. FULL COVERAGE: all48:58downloaded publisher audio reviewed in49sequential chunks, none below700characters. RSS45:02; the downloaded ad-supported edition differs in duration. No claim of video equivalence or gap content. Ads/promotions heard: Stripe Atlas/Treasury, Anthropic/Claude, Upwork, Framer, NPR's Machine Gods, State Street/SPY, American Express Corporate and Toast. Own-show promotions: the original Thrive Market interview and Guy Raz's newsletter/Substack. Closing archive clip describes difficulties with an outsourced technology build; it is a historical account, not a recommendation to alter a current website. Verified show artwork retained; the Montgomery Summit page labels the guest photo Nick Green, and actual pixels were inspected. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal or medical advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Dana White tells Steven Bartlett how he moved from a steady hotel job into the fight business and helped build the UFC. He discusses taking responsibility, hiring a team that fits, loyalty, criticism and intense focus. These notes describe his personal business philosophy, not a universal rule that every founder must follow.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Anthropic / Claude (presenting, claude.ai/hibt), Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
Figuring Out with Raj Shamani
Sumant Sinha on renewable electricity costs, storage, grids and the solar manufacturing chain. Edited partial transcript coverage; political, geopolitical and AI-demand passages omitted. Figures, forecasts and company claims are his account, unverified here. Not investment advice. Untimed editorial topics are not video chapters.
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Adam Neumann tells Steven Bartlett his account of building WeWork, losing focus as money and ego grew, and learning from the company's collapse. He discusses mission, earned influence, choosing partners for difficult days and creating space away from technology. Business figures and explanations of events are his statements. Educational summary, not investment advice.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
2021 archive reissue: interview first aired January 2021; new Guy intro/outro. Intro carries an explicit-language advisory (unbleeped profanity in the interview). Outro update: Jeffrey still on the board, Alan retired in Vermont. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Guy's first-person 'hard questions' read; Anthropic as public benefit corporation; his own question about what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "One intelligent platform connecting cards, expenses and payments; 'built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "mid-roll promo", "copy": "Phoebe Judge announces a live tour of personal stories about secrets and forgiveness. CTA: thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["Unilever acquisition price is 'reported' - Guy's intro says $600-700M, later 'reportedly $700 million'; keep attributed as reported, not confirmed.", "All revenue figures ($1M 1989, $7M 1990, >$8M 1994, $10-12M to ~$50M, ~$150M at Jeffrey's exit) are speaker recollections or Guy's narration - time-stamp, not current claims.", "Greenpeace board membership, protest arrests, employee-ownership percentages and the Albertson's strike donation are the founders' own accounts.", "'Top 10 largest craft breweries' is Alan's claim about Magic Hat's peak.", "ASR name notes: 'Gardener's Supply' also rendered 'Gardens for All'; 'Cobalt' = COBOL; 'Peter Hollander' = Peter Hollender; 'Jeff' vs 'Jeffrey' varies. Quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens; interview contains unbleeped profanity (advisory in intro) - no profane quotes selected."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Danny Meyer joins Guy Raz for three business calls: Ponyboy Slings on expressing hospitality through a packaged cocktail, Angel Oak Smokehouse on the risks and timing of direct shipping, and Boostcous on entering restaurant food service. The opening covers Danny's executive-chairman role, his book What Could Possibly Go Right?, expected behaviors and a day-one approach to service. Main theme: entrepreneurship, culture, brand experience, distribution and operations. Brief nutrition, GLP-1, gluten, iron and choking-safety claims are product context, not a medical main theme or verified recommendations. No child-safety, allergy, treatment or nutrition claim is adopted, and this summary must not be used to choose food for a medical condition or a child. The caller's statement that there is no choking hazard is not established. Food safety, cold-chain packaging, shelf life and carrier performance require qualified testing and current validation; the conversation does not make direct shipment safe merely because another business does it. Alcohol claims and marketing suggestions are not a recommendation to consume alcohol or a review of licensing, age restrictions, labels or advertising rules. Revenue, margins, orders, retailer counts, ingredients and nutrition figures are dated attributed statements, not checked current facts. Danny discloses an investment in Goldbelly and his daughter's use of it; retain that interest when weighing his suggestion. Guy favors consolidating retail first or a limited geographic test, while Danny sees a possible bounded platform test. The shared conclusion is to match the channel to goals, capacity and evidence, not to declare one universal route. Claims about hope, recovery after downturns and word origins are Danny's reflections, not a financial guarantee or verified etymology. The host's park-name and family/team remarks contain transcription ambiguities and are not reproduced as independent facts. FULL COVERAGE: complete downloaded publisher audio47:35reviewed in48sequential chunks, final47also checked in halves. RSS44:11; dynamic ads differ from third-party transcripts. This is publisher-audio coverage only, not a claim of equivalent video or missing-gap content. Untimed sections preserve that distinction. Ads/promotions heard: Framer, Stripe Atlas/Treasury, Upwork, Anthropic/Claude (repeated read), State Street/SPY, Toast, American Express Corporate and NPR's Machine Gods. Own-show promotions include the2020ShakeShack interview, Advice Line submissions and Guy Raz's newsletter/Substack. Goldbelly, Ramona and other brands are discussion examples, not separately identified ad reads. The closing archive extract offers a historical lesson about solving business problems. Verified show artwork retained; guest portrait from Danny's official USHG biography downloaded and visually inspected. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical or food-safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
Figuring Out with Raj Shamani
JR Airlines founder Abhinav Tripathi explains the business of private jets and helicopters to Raj Shamani: brokers, charter pricing, ownership costs, utilization, maintenance and customer pressure. Original English notes based on the full available Hindi auto-caption page. Short quotes are translated caption excerpts, not audio-verified English quotations. Source: https://youtubetotranscript.com/transcript?v=pbLFmU1p-7A. Fleet counts, prices, taxes, safety statements and regulatory claims are the guest's account at recording, not current verified rules or aviation advice. Check qualified operators and official authorities before acting.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the complete publisher audio (Megaphone MP3, 1:00:35 actual), transcribed in 7 contiguous 10-minute chunks including sponsor reads. No YouTube cut was used or claimed. Transcription note: the speech-to-text consistently renders the brand 'Banza' as 'Bonza'; quote texts are verbatim from the transcript. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor) - claude.ai/hibt", "American Express Corporate (corporate cashback cards) - go.amex/amexcorporate", "Show promo: Criminal live tour with Phoebe Judge - thisiscriminal.com/live", "Guy Raz newsletter plug - guyraz.com / Substack"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Michelle Wahler joins Guy Raz for three business calls: Elective Study Abroad on converting interest into bookings, Grace Ann Upholstery on repairing designer relationships after missed expectations, and Sacred Pause Soap Company on translating an in-person story to an online store. Opening reflections cover life after Beyond Yoga, mentorship, capital and sustainable business goals. Her advice not to assume outside investment or an exit is necessary is a founder perspective, not a rule that all companies can self-fund. Main theme: entrepreneurship, customer communication, operations, conversion and brand focus. Whole audio reviewed for theme: the final caller sells a self-care soap-and-stone kit and mentions affirmations, metaphysical shows, a witches ball and symbolic emotions. That call is about website merchandising and marketing, not spiritual practice, occult instruction, therapy or medical treatment. Stone/luck/energy/calm associations are the caller’s beliefs and positioning, not established effects; no stone healing, dermatology, skin-safety or natural-ingredient benefit is adopted. General self-care language does not establish clinical benefit. Only substantiated ingredients and compliant claims should appear in actual marketing, and samples, product safety and disclosures need independent checks. Advice to use testimonials means real consented testimonials, never fabricated examples: Guy’s sample nervous-traveler wording is illustrative, not an actual customer review. Program prices, revenue, acquisition value and founder dates are attributed historical statements, not checked current commercial terms. Print-ad cost is Guy’s hypothetical estimate, not a verified quote. No conversion, retail placement, sale or relationship repair is guaranteed. Incidental AI sponsor reads and an AI-proof-upholstery remark do not make AI the main theme; the latter is host opinion, not a verified labor forecast. FULL COVERAGE: publisher audio47:02reviewed in48sequential chunks; interrupted046re-encoded and reviewed,046and047halvesalso checked,047contains no detected speech. RSS43:22; dynamic ad edition differs from third-party timings. Audio edition only, no video equivalence claimed. Ads/promotions heard: Framer, Upwork, Anthropic/Claude (repeated), Stripe Atlas/Treasury, American Express Corporate Cash Back Card, State Street/SPY, NPR Machine Gods, Toast, Canva and Philadelphia cream cheese. Own-show promotions include Advice Line submissions, Guy Raz’s newsletter/Substack and the2025BeyondYoga interview/archive excerpt. Guest portrait from Frank&Eileen’s identified founder interview downloaded and visually inspected. DATE CHECK: current exactAppleUSepisode and RSS agreeSeptember10,2026. AppleSingapore show listing and older indexes giveSeptember17; retained as source discrepancy, not evidence of a second conversation. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical, spiritual or product-safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the complete publisher audio (Megaphone MP3, 50:24 actual), transcribed in 6 contiguous 10-minute chunks including sponsor reads. No YouTube cut was used or claimed. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor) - claude.ai/hibt", "American Express Corporate Cash Back Card - go.amex/amexcorporate", "Show promo: Criminal live tour with Phoebe Judge - thisiscriminal.com/live", "Guy Raz newsletter plug - guyraz.com / Substack"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Kip Tindell joins Guy Raz for three founder calls: CoolaWand on making a new product understandable without a large ad budget, Hazel Grove Customs on expanding profitable wholesale, and Kaomi Sleep on turning viral attention into a lasting brand. Opening reflections cover retail service, growth constraints, retirement and the later fortunes of The Container Store. The hosts’ bankruptcy, acquisition, transaction-value and store-count statements are dated attributed comments, not checked current company news. Kip is a former executive, not the current operator. His historical 20% growth ceiling is an example from his business, not a universal safe rate or forecast. Main theme: retail entrepreneurship, customer service, channel economics and durable demand. Brief AI-shopping remarks, health/sleep references and caller anxiety origin story are incidental, not the episode’s main theme. No medical, psychological, product-safety, BPA/material, cooling, or sleep-benefit claim is validated or adopted. Demonstration advice does not endorse involving children with hot drinks or treating bumps, aches or a medical condition. Product tests, adult supervision, regulatory checks and qualified advice remain separate. The stones, fabrics or borders of a product do not establish health benefits. Patent, trademark, copyright and DMCA comments are attributed discussion, not legal advice; do not treat a provisional filing as granted protection. Commission representatives still require agreed costs and terms; they are not literally risk-free. The claim that trade shows are fading is Kip’s view, not verified industry data. Revenue, views, sales and margins are caller-reported historical figures, not current performance or guarantees. Whole-episode eligibility assessed from the complete audio. FULL COVERAGE: downloaded publisher audio47:44reviewed in48sequential chunks; sparse final047also checked in halves. RSS43:50; dynamic ad edition differs from third-party timing. Publisher-audio coverage only, not equivalent video coverage. Ads/promotions heard: Stripe Atlas/Treasury, Upwork, Anthropic/Claude, Justworks (repeated), Framer, NPR Machine Gods, American Express Corporate, State Street/SPY, Indeed, Brex, Philadelphia cream cheese and Odoo. Own-show promotions include Advice Line submissions, the2024ContainerStore interview/archive excerpt and Guy Raz’s newsletter. Untimed sections reflect this edition. Guest portrait from JUST Capital board biography downloaded and visually inspected. Exact RSS/Apple date isSeptember3,2026; a third-party September10reference is not used. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical or safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the complete publisher audio (Megaphone MP3, 1:25:31 actual), transcribed in 9 contiguous 10-minute chunks including sponsor reads. No YouTube cut was used or claimed. Transcription note: the speech-to-text renders the brand as 'Bog Bag'/'Bog' and, in the closing credits, even 'Baggu'; the actual brand is Bogg Bag. Quote texts are verbatim from the transcript and were chosen to avoid the corrupted spellings. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor) - claude.ai/hibt", "American Express Corporate (corporate cashback cards) - go.amex/amexcorporate", "Show promo: Criminal live tour with Phoebe Judge - thisiscriminal.com/live", "Guy Raz newsletter plug - guyraz.com / Substack", "Outro note: Kim applied to Shark Tank four times and never made the show; part of her audition is on YouTube"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
Figuring Out with Raj Shamani
Gaurav Mehta tells Raj Shamani how coin collecting led to Jaipur Watch Company, and how manufacturing obstacles and retailer rejection shaped its early years. He discusses resourceful suppliers, cash pressure, alternative retail channels and watch design. This summary focuses on the founder story supported by the third-party transcript; personal and business claims remain his account.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Anthropic / Claude (presenting, claude.ai/hibt), Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate); plus house promo for the Criminal podcast live tour. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
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How I Built This with Guy Raz
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How I Built This with Guy Raz
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How I Built This with Guy Raz
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How I Built This with Guy Raz
The current RSS item is dated August 6, 2026 and titled September 2025. The original same-three-caller episode resolves on Apple Podcasts with September 11, 2025. The current MP3 explicitly says it is from the archives and adds Henry's later update. Do not represent the reissue as a new conversation, or date its new update to 2025. Sponsors and promotions: Current audio contains presenting-sponsor Anthropic/Claude and American Express corporate-spend ads. Bobbi, MadeGood and Serena also contain a Phoebe Judge Criminal live-tour promo. Ads are excluded from notes and do not determine the main-theme classification. The claim that every founder uses or endorses these products is not made. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the full current publisher MP3 audio edition, including intro, every interview/caller segment and outro. Dynamic ads are excluded from editorial lessons. Not a claim to cover a YouTube cut. Exact quotes verified against one complete normalized transcript chunk line. Sponsors and promotions: Current audio contains presenting-sponsor Anthropic/Claude and American Express corporate-spend ads. Bobbi, MadeGood and Serena also contain a Phoebe Judge Criminal live-tour promo. Ads are excluded from notes and do not determine the main-theme classification. The claim that every founder uses or endorses these products is not made. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the full current publisher MP3 audio edition, including intro, every interview/caller segment and outro. Dynamic ads are excluded from editorial lessons. Not a claim to cover a YouTube cut. Exact quotes verified against one complete normalized transcript chunk line. Sponsors and promotions: Current audio contains presenting-sponsor Anthropic/Claude and American Express corporate-spend ads. Bobbi, MadeGood and Serena also contain a Phoebe Judge Criminal live-tour promo. Ads are excluded from notes and do not determine the main-theme classification. The claim that every founder uses or endorses these products is not made. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the full current publisher MP3 audio edition, including intro, every interview/caller segment and outro. Dynamic ads are excluded from editorial lessons. Not a claim to cover a YouTube cut. Exact quotes verified against one complete normalized transcript chunk line. Sponsors and promotions: Current audio contains presenting-sponsor Anthropic/Claude and American Express corporate-spend ads. Bobbi, MadeGood and Serena also contain a Phoebe Judge Criminal live-tour promo. Ads are excluded from notes and do not determine the main-theme classification. The claim that every founder uses or endorses these products is not made. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Alex Hormozi joins Steven Bartlett to discuss AI, practical businesses, reputation, long-term thinking, pricing and hiring. He argues that tools should improve the ordinary functions of a business, while people still carry judgment and risk. Business predictions are his views; this summary is not financial, legal or business advice.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Notes cover the full current publisher MP3 audio edition, including intro, every interview/caller segment and outro. Dynamic ads are excluded from editorial lessons. Not a claim to cover a YouTube cut. Exact quotes verified against one complete normalized transcript chunk line. Sponsors and promotions: Current audio contains presenting-sponsor Anthropic/Claude and American Express corporate-spend ads. Bobbi, MadeGood and Serena also contain a Phoebe Judge Criminal live-tour promo. Ads are excluded from notes and do not determine the main-theme classification. The claim that every founder uses or endorses these products is not made. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz and OtterBox founder Curt Richardson discuss founder roles, focus and three early-stage businesses: Andy Jeremiah and Tracy’s Mr. Game Show Florida, Marissa Valenzuela’s Gilded Coach Teas, and Vince Judice’s Evrloop baby gear. The first call asks whether a live entertainment business can grow beyond its founders’ personality; the second explores restarting a story-driven product brand after a parenting break; the third asks how to test marketing with a long registry-to-purchase delay. Richardson and Raz agree that evidence should guide spending but put different weight on small channel tests versus customer interviews. The closing advice asks founders to define what they want, learn management and study other builders. A short archive excerpt recalls OtterBox’s AT&T retail test. Main theme: entrepreneurship, customer retention, operating systems, brand focus and marketing measurement. Incidental AI sponsor material is not the main theme. Fairy-tale references are product storytelling, not spiritual or occult instruction. Baby gear is discussed as a business, not parenting, medical or product-safety advice. Recycling, organic materials, compostability, buyback and zero-waste claims are the caller’s account, not independently verified environmental or safety conclusions. The suggestion to pass returned gear to others requires its own recall, sanitation, safety, liability and reuse checks; it is not a recommendation to redistribute unverified baby equipment. The caller says some donation channels decline baby gear for liability reasons; that is not checked universal policy. Financial figures, channel economics and growth rates are historical speaker recollections, not audited or current commercial terms. Advice about D2C margins, acquisition costs and virality is conditional and does not guarantee results. Experiments should use permissioned contacts, affordable budgets and truthful marketing. The ammunition metaphor means gradual marketing tests only, not weapons advice. FULL COVERAGE: entire downloaded publisher audio41:26reviewed in five contiguous parts, with a focused65secondprobe correcting sponsor-name ASR errors in the opener. Audio edition only, not a YouTube-cut or timestamp equivalence claim. Ads/promotions heard: Anthropic/Claude, Amex Corporate and Phoebe Judge’s Criminal live tour. Own-show promotions: Advice Line submissions and Richardson’s original2019interview. DATE CHECK: current exactAppleUSepisode and publisherRSS agreeJuly16,2026. Some regional/index pages giveJuly23, a preserved source discrepancy rather than a different conversation. No admin draft saved. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical or product-safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Joe Rogan Experience
MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) joins Joe Rogan to talk about casting Beast Games contestants from around 200 countries, vetting them, how the show is budgeted, and the large-scale video concepts he is pitching, including a last-person-on-Earth city set. Partial coverage: this note covers the opening portion of the roughly 2h48m episode; claims are the speakers' own.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz interviews Toast co-founder Aman Narang about finding a deeper business problem inside a failed product. A slow restaurant checkout inspired an app, but unreliable integrations, poor adoption and conversations with owners shifted the team toward a purpose-built restaurant point-of-sale platform. The story follows their Endeca background, mobile experimentation, early investor support, basement work, a first-day outage, hard-to-win restaurants, a distribution partnership, support failures and the arrival of Chris Comparato as CEO. COVID then collapses restaurant activity and forces layoffs, a rapid off-premise-product response and another period of uncertainty. Narang describes becoming CEO in2024, a busy-restaurant focus, data-driven products and expansion into other markets. The close credits colleagues, timing and capital raised before the pandemic. Main theme: entrepreneurship, customer discovery, vertical software, reliability, service operations and founder leadership. AI is a brief late-stage product example, not the main theme. Company scale, market share, revenue, payment economics, customer outcomes, valuation, funding, layoffs and adoption are historical statements by the guest or host, not independently checked current performance. The reported8percentgrowthforanAIproduct is a company/guest outcome claim, not a guaranteed result or causal study. Revenue and processing volume are not interchangeable; no new reconciliation of the title’s figure is invented. The early launch anecdote includes writing card numbers on paper during an outage; this is not endorsed or offered as a payment-security procedure. Use compliant payment handling and an approved continuity process. Android-versus-iOS and incumbent-system comments concern the founders’ historical circumstances, not a current platform recommendation. The pandemic story describes real harm and uncertainty; it is not a rule that crisis-driven layoffs are the correct answer for another business. FULL COVERAGE: entire publisher audio53:08reviewed in six contiguous parts, including ads and credits. Publisher-audio edition only; no mappedYouTubeeditionverified and no video timestamp equivalence claimed. Ads/promotions heard: Anthropic/Claude, Amex Corporate and Phoebe Judge’s Criminal live tour. Own-show promotions: following How I Built This and Guy Raz’s newsletter/Substack. Current exactAppleepisode andRSS agreeJuly13,2026. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, security or business advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
Think School: Indian Business Podcast
Tarun Sharma, co-founder of PEP Brands (mCaffeine and HYPHEN), explains consumer research, unit economics and a six-part approach to beauty-brand building with Ganesh Prasad. Original English notes based on the full available Hindi auto-caption page. Quotes are short translated caption excerpts, not audio-verified verbatim English. Source: https://youtubetotranscript.com/transcript?v=3Qms7gUSTj4. YouTube lists Odoo as sponsor. Revenue, losses and market projections are the speakers' claims, not independently verified. This is business commentary, not investment or skincare advice.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Kenneth Cole joins Guy Raz to advise Matt Jacobs of Pedestrian Project, Emefa Kuadey of ISRAELLA KOBLA, and Levi Case of Swing Sculpt. The opening explores a lasting brand voice, repeat customers and Cole’s view that genuine social purpose belongs inside a business. The calls cover how a small foot-care brand should balance existing demand with category education, why a clothing label’s wholesale sales may not create a direct customer relationship, and how custom golf-swing sculptures can reduce buying friction and communicate their emotional value. The hosts disagree at points: Cole questions whether customers want to preserve an imperfect swing, while Levi argues that its uniqueness and memories are the point. Proposed partnerships, sports extensions, founder storytelling and customer demonstrations remain ideas to test. The close emphasizes listening and replays a short2020excerpt on department-store consolidation. Main theme: brand building, customer relationships, distribution, product positioning and entrepreneurship. AIDS and mental-health work are opening examples of social purpose, not the main topic or treatment advice. Foot-care, clean/plant-based/efficacy claims, barefoot-shoe benefits and physical or mental wellness links are speaker claims, not checked medical or product-safety conclusions; chemical-free implications are not adopted. No clinical benefit or claim that a plant-based formula is inherently safer is asserted. Revenue, margins, markups, retailer finances, market size and customer behavior are historical speaker accounts, not independently verified current terms. Wholesale margin and retail markup are different measures and are not reconciled by invented arithmetic. Do not bypass retailer terms or collect shoppers’ information without clear consent; use partner-approved care, registration or storytelling offers. Celebrity likenesses, golf-swing imagery, patents and licensing need proper rights and legal checks. The joke about a cease-and-desist is not permission to infringe. No sales, customer transfer or retailer partnership is guaranteed. FULL COVERAGE: entire publisher audio45:14reviewed in five contiguous parts, including ads and final credits. Publisher-audio edition only; no mappedYouTubeeditionverified and no video-cut/timestamp equivalence claimed. Ads/promotions heard: Anthropic/Claude, Amex Corporate and Phoebe Judge’s Criminal live tour. Own-show promotions: Cole’s2020episode, Advice Line submissions and Guy Raz’s newsletter/Substack. Exact currentAppleepisode and publisherRSS both showJuly9,2026; some older third-party records sayJuly16, retained in source evidence rather than silently applied. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical or product-safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
2023 archive reissue: interview first aired March 2023; new Guy intro/outro. Outro update: Tom's newer brand-design work for Made by Dentists (two Irish dentist sisters), including kids' toothpaste flavors 'alien blood' and 'eyeball juice.' Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Guy's first-person 'hard questions' read; Anthropic as public benefit corporation; his own question about what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Cards, expenses and payments in one platform; 'built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "mid-roll promo", "copy": "Phoebe Judge announces a live tour of personal stories about secrets and forgiveness. CTA: thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["SC Johnson purchase price is 'reportedly $400 million' per Guy - keep attributed as reported.", "Taco Bell litigation is recounted by Tom as a party; verdict figures ($30.1M + $12M interest) match his account - attribute to him, no independent legal conclusions; settlement terms not disclosed.", "Sun Bum's 2013 Psychological Science study citation (design > price) is Guy's narration; revenue figures ($100K, $1.1M, ~$70M) are Tom's or Guy's, time-stamped.", "The Christian-video venture was a registered nonprofit; described as brand work, not ministry - keep that framing.", "ASR name notes: agency rendered both 'Rinks Kennedy' and 'Ringside Creative'; 'Michael A. Sera' spelling unverified; 'Vivian Dreyer/Dryer' varies; 'Paron' screen printing unverified; 'Rene/Renee' varies (Rene Kennedy). Quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Anthropic / Claude (presenting, claude.ai/hibt), Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson and Alex Hormozi discuss choosing the hard work that matters, trade-offs, decision paralysis and responsibility for the next step. This is a focused summary of the early part of a four-hour conversation, not all 33 topics. Their views are personal-development advice, not a promise of success or a reason to ignore circumstances.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Ronnen Harary joins Guy Raz to advise Ann Williams of Yearly Co., Felix Cohen of Island Bee Company and Matt Smith of Wandering Soul Beer and Hidden Path Brew. The opening covers Harary’s transition from co-CEO to board chair, a book about starting in one’s twenties, and the balance between durable acquired brands and internal innovation. The first call asks how a solid-gold jewelry brand can keep serving customers as its material cost rises. The second weighs corporate gifting, retail distribution and social storytelling for a small family apiary. The third asks how a founder can separate his life from a deeply personal business. Harary and Raz disagree meaningfully about the apiary’s growth route; the notes preserve both views instead of inventing a single answer. The close urges enjoyment of the journey and replays a brief2021excerpt about a company crisis. Main theme: entrepreneurship, pricing, product range, customer trust, distribution and founder work boundaries. AI is a short company update, not the main topic. The final call includes grief after the loss of a child and advice about work routines and relationships, roughly one quarter of the audio; this is secondary to the business format, not clinical mental-health care or treatment. No claim that office space, social activities or business growth treats grief is adopted. Skincare ingredients, proprietary-formula and patent statements are the caller’s account, not independent efficacy, allergy, safety or legal findings. Revenue, materials, margins, commodity prices, scale goals, franchise timing and title/role accounts are historical statements, not current market quotes or predictions. Gold prices can move either way; the hosts’ comments are not investment advice. The book’s emphasis on starting young is Harary’s perspective, not an age rule. His claim that everything can scale is an optimistic business opinion, not a guarantee. Alcohol is discussed commercially, not as a coping strategy. FULL COVERAGE: entire downloaded publisher audio43:08reviewed in five contiguous parts. Publisher-audio edition only, no mappedYouTubecutverified or video timestamp equivalence claimed. Ads/promotions heard: Anthropic/Claude, Amex Corporate and Phoebe Judge’s Criminal live tour. Own/guest promotions: Harary’s No Experience Necessary, his2021SpinMasterinterview, Advice Line submissions and Guy Raz’s newsletter. Current exactAppleUSepisode andRSS agreeJune25,2026. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical, mental-health or product-safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Joe Rogan Experience
Writer and director Taylor Sheridan joins Joe Rogan to talk about horses and how they perceive the world, ranch life with distant camps and town trips, and why the cowboy lifestyle resonates. Partial coverage: this note covers the opening portion of the roughly 2h43m episode; the views are the speakers' own.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz interviews Joey Shamah about the early e.l.f. Cosmetics business: a branded one-dollar product line originally intended for dollar stores, repeated retailer rejection, magazine publicity and an unexpectedly important e-commerce channel. The story follows family apparel infrastructure, product and packaging costs, a rushed website, warehouse improvisation, H-E-B’s retail test and an unexplained false acquisition rumor that creates an enormous order surge. Later chapters examine Target’s support for a higher-priced line, cash flow across online and wholesale channels, a minority sale, a collapsed strategic acquisition, the TPG transaction, learning from professional management and Shamah’s later Fit for Life and AS Beauty work. The close discusses luck and Borba’s later change of vocation. Main theme: entrepreneurship, consumer branding, distribution, operating capacity, cash flow and founder liquidity. Religious background, Sabbath observance and the closing priesthood update are brief personal context, not spiritual teaching. AI is incidental sponsor/technology commentary, not the main topic. Cosmetic quality, ingredient activity, a nutraceutical beverage’s supposed skin effects and comparisons with prestige products are speaker or recounted-publication claims, not independent safety or clinical conclusions. No formula, skin treatment or claim that low price proves equal performance is supplied. Revenue, costs, ownership, valuations, deal terms, prices and market capitalization are historical statements, not current quotes or audited figures. The acquisition rumor was false and Shamah says he did not create it; it is not a marketing tactic to imitate or permission to mislead customers. His interpretation of why L’Oreal withdrew is one participant’s opinion, not a verified account of the buyer’s motives. Descriptions of bankruptcy clearing obligations simplify a legal process and are not relied on as legal rules. Early handling of card numbers and customer payment details is a historical anecdote, not a secure checkout procedure to copy. Use compliant payment handling. Family funding, facilities and relationships were meaningful resources, not a no-capital startup claim. FULL COVERAGE: entire publisher audio76:53reviewed in eight contiguous parts, including ads, later ventures and final credits. Publisher-audio edition only; no mappedYouTubecutverified or video timestamp equivalence claimed. Ads/promotions heard: Anthropic/Claude, Amex Corporate and Phoebe Judge’s Criminal live tour. Own-show promotions: following How I Built This and Guy Raz’s newsletter/Substack. Current exactAppleUSepisode andRSS agreeJune22,2026; some regional/index views giveJune29. The published edition date is not proof that every relative-time statement was recorded then; interview claims are kept historical. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical or product-safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
Figuring Out with Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani talks to Dr. Viju Jacob of Synthite Industries, a Kerala company that is one of the world's largest makers of spice extracts. Dr. Jacob explains how a small pepper-extraction business grew into a group that supplies Nestle and Pepsi, why he advises aiming for the number four spot in an industry instead of number one, how he handled a big export order that nearly went wrong, and why he is moving into supplements and fermentation. Useful for founders in manufacturing and B2B.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Anthropic / Claude (presenting, claude.ai/hibt), Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate; ASR renders the read as "MX Corporate"). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No archive/reissue markers in the episode (no reissue intro, standard current credits, no 'archived episode' production line); presents as a 2026 original interview, unlike the reissue episodes in this batch. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Guy's 'hard questions' read; Anthropic as public benefit corporation; his AI question about what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express Corporate Cash Back Card", "type": "top of show", "copy": "1.5% cash back on eligible business purchases, spending controls, real-time visibility, expense management. CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms and cap apply)."}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "mid-roll promo", "copy": "Phoebe Judge's live show of personal stories about secrets and forgiveness. CTA: thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["Group revenue: Guy's intro says 'nearly half a billion dollars a year' across 40 restaurants; his outro line renders as 'over $4 million a year' - an unresolved ASR inconsistency. Do not infer a replacement amount. The master summary omits group revenue; consult the recording or an independent source before using either number.", "2001 figures (~$30M sales, $5.5M profit) are attributed in-episode to 'reporting at the time' - keep that attribution; historical, not current.", "COVID figures ($10-15M AP, ~$10M gift cards in 36 hours, 4-5,000 employees) are Starr's own account, time-stamped to 2020.", "Minimum-wage comments are Starr's opinion ('should have gone up... right thing to do' but cautious on tipped wages) - keep as speaker opinion.", "James Beard restaurateur award stated without year in-episode; no year asserted in notes.", "ASR name notes: 'Owen Kamihira' and 'Miguel Calvo' spellings unverified; 'Seymour Rubin' as spoken; 'Christian Liaigre' standard. Starr's own name appears as both 'Steven' and 'Stephen' in transcript; notes standardize to Stephen (his brand spelling). Quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Anthropic / Claude (presenting, claude.ai/hibt), Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Original edition (no reissue year in title). Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor", "copy": "Guy reads a first-person reflection on 'hard questions,' Anthropic as a public benefit corporation asking how to make sure AI goes well for people, and his own question about what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "mid-roll", "copy": "Corporate cards, expenses and payments in one place - 'built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}] ["All revenue/transaction figures are time-stamped in the notes: ~$400K first 4 months and ~$2M year one (1997-98), $150M IPO raise (2004), 250 stores (2007), profitability restored 2017, 'well over $500M revenue today' and '45% first-quarter COVID revenue drop' are Guy's narration/readings, not current claims.", "Basic Brown Bear Factory trade-secret suit is described as the factory's claim and Maxine's rebuttal; settlement terms remain confidential - attribute, no independent legal conclusion.", "1992 '5% of Fortune 500 top jobs held by women' is attributed to a Forbes article as cited by Guy.", "Eleanor Roosevelt / Selma family history is Maxine's own account.", "ASR name notes: 'Nami commuter' in transcript = 'Find-A-Bear ID' system (normalized in prose); 'ICSE' = ICSC; 'Hecks' = Hecht's. Quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Anthropic / Claude (presenting, claude.ai/hibt), Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current full audio is presented as an interview or Advice Line episode, not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. No matching earlier full conversation established in source searches. This is not proof no earlier edition exists. Sponsors and promotions: Current opening contains Anthropic/Claude and American Express advertisements. Advertising is excluded from main-theme classification and notes. Other inserted promos, where present, are not guest advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current full audio is presented as an interview or Advice Line episode, not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. No earlier identical full conversation established in checked sources; final private-draft comparison remains unverified. The 2020 NPR Resilience Q&A is an established different conversation. Same-guest overlap does not make this a duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: Current opening contains Anthropic/Claude and American Express advertisements. Advertising is excluded from main-theme classification and notes. Other inserted promos, where present, are not guest advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current full audio is presented as an interview or Advice Line episode, not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. No matching earlier full conversation established in source searches. This is not proof no earlier edition exists. Sponsors and promotions: Current opening contains Anthropic/Claude and American Express advertisements. Advertising is excluded from main-theme classification and notes. Other inserted promos, where present, are not guest advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current full audio is presented as an interview or Advice Line episode, not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. No matching earlier full conversation established in source searches. This is not proof no earlier edition exists. Its 2017 BuzzFeed founding interview is explicitly separate and only excerpted after the calls. Current caller set: Motion Flix, CATSUMO and Unrefined Foods. Sponsors and promotions: Current opening contains Anthropic/Claude and American Express advertisements. Advertising is excluded from main-theme classification and notes. Other inserted promos, where present, are not guest advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current full audio is presented as an interview or Advice Line episode, not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. No matching earlier full conversation established in source searches. This is not proof no earlier edition exists. Sponsors and promotions: Current opening contains Anthropic/Claude and American Express advertisements. Advertising is excluded from main-theme classification and notes. Other inserted promos, where present, are not guest advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line (call-in) format, not a founder-narrative reissue. Guest is a returning HIBT founder (original JetBlue episode 2019). Ends with a short archival clip from the 2019 episode (Herb Kelleher firing Neeleman). Distinct episode from the original; no duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Cards with flexible spending controls and real-time visibility; 'Built to simplify, designed to scale. This is Amex Corporate.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}] ["Caller business figures (FoodPlay ~$1.5M peak revenue, Ultimate Ninjas $1-1.5M per big gym and $9M raise, Gotchies $40K/$150K/17%/$100 AOV) are the callers' own statements on the show - attribute to them, not verified independently.", "Ninja obstacle racing joining the 2028 Olympic modern pentathlon (replacing equestrian, standalone possibly 2032) is the caller's statement; treat as his claim.", "Neeleman's Brazil tooth-brushing anecdote and Barbara's 'best dietary guidelines' comment are speaker opinions/anecdotes - keep attributed.", "The fuel-price difficulty is Neeleman's current-conditions comment (April 2026); time-stamp it.", "ASR name notes: caller surname renders as both 'Speroni' and 'Burroni' (RSS description names him only as Vince; brand 'Gotchies' per RSS, ASR 'Gachis'); 'Neelman' misspelling in ASR standardized to Neeleman. Quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Full founder-narrative episode. A 2018 HIBT episode on Vineyard Vines exists in the back catalog; this is a new 2026 recording - fresh interviews and narration carrying the arc through the failed outside-CEO transition and the brothers' return as co-CEOs. Not a reissue. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate cards/expenses/payments spot; 'Built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}] ["Scale figures are Guy's on-air narration: around half a billion dollars in annual sales, more than 100 stores, presence at Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's, built without outside investment, brothers still own and run the company - attribute to the show, time-stamped April 2026; not independently verified. (An earlier draft note said ~140 stores; the episode's own intro says 'more than 100 stores' - use the episode.)", "Story details - the Anguilla phone book, quitting in May 1998, credit-card cash advances, 800 first-summer ties, Mrs. Fligor's $1,800 / 60-tie order, Nantucket selling 2x, the Zera backgammon game, anchor gifting and network segments, the 1998 Clinton/Lewinsky-tie press stunt, Neimark's $5M rule, the 2005 Mitchell partnership and later buyout, ~$100M 2008 revenue, liquidation to TJ Maxx and Filene's, countercyclical leases, the 2022 outside-CEO failure and return as co-CEOs, four adult children in the company - are as told by the brothers and Guy on the episode; attribute as such.", "The 1998 Clinton anecdote is told as a press-stunt story; keep it descriptive and avoid any political framing.", "ASR name notes: 'Shep' clean; 'The Fligors'/'Mrs. Fligor' as heard; 'Zera' single mention, spelling phonetic; 'Neimark' single mention; 'Mitchell family' and 'Richards' as heard; 'Filene's' ASRs as 'Fileens'. Standardized where confident; master should confirm low-frequency spellings against the show's published transcript."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line (call-in) format. Eric Ryan returns for a different Advice Line from his June2025callers and earlier founding interviews. He now works on the venture side, building a consumer fund and scouting brands (mentions a close working relationship with Target as a retail partner and three years involved with Goodles). Ends with a short archival clip from the original Method episode (drinking the toilet bowl cleaner for the skeptical British press). Distinct episode; no duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate cards/expenses/payments spot; 'Built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}] ["Caller traction figures are the callers' own statements: Havyn ~$100K last year, $250-300K tracking, $400K stretch, nationwide Anthropologie launch 'last month' (i.e. ~March 2026); Pidgin Toes ~$15K to date at $39/pair; Reserved for Humans $92K in one month (December, per the caller). Attribute to callers; not independently verified.", "Health-adjacent statistics are Christina's statements on the show (about 30 million Americans with eczema; more than 100 million self-identifying as having sensitive skin; '82 known fragrance allergens') - attribute to her per the standing allergen-prevalence rule (SweetLoren precedent); not presented as established statistics.", "Ryan's fund, the Target retail-partner relationship and the Goodles involvement are his/Guy's on-air statements, time-stamped April 2026.", "The archival clip (toilet bowl cleaner) is from the original Method episode - describe as archival. Drinking a cleaning product must not be presented as safe or imitable; in the clip it is a stunt about Method's non-toxic claim, and the episode plays it for humor.", "ASR name notes: 'Anthropologie' ASRs as 'Anthropology'; 'Pidgin Toes' sometimes 'Pidgin Toes'; OLLY ASRs as 'Oly'. Standardized in prose; quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens. Caller names Christina, James, Ben are as heard - master may confirm spellings via the show's published transcript.", "Final publisher description names callers Christina, James, Ben, and brands Havyn, Pidgin Toes, Reserved for Humans. Omitted audio-only surnames. June2025AdviceLine has different callers Aubrey, Maggie, Matt and brands Transparent Hospitality, Props Luggage, Flipmits: distinct conversation, not a reissue."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line (call-in) format. Chieh Huang returns after his original Boxed episode; opens with a candid update on Boxed's 2023 bankruptcy, the sale of its software business to BlackRock, and his new company Pelgo with Frank D'Souza. Ends with an archival clip from the original Boxed episode. Distinct episode; no duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - flexible spend parameters, unlimited corporate cashback cards, fraud protection; 'the powerful backing of American Express.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}] ["Boxed's 2023 bankruptcy, the sale of the software business to BlackRock, the e-commerce shutdown and its later resurrection (by others; Huang has no involvement) are stated on air by Guy and Huang, time-stamped April 2026; the bankruptcy itself is public record but keep the specifics attributed to the episode's telling.", "Pelgo's AI-displacement thesis is Huang's and D'Souza's stated rationale for the company - brief business commentary, attribute to him; not an AI-theme episode.", "Caller business details and figures are the callers' own statements: Surfing Cow ($50-80K per SKU and 9-12 months for own formula, ~$200K sales goal, ~300 subscribers mentioned for Macor - do not cross-attribute), Tailsinch (polo tail ties), Macor Coffee (~300 monthly subscribers, $200-300K tracking, 95% online, 11 to ~40 Minneapolis doors).", "Macor Coffee's product positioning around 'chronic inflammation' is the caller's marketing language - do not present anti-inflammatory effects as established health claims.", "ASR name notes: Chieh Huang ASRs as 'Che'/'Jay'; Boxed as 'Boxt'; Macor spelled on air 'm a k o r' (ASR 'Macore' in places); Tailsinch as heard (one word per the caller's usage; master may confirm via show transcript). Standardized in prose; quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Barbara Corcoran joins Mel Robbins to discuss confidence after setbacks, choosing a supportive boss, making a clear raise request and turning everyday friction into a business idea. Her career stories and advice are personal views, not a guarantee of wealth or an employment outcome.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Full founder-narrative episode (first HIBT appearance for Colin Angle). Covers the complete iRobot arc 1990-2024 including the abandoned Amazon acquisition and the company's later sale; Angle is now building a new stealth consumer-robotics company. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - 'Company spending is complex. Managing it should be simple... Built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply). No Anthropic read and no Criminal promo heard on this episode (unlike batch E episodes)."}] ["All Amazon/FTC/European Commission assertions are Colin Angle's statements and opinions on the show - he himself flags the 'box' claim as speculation ('Now we're into the land of speculation'). The 'deals blocked' door badges are his recounted personal observation from being deposed. Present all of this strictly as his account, not as independent legal or regulatory conclusions (master's standing litigation boundary).", "Financial/scale figures are on-air statements by Guy (narration) or Angle: thousands of PackBots at ~$45-50K with 'maybe $50M' defense revenue and 500-1,000 destroyed (Angle, approximate); My Real Baby ~150,000 sold 1999; 70,000 Roombas in first 3 months and ~$15M 2002 revenue (Guy); 50,000 vs 250,000 inventory in 2003, 250,000 in 6 weeks post-ad, 2004 tripling (Angle); ~250 employees at 2005 IPO (Angle, approximate); 10M by ~2014-16, 30M by 2020, ~70% peak global share, >$1.5B 2021 peak revenue (Guy narration); Amazon $1.7B bid 2022, abandoned 2024 (Guy + Angle). Attribute each to its speaker; none independently verified.", "The buyer of iRobot after the deal's collapse is described on air only as 'a Chinese company' - do not name a specific acquirer; it is not named in the episode.", "Angle's new company is in stealth mode; described only as consumer robotics using generative AI - do not speculate beyond that.", "ASR name notes: 'Roomba' sometimes ASRs as 'Rumba'; 'Scooba' ASRs as 'Scuba'; Brookstone contact 'Pam Cammarosino' is phonetic ASR - spelling uncertain; 'Joel Kalley' (fraternity brother) phonetic. Standardized where verifiable; master should confirm proper-noun spellings before publishing."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate; ASR renders the read as "MX corporate"). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate Cashback card (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Prakhar Gupta Xperience
Prakhar Gupta explores the future of AI with media entrepreneur Varun Mayya, from jobs and mind-reading technology to AGI, AI agency and consciousness. They also discuss creativity, the creator economy and why people may need to rethink identity and work.
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley and Steven Bartlett discuss AI, small businesses, idea validation and relationships. These notes focus on source-read entrepreneurship passages rather than analyzing the episode’s crash forecasts, jobs discussion or UBI debate. Priestley’s market predictions and business examples are his views and accounts, not financial advice or guaranteed outcomes.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate; ASR renders the read as "MX corporate"). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate; top of show). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current caller conversation with Heali Medical, Studyous Monday and Snake River Seed Cooperative. The audio refers to the separate 2023 Wondery founding interview. No earlier full instance of this caller conversation established. Current audio is not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. Search evidence does not prove absence of an earlier edition. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor)", "Amex Corporate (automatic transcript renders MX Corporate in McKelvey edition)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current long founding interview. Publisher Guy Raz newsletter dated March 12, 2026 discusses the same recent Beryl Stafford conversation, recipe, restart and shared kitchen. Newsletter date is not substituted for canonical RSS/Apple release. Current audio is not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. Search evidence does not prove absence of an earlier edition. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor)", "Amex Corporate (automatic transcript renders MX Corporate in McKelvey edition)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current caller conversation with Copa Threads, Good Grief and History List. Audio refers to separate 2017 and 2022 founding interviews and includes a short separate archival excerpt after the calls. Publisher March 6, 2026 newsletter independently describes these same callers. Current audio is not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. Search evidence does not prove absence of an earlier edition. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor)", "Amex Corporate (automatic transcript renders MX Corporate in McKelvey edition)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current long founding interview. Publisher March 6, 2026 newsletter discusses the same recent Cameron Healy conversation, production failure and UK expansion. Newsletter date is not substituted for canonical RSS/Apple release. Current audio is not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. Search evidence does not prove absence of an earlier edition. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor)", "Amex Corporate (automatic transcript renders MX Corporate in McKelvey edition)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current caller conversation involving Five Dot Post, Creative Garland and Sumo Yoga. Audio refers to the separate 2024 Paperless Post founding interview. No earlier full instance of this caller conversation established. Current audio is not explicitly announced as an archive reissue. Search evidence does not prove absence of an earlier edition. Sponsors and promotions: ["Anthropic / Claude (presenting sponsor)", "Amex Corporate (automatic transcript renders MX Corporate in McKelvey edition)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Standard full interview episode. Catalog check: no collision with a different conversation of the same guest/brand. Distinct episode; no duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Long-variant read: every founder starts with a 2 a.m. hard question; Anthropic asked over 100,000 people their hopes and fears about AI and is publishing what they find; Guy's own hard question is what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Corporate cards and spend platform - trusted experts, 24/7 support, policies and approvals, spend capacity. 'Built to simplify, designed to scale.'"}, {"brand": "HIBT Advice Line", "type": "show promo, top of show", "copy": "Call 1-800-433-1298 or send a one-minute voice memo to hibt@id.wondery.com for a chance to be on the Advice Line; newsletter at guyraz.com or Substack."}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "network promo, mid-show", "copy": "Phoebe Judge's live storytelling show about secrets and forgiveness. Tour dates and tickets at thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["The Robert Morley patent lawsuit (~six years, settled) is recounted by McKelvey only; Guy explicitly caveats on air that the episode presents one side. Keep it attributed to McKelvey's account; do not state its merits.", "The account of his mother's death by suicide (December 1989) is McKelvey's personal narrative - quote it only with attribution and never as advice or mental-health commentary.", "Drug-testing cost figures ($100M toward $10M per test; roughly 30 new drugs per year planet-wide) are McKelvey's own claims, time-stamped to this February 2026 episode; attribute to him.", "'Turned 60 this year,' 'billion-dollar valuation,' '$10-11M raised at a $45M valuation,' '50,000 pilot customers in a year,' '17 rules broken,' 'networks 15-25 basis points' and '97-cent readers' are all as stated on air by Guy or McKelvey, February 2026.", "Sensitive-telling notes: the Panama lost sale, the Jack Dorsey firing, the Steve Jobs meeting that never happened (Jobs's health) and the cardiac-monitor interference at the Bloomberg demo are anecdotes told by McKelvey; retold quotes are 'as recounted by McKelvey.'", "ASR name notes: Tristan O'Tierney, Marcia Dorsey, Mira and 'Panama lady' verified against context; no known corrupted tokens in chosen quotes. YouTube not checked (bot-blocked; standing caveat).", "All figures in these notes come from ASR of the episode audio; precise numbers are included only where heard reliably and are attributed to the speaker who said them (Guy's narration or the guest); anything not reliably heard was omitted. Master should treat any unattributed precise figure as suspect."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line (call-in) format. Pete and Rashid return after their 2023 Chomps episode; opens with a protein-market update and a candid account of last year's large-scale recall, then three founder calls, and ends with an archival clip from the original Chomps episode (the 1.1-million-stick Trader Joe's PO). Distinct episode; no duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Long-variant read: founders start with 2 a.m. hard questions; Anthropic asked over 100,000 people their hopes and fears about AI; Guy's hard question is what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "sponsor, top of show", "copy": "'Real innovation is powered by real people.' Corporate cards, 24/7 dedicated support, spend capacity consultation. 'Built to simplify, designed to scale.'"}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "network promo, mid-show", "copy": "Phoebe Judge's live show about secrets and forgiveness. Tickets at thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["The 2025 recall details (possible metal fragment; one packaging line, one evening shift, one of seven facilities; expanded scope; no metal found; no injuries; cost 'still TBD') are Pete's and Rashid's account on air, February 2026; attribute to them.", "Caller figures are the callers' own statements: Yadi's (~$1,500/day initially, ~$3,000/day now, ~$700K/year implied by Guy, team of nine, food truck 2023, SUNY New Paltz Aug 2024), Noble Pies (2008 start, $2.2M in 2025, ~$200K FreshDirect, 10,000 pies/week capacity, 4-month shelf life, QVC for two years), Achigan (just under $100K last year, year five, 100% organic marketing). Do not cross-attribute.", "Chomps' own milestones are the guests' statements: Pete full-time 2016 / Rashid 2018, at roughly $400-500K and ~$20M in sales respectively; archival clip's Trader Joe's PO of 1.1 million sticks is from the original episode.", "Protein/GLP-1 market talk is the guests' business commentary, not health advice; keep it framed as market observation.", "ASR name notes: caller 3's surname ASRs inconsistently ('Shrinko'/'Frenco') and the brand as 'Achigan' (his spelling of the Algonquin word for smallmouth bass, as he explains); 'Yadi Deese'/'Yadi's Artisanal Empanadas,' 'Zachary Bonder'/'Noble Pies' as heard. Standardized in prose; quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens. Master may confirm spellings via the show transcript.", "All figures in these notes come from ASR of the episode audio; precise numbers are included only where heard reliably and are attributed to the speaker who said them (Guy's narration, the guests or the callers); anything not reliably heard was omitted. Master should treat any unattributed precise figure as suspect."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Standard full interview episode. Catalog check: no collision with a different conversation of the same guest/brand. Distinct episode; no duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Long-variant read: founders start with 2 a.m. hard questions; Anthropic asked over 100,000 people their hopes and fears about AI; Guy's hard question is what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Cards and tools you can trust: custom spend parameters, unlimited corporate cashback cards, fraud protection, 'the powerful backing of American Express.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}, {"brand": "HIBT Advice Line", "type": "show promo, top of show", "copy": "Free advice from past founders (Tarte Cosmetics, Airbnb, Mark Cuban mentioned); call 1-800-433-1298 or voice memo to hibt@id.wondery.com."}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "network promo, mid-show", "copy": "Phoebe Judge's live show about secrets and forgiveness. Tickets at thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["All acquisition and sales figures are as stated on air by Guy or Osher, February 2026: Gerber (~$2M), Hasbro (> $160M, 1997), SpinBrush first year ($44M sales, $21M profit, 'probably closer to eight months'), P&G deal ($165M up front plus earn-out; settled 21 months early; $475M total), Meijer test (7/day/store vs Oral-B CrossAction 12/week), Spin Pops (100M in three years; $40-50M category), P&G's later sale to Church & Dwight (~$75M plus inventory) to clear the Gillette deal, and Osher's $10M one-week-close buyback offer. Guy narrates the Harvard Business School case-study status.", "P&G-internal details (the president's 'we've ruined them all' admission, the lawyers' stop-selling rule, the earn-out ceiling) are Osher's recollections - keep attributed to him.", "The Gurdjieff community years are told as personal biography (trades learned, philosophy summarized neutrally on air); present as biography, not endorsement or critique.", "Broadway producer credits (Jersey Boys, Hairspray - at least two Tony winners for best musical) are stated in Guy's closing narration.", "ASR name notes: 'Meijer' ASRs as 'Myers'; Gurdjieff, Hasbro, Church & Dwight, Blooming Dolls, Crunch Balls, Arcade Basketball, Crawlspace, Rainbow Toy Bar(s) as heard; Crest Whitestrips ASRs as 'white strips.' Standardized in prose; quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens.", "All figures in these notes come from ASR of the episode audio; precise numbers are included only where heard reliably and are attributed to the speaker who said them (Guy's narration or the guest); anything not reliably heard was omitted. Master should treat any unattributed precise figure as suspect."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line (call-in) format. Julia Hartz returns after the 2020 Eventbrite episode; opens with the announced Bending Spoons acquisition (still in negotiations; she can't discuss much) and Eventbrite's events-as-strategy data, then three founder calls, and ends with an archival clip from the original Eventbrite episode. Distinct episode; no duplicate. NOTE: a catalog entry 'Eventbrite CEO on the Future of Live Events with Guy Raz' is a different conversation with different guest framing - edition flag only, no collision with this Advice Line edition. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Long-variant read: founders start with 2 a.m. hard questions; Anthropic asked over 100,000 people their hopes and fears about AI; Guy's hard question is what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "sponsor, top of show", "copy": "One intelligent platform connecting cards, expenses and payments. 'Built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply). NOTE: ASR renders the read as 'MX Corporate'/'go.mx' - brand confirmed as Amex Corporate by the parallel read in sibling episodes; master may confirm against the show transcript."}] ["The Bending Spoons acquisition of Eventbrite is announced-but-in-negotiations as of this February 2026 recording; Julia declines detail and does not commit to remaining CEO. Attribute and time-stamp; do not state terms.", "The 98% Gen Z statistic and the 'up over 65%' live-podcasting figure are Julia citing Eventbrite's own research and platform data - attribute to Eventbrite via her.", "Caller figures are the callers' own statements: Pottery to the People (~200K subscribers, ~EUR150K/$175K tracking 2025, 50/50 split, four freelancers, ~25% of her YouTube audience are the tool buyers), Anyway (~2,500 subscribers, eighth issue, ~$200K revenue to date, $30K Kickstarter funded in under a week, ~1,000 donated copies a year), Auntie Mystery (45-55 minute bake, ~2 hours total with cooling; kits inspired by Turkey, Morocco, India, Peru). Do not cross-attribute.", "Anyway's coverage of puberty and mental/physical health is the caller describing her magazine's topics; the book-ban discussion is a distribution obstacle both speakers note without policy advocacy - neither is episode theme.", "All figures in these notes come from ASR of the episode audio; precise numbers are included only where heard reliably and are attributed to the speaker who said them (Guy's narration, the guest or the callers); anything not reliably heard was omitted. Master should treat any unattributed precise figure as suspect.", "Master correction: RSS original description names Mia, Jen and Anagha and brands Pottery to the People, Anyway Magazine and Aunty Misri. ASR surname expansions Maya Miller/Mia Mueller, Jen Sweatsoff and Angad Mishra were not established; omit them. Publisher identifies Anagha with she/her. Exact recording date remains unverified; February 5 is publication, not assumed recording."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Standard full interview episode, recorded December 2025 per Guy's on-air note ('we're talking now in December of 2025; this will air in 2026'). Catalog check: no collision with a different conversation of the same guest/brand. Distinct episode; no duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Long-variant read: founders start with 2 a.m. hard questions; Anthropic asked over 100,000 people their hopes and fears about AI; Guy's hard question is what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Corporate Cashback Card: one annual flat fee, 1.5% cash back on eligible business purchases, intelligent expense management. 'Built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms and cap apply)."}, {"brand": "HIBT Advice Line", "type": "show promo, top of show", "copy": "Free advice from past founders (Tarte Cosmetics, Airbnb, Sir Richard Branson, Mark Cuban mentioned); call 1-800-433-1298 or voice memo to hibt@id.wondery.com."}] ["This episode was recorded in December 2025 per Guy's on-air note; all 'today/now' figures are time-stamped to that recording: Netflix under 10% of US TV viewing (Hastings, counting linear+on-demand, YouTube/Disney/Paramount ahead), YouTube's doubled share 'in the last four years,' and K-Pop Demon Hunters as most-watched Netflix original film (Guy's narration: 500M+ views 'as of last December').", "The Warner Bros. acquisition discussion (and Paramount's rival offer) is current-events news at recording time; Hastings declines detail as a board member beyond supporting co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos. Attribute and time-stamp; do not state terms or outcomes.", "The '~9% of employees reportedly asked to leave each year' and 'incredibly high retention' framing is Guy's narration; the culture-deck specifics (127 slides, 2009 publication, keeper test, severance policy) are Hastings' account. Both critics' ('cutthroat') and Hastings' ('honest, humane') readings are presented in the narration - keep both.", "Historical figures are as stated on air: Blockbuster's 9,000 stores at peak (14,000 cited for the US in the 2000 discussion; one store left in Bend, Oregon), ~$800M in late fees the year of the meeting, LVMH's $50M (February 2000), September 23, 1999 subscription launch at $20/month with ~85% early retention, ~$50M revenue at the 2002 IPO, stock down two-thirds on Qwikster, House of Cards commissioned 2010/premiered 2013, global ex-China launch 2016, DVD wind-down 'roughly '24.' Keep attributed to the episode's telling.", "The Blockbuster-meeting and Amazon-meeting anecdotes are Hastings' recollections; the 'pitch deck to demote Randolph' story is Guy's framing which Hastings answers without confirming the deck ('I may have written it out... I would have done it in person'). Retold quotes are 'as recounted by Hastings.'", "AI-actor comments are Hastings' opinion in a closing question - commentary, not theme. Powder Mountain details (two owners, April/November 2023, 650-family private side sold out this year) are his account.", "ASR name notes: 'Qwikster' ASRs as 'Quickster'; Swaziland, Bowdoin, Barry Plotkin, Marc/Mark Randolph, Leslie Kilgore, Ted Sarandos, Greg Peters, Powder Mountain/'Powder Haven,' Steve Ballmer (ASR 'Bomber'), K-Pop Demon Hunters as heard. Standardized in prose; quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens.", "All figures in these notes come from ASR of the episode audio; precise numbers are included only where heard reliably and are attributed to the speaker who said them (Guy's narration or the guest); anything not reliably heard was omitted. Master should treat any unattributed precise figure as suspect."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition reviewed; no claim of equivalence to an unverified video cut. Sponsors and promotions: Amex Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Only one Gymboree/Joan Barnes title in the current publisher feed. Current full audio is not announced as an archive replay. No earlier matching full conversation established, which is not proof of absence. Sponsors and promotions: ["Amex Corporate / American Express Corporate Cashback (read wording varies by episode)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current caller set is Pearl Pop, Salt and Light Wellness and Cowboy Country Club. The 2016 Warby Parker founding interview is explicitly separate and briefly excerpted at the end; the feed also has a separate 2023 future-of-eyecare conversation. Sponsors and promotions: ["Amex Corporate / American Express Corporate Cashback (read wording varies by episode)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Explicit 2020 archive replay, original publisher RSS and NPR/Apple agree July 20, 2020. Current January 5, 2026 introduction adds later Chobani acquisition context. This is not a new founding conversation. Sponsors and promotions: ["Amex Corporate / American Express Corporate Cashback (read wording varies by episode)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current title labels the archive December 2024, but current publisher RSS original item is January 9, 2025 at 08:10 UTC, same three callers. LISTEN independently displays January 9; some indexes show January 16. Do not invent a December day or automatically shift by seven days. Current January 1, 2026 intro and outro identify a replay and add caller follow-ups. These additions do not make the core conversation new. Sponsors and promotions: ["Amex Corporate / American Express Corporate Cashback (read wording varies by episode)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Explicit replay of December 17, 2018 live founder interview, original publisher RSS, NPR and Apple agree. December 29, 2025 intro/outro adds career context. Separate October 2, 2025 Advice Line is another conversation. Reissue is not a new founding interview. Sponsors and promotions: ["Amex Corporate / American Express Corporate Cashback (read wording varies by episode)"] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Original new-conversation episode (December 2025 release). First HIBT appearance for Breezy and Val Griffith. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - connects cards, expenses and payments in one place; 'Built to simplify, designed to scale'; go.amex/amexcorporate."}, {"brand": "American Express (Business Platinum)", "type": "end of show small-business spotlight", "copy": "'Small business story' segment presented by Amex Business Platinum: Kong Screen Printing and Design, Austin (Ryan Burkhart and Bruce Braden; the viral 'Welcome to Austin. Please don't move here' shirt; roughly $3M annual revenue; 8:30-5:30 hours by choice)."}] ["Josh Dickerson's illness and 2013 death are the founders' own recounted family history; handled as catalyst narrative only, no medical detail beyond what they state (a rare cancer; Guy references a Seattle Times profile).", "Company figures as stated on the episode: ~$25,000 life-savings starting stash; ~$65,000 friends-and-family round incl. Bill Nye (whose financial advisor reportedly called it a terrible idea - recounted); Rohan Oza $150-160K (Breezy: 'if memory serves'); 1,800 Target stores chain-wide; 40,000 pounds of rancid almonds (2017); Inc 5000 number 32 in 2019 with ~6,000% growth (Guy); gross margins 'in the teens'; 20,000+ doors pre-crunch; September 2023 round from 65 individual celebrity investors with David Grutman; profitable in 2024; 25,000+ stores and $100M+ annual sales (Guy). All attributed to speakers, not independently verified.", "Rohan Oza named; Bill Nye named as early investor - both as recounted by Breezy.", "'Frans' chocolatier refers to Fran's Chocolates of Seattle (ASR spelling normalized); the blog-discovered thin-coating chocolatier is not named on air.", "Sensitive framing: 'skinny' in the brand name is discussed on air - Val notes the trepidation and the intent (a literal thin dip), attributed to the founders.", "ASR-figure guard: figures included only where reliably heard and attributed to a speaker; ASR may corrupt minor tokens (e.g. 'Lizzy/Chrissy' surnames Resta/Holler as heard; co-founder Lizzie Resta and Chrissy Holler spelled as heard)."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line (call-in) format, December 2025 release. Bobby Trussell returns after his original Tempur-Pedic episode (2018, per publisher description). He recounts staying on as vice chairman after the sale and leaving in 2022. Includes an archival clip from the original episode (raising money from the same people who had lost money with him on horses). Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Corporate Cash Back Card)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate Cash Back Card spot - 1.5% cash back on eligible business purchases, advanced spending controls, real-time visibility; go.amex/amexcorporate. No Anthropic read in this episode."}] ["Caller identities grounded against the publisher description: 'Lyf from Oregon' (Flying Fish Company), 'Colleen from Colorado' (Hala Gear), 'Amanda from Illinois' (Line + Cleat). ASR rendered Lyf as 'Leif' and the Line + Cleat brand inconsistently early in the call; normalized to publisher spellings. Colleen's surname (King) and Amanda's (heard as 'Horan') come from audio only, not the publisher description.", "Caller figures are the callers' own statements: Flying Fish restaurant at 75% of sales; Hala Gear ~$850K forecast, 85% D2C, retention up 60%, ~$10K ad spend last year, boards around $1,400; Line + Cleat ~$250K sales, 90% D2C, $400K pre-seed with $50K secured on a SAFE at a $2M cap, kids' line 2023, adult line spring 2026, 'only women-owned US Coast Guard approved life jacket brand' per the caller.", "Bobby's faith discussion and book ('The Logic That God Exists') are his personal views, presented with attribution; the Gen Z faith-revival observation is his anecdote.", "Tempur-Pedic history as recounted by Bobby: 500-chiropractor mailing with 125 conversions; $200K Bain study; 26-country expansion; Brookstone breakthrough; uncle Bill's $50K on 4-to-1 payback plus 1-2% equity; stayed to vice chairman and left in 2022.", "The archival clip is from the original 2018 Tempur-Pedic episode (raising money from the racehorse circle) - flagged as archival, not new content.", "ASR-figure guard: figures included only where reliably heard and attributed to a speaker; ASR may corrupt minor tokens (e.g. 'MX Corporate' for Amex)."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Chris Koerner joins Steven Bartlett to discuss studying working business models, testing a side hustle and understanding the active work behind passive-income ambitions. His earnings and exit accounts are unverified personal claims. The title’s income and timing promise is not a guarantee, and this is not financial or employment advice.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Original new-conversation episode (December 2025 release). Covers the 2008 founding through the founders' exits (Danae stepped back 2018, Eric left May 2019) and Indiegogo's 2025 acquisition by Gamefound (backed by Ravensburger). Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - 'one intelligent platform connecting cards, expenses, and payments'; go.amex/amexcorporate."}, {"brand": "American Express (Business Platinum)", "type": "end of show small-business spotlight", "copy": "'Small business story' segment presented by Amex Business Platinum: The Best Bees Company (founder Noah Wilson-Rich; PhD in bees during the 2008 crisis; hive-installation and maintenance model; first year $1M revenue against $1.1M expenses; now 120 employees in 24 cities plus the Biodiversity Lab spin-off)."}] ["Slava's account of his father's illness and death (multiple myeloma, home morphine care) and Danae's account of her family's bankruptcy and her father's death are first-person recollections; kept as attributed narrative, no medical content beyond their telling.", "Company figures as stated on the episode: $30,000 per founder in initial self-funding; 93 rejections; Sundance launch January 2008 with 10 film projects; Tapestries of Hope raised $25K; 10,000+ campaigns by end of 2010 (Guy, 'I read'); $1.5M first round September 2011; $15M Series A (2012, per Guy); about $1.5B raised on platform by 2018 (Guy); 2025 acquisition by Gamefound, backed by Ravensburger (Slava). Attributed to speakers, not independently verified.", "Names standardized to publisher/public spellings: Danae Ringelmann and Slava Rubin (publisher description); third co-founder Eric Schell (ASR heard as 'Shell').", "Founder-opinion framing: the claims that replacing the CEO 'handicapped' Indiegogo and that it 'should have owned' the verticals Kickstarter/GoFundMe/Patreon later occupied are Slava's stated opinions.", "The climate-change-denial campaign anecdote is raised by Guy and answered by Slava as an open-platform governance example; no endorsement implied.", "ASR-figure guard: figures included only where reliably heard and attributed to a speaker; ASR may corrupt minor tokens.", "Post-Indiegogo roles as stated by Guy in the outro: Slava started a venture fund and a podcast; Danae runs a mountain lodge in Norway with her partner."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Archive reissue. The Sal Khan conversation first aired September 21, 2020 (Apple Podcasts episode 1000491936817; NPR page dated September 18, 2020) and Guy's new intro says it 'first ran back in 2020.' This reissue released December 1, 2025 (08:00 UTC, one hour earlier than the batch's usual 08:10). The interview audio is the 2020 conversation - in-episode figures date to 2020 (e.g. 'nearly 30 million users a month' in the original intro; 'almost 2 billion' cumulative video views, 'last time I checked') - while the new 2025 intro cites 170 million+ registered users and 50+ languages, and the new outro notes Sal's additional role as a 'vision steward' at TED. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - 'one intelligent platform connecting cards, expenses, and payments'; go.amex/amexcorporate."}, {"brand": "American Express (Business Platinum)", "type": "end of show small-business spotlight", "copy": "'Small business story' segment presented by Amex Business Platinum: Mindy Knows (founder Mindy Horowitz; local-logistics concierge for out-of-state WashU parents, born from a Facebook parent group; Wall Street Journal cover story; now licensed 'Mindys' on nine other campuses)."}] ["Archive-edition time-stamping: interview audio dates to the September 2020 original. 'Nearly 30 million users a month' and 'almost 2 billion' cumulative video views are 2020-era figures; the 2025 reissue intro's 170 million+ registered users / 50+ languages and the TED 'vision steward' outro note are the current-release additions. Figures attributed to speakers, not independently verified.", "Sal's childhood recollections (family finances, the Kmart scene, his uncle's shooting, the David Duke-era incidents including the racial-slur conversation) are his first-person account; quoted or paraphrased with attribution only.", "Sal's account of months of anxiety and cold sweats after quitting is his own telling; no health advice given or implied.", "Named third parties as recounted on air: Nadia (cousin), Dan Wohl (Wohl Capital), Zuli Ramzan, Jeremiah Hennessy (BJ's Restaurants founder), Ann Doerr, Larry Cohen (Gates chief of staff), Walter Isaacson, Robert Kaplan (Fortune), David Coleman (College Board), Shantanu Sinha, Ben Kamens, Jason Rosoff. 'Bill Gates's favorite teacher' was Fortune's headline; Sal notes his own imposter-syndrome reaction to it.", "Money figures as stated on air: Oracle offer $100K; mother's $16K salary; $25K student debt; rent $4,000/month; wife's ~$40K fellowship salary; savings burn $5-6K/month; Ann Doerr $10,000 then $100,000; Gates Foundation and Google ~$2M each by fall 2010 (Google's 10^100 anniversary commitment); ~20 foundation rejections before that.", "ASR-figure guard: figures included only where reliably heard and attributed to a speaker; ASR may corrupt minor tokens (e.g. 'Seminal Convenience Store' as heard; band name 'Malignancy' as heard)."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Archive reissue of the Advice Line with Jane Wurwand, which has an original publisher RSS edition dated December 5, 2024 (the original Apple locator is a secondary alias; Guy's new intro: 'this episode first aired in December of 2024'). Re-released November 27, 2025 (07:10 UTC, earlier than the batch's usual 08:10). Caller figures date to the 2024 recording. Jane's original Dermalogica founding-story episode dates to October 24, 2016. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Corporate Cash Back Card)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate Cash Back Card spot - 1.5% cash back on eligible business purchases, spending controls, real-time visibility; go.amex/amexcorporate; 'terms and cap apply' as read."}] ["Caller identities grounded against the publisher description (Camille in Virginia / Chunky Vegan; Molly in Maine / Baby Booty; Sarah in Connecticut / Paradis Sport). Surnames (Camille Hardy, Molly Brubaker, Sarah Wyman) are as heard on audio only - not in the publisher description. Brand spelled 'Paradis Sport' per publisher description (ASR heard it as 'Parity'); named for Marie Paradis, first woman to climb Mont Blanc (1808, as heard).", "Caller figures are the callers' own statements from the December 2024 recording: Chunky Vegan $12 per 6 oz jar, 267 Instagram followers at recording; Baby Booty ~$89/month membership, 17 instructors, not profitable; Paradis Sport self-funded and approaching six figures in annual sales, eight prototype rounds over a year and a half. Time-stamp to 2024, not current.", "Dermalogica facts as stated on air by Jane/Guy: $14,000 self-funding; 27 launch products; no outside funding or debt through the 2015 Unilever majority-stake sale; Jane's original HIBT episode in 2016 (October 24, 2016 per Apple Podcasts).", "Jane's mother-advice anecdote and the early loss of her father are Jane's own biography, recounted with attribution.", "ASR miscues flagged: transcript once renders 'Jane Rowlands' for Jane Wurwand and 'parody' for Paradis; normalized here per publisher description. ASR-figure guard: figures included only where reliably heard and attributed to a speaker.", "Jane's 'go narrow and deep' versus Guy's 'take the adjacent risk' is a stated disagreement between the hosts, presented as their opinions, not verdicts."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No earlier matching full conversation established in current publisher title/alias review and current audio is not announced as an archive replay. This is not proof no prior recording exists. Personal history and the founding story are the core interview, not a short promotional synopsis. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["Anthropic/Claude", "American Express corporate"], "guest_advice_exclusion": "Commercial sponsor reads, show calls-to-action and clips promoting earlier founding interviews are not new guest advice. Core interview/caller AI and health content is preserved with attribution.", "sponsored_postscript": "American Express Small Business Spotlight: Jess Berger / Bundle x Joy. Dog health and ingredient claims remain sponsor-segment statements, not Meridith Baer advice."} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No earlier matching full conversation established in current publisher title/alias review and current audio is not announced as an archive replay. This is not proof no prior recording exists. Separate founding interview is referenced and briefly excerpted in the outro; it is not this full caller conversation. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["Anthropic/Claude", "American Express corporate"], "guest_advice_exclusion": "Commercial sponsor reads, show calls-to-action and clips promoting earlier founding interviews are not new guest advice. Core interview/caller AI and health content is preserved with attribution.", "sponsored_postscript": null} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No earlier matching full conversation established in current publisher title/alias review and current audio is not announced as an archive replay. This is not proof no prior recording exists. Personal history and the founding story are the core interview, not a short promotional synopsis. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["Anthropic/Claude", "American Express corporate"], "guest_advice_exclusion": "Commercial sponsor reads, show calls-to-action and clips promoting earlier founding interviews are not new guest advice. Core interview/caller AI and health content is preserved with attribution.", "sponsored_postscript": "American Express Small Business Spotlight: Daily Shade Sunscreen. Personal allergy/SPF claims remain sponsor-segment statements, not Travis Rosbach advice. Other speaker spelling not independently expanded."} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No earlier matching full conversation established in current publisher title/alias review and current audio is not announced as an archive replay. This is not proof no prior recording exists. Separate founding interview is referenced and briefly excerpted in the outro; it is not this full caller conversation. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["Anthropic/Claude", "American Express corporate"], "guest_advice_exclusion": "Commercial sponsor reads, show calls-to-action and clips promoting earlier founding interviews are not new guest advice. Core interview/caller AI and health content is preserved with attribution.", "sponsored_postscript": null} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No earlier matching full conversation established in current publisher title/alias review and current audio is not announced as an archive replay. This is not proof no prior recording exists. Separate founding interview is referenced and briefly excerpted in the outro; it is not this full caller conversation. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["Anthropic/Claude", "American Express corporate"], "guest_advice_exclusion": "Commercial sponsor reads, show calls-to-action and clips promoting earlier founding interviews are not new guest advice. Core interview/caller AI and health content is preserved with attribution.", "sponsored_postscript": null} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition, full coverage including commercial material and archival excerpts where present. Figures and roles belong to the interview; archive clips are not separate new episodes. Publisher RSS, Apple embedded metadata and lookup give November 3, 2025, 07:10 UTC; Apple’s readable page has been reported as displaying November 10. Both labels are preserved here, not treated as proof of a separate recording. Sponsors and promotions: yes - Amex Corporate at the open (go.amex/amexcorporate), plus a post-credits American Express Business Platinum "small business story" segment (Takeoff Luggage founder Steven Davis). Standard newsletter promo (guyraz.com / Substack). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition, full coverage including commercial material and archival excerpts where present. Figures and roles belong to the interview; archive clips are not separate new episodes. Sponsors and promotions: yes - Amex Corporate at the open (go.amex/amexcorporate); standard closing promos (newsletter guyraz.com / Substack; Advice Line callout 1-800-433-1298 / hibt@id.wondery.com). Closing segment replays a clip from Tariq Farid's 2017 original episode (labeled as replay). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition, full coverage including commercial material and archival excerpts where present. Figures and roles belong to the interview; archive clips are not separate new episodes. Sponsors and promotions: yes - Amex Corporate at the open (go.amex/amexcorporate), plus a post-credits American Express Business Platinum "small business story" segment (Oransi founder Peter Mann). Standard newsletter promo (guyraz.com / Substack). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition, full coverage including commercial material and archival excerpts where present. Figures and roles belong to the interview; archive clips are not separate new episodes. Sponsors and promotions: yes - American Express Corporate (go.amex/amexcorporate) at the open; standard closing promos for Guy's newsletter (guyraz.com / Substack) and the Advice Line callout (1-800-433-1298 / hibt@id.wondery.com). Closing segment replays a clip from Niraj Shah's 2018 original episode (labeled as replay below). PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Publisher audio edition, full coverage including commercial material and archival excerpts where present. Figures and roles belong to the interview; archive clips are not separate new episodes. Sponsors and promotions: yes - Amex Corporate at the open (go.amex/amexcorporate); standard newsletter promo (guyraz.com / Substack). No post-credits small-business segment in this episode. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
The Joe Rogan Experience
Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril and creator of the Oculus Rift, joins Joe Rogan to talk about float tanks and thinking without distraction, defense spending, secrecy and amnesty proposals, and why he got into building defense technology. Partial coverage: this note covers the opening portion of the roughly 3h03m episode; political claims are the speakers' own.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current Advice Line edition (October 16, 2025) with Lyft co-founder John Zimmer as the returning founder. His original Lyft founding-story episode aired in 2017 (stated on air: 'we first had you on the show back in 2017'); the closing archival clip (the Zimride frog-and-beaver costumes at Cornell) is from that earlier conversation. Not a reissue. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - custom spend parameters, unlimited corporate cashback cards, fraud protection; go.amex/amexcorporate; 'terms apply' as read."}] ["Brand spellings normalized to the publisher description: ShowerSpaah (ASR 'Shower Spa' - the caller spells it 'S P A A H' on air), RUKSTR (ASR 'Ruxstar/Ruxter' - caller spells 'r u k s t r' on air), slowcocoa (ASR 'Slow Cocoa').", "Caller figures are the callers' own statements: ShowerSpaah ~2,000-2,500 units and ~$200,000 year one, 500,000 UK care-home beds; RUKSTR $400,000 first-year revenue, five sellouts, sourcing from China and Pakistan; slowcocoa four and a half years, more than doubling, 3 full-time / 10 total staff, quarterly profit share.", "Lyft facts as stated on air: Zimmer and Logan Green moved to non-executive board roles in 2023 and left the board entirely weeks before recording; Zimmer's '3% of the US workforce had earned on Lyft' line is his recollection, attributed; the original HIBT Lyft episode is dated 2017 per Guy's on-air reference (not independently dated here).", "Zimmer's Yes And venture description and his reading of the Milei speech (ASR renders 'Malay') are his own account, attributed.", "ASR miscues flagged: 'Slow Cocoa'/'Kobe' normalized per publisher description; 'Malay' = Argentine President Javier Milei (uncertain rendering, flagged rather than expanded); Light Phone 3 detail is Zimmer's own statement (his Light Phone investment is referenced by Guy on air).", "The Teri/Terry spelling differs between publisher description (Teri) and ASR (Terry) - publisher description used.", "Caller surnames and uncertain ASR expansions do not establish identity. Short archival excerpts do not turn this Advice Line into the older full interview. Historical roles and plans are not current reports.", "Do not infer a particular recording date from publication. No original same-conversation duplicate identified within the preparedset; finalpublished/privatecrosswalk still required."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current-release founder-story episode (October 13, 2025); Guy recorded in Waco ('a few weeks ago, I flew out to Texas'). Not a reissue - this is the Gaineses' first HIBT interview (no earlier episode referenced). Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - cards, expenses and payments in one place; 'Built to simplify, designed to scale'; go.amex/amexcorporate; 'terms apply' as read."}] ["Figures as stated on air by the Gaineses or Guy: Chip's $30,000-50,000 college income, $60-80,000 Xerox offer, first flip ~$50k/~$50k/~$150k; store break-even $250/day vs ~$2,800 day one; $500,000 development credit line with ~$300,000 drawn when the bank cut the cap to ~$250,000; home shows $12-15k cost / $25-30k sales; ~19 million weekly viewers at the 2018 exit; nine houses in ten years; five kids; same ~12-person construction crew today. Attributed to the speakers.", "Timeline anchors as heard: met 2001, married 2003, first shop 2003, shop closed around the second child (~year three), Fixer Upper premiered 2014 (season one), ended 2018, one full year off, Magnolia Network via David Zaslav rebrand of DIY Network; Silos opened 2016 per Guy's narration ('they just opened the Silos' by 2016 segment).", "Sensitive material handled with attribution: the 2016 BuzzFeed article about their church's pastor and the later criticism from evangelicals over a same-sex couple on a show they executive-produced are discussed as the Gaineses' own account; Joanna's faith framing ('journey of faith and miracles') and childhood othering experiences are her own narration; Chip's college depression is his recollection.", "ASR miscues flagged: transcript renders 'Joe'/'Jo' inconsistently for Joanna, 'Gainses'/'gains' for Gaines (including Chip's closing line 'gains were built for hard things' - normalized in notes to Gaines; quoted material avoids the garbled rendering); 'hap papa/hapi' is Joanna sounding out the Korean term for 'half' (mixed heritage) - left as her account, not expanded.", "Frozen food line (biscuits, cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip cookies) described on air as exclusive to Target for one year; Nashville and Salt Lake named only as daydream-stage expansion cities.", "Publisher description claims (billion-dollar powerhouse, Silos drawing millions) are the show's own copy; notes rely on on-air statements.", "The wicker-sled story is Joanna's telling: her father secretly bought the $25 sled; she found it in his attic a year later - presented as family lore, attributed.", "Caller surnames and uncertain ASR expansions do not establish identity. Short archival excerpts do not turn this Advice Line into the older full interview. Historical roles and plans are not current reports.", "Do not infer a particular recording date from publication. No original same-conversation duplicate identified within the preparedset; finalpublished/privatecrosswalk still required."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current Advice Line edition (October 9, 2025) with Stacy's Pita Chips co-founder Stacy Madison as the returning founder. Her original founding-story episode aired in 2019 (stated on air: 'you were first on the show in 2019'); the closing archival clip (Mark hand-cutting pita, one bicep 'three times the size of his left') is from that earlier conversation. Not a reissue. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - custom spend parameters, unlimited corporate cashback cards, fraud protection; go.amex/amexcorporate; 'terms apply' as read."}] ["Brand spellings normalized to the publisher description: Dough Guy (ASR renders 'DoGuy' and 'Doughjoy' inconsistently), SUYO (ASR 'Suyo'), Stuckey's (ASR 'Stucky's'). Publisher description gives Stuckey's as an 88-year-old family candy business.", "Caller figures are the callers' own statements: Dough Guy >$300,000 revenue since late April 2025 launch, ~130,000 Instagram followers since January, $119 steel; SUYO ~80% bars/restaurants vs 20% liquor stores, a little over $400,000 expected this year, $30-33 bar price / ~$45 SRP, first US pallet late 2021; Stuckey's $500,000 purchase price (life savings), ~4,000 doors, 65 employees, $2M to $10M sales growth, pecan log roll 7-month shelf life (12 months bagged).", "Stuckey's history as stated by Stephanie on air: founded 1937 by her grandfather as a roadside pecan stand; peak 370 stores in 40 states; sold 1964, family involvement into the mid-70s; brand repurchased 'five years ago' (from October 2025 recording). Base locations as heard: calling from Wrens, Georgia; 'largest employer in Reynolds, Georgia' as heard - ASR-uncertain town name, flagged.", "Stacy's biography as stated on air: original HIBT episode 2019; Stacy's sold to Pepsi in 2006; Be Bold Bars reached 1,200 stores through a buyer who heard the show; $250,000 of bars and the wind-down decision; early investor in Sweetgreen and Evolution (juice) per Guy's on-air mention. Attributed.", "The Stacy/Guy disagreement on Stuckey's strategy (grow the core vs modernize for younger buyers) is presented as their stated opinions, not verdicts.", "Dave Portnoy review details are Sam's account (first homemade pizza reviewed, first from Utah; 'a pretty controversial guy' is Sam's framing).", "Caller surnames and uncertain ASR expansions do not establish identity. Short archival excerpts do not turn this Advice Line into the older full interview. Historical roles and plans are not current reports.", "Do not infer a particular recording date from publication. No original same-conversation duplicate identified within the preparedset; finalpublished/privatecrosswalk still required."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current-release founder-story episode (October 6, 2025). Not a reissue - the Fahertys' first HIBT interview. Guy's outro adds a post-recording update: the original beach-house-on-wheels trailer was destroyed in a fire this past summer (nobody hurt), with a replacement in the works. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate Cash Back Card spot - 1.5% cashback on eligible business purchases for one annual flat fee, intelligent expense management; go.amex/amexcorporate; 'terms and cap apply' as read."}] ["Figures as stated on air by the founders or Guy: $150,000 first inventory deposit; $1M first round across 44 investors ($5k-$100k checks); $1,000/day survival target; ~$350-365k first-year DTC vs a $400k goal; 75% wholesale in year two; Japan ~40% of year-one wholesale; factoring rates '10 or 12% or more'; year five-six revenue ~$25M; 12 stores pre-COVID (six resort), 40 leases signed 2020-21, ~40 stores by end of 2022, 81 today; ~50-person 2023 layoff; $250 million brand size from Guy's narration/publisher copy. Attributed to speakers.", "Timeline anchors as heard: Mike graduates Wash U 2005; ~8 years at Ralph Lauren; Mike quits 2012; Alex quits February 2013; website launch April 2013; trailer tour summer 2013 (35 days); first trade shows July 2013; Thompson Street pop-up ~3 years; catalog holiday 2015; Legend Sweater Shirt developed 2015 / launched 2016; Nantucket investor ~2016; Malibu store ~2018 (seven stores); COVID 2020; 40 leases 2020-21; layoff 2023.", "Names as heard: Alex's wife and co-founder Kerry (ASR renders 'Carrie' - flagged, normalized to Kerry per common public usage but not confirmed in publisher text); 'Eciton' Japanese retailer is ASR-uncertain (flagged); Mike's Ralph Lauren-era factory-owner friend in India who invested early is unnamed on air. The unnamed Nantucket investor's anonymity is respected - no identification attempted.", "The father's death (2008-09, before launch) and his keep-your-job advice are Alex's recounted family history, attributed; 'two forms of advice and they're both right' is Alex's framing.", "The beach-house trailer fire ('this past summer', nobody hurt, replacement in the works) is Guy's post-recording outro update - date relative to the October 6, 2025 release.", "ASR miscues flagged: 'Fairity/Farady' renderings normalized to Faherty; 'Coroni' in the 90s surf-brand list is ASR-uncertain; 'summer of 2000 and 20' normalized to summer 2020.", "Publisher description claims ($250 million in sales, 80 stores) are the show's own copy; on-air Alex says 81 stores today.", "Caller surnames and uncertain ASR expansions do not establish identity. Short archival excerpts do not turn this Advice Line into the older full interview. Historical roles and plans are not current reports.", "Do not infer a particular recording date from publication. No original same-conversation duplicate identified within the preparedset; finalpublished/privatecrosswalk still required."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Current Advice Line edition (October 2, 2025) with Dollar Shave Club founder Michael Dubin as the returning founder. His original episode was a 2018 live show at the Ace Theater in LA (stated on air); the closing archival clip (the Science incubator's $100,000 check written as $100) is from that conversation. EPISODE COMPARISON vs the separate Dollar Shave Club/Michael Dubin founder-story reissue handled elsewhere in this project (original December 2018): that entry is a reissue of the 2018 interview; this one is a new, distinct conversation (update + three callers + closing question + archival clip). Same guest, different conversation - both stand; not a duplicate. Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Amex Corporate spot - cards with flexible spending controls and real-time visibility; 'Companies shouldn't have to choose between speed and control'; go.amex/amexcorporate; 'terms apply' as read."}] ["Caller figures are the callers' own statements: PARS projected >$200,000 this year, started in Utah with four holes, two delivery leads plus gig workers; Incidental Wildland nine years in business, ~87%-male wildland fire statistic as cited by Bria, contract cut-and-sew in Kansas City; Kasbo's 2026 launch across a major grocery chain's NYC stores, NYT Florence Fabricant coverage, restaurant client - all the callers' own accounts.", "Dollar Shave Club facts as stated on air: original 2018 live episode at the Ace Theater in LA; Unilever's 2016 acquisition 'reportedly for a billion dollars' (Guy's wording); roughly ten years at DSC split between independent and Unilever eras; advisory work including Liquid Death. Attributed.", "Safe Woods details are Dubin's own account: started after stepping down as CEO in January 2021 and being 'smoked out' of a vacation; Montana base; US Forest Service collaboration; migration toward policy influence. The on-air uniform collaboration offer is a stated intention, not a completed transaction.", "Bria's NFPA 'wearing ease' critique ('oversized duffel bag') is her professional opinion as a maker and former firefighter - attributed, not endorsed; NFPA expanded as National Fire Protection Administration per her on-air guess ('Administration, I think') - flag the uncertainty.", "ASR miscues flagged: 'Casbo's' normalized to Kasbo's; 'Brio' normalized to Bria; 'PARS'/'Parrs' - publisher description uses 'Parrs Mobile Mini Golf' while the caller says PARS on air; audio engineer 'Sina Lafoedo' spelling unverified.", "Dubin's closing reflection on presence and sleepless nights is personal, attributed; no advice framing applied.", "Caller surnames and uncertain ASR expansions do not establish identity. Short archival excerpts do not turn this Advice Line into the older full interview. Historical roles and plans are not current reports.", "Do not infer a particular recording date from publication. No original same-conversation duplicate identified within the preparedset; finalpublished/privatecrosswalk still required."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No title alias hit in supplied 1263-entry public snapshot. Not a private-draft check. Current full audio is not announced as a replay; title review is not exhaustive proof of the original recording date. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["American Express corporate"], "sponsored_postscript": null, "note": "Opening commercial material and show calls-to-action excluded from guest advice. Current transcript reviewed through end credits. Advice Line founding-story references/excerpts do not make that older interview this current conversation."} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Three DoorDash title hits feature JM Nickels, Keith Yandell and Jessica Lachs, not Tony Xu. Publisher has a 2018 founding interview and 2020 Resilience conversation, different formats and content from these three current caller segments. Current full audio is not announced as a replay; title review is not exhaustive proof of the original recording date. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["American Express corporate"], "sponsored_postscript": null, "note": "Opening commercial material and show calls-to-action excluded from guest advice. Current transcript reviewed through end credits. Advice Line founding-story references/excerpts do not make that older interview this current conversation."} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Public snapshot hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMuKkH92fo . Live page identifies Conversations with Tyler, recorded April 14, 2026 at 92NY, published April 29. Opening question about webpage design, Tyler Cowen host, 54:26 and later audience Q&A differ from this Guy Raz founding interview. Shared themes and guest do not make them the same conversation. Current full audio is not announced as a replay; title review is not exhaustive proof of the original recording date. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["American Express corporate"], "sponsored_postscript": null, "note": "Opening commercial material and show calls-to-action excluded from guest advice. Current transcript reviewed through end credits. Advice Line founding-story references/excerpts do not make that older interview this current conversation."} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
No public snapshot title hit. Publisher has original 2017 founding interview and 2018 replay. Current episode is a separate three-caller Advice Line with an outro founding-story promotional excerpt, not a new full founding interview. Current full audio is not announced as a replay; title review is not exhaustive proof of the original recording date. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["American Express corporate"], "sponsored_postscript": null, "note": "Opening commercial material and show calls-to-action excluded from guest advice. Current transcript reviewed through end credits. Advice Line founding-story references/excerpts do not make that older interview this current conversation."} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Public snapshot hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alBiq54zprI . Live retrieved transcript opens with a Super Bowl purchase five days before the event, then Sam introduces Allison and asks about the old Mother Beverage name. This differs from Guy Raz interviewing both Allison and Stephen about their earlier lives and the full founding sequence. Same-guest and overlapping stories are not automatic conversation duplicates. Snapshot dates this other item August 24, 2026; live fetch did not independently supply its date or channel, so those metadata fields are not asserted as live-verified. Current full audio is not announced as a replay; title review is not exhaustive proof of the original recording date. Sponsors and promotions: {"opening_ads": ["American Express corporate"], "sponsored_postscript": null, "note": "Opening commercial material and show calls-to-action excluded from guest advice. Current transcript reviewed through end credits. Advice Line founding-story references/excerpts do not make that older interview this current conversation."} PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Many of us don’t know our neighbors anymore — and Nirav Tolia wanted to change that. He walked away from millions in stock options at Yahoo and eventually co-founded Nextdoor, the hyperlocal social network where neighbors share local news and recommendations. Along the way, he learned that for a digital service, Nextdoor demanded a ton of manual work: drawing neighborhood boundaries with Sharpies, sending individual “invite” postcards by snail mail, talking to neighbors about the information they wanted. After 8 years of grind, Nirav stepped away as CEO, only to return 6 years later to spearhead an ambitious rebrand of Nextdoor, which now has 100 million users around the world. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why Nirav walked away from millions in stock options to launch his own business How the failure of an early business helped fuel Nextdoor’s success How not having an initial vision for your brand can be a superpower. Why apps that focus on “local” are so hard to master Why Nirav believes” local” is a massive untapped opportunity in tech. This episode was produced by Casey Herman with music by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by Neva Grant. Our audio engineers were Kwesi Lee and Jimmy Keeley. Follow How I Built This: Instagram → @howibuiltthis X → @HowIBuiltThis Facebook → How I Built This Follow Guy Raz: Instagram → @guy.raz X → @guyraz Substack → guyraz.substack.com Website → guyraz.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
Andrew Wilkinson on business selection, starting small, bootstrapping, acquisitions and people. Selected coverage of the first part of the conversation omits AI-agent and later anxiety/mindset material. Revenue and company claims are his account, unverified here. Untimed editorial topics are not video chapters.
The Ranveer Show
Ranveer Allahbadia sits down with Jimmy Donaldson - MrBeast, the biggest YouTuber on the planet - during his December 2024 India trip, recording partly in a vanity van and partly on the drive to Mumbai airport. FULL COVERAGE: notes span the entire conversation. Sponsor: none stated (Ranveer plugs MrBeast's Beast Games on Prime Video as content, not a paid read). All figures and claims are MrBeast's own as told on the show; nothing here is business or financial advice. MrBeast says roughly 630 million unique viewers watched his main channel in the previous 90 days - by his math, 7-8% of all humans alive - and describes what that scale costs: hundreds of employees, productions like the 100-day bunker video (buried bunker, 50 cameras recording 24/7, medics on standby, millions of dollars), and 7-day survival videos he admits are miserable to film (sand-flea bites that forced a desert-island reshoot, fasting to avoid pooping while buried alive, solitary confinement where 10 hours feel like 30). He traces the hunger back to childhood: his family went bankrupt after the 2008 crisis, his mother worked two jobs, and as a young teen he prayed every hour to become a YouTuber, crying some nights with chest pain because he wanted it so badly. Today his mother - once horrified he skipped homework for YouTube - holds the keys to the master bank account, because, he says, who else in the world can you trust? He explains his idea machine (a team brings raw ideas, he riffles through weekly and spins 'my neighbour's house burned down so I bought him a mansion' into 'last to leave the mansion keeps it'), why one 50-million-view video beats a hundred 500K ones, and why he is not proud of himself yet: at 26 he counts only six efficient working years and plans to work until the day he dies. Ranveer draws him out on self-doubt (a pendulum, but he leans optimistic - 'I just have to have faith in myself'), his girlfriend and dog Alfie as his switch-off ritual, not celebrating wins, and why the goal must never end. They cover India: meeting Bhushan Kumar at T-Series HQ after the old subscriber 'war', wanting Virat Kohli in a video, the CarryMinati parody, MrBeast's prediction that CarryMinati will be India's first 100-million-subscriber creator, and his advice to Indian creators - CPMs will rise, so predict where the world will be in five years, think outside the box, and keep honing your skills. It ends with a plan: MrBeast in the Himalayas, meditating at the ashram Steve Jobs visited.
The Joe Rogan Experience
VICE co-founder Shane Smith joins Joe Rogan to talk about his plans for a video podcast, interviewing a political figure, the question of who is behind assassinations, and his love of classic muscle cars and simple routines on the road. Partial coverage: this note covers the opening portion of the roughly 2h35m episode; political claims are the speakers' own.
People by WTF
Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Kamath discuss childhood, family, the difference between a public image and a private person, cinema, ambition, relationships and work. Original English notes from the full available auto-caption page. Short quotes follow captions and may differ from audio. Source: https://youtubetotranscript.com/transcript?v=fEnwMyHejtQ. Personal accounts and opinions are attributed to the speakers and not independently verified. Business plans discussed are from the July 2024 recording, not confirmed current projects. This is not mental-health, relationship or investment advice.
People by WTF
Nikhil Kamath with Bill Gates (Microsoft co-founder, Gates Foundation) on his decades-long India relationship, why the foundation spends close to a billion dollars a year here, what philanthropy can and cannot do versus markets and government, capitalism vs socialism, where a 22-year-old should enter the energy transition, why Indian AI founders should build on top of platform models rather than compete with them, the regulatory arbitrage he expects in health and agriculture AI, and how close AGI might be. FULL COVERAGE: notes span the entire episode (full ~31:30 audio transcribed, including behind-the-scenes outro). Sponsor: none stated in the episode. All figures (foundation spend, Microsoft India headcount) are the guest's statements as of June 2024; brief mentions of supplements and medical tests are the guest's personal views, not medical advice; nothing here is investment or career advice.
