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The 68 best interview podcasts in 2026.
As of Oct 23, 2026, Real Alpha’s ranking of 68 interview podcasts puts Sources, Latent Space, All-In, a16z Podcast and Training Data at the top, by the minutes worth watching cut from each. We follow 68 long-form podcasts and cut those minutes from their episodes. Every show we follow is a long-form interview show, so all of them are here, the big general shows we follow only for their AI and tech guests too. This list ranks the 68 we follow that fit it: the 48 we’ve cut 478 moments from, then 20 we haven’t cut yet. It changes as we cut more.
How we rank: Each moment we’ve cut from a show earns a point, plus one when an AI builder is the one talking and one when its episode cleared our views bar, and a moment’s points halve every year after its episode came out. Each show is scored on its five best episodes by those points, so posting more often doesn’t lift it. Shows we follow but haven’t cut from yet come after, by the views their episodes usually get on YouTube.
The ranking
No. 1. Sources
Sources is a tech news show, hosted by Alex Heath, with a new episode about twice a week.
Top guests: Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman
Start with:Meta expects Muse to fund free access through transactions 
No. 2. Latent Space
Latent Space is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Shawn Wang (swyx) and Alessio Fanelli, with a new episode every day.
Top guests: Erik Bernhardsson, Ian Quigley, Evan Conrad
Start with:Agents hacked their scorer and chained exploits to communicate 
No. 3. All-In
All-In is a tech news show, hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Elon Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, Alex Karp
Start with:Optimus hands are the hardest part to build at scale 
No. 4. a16z Podcast
a16z Podcast is an investing and business show, hosted by Erik Torenberg, with a new episode every day.
Top guests: Alex Karp, Jad Naous, Karan Singhal
Start with:Military technology helps deter attacks and bring warfighters home 
No. 5. Training Data
Training Data is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Sonya Huang and Pat Grady, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Josh Gao, Boris Cherny, Demis Hassabis
Start with:Coding is solved for the code Boris writes 
No. 6. MTS
MTS is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Theo Jaffee and Sophia Dew, with a new episode every day.
Top guests: Aidan Smith, Nenad Tomašev, Tanishq Mathew Abraham
Start with:AI is most valuable when it expands what people can attempt 
No. 7. Lenny's Podcast
Lenny's Podcast is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Lenny Rachitsky, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Boris Cherny, Emmanuel Ameisen, Josh Woodward
Start with:Give engineers tokens before optimizing costs 
No. 8. Lightcone
Lightcone is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Diana Hu and Jared Friedman, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Farza Majeed, Elon Musk, Alex Danilowicz
Start with:First-principles reasoning can expose hidden cost reductions 
No. 9. Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Lex Fridman, with a new episode every two weeks.
Top guests: Demis Hassabis, Jensen Huang, Peter Steinberger
Start with:Why big companies don't ship faster with AI agents 
No. 10. Unsupervised Learning
Unsupervised Learning is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Jacob Effron, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Yash Patil, Yann LeCun, Jakub Pachocki
Start with:A world model predicts consequences, which LLMs cannot do 
No. 11. Sourcery
Sourcery is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Molly O'Shea, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Guillermo Rauch, Alex Karp, Aravind Srinivas
Start with:Palantir builds for what clients need, not what traps them 
No. 12. BG2
BG2 is an investing and business show, hosted by Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley, with a new episode every three weeks.
Top guests: Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella, Andrew Fox
Start with:Why even free ASICs lose to NVIDIA when power is the limit 
No. 13. The Knowledge Project
The Knowledge Project is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Shane Parrish, with a new episode every two weeks.
Top guests: Ryan Serhant, Tobi Lütke, Brad Jacobs
Start with:Climb out of a drawdown by making small money again 
No. 14. Moonshots
Moonshots is a tech news show, hosted by Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin and Alexander Wissner-Gross, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Emad Mostaque, Palmer Luckey, Chamath Palihapitiya
Start with:Power shortages will constrain AI more than chips 
No. 15. Big Technology Podcast
Big Technology Podcast is a tech news show, hosted by Alex Kantrowitz, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Demis Hassabis, Sundar Pichai, Dylan Patel
Start with:Deception can undermine every other AI safety test 
No. 16. The Cognitive Revolution
The Cognitive Revolution is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Nathan Labenz, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Alex Rives, Woodson Martin, Alan Chan
Start with:An intent model lets AI generate enterprise code deterministically 
No. 17. Cheeky Pint
Cheeky Pint is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by John Collison, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Will O'Brien, Alexandr Wang, Mark Zuckerberg
Start with:Training a frontier model means committing $100B before you know it works 
No. 18. Founders
Founders is an investing and business show, hosted by David Senra, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Alexandr Wang, Kurt MacAlpine, Ben Wilson
Start with:Meta bet on personal agents while rivals crowded into coding 
No. 19. The MAD Podcast
The MAD Podcast is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Matt Turck, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Pierre Stock, Diogo Almeida, Andy Pavlo
Start with:Agents could mean 10 to 100x more database queries 
No. 20. Behind the Craft
Behind the Craft is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Peter Yang, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Sam Stephenson, Ras Mic, Lauren Tan
Start with:Build trust in a bot by turning observed runs into skills 
No. 21. 20VC
20VC is an investing and business show, hosted by Harry Stebbings, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Demis Hassabis, Harrison Chase, Jason Lemkin
Start with:AI still lacks continual learning despite strong scaling returns 
No. 22. AI & I
AI & I is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Dan Shipper, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Boris Cherny, Willie Williams, Cat Wu
Start with:Turn past code and mistakes into compounding leverage 
No. 23. Dwarkesh Podcast
Dwarkesh Podcast is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Dwarkesh Patel, with a new episode every two weeks.
Top guests: Elon Musk, Pushkar Ranade, Chris Auth
Start with:Space solar could make AI power far cheaper 
No. 24. The Builders with Walter Isaacson
The Builders with Walter Isaacson is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Walter Isaacson, with a new episode every day.
Top guests: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel
Start with:Musk says he stayed in government too long 
No. 25. Minus One
Minus One is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Aditya Agarwal, with a new episode every two weeks.
Top guests: Sergey Levine, Dmitri Dolgov
Start with:Closed-loop validation requires a driver, simulator and critic 
No. 26. The Pragmatic Engineer
The Pragmatic Engineer is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Gergely Orosz, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Uday Kiran Medisetty, Sam Newman
Start with:Uber reused cloud workspaces to give agents ready-to-build repos - IB
No. 27. Inside Blackstone
Inside Blackstone is an investing and business show, hosted by Christine Anderson, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Eric Schmidt, Masayoshi Son, Stephen A. Schwarzman
Start with:Son argues AI safety requires progress, not a slowdown 
No. 28. TBPN
TBPN is a tech news show, hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, with a new episode every day.
Top guests: Kevin Weil, Oege de Moor, Matthew Prince
Start with:One researcher plus AI agents found a Chrome full-chain exploit in 6 days 
No. 29. No Priors
No Priors is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Sarah Guo and Elad Gil, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Misha Laskin, Greg Brockman, George Kurtz
Start with:AI gives defenders a window to find and fix security flaws 
No. 30. Decoder
Decoder is a tech news show, hosted by Nilay Patel, with a new episode a few times a week.
Top guests: Walter Piecyk, Benn Jordan, Hayden Field
Start with:Flock's network is only as secure as its weakest user 
No. 31. Sabrina Halper Show
Sabrina Halper Show is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Sabrina Halper, with a new episode every two weeks.
Top guests: Ali Ansari, Yinon Costica
Start with:Human expertise must keep updating AI models 
No. 32. Grit
Grit is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, with a new episode every two weeks.
Top guests: Jeanne Grosser
Start with:Never accept a founder's forecast without the pipeline math 
No. 33. The Peterman Pod
The Peterman Pod is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Ryan Peterman, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Boris Cherny, Scott Aaronson
Start with:Build for the model that will exist six months from now - HF
No. 34. Hard Fork
Hard Fork is a tech news show, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: John Carreyrou, Erin Griffith, Elizabeth Dias
Start with:Holmes’s changing image doesn’t erase the evidence of deception 
No. 35. Relentless
Relentless is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Ti Morse, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Sam Altman
Start with:AI may make us busier as our ambitions keep expanding 
No. 36. The Shawn Ryan Show
The Shawn Ryan Show is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Shawn Ryan, with a new episode about twice a week.
Top guests: Brett Adcock
Start with:Figure ended its OpenAI robotics partnership to build in-house 
No. 37. Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Brian Keating, with a new episode about twice a week.
Top guests: Max Tegmark
Start with:AI labs can keep the public in the dark 
No. 38. The Joe Rogan Experience
The Joe Rogan Experience is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Joe Rogan, with a new episode every day.
Top guests: Bill Thompson
Start with:AI could make local production and human-made work more valuable 
No. 39. In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen
In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen is an investing and business show, hosted by Nicolai Tangen, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Eric Schmidt
Start with:AI agents could flatten business and speed up work 
No. 40. Possible
Possible is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Reid Hoffman, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Camille François
Start with:Discord turned a vendor shutdown into shared safety infrastructure 
No. 41. My First Million
My First Million is an investing and business show, hosted by Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, with a new episode about twice a week.
Top guests: Jeff Harmon
Start with:Movie studios spend more on marketing than on making the film 
No. 42. Acquired
Acquired is an investing and business show, hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, with a new episode about once a month.
Start with:Bogle's firing and the legal loophole that created Vanguard 
No. 43. Silicon Valley Girl
Silicon Valley Girl is an investing and business show, hosted by Marina Mogilko, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Daron Acemoğlu
Start with:The money in AI is in data and applications, not models 
No. 44. The TWIML AI Podcast
The TWIML AI Podcast is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Sam Charrington, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Zoe Weil
Start with:Retail ranking should optimize purchases, not just relevance 
No. 45. Core Memory
Core Memory is a tech news show, hosted by Ashlee Vance, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Andrew Kiguel, Matt McMullen
Start with:Realbotix prioritizes autonomy and useful tasks over walking 
No. 46. Knuckle Up with Nakul
Knuckle Up with Nakul is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Nakul Mandan, with a new episode every two weeks.
Top guests: Jake Cooper
Start with:Railway rebuilt its free tier around better infrastructure economics 
No. 47. Invest Like the Best
Invest Like the Best is an investing and business show, hosted by Patrick O'Shaughnessy, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Noah Shinn
Start with:Trust builds gradually, then drives much higher retention 
No. 48. The Tim Ferriss Show
The Tim Ferriss Show is an investing and business show, hosted by Tim Ferriss, with a new episode every week.
Top guests: Kevin Rose
Start with:Simple premises sell books, and too much information fails 
No. 49. The Diary Of A CEO
The Diary Of A CEO is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Steven Bartlett, with a new episode about twice a week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 3,600,000 views on YouTube.
No. 50. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Theo Von, with a new episode about twice a week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 1,800,000 views on YouTube.
No. 51. The Ezra Klein Show
The Ezra Klein Show is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Ezra Klein, with a new episode about twice a week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 560,000 views on YouTube.
No. 52. Modern Wisdom
Modern Wisdom is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Chris Williamson, with a new episode a few times a week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 280,000 views on YouTube.
No. 53. Huberman Lab
Huberman Lab is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Andrew Huberman, with a new episode about twice a week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 270,000 views on YouTube.
- MM
No. 54. MD MEETS
MD MEETS is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Mathias Döpfner, with a new episode every three weeks.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 41,000 views on YouTube.
- PD
No. 55. POLITICO Decoded
POLITICO Decoded is a tech news show, with a new episode every week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 31,000 views on YouTube.
No. 56. Upstarts
Upstarts is a tech news show, hosted by Alex Konrad, with a new episode every week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 28,000 views on YouTube.
No. 57. 80,000 Hours Podcast
80,000 Hours Podcast is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Rob Wiblin and Luisa Rodriguez, with a new episode every week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 27,000 views on YouTube.
- MT
No. 58. Machine Learning Street Talk
Machine Learning Street Talk is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Tim Scarfe and Keith Duggar, with a new episode about twice a week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 22,000 views on YouTube.
No. 59. Uncapped
Uncapped is an investing and business show, hosted by Jack Altman, with a new episode every two weeks.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 10,000 views on YouTube.
No. 60. The Logan Bartlett Show
The Logan Bartlett Show is an investing and business show, hosted by Logan Bartlett, with no new episode since September 2025.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 6,200 views on YouTube.
No. 61. The Information's TITV
The Information's TITV is a tech news show, hosted by Akash Pasricha, with a new episode every day.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 3,200 views on YouTube.
- FP
No. 62. Future of Life Institute Podcast
Future of Life Institute Podcast is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Gus Docker, with a new episode every week.
Not cut yet. Its episodes usually get about 3,100 views on YouTube.
No. 63. Conversations with Tyler
Conversations with Tyler is a long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Tyler Cowen.
Not cut yet.
No. 64. Machine Gods
Machine Gods is a tech news show, hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, with a new episode a few times a week.
Not cut yet.
- NP
No. 65. Newcomer Pod
Newcomer Pod is a tech news show, with a new episode every week.
Not cut yet.
- OL
No. 66. Odd Lots
Odd Lots is an investing and business show, with a new episode every day.
Not cut yet.
No. 67. Product Growth
Product Growth is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Aakash Gupta.
Not cut yet.
- TP
No. 68. The Katie Miller Podcast
The Katie Miller Podcast is a big general interview show we follow for its AI and tech guests, hosted by Katie Miller, with a new episode every week.
Not cut yet.
The same shows, by what they cover
Best interview podcasts with founders and researchers
- 02Latent Space
- 05Training Data
- 06MTS
- 07Lenny's Podcast
- 08Lightcone
- 10Unsupervised Learning
- 11Sourcery
- 17Cheeky Pint
- 19The MAD Podcast
- 20Behind the Craft
- 22AI & I
- 24The Builders with Walter Isaacson
- 25Minus One
- 26The Pragmatic Engineer
- 29No Priors
- 31Sabrina Halper Show
- 32Grit
- 33The Peterman Pod
- 35Relentless
- 44The TWIML AI Podcast
- 46Knuckle Up with Nakul
- 67Product Growth
Best interview podcasts with investors
Best long-form conversation podcasts
Best tech news interview podcasts
Best general interview podcasts
Questions
What is the number one interview podcast?
Sources is the number one interview podcast in Real Alpha’s ranking of 68, as of Oct 23, 2026. It has 18 moments cut from 6 episodes, 15 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and open-weight models.
What is the best daily interview podcast?
Latent Space, No. 2 of 68 in Real Alpha’s ranking, is the best-ranked one with a new episode every day.
How does Real Alpha rank interview podcasts?
Each moment we’ve cut from a show earns a point, plus one when an AI builder is the one talking and one when its episode cleared our views bar, and a moment’s points halve every year after its episode came out. Each show is scored on its five best episodes by those points, so posting more often doesn’t lift it. Shows we follow but haven’t cut from yet come after, by the views their episodes usually get on YouTube.
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