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John Coogan

Co-founder & Co-host, Tbpn

Search every verified John Coogan interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. John Coogan, co-founder and co-host of the tech talk show TBPN, has continued to broadcast daily episodes from the show's Los Angeles studio, the Ultradome. Recent programs have covered topics including Anthropic's investor day, Tesla's Roadster announcement, OpenAI's DevDay, and Meta's Connect event. Coogan has also conducted interviews with figures such as Sam Altman, Neal Stephenson, and John Arnold, and the show has been described by The New York Times as "Silicon Valley's newest obsession." In an episode featuring journalist Ashlee Vance, Coogan discussed the show's production process, noting that he and his co-host aim to make the program "1% better every single day" while also running the business behind it. On air, Coogan has offered commentary on various industry developments. Regarding Anthropic's reported revenue figures, he said it was "crazy that you can be growing at 45% quarter-on-quarter and still not meet expectations," while also noting that distillation costs were "a little bit lower than people were expecting." He expressed enthusiasm for Meta's AI work, stating he was "way more excited about what MSL is doing than Google or SpaceX at this point." Coogan also discussed the film "The Social Reckoning," which he said was "underperforming" and "doesn't answer the questions that people are asking about tech companies right now." He has repeatedly promoted a countdown to Christmas on the show, and has referenced the show's newsletter and podcast ratings during sign-offs.

Recent appearances

  • We Review ‘You Can See Everything’, Tesla Unveils Rocket Powered-Roadster | Diet TBPN

    October 16, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Public - https://public.com Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Console - https://www.console.com Crowd…

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  • Inflation Heats Up, Anthropic Investor Day, Tesla Roadster Mania| Diet TBPN

    October 15, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Public - https://public.com Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Console - https://www.console.com Crowd…

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  • SELL EVERYTHING (Including Your Dollars), PPI God Candle, Lee Jae Myung Says "We Must Live"

    October 15, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:05:04 Recapping Anthropic Investor Day 00:15:04 SELL EVERYTHING 00:23:24 Inflation Heats Up 00:30:29 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:44:02 Valar Atomics VC Feud 00:51:16 Tesla Roadster Hype 01:00:53 Porsche Mission S 01:04:49 Reed Albergotti, Semafor’s San Francisco bureau chief and host of the Future Proof podcast, discusses Tesla’s self-driving technology, Microsoft’s AI strategy, Xbox’s future, and the debate over regulating open-source AI. He also examines the financial and infrastructure bottlenecks facing the AI industry as technology companies rapidly increase spending. 01:26:45 Bryan Cantri…

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  • Xbox Labs, Animatronic Birds, IoT Device Warfare, Reflection, Decart, CharacterAI

    October 14, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:01:46 OpenAI Uncovers Spy Device 00:08:41 Are Your Devices Listening to You? 00:20:13 Apple x LG 00:24:59 Home Devices Tier List 00:37:45 XBOX Labs 00:40:46 Inside The World of GTA 6 00:43:38 Kelly Clarkson's Bird Store Drama 00:52:27 Thomas Neckel discusses co-founding Fragment, a New York fintech company building financial infrastructure designed for AI agents. He explains how Fragment translates contractual rules into deterministic financial workflows, enabling agents to automate complex processes such as payments, refunds, accounting, and insurance claims while preventing costly errors.…

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  • OpenAI Bugging Incident, Are Your Devices Listening? Xbox Launches Remix Lab | Diet TBPN

    October 14, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Public - https://public.com Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Console - https://www.console.com Crowd…

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  • Muse Wonder, Anjney Sizes Up, Neal Stephenson Joins, Social Reckoning Review, Eli Manning Live

    October 13, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:01:13 Social Reckoning Review 00:14:12 Muse Wonder 00:30:15 Apple HomeView 00:43:36 Anjney Midha, William Chu & Negin Oliver. Anjney “Anj” Midha, founder of venture firm AMP, discusses the Grid Trust, a $100 billion program anchored by Zurich Asset Management to expand affordable, reliable AI computing capacity for startups and public-sector users worldwide. He explains how pooling customers and hardware providers, along with AI-powered demand forecasting, can improve GPU utilization, reduce risk, and broaden access to compute. 00:59:52 Neal Stephenson, an acclaimed science-fiction author k…

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  • John Reviews The Social Reckoning, Muse Wonder, Apple’s HomeView | Diet TBPN

    October 13, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Public - https://public.com Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Console - https://www.console.com Crowd…

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  • The Talk Show Billionaires Beg To Go On

    October 09, 2026 · 📺 Core Memory and Core Memory Podcast

    TBPN turned tech news into a spectator sport, complete with a gong, an air horn, and goalposts that physically move when artificial intelligence gets too good. Ashlee Vance visits John Coogan and Jordi Hays at their Los Angeles studio, the Ultradome, to go on air and see how they make the daily live show. There are founders, venture capitalists, theatrical props, and two men with suspiciously good hair holding it all together. Behind the soundboard is the less glamorous business of filling three hours of airtime while running a company. John and Jordi explain the daily grind, Ashlee offers a…

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  • Crypto Going Bunker Mode, AI Mathpocalypse, Starbucks Explores Chipotle Takeover | Diet TBPN

    October 08, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Public - https://public.com Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Console - https://www.console.com Crowd…

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  • Some Math Problems, Scott Morton Breaks His Silence, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S

    October 07, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:06:15 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:10:55 Some Math Problems 00:25:12 SpaceX's $40B NVIDIA Chip Deal 00:35:59 Porsche Mission S 00:52:27 Walter Russell Mead, a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute, discusses the decline of mid-20th-century democratic capitalism and society’s transition into an uncertain technological era. He explores AI’s economic and geopolitical effects, human adaptability, the balance between state power and individual liberty, and declining trust in experts while expressing optimism about technology’s potential to improve life. 01:32:01 Kat Cole, CEO of AG1, discusses…

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  • Le Chonk, Buffet's Just Like You, TJ Parker Returns, Dylan Field Joins

    October 06, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:05:10 "Digger" Review 00:06:42 AI Mods Run into Copyright Law 00:16:26 The Case Against AI Job Doom 00:28:29 Warren Buffett Discovers YouTube 00:35:08 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:49:42 Mistral Launches Le Chonk 00:55:19 Greg Fleming discusses his career in financial services and his role as CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management, which provides comprehensive advice to wealthy families. He explains the firm’s growth, approach to private-market investing and diversification, and use of AI to improve advisor productivity while preserving personalized client relationships. 01:17:40 TJ Parker discuss…

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  • Minecraft AI Mods, Should You Sell Your Data, Construction Paper Really Fell Off

    October 05, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    01:17 AI Video Game Mods 18:04 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 37:13 Chinese Cars Take Over Britain 43:49 Fiat's $15k Microcar 57:09 Sean Frank, CEO of Ridge, discusses the company’s rapid growth, his decision not to sell its business data to AI firms, and how AI is transforming e-commerce operations, advertising, and creative production. He also explores agent-driven shopping, TikTok marketing, consumer spending, celebrity partnerships, and Ridge’s potential expansion into physical retail. 01:29:21 Linda Du, president, COO, and co-founder of Valon Technologies, discusses the company’s $150 million Serie…

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“So the interesting thing is people aren't actually selling everything. They're not actually selling their dollars. That's just the meme. Of course, Cramer says, 'Oh, it's over over.' Which is very funny. Just to put it in perspective, the NASDAQ is down like 0.3%, 0.4%, not much, but then the Dow is up almost a full percent. So what's really happening is that there's just a rotation that's happening while the Dow and”

“Sell your dollars. Your dollars. Sell your stocks, sell your bonds, get out of everything, get into land, buy guns, food, medicines. We will be on a barter economy soon, I think. I think that's the main major prediction. No, people are blackpilling. Sell your assets. Sell everything. Sell everything. Take your dollars, invest them into a Roadster or maybe a Mission S. Yes. I think that's why they timed this launch. T”

“Distillation, we actually got a number. So distillation is between 5 to 7% of revenue, which I think is a little bit lower than people were expecting, but it feels like the Anthropic team, David Sacks was celebrating this, that hey, like there was this big problem and one of the proposed solutions was like ban open source, do all this crazy stuff, slow down, and David Sacks didn't want to do that. And then Anthropic ”

“It's crazy that you can be growing at 45% quarter-on-quarter and still not meet expectations. But when people have had in their minds 10x every year, 10x revenue growth every year, and Anthropic goes to their investor day and says that Q3 revenue was $16.88 billion, which annualizes to $67 billion, $67 billion. I don't know what they were doing there. That seems like a little bit of like, okay, I get it. It's like th”

“I think if you go in a store, everything should be for sale. I think you should be able to buy the point-of-sale system. If I want that Square reader, you got to sell it to me. Now, it might cost me a pretty penny because what happens if I buy your Toast device? You're going to be out of business for that day. It might take you a couple days. That's lost revenue. That's lost profit. I want you to build a discounted c”

“Global spending on alcohol is still larger than AI infrastructure spending this year. $1.7 trillion spent on alcohol, $1.5 trillion spent on AI infrastructure. So, if we all band together and start teetotaling, we got another leg up.”

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