Steph has great guests, does a great job of asking insightful questions , listens and assures that the audience is clear on what’s being discussed.

The content is timely, relevant, educational, and difficult to obtain at this level of comprehensiveness and density anywhere else. The show is produced incredibly well - rather than single or simply sequential guest interviews, the dialogue is refactored around themes that Steph sets up and guides the listener through. And Steph is SO on point as a host. She drives a dialogue with the listener, and asks insightful questions that get to specific responses from guests. And she always has a technical and strategic understanding of the products/platforms or movements being discussed - she’s a true conversation partner and not a “podcast host.” Amazing!

This podcast sources the best guests, and host Steph Smith does a great job of facilitating insightful discussions. It’s a must-listen for founders and anyone who wants to be on the bleeding edge of technology and important ideas shaping the world.

This podcast is a truly inspiring resource for anyone interested in the latest development in technology and innovation. Steph’s tenacity and courage in conducting engaging and thought-provoking interviews with thought leaders in the field is truly admirable. The podcast is a must-listen for anyone wanting to stay ahead of the curve in the fast-moving world of tech.

Steph does an excellent job of bringing a wide range of emerging topics together. The podcast guests are leading innovators in their fields and the style is always easily consumed while provoking big thoughts. Highly recommend

The host speaks too fast/anxiously, it makes listening a little challenging. Would prefer a slower, more straight to the point, deeper voice. Or not necessarily a change of host, but maybe some more public speaking training. Don’t want to hurt your feelings, just being real. Thanks!

Steph is a great host. Love the approachable way she talks with guests and how knowledgeable the convos are. Great way to keep up with the latest macro trends in a fast changing landscape !

This has become one of my favorite new podcasts. They find interesting founders and stories, and I always find little nuggets that make me think after the episode has ended. Love the industry insights as well.

I thought the previous host, Sonal, did a great job. Now Steph Smith is doing a great job as well. I really enjoy the thoughtful questions and insightful responses from interesting guests.

The content and the guests are awesome. The moderator sounds really green / unsure of herself. Why does this matter - the types of questions asked makes the conversation languish. Vs a Tim Ferriss or Shane Parrish interview and the conversation feels richer.

1) Engaging Host: Steph Smith brings an infectious energy to each episode. Her guests feel appreciated and reciprocate with enthusiasm, resulting in truly engaging discussion. Dialogue quickly reaches a flow state and you feel privileged to be overhearing the inside scoop on all the cutting edge topics of tech. 2) Relevance of Topics: Each episode is about something impacting your world directly or indirectly. The tech you use. The tech being used to market to you. The tech in the tech you use in your personal life or work life. Climate tech. The tech your kids use that you don’t use. If it is tech moving the needle in society today or expected to in the near future you’ll know about it. 3) Makes you more Interesting: always have something interesting to say. At a networking event. At work. A conference. A dinner party. Wherever you go you’ll have nice juicy nuggets of current trends in technology that you can share. You’ll be smarter at the end of each episode. When you share how these trends are impacting your life and the lives of your colleagues, families, and customers you’ll help them be more tech aware too. 4) Your Investment Portfolio: knowing what tech is emerging and could be disrupting todays tech is critical for all investors in the sector. Here about it on A16Z this week. Read about it in the journal or Fortune in a year. See it in mainstream media in 3 years. Give yourself the head start. You owe it to yourself. 5) No screen Required: Take a walk. Listen and learn. Feel good after. Repeat.

This show contains the most intelligent conversations I’ve heard about tech. It’s not dumbed down, subject to hype, or full of outlandish predictions. It’s just smart and insightful, and the new host does a great job of bringing in context.

I had found what I had believed to had been certain parts (or certain voices involving certain groups of words) of what I had believed to had been certain recordinings of what I had believed to had been this "a16z Podcast" to had been vulgar (or profane), negative, unnecessary, and detrimental).

The hosts and guests are all smart and interesting people but somehow it feels like there’s a lot of bloat, forced and ultimately provides little value.

Really enjoy the guests on the show! The style of editing is a little unnatural and anxious though.

No matter the subject, you’re guaranteed to gain something from every episode - can’t recommend a16z enough. 🙌

This podcast should start with”DJ on da beat so issa BANGA”

Andreessen, host of the a16z podcast, highlights all aspects of business, tech and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!

The mini episode about the third vaccine choice really opened my eyes and answered some very important questions I had. As a potential recipient of the J&J vaccine, thank you for making that episode! Keep it up!

I learned about this podcast through darknet diaries(which I’ve been completely addicted to haha) and this has been good enough to pull me away from it. It’s comprehensive and has a very satisfying amount of technical details. It doesn’t leave me with questions and has at least a few insights per episode that had some mild “mind blown” effect.

The hosts are fantastic at interviewing key guests and teasing out the valuable knowledge they have to share. I really enjoyed the interview with Andrew Chen and Brian Balfour on how leaders can still pursue growth even during the turbulent times we’re living. Great podcast.

Love the topics, but I’m astonished that that a bunch of tech nerds seem to have no idea how to properly use recording technology.

Guest selection is great, and I like the balance and interviewer / guest dynamics. Sonar, you’re fantastic!

Annie I love your book but OMG when I heard you speak with that valley girl upspeak I had a hard time listening to your important ideas. I guess you adopted that speech pattern to fit in with the SF crowed but I found it beneath your status. Andreessen does not talk that way. Minus one star for the pandering.

Please make the volume higher. Everybody can volume down, but. Sometimes volume up is not possible. Education episode has an issue with that. Come on guys, you are editing them just make your podcast accessible by bringing base volume up

The issue with these episodes containing “discussions” is the speakers are speaking in idealistic theories that overlay on top of each speaker rather than actually debating the issues and topics at hand. Would have liked to see the facilitator introduce a x vs y point of discussion rather than a 45 minute run on sentence with connector phrases such as “well it’s not even X you could expand that to Y” - superficial topic knowledge exemplified by explaining topics as “but in theory you could take all community college classes and offer them to everyone” is not particularly helpful from a learning perspective. That’s obvious. Where true knowledge is gained in these podcasts are when folks explain alternative replacement views rather than alternative rephrasings of what’s already been said.

Conversations w ppl like Alex Honnold are so great - then it becomes so boring when “then we start talking about revenue....” Keep the gold, cut the fat. Or “junk mileage” as Alex said. Sometimes it’s smart enough to have these convos w AH folks and global leaders.

We get it, you hate the US.

I’m really enjoying this series. The host is well informed and the guests (and their studies) are really interesting. Keep it up 🙌

Most episodes are interesting, and presenters are super insightful on current trends across a range of topics. Pick and choose the topics you’re interested in!

Was expecting higher quality

I love this, after being hit as a pedestrian I have healed myself completely. Medicine free, pain free, and fancy free. I have been study and doing alternative medicine modalities, fitness, Nutrition and spirituality for 33 years. I have held myself completely and Live in a state of peace, love, happiness, compassion, kindness, joy, & gratitude. I made him a miraculous recovery that is unbelievable. With catastrophic injuries you would never know anything ever happened to me. Much gratitude, Stacy Rosman

Stay in your lane (or prove you can stray outside of it). a16z has been incredible at identifying firms that will generate long term shareholder value, at least to a greater extent than other venture firms (certainly some active participation in there). however, they have no expertise in creating valuable and consumable content, and this podcast is evidence of that. This is garbage. They allowed associates to create this podcast for the sale of job satisfaction. At some point the GPs have to tell them that this is sub-par and stop propping up their value and egos. I’m done.

The podcast is insightful, but it overloads your feed with other podcast series they are promoting by publishing under this podcast line. Wish they would stay in their lane because that’s what we subscribed to.

Host interrupts too much and doesn’t add value. Otherwise the content is great

Great pod!

Great content, but the primary host/Interviewer interrupts the guests quite a lot with her own thoughts. It’s unfortunate - please, let them speak.

As a dumb rube who didn’t go to business school, I sometimes get lost in sections about “first principles” or “ infomediaries”. Is it possible to at least explain some of these terms when they come up? Otherwise I love the pod, it’s always super informative and brief which is refreshing.

I tried listening to the episode on capitalism, technology, and the environment, but it was a joke. The guest MIT economist was making 300-year old arguments from Adam Smith in support of capitalism that have been debunked by Marx, Luxemburg, Lenin, and other non-bourgeois economists. He seemed to conflate capitalism with markets (one is a system of production, the other of distribution) while falsely dichotomizing capitalism and cronyism/corporatism. He argued, with I assume a straight face, that capitalism is the best system for delivering goods and services. Really? So everyone in the US who needs whatever medications to survive can easily afford and obtain them? Everyone who wants to work has a job? There’s no better way of delivering food and shelter to people? Come on! Also, try reading Engels’s “On the Condition of the Working Class in England” before talking about how great the industrial revolution was for everyone.

I’ve been listening to this podcast for years now and it’s been super helpful in both working at companies, starting and now running my own (Puma Browser, check it out if you care about privacy or new ways to monetize content 🙃)

Could be terrific but don’t pander or sensationalize. The material is awesome without excessive interpretations from Sonal. Let your experts speak. Audience is sophisticated don’t need to dumb down as to how terrible the opioid crisis is. If you must shed a tear do it in private, be brave during show.

Eclectic topics and guests draw you in - however, sometimes there’s quite the verbal battle for “most buzz words” in a single sentence or battle for the mic. Great insights also delivered - and with some work and self-reflection they could really have a deeper impact.

Super insightful conversations, great guests, and deep-dives into pressing topics. Audio quality can be a bit awkward at times but overally a great show.

Some topics better than others which can’t be helped given wide ranging nature of topics (not every topic relevant to every listener). What can be helped is how certain moderators/interviewers seem to wish they could do all the talking. Too often the guest gets talked over by the interviewer trying to show off how smart they are. Too bad as ruins what would otherwise be a good show.

The interviewer needs to shut up and stop interrupting the guests. Completely disrupts the flow and very disrespectful to the guests. Listeners are here for the guests, not the interviewer.

The host of the a16z podcast, highlights all aspects of technology, business and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!

For the episode on the book “Farsighted “ — they managed to make the cast > audiobook . Which is in itself an achievement. 😘😘😘

The subject matter is also interesting

These are consistently old. Would be awesome if it wasn’t for the huge delay between recording these conversations and when they release the podcasts.

Great example of people talking over each other all the time, and just waiting to get their point in. I wish they would actually listen to each other especially when they bring on someone to interview. Great content but puts me off every time on how much arrogance comes through.