I've listened to it to the point of running out of decent new episodes. It's doing an extra-long format that not many people do, there's lots of research, lots

I've listened to it to the point of running out of decent new episodes. It's doing an extra-long format that not many people do, there's lots of research, lots of enthusiasm, narratives of some plucky underdog taking over the freaking planet, a mixture of business and history, and it's just executed well. Also a decent chunk of obligatory and shameless shilling. Never struck me as something "the smartest people in the room" would listen to. More seems like it would appeal to the aspirational and/or nerdy set, the crossover with the Hacker News audience has to be huge.