Lenny's Podcast
Editorial pickHosted by Lenny Rachitsky
Long, structured interviews with operators about the craft of building product.
- Level
- Practitioner, assumes you work in or study security
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- Active, last episode
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Editorial take
The single best interview show for product builders working at scale. Lenny's structure is what makes it: he prepares enough to push back without being adversarial, and the conversations consistently produce frameworks you can use Monday morning. The signal-to-noise on PMF, growth, and team operating models is unusually high. The guest list skews late-stage US SaaS, if you want bootstrapped or B2C consumer takes, look elsewhere.
Last hand-checked 2026-05-09.
Listen if you …
- build product or growth at a venture-backed SaaS company
- want frameworks you can actually apply, not just war stories
- are comfortable with 90-minute episodes and like to listen at 1.5x
Skip if you …
- you want bootstrapped or solo-founder perspectives, guests skew VC-backed
- consumer / B2C product is your beat, coverage is mostly B2B SaaS
If you only listen to one
A framework for finding product-market fit (Todd Jackson, First Round Capital)
The clearest articulation of pre-PMF behavior I've heard on any podcast. Use it as a checklist.
About the show
Lenny Rachitsky's interview show built on the back of his product newsletter. Each episode is a structured deep-dive with a senior product leader, growth operator, or founder.
What sets it apart from the dozens of similarly-shaped shows is preparation: Lenny clearly reads the guest's writing, references it pointedly, and resists the let-them-talk format that makes most interview podcasts directionless.
Notable guests
- Sundar Pichai
- Brian Chesky
- Reid Hoffman
- Martin Eriksson
- Brett Berson
- Marty Cagan
- Lex Bayer
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