People A–Z
Hosts, guests, and people discussed on podcasts, each with what they’ve said and where.
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- 6ix9ineAmerican rapper mentioned by Kelly in the context of stepping on heads
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- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaFounder of ISKCON
- A.J. BrownNFL wide receiver traded from the Eagles to the Patriots
- Aaron BurrThird U.S. Vice President linked to a treason conspiracy involving Blennerhassett Island
- Aaron GlennHead coach of the New York Jets
- Aaron GordonDenver Nuggets forward praised for defending Wembanyama
- Aaron LarsonJacob Wetterling's best friend, present at the 1989 abduction
- Aaron MahnkeHost of the podcast Lore
- Aaron PaulAmerican actor who played Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad
- Aaron RodgersPittsburgh Steelers quarterback
- Aaron VandenDirector of the documentary The Discovery about Goler's work
- Aasif MandviFormer Daily Show correspondent mocked for wearing toe shoes
- Abbe LowellDefense attorney named by Lemon as the kind of counsel he could hire
- Abdul El-SayedDemocratic Senate nominee in Michigan
- Abdul Sattar Abu RishaIraqi sheikh whose alliance with U.S. forces drove police recruitment in Ramadi
- Abdulmanap NurmagomedovKhabib Nurmagomedov's father and lifelong coach, who died in 2020
- Abdulrashid SadulaevRussian Olympic champion freestyle wrestler referred to in a training anecdote
- Abigaiil MorrisAmerican adult film performer, OnlyFans creator and cosplayer who hosted the AVN Awards
- Abigail AdamsWife of John Adams who hosted Sally Hemings in London
- Abigail SpanbergerGovernor of Virginia
- Abraham FlexnerAuthor of the 1910 Flexner Report on medical education
- Abraham Joshua HeschelRabbi and theologian, author of The Sabbath
- Abraham LincolnU.S. president cited for suspending habeas corpus during the Civil War
- Abu NidalPalestinian militant leader whose group kidnapped Saad's parents
- Abu NuwasAbbasid-era poet famed for transgressive wine poetry
- Abud BakriPhysician who discussed peptides on the Huberman Lab podcast
- Acharya PrashantIndian philosopher, teacher and author of Truth Without Apology
- AchillesGreek hero of the Iliad, contrasted with Odysseus
- Achmed KluntenFormer postdoc, now running his own lab at Rutgers, who initiated work on cardiac MPC deletion
- Ad-RockBeastie Boys member who heard LL's demo and programmed early beats
- Adah SharmaIndian film actress known for 1920, Heart Attack, Commando and The Kerala Story
- Adam AleksicLinguist and TikTok creator featured in part two of the series
- Adam CarollaAmerican comedian, radio personality, and host of The Adam Carolla Show
- Adam CarruthersMechanic convicted of felling the Sycamore Gap tree
- Adam DevineAmerican comedian and actor known for Workaholics and the Pitch Perfect films
- Adam DriverAmerican actor who appears in Misty Green
- Adam EgetBooker who runs scheduling at Rogan's Austin club
- Adam GrantAmerican organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author
- Adam HamiltonMethodist pastor in Kansas described as running for office
- Adam KinzingerFormer U.S. congressman quoted on congressional passivity
- Adam LeeYounger son of Denise and Nathan Lee
- Adam LempGerman-born founder of St. Louis's Western Brewery
- Adam LevineMaroon 5 frontman whose name and 2022 scandal were confused with Devine's
- Adam McKayAmerican director and Ferrell's frequent collaborator
- Adam MeyersHead of counter-adversary operations at CrowdStrike
- Adam MontgomeryFather whose murder conviction in the death of daughter Harmony Montgomery was overturned
- Adam MosseriHead of Instagram, quoted on the shift from perfect to real content
- Adam NeumannIsraeli-American entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of WeWork, founder of the residential real estate company Flow
- Adam PallyAmerican comedian and co-host of Staying Alive podcast
- Adam PranicaPodcaster, co-host of The Greatest Generation
- Adam RayAmerican comedian praised for his character work
- Adam SandlerActor whose Happy Madison company greenlit The House Bunny
- Adam ScottAmerican actor and friend of Hamm
- Adam SilverCommissioner of the NBA
- Adin RossStreamer who started a boxing league
- Adolf HitlerLeader of Nazi Germany, whose near-death in a car accident opens Diamond's book
- Adolfo ConstanzoCuban-American cult leader known as El Padrino who led the Matamoros ritual killings
- Adriano EspaillatNew York congressman and Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair who lost his primary
- Adrienne MayorHistorian of ancient science who proposed fossil explanations for Greek myths, including the Cyclops
- Agostino VespucciFlorentine chancellery clerk and assistant to Machiavelli who annotated a Cicero volume in 1503
- Ahmed QureshiU.S. Navy captain and co-founder of Built Incorporated
- Aimee BockFeeding Our Future leader sentenced to more than 41 years in prison
- AJ DybantsaBYU forward projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA draft
- Ajay MitchellOklahoma City Thunder guard
- Ajit JainBerkshire Hathaway executive quoted on saying no to deals
- Akira KurosawaJapanese film director whose samurai films influenced Star Wars
- Al GoreFormer Vice President, compared to Vance by Pfeiffer
- Al GreenTexas congressman who lost his seat
- Al MichaelsAmerican sportscaster who called the 1980 Miracle on Ice
- Al PacinoAmerican actor who gave Randolph career advice
- Al RokerNBC weather anchor who criticized Kelly's apology
- Al SharptonAmerican civil rights activist criticized for his role in the Tawana Brawley case
- Al SmithCatholic governor of New York in the 1920s
- Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels
- Alan DershowitzLawyer described as faculty adviser to Harvard Chabad
- Alan GuthMIT physicist who proposed cosmic inflation
- Alan LightmanAmerican physicist and writer whose Atlantic article Winfrey cited
- Alan TuringMathematician who described the Turing machine
- Alan WattsBritish philosopher cited on humans being both actors and audience
- Alan WilsonSouth Carolina Attorney General
- Alanis MorissetteCanadian-American singer-songwriter known for the 1995 album Jagged Little Pill
- Alastair CrookeFormer British MI6 officer and director of Conflicts Forum
- Albert EinsteinPhysicist who developed the theory of relativity
- Albert LeosMcDonald's employee who survived multiple gunshot wounds
- Albert SlosmanFrench researcher and code-breaker who translated the Egyptian Book of the Dead
- Albert StevensMan who received the largest known plutonium dose in a human experiment
- Albert WoodfoxAngola Three member held in solitary confinement for over 43 years
- Alberta O. JonesLouisville attorney, first Black woman prosecutor in the city, murdered in 1965
- Alberto DoniniItalian engineer who proposed an erosion-based dating of the Great Pyramid
- Albigence WaldoContinental Army surgeon whose Valley Forge diary is quoted
- Aldous HuxleyEnglish writer quoted at the episode's close
- Alec LitowitzInvestor, entrepreneur, founder of Magnetar, and author of The Adaptability Quotient
- Aleš HrdličkaCzech-American anthropologist at the Smithsonian whom Richards accused of suppressing giant-skeleton reports
- Alex AcostaFormer federal prosecutor who handled the 2007–2008 Epstein case
- Alex BazeFormer Weekend Update head writer, now Late Night head writer
- Alex BregmanChicago Cubs infielder
- Alex CarusoOklahoma City Thunder guard
- Alex CooperAmerican podcaster and media entrepreneur, host of Call Her Daddy
- Alex CoraFired Boston Red Sox manager
- Alex da KidBritish record producer who co-created "Love the Way You Lie" with Grey
- Alex DeLucioNeighbor named in an anonymous tip and cleared via surreptitiously collected DNA
- Alex GreyVisionary artist who danced at a Soma show
- Alex HonnoldAmerican free solo rock climber
- Alex JonesAmerican radio host and founder of InfoWars
- Alex KarabanUConn forward pursuing a third national championship
- Alex KarpCEO of Palantir Technologies
- Alex MaranghidesNIST fire scientist who pioneered wildland-urban interface fire research
- Alex MurdaughFormer South Carolina attorney whose double murder convictions were overturned
- Alex O'ConnorBritish atheist philosopher and YouTuber, formerly Cosmic Skeptic
- Alex OvechkinWashington Capitals captain
- Alex PardeeAmerican artist and mutual friend who introduced Beckett and Parks
- Alex PereiraBrazilian two-division UFC champion
- Alex PhillipsBritish political commentator, TV presenter, former Brexit Party MEP and former aide to Nigel Farage
- Alex PrestonWriter who appeared on a members' bonus episode about Corfu
- Alex PrettiMan killed in a Border Patrol encounter in Minneapolis
- Alex SteinConservative comedian and commentator
- Alex StoneAllison Feldman's boyfriend who found her body and was cleared by DNA
- Alex StrangeFormer FFmpeg developer quoted on security researcher incentives
- Alex WagnerMSNBC host who hosts episodes in the Pod Save America feed
- Alex ZhavoronkovFounder of Insilico Medicine, developer of the AI-designed drug rentoceratib
- Alexander H. StephensVice President of the Confederacy who delivered the Cornerstone Speech in 1861
- Alexander HamiltonAmerican Founding Father and aide to Washington
- Alexander PayneAmerican director of The Holdovers
- Alexander ShulginChemist known for psychedelic research and popularizing MDMA
- Alexander VolkanovskiFormer UFC featherweight champion
- Alexander von HumboldtGerman naturalist who surveyed vegetation on Chimborazo in Ecuador
- Alexander WintonAmerican carmaker who attempted a cross-country drive in 1901
- Alexander Wissner-GrossComputer scientist and founder of Reified, co-host of Moonshots
- Alexandria Ocasio-CortezCongresswoman ranked sixth by Halperin among 2028 Democrats
- Alexi LalasFormer U.S. defender and Fox soccer analyst
- Alexis de TocquevilleFrench writer whose observations of American civic association Leahy cited
- Alexis LinkletterAuthor of a book on the Gilgo Beach serial killer
- Alexis ReddingHarvard professor studying college students' mental health
- Alexis SoloskiCulture reporter at The New York Times
- Alfred Gwynne VanderbiltAmerican millionaire who died in the sinking
- Alfred von TirpitzGerman Grand Admiral and naval chief
- Alfred, Lord TennysonVictorian poet whose poem Ulysses closed the episode
- Ali AbdelazizMMA manager who represents Nurmagomedov and many other fighters
- Ali AliyevDagestani five-time world champion freestyle wrestler
- Ali KhameneiIranian Supreme Leader, described by Kent as killed in the conflict
- Ali NormanAmerican printmaker, adjunct professor at the University of Tampa, chaos magic and Vajrayana Buddhism practitioner
- Ali SiddiqAmerican stand-up comedian, author, and public speaker from Houston
- Alia CrumStanford associate professor of psychology and director of the Stanford Mind and Body Lab, heard in archival clips
- Alice LyonsEnglish nanny who saved two Pearl children
- Alice Marie JohnsonWhite House pardon czar
- Alice RamseyFirst woman to drive across the United States, in 1909
- Alicia CordovaWidow of Nick Cordova who has campaigned for the case to be solved
- Alison DupuyMontgomery County Police cold case detective
- Alison GatesSNL head writer and frequent Padilla collaborator
- Alison RomanAmerican chef, cookbook author, podcaster, and grocery store owner
- Alistair DouglasBassist for the ship's house band Blue Orchid, questioned and ruled out after a polygraph
- Alix EarleSocial media influencer and 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model
- Allen AdhamCo-founder of Blizzard Entertainment and early WoW lead designer
- Allen IversonFormer 76ers guard and 2001 MVP
- Allen RockChris Rock's grandfather, a preacher who served prison time for killing a man
- Allison EllsworthAmerican entrepreneur, co-founder of the prebiotic soda brand Poppi, which was sold to PepsiCo
- Allison Feldman31-year-old Scottsdale medical sales representative murdered in her home in February 2015
- Alon LeeCo-founder of Exploding Kittens who recommended Ferriss his headset
- Alonzo BoddenAmerican stand-up comedian and panelist
- Alperen ŞengünHouston Rockets center whose play went unacknowledged by teammates
- Alphonso DaviesCanada's best player, returning from injury
- Álvaro de León ValdezCult member convicted of killing Constanzo and Martín Quintana Rodríguez on Constanzo's orders
- Alyssa ThomasPhoenix Mercury player suspended for a flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark
- Alzo SladeJournalist serving as the show's judge and scorekeeper
- Amanda BatulaSummer House cast member
- Amanda FrancesEntrepreneur and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member
- Amanda GoffDenise Lee's younger sister who later became a 911 dispatcher
- Amanda LitmanFounder of Run for Something, reportedly approached about the DNC chair job
- Amanda ShiresAmerican singer-songwriter and member of The Highwomen
- Amber FreyWoman who unknowingly had an affair with Scott Peterson and aided the investigation
- Amber LewisAmerican interior designer, founder of Amber Interiors and Shoppe Amber Interiors, and author
- Ambrose BurnsideUnion commander defeated at Fredericksburg
- Amen ThompsonHouston Rockets guard whose shooting regression is discussed
- Amitabh BachchanIndian film actor whose movies inspired Bhagat's childhood storytelling
- AmyCo-host of the Headline Highlights segment and member of Annie Elise's team
- Amy AdamsAmerican actress, six-time Academy Award nominee
- Amy Adams StrunkTennessee Titans controlling owner
- Amy BatchelorWriter and philanthropist; Brad Feld's wife, referred to as Amy
- Amy ChuaYale law professor who coined 'market dominant minorities'
- Amy ColetteGuest co-host whom Annie Elise described as a longtime older-sister figure; name as heard in the transcript
- Amy Coney BarrettSupreme Court justice who joined the birthright citizenship majority
- Amy CuddySocial psychologist known for a TED Talk on power posing
- Amy DangerfieldRight-wing political commentator and YouTuber, formerly of Valuetainment
- Amy EskridgeScientist on the list of deceased researchers cited in online theories
- Amy GriffinInvestor and author of the memoir The Tell
- Amy HerzogChief information security officer of Amazon Web Services
- Amy KlobucharU.S. senator from Minnesota
- Amy Lynn BradleyVirginia woman who disappeared from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in March 1998
- Amy PoehlerAmerican actress, comedian and podcast host, formerly of Saturday Night Live
- Amy PorterfieldPodcaster Taha once compared herself against on Apple Podcasts
- Amy SchumerAmerican comedian whom the hosts called unfunny
- Amy SedarisAmerican actress and comedian, Colbert's collaborator on Exit 57 and Strangers with Candy
- Amy ShahPhysician and wellness expert, frequent guest on the podcast
- Amy WalterEditor of the Cook Political Report cited on special election predictiveness
- Amyra ChaseFriend of Christa Worthington named Ava's guardian
- Ana GasteyerAmerican comedian who played Bobbie Mohan-Culp opposite Ferrell on SNL
- Ana KasparianAmerican progressive commentator, host and executive producer of The Young Turks
- Ana VillafañeActor who read Eileen Sosin Martínez's essay about Havana; one line in this label belongs to Clea
- Ander MikkelsenSound artist who worked with Whittle on turning cosmic harmonics into music
- Anders HolmComedian and Workaholics co-star Devine met at Second City