Listener sentiment
The handover from Adam Grant to new host Molly Graham remains the defining story of recent listener feedback, and the latest reviews — uniformly critical or tepid — indicate sentiment has not recovered. The most common complaints are familiar but intensifying: the show has traded its research-grounded, every-worker orientation for a lighter interview format saturated with tech-industry anecdotes, particularly from former Facebook insiders, with several listeners citing the Zuckerberg coverage and the steady drumbeat of Facebook-era career stories as a turnoff. A newer thread of criticism targets the podcast's AI-related content, with at least one listener citing it as grounds for unsubscribing. Even sympathetic reviewers who don't dislike Molly personally say the conversations lack the intellectual depth that characterized the show under Grant, and that they no longer feel like the intended audience. With no recent review offering an unqualified endorsement of the new direction, the podcast appears to still be searching for its footing after the host change.
Apple4.7 · 656
Summary generated Aug 12, 2026
