The Jason Levin Show

00:50:15

Undisturbed from Popular Opinion

The Jason Levin Show ·

2026/10/04

(0:00) going offline for 3 days(0:47) the best ideas come from play(1:38) barbell theory(2:11) close the laptop, bench press in the woods(4:16) ai agents, wang's muse, and jack dorsey(7:52) opendoor ceo is based(9:06) sf is a mind virus, i'm an sf hooker(13:08) undisturbed from popular opinion(14:19) the point of ai is going offline(16:04) i found my harley quinn(19:27) digital wellness retreat recap(22:16) no phone for another 4 days(30:22) ten days off twitter(31:47) life at the speed of

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00:44:07

I've run out of thoughts

The Jason Levin Show ·

2026/09/20

(0:00) Joe DiMaggio of podcasts is back(0:29) I paid two clowns so I didn’t have to go to AdWeek(2:26) They got kicked out for getting too much attention(3:50) Bureaucracy is scarier than billionaires(4:18) GrokBot booked me a UM guest lecture(5:18) BBYO talk + climb cringe mountain(8:17) You don’t need to be a finance bro to make finance bro money(11:01) Cool shit law (make cool shit → meet cool people)(12:53) Meme Fighter: Smash Bros for the timeline(14:19) Spicy Cubes + my wife got a brand to pay

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00:59:29

The point of the internet

The Jason Levin Show ·

2026/09/13

00:00 Back after a year (no polish, just talking)00:57 The point of the internet isn't money — it's connection02:22 Broke in NJ to Miami whiplash04:44 Who am I vs who is the company05:43 Cheating on marketing with product08:08 Don't wanna just be the viral meme guy10:00 Marketers have an identity crisis too (vibe coding)12:54 VCs = fairy godmothers who only pick up on a boat14:14 Anti-polish internet / just make people laugh14:42 Grandma watched my Reels because I wasn't calling16:10

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01:00:17

#89: Shane Levine & Nico Muoio - Vibe Design 101

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/06/12

Shane Levine is the founder of product design studio Turbo LabsNico Muoio is the founder of e-commerce optimization agency Bottomless Labs(00:20) Our weird high school entrepreneurship stories(05:30) How Shane made bucks with viral iPod wallpapers(06:40) Why nostalgia design works, and when it doesn’t(08:20) MVPs are dead: you only get one shot now(09:50) How AI tools raised the floor for design(11:20) Dropshipper smell test: even your mom can detect it(17:20) Why ugly landing pages sometimes

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00:51:18

#88: Adam Faris — From NBA2K to Content Empire

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/05/29

I talked to my homie Adam Faris, digital creator and the king of sports content.He started out posting NBA 2K TikTok memes and ended up in unexpected places such as Aston Martin Formula 1 garage and working with Playboy.(00:45) First viral TikTok: NBA 2K bets during COVID(04:12) Why Twitter/X is a broken app with the world’s best network(07:21) Making his first dollar $100 from content(09:28) Getting Chainsmokers follow from memes(14:36) How Adam got access to Vegas F1 Grand Prix and met

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00:51:18

#89: Adam Faris — From NBA 2K to Content Empire

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/05/08

I talked to my homie Adam Faris, digital creator and the king of sports content. He started out posting NBA 2K TikTok memes and ended up in unexpected places such as Aston Martin Formula 1 garage and working with Playboy.(00:45) First viral TikTok: NBA 2K bets during COVID(04:12) Why Twitter/X is a broken app with the world’s best network(07:21) Making his first dollar $100 from content(09:28) Getting Chainsmokers follow from memes(14:36) How Adam got access to Vegas F1 Grand Prix and met

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00:55:11

#87: Troy Osinoff — He Sold a Meme App for Millions

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/04/24

I talked to founder, investor, and all-around amazing guy Troy Osinoff. Troy built and sold MakeAGIF at 19, then went on to do other stuff from publishing a book to investing in MrBeast, the Charlotte Hornets, Moonpay, and more(00:41) Building the top #1 GIF site at 19 with(03:07) The janky hack that made MakeAGIF profitable(04:22) Investing in a studio where Kendrick recorded good kid, m.A.A.d city(06:52) Bought a bankrupt shoe factory and made handmade sneakers for Shaq(08:57) My Memelord Coffee

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00:54:35

#86: Erica Levin — Our Meme Marriage

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/04/18

Meet the Unhinged Meme Queen and my wife Erica Levin, who left her corporate job and now diving into the tech startup biz(00:17) Leaving the corporate life to creative life(02:52) Getting viral on our wedding day tweet(05:57) Erica getting CENSORED on X (07:52) Explaining what I do to her parents (good luck)(09:42) Planning our wedding with AI like a true startup couple(11:15) Erica’s GLP-1 app and the Ozempic rabbit hole(12:37) What it’s like being married to a memelord?(14:12) Just doing things in

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00:48:25

#85: Varun Rana — From Amazon Engineer to Viral Comedian

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/04/10

Varun Rana is a viral comedian who left his engineering job at Amazon to make sketch comedy online(00:39) Why is it so easy to make fun of tech?(03:51) The algo gives you infinite shots as long as you’re not dumb(07:01) My ‘fuck it, go big’ moment(09:37) getting unsolicited feedback from random internet kids who’ve never built anything(13:23) Explaining to my dad that YouTube is now modern TV channels(16:37) Going insane at work, quitting with $0 plan, and telling your parents after(19:46) Turning

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00:48:58

#84: Jared Zoneraich — The $5M Prompt Engineer

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/03/27

Jared Zoneraich is the founder PromptLayer, the first platform built for prompt engineers(00:45) The secret sauce behind prompting(06:54) “Intelligence is cheap as fuck now”(12:45) Remember when the whole internet dunked on prompt engineering?(18:40) Talking on the phone with your users and being friends with them(22:37) That one time Jared and I built a bot to talk to dead people during my bachelor party(24:14) Building while hackathon teammates hit the strip club(28:25) Founders: please have a

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00:57:19

#83: EXCLUSIVE — The $120K/Mo Faceless Founders

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/03/20

Meet my homies and the mysterious co-founders of Faceless.video: Alex Steinberg and Jacob Seeger(00:30) Who the fuck are these mystery founders making millions?(04:47) The Faceless.video origin story (09:03) Their first users + shoutout to cousin Andrew(13:35) Waking up to angry emails, but kinda loving it?(15:55) Vibes vs. data: who actually won?(20:17) How TikTok ban almost gave Alex a panic attack(23:29) Creativity is your only bottleneck in software(24:37) Teaser for my upcoming TV show (25:35)

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00:57:50

#82: David Keyes — Meme Warfare: The New Battlefield

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/03/05

David Keyes is the former spokesman to Israel's Prime Minister and pranker of dictators(00:38) What is ‘narrative warfare’ and how do you fight back(02:21) From pranking dictators to advising the Israeli PM(05:07) David’s wildest dictator pranks(09:20) Prepping Netanyahu to dodge media attacks(13:17) How startup founders can hit back at legacy media(17:26) Making the Israeli PM go viral on day one(21:14) Why are terrorists so damn good at PR?(23:21) The viral TOTAL VICTORY campaign and what made

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00:52:06

#81: Tyler Denk — Newsletters, Memes, and Dreams

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/02/26

Tyler Denk is the CEO and founder beehiiv, the all-in-one newsletter platform for creators.(00:26) Making money with newsletters: is that a thing?(05:16) How my newsletter became the home base for Memelord Technologies(06:14) The Big Desk Energy Costa Rica retreat(11:17) How I got a billionaire to sign up for my software(13:08) How I (almost) raised VC(17:11) Telling stories to get your team hyped(21:40) Dealing with “people problems” in your company(25:10) “Small teams are sexy”(26:45) The hiring

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00:58:52

#80: Molly O'Shea — The Venture Artist

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/02/20

Molly O'Shea is a venture capitalist and founder of Sourcery, a newsletter about top VC deals and startup trends02:51) Why every VC has a podcast(07:10) Why podcasting is a good excuse to meet cracked people(13:30) Internet friendship = best friendship(14:40) Molly's artist-to-VC pipeline(18:50) Learning about what VC does for the first time(22:00) Our high school side hustle stories(24:40) Why good artists shouldn't starve(26:09) The VC trash-talking culture(28:27) Fuck Kanye West(31:30) How to get

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01:08:45

#79 I Just Bought a Startup - w/ Jack Kuveke

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/02/05

Jack Kuveke is a GP at Jabroni Capital. In this episode, Jason announces the exciting new startup he acquired. 00:00) I just acquired my first startup: a social network for gooners (03:15) Recruiting college students to log their goons (05:04) Business idea: branding for terrorist organizations (13:31) What if Bryan Johnson started recruiting for ISIS? (15:24) Is your CEO a fraud? This AI tool will help you (20:35) Why you should be screenmaxxing all the time (29:25) Can Goonmaps get into

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00:45:27

#78: Katelyn Bourgoin — Meme Marketing Psychology

The Jason Levin Show ·

2025/01/15

Katelyn Bourgoin is the "Customer Whisperer" and author of popular marketing newsletter "Why People Buy"(00:39) How to make strangers online trust you (05:27) Why you should never hide your flaws on the internet (10:31) The marketers AI anxiety (12:27) Why micro software is killing it (17:30) Claude vs. OpenAI: who has better marketing (22:51) The platforms Katelyn’s are bullish on (25:23) Why “be everywhere all the time” content advice is total horseshit (30:02) The psychology of humor and

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00:57:12

#77: Eli Weiss — The $230B Customer Retention King

The Jason Levin Show ·

2024/11/19

Meet my friend and the customer retention king Eli Weiss, VP of Retention Advocacy at Yotpo.(01:45) Black Friday fake “oopsie emails" (04:34) Are email marketing “best practices” just bullshit (07:07) How brands plan Black Friday campaigns (09:49) Why every human is a victim of marketing ploys (13:10) How my wife forced me to dress up for Hereticon (15:56) Idea: Bryan Johnson's Blueprint but for women (21:36) The fuck is “retention” and how I do it for Memelord Tech? (27:28) Is Trump the GOAT

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00:45:11

#76: Ridd — The Million Dollar Figma Teacher

The Jason Levin Show ·

2024/11/14

Ridd is the founder and creator of Figma Academy, where he teaches design tactics to thousands of designers (00:27) Growing an online course in 2024 (05:33) Selling to the big leagues: the enterprises (09:23) What sets the course creators apart? (10:58) Why cohort-based courses lead to fast burnout (14:04) Running his online biz with family, Godfather style (19:12) Design is the new marketing baby embrace it (20:22) Can taste be developed or is it innate? (26:08) Brand consistency and why

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00:39:07

#75: Tom Orbach – The $23B Startup Meme Strategist

The Jason Levin Show ·

2024/11/12

Tom Orbach is a viral meme marketer and Head of Growth at $23B cybersecurity startup Wiz (00:28) How do you go viral on LinkedIn? (03:28) “Founders are basically influencers” (05:18) Tom’s viral LinkedIn song (yes, I put it on this pod) (06:54) Understanding the memes = understanding the industry (08:15) Tom’s “Meme Battle” strategy (09:17) The rise of “mini tools” (yes, it’s about my penis) (16:05) Is “screenshot marketing” the next big thing? (21:56) Why people stealing your memes is good (24:59)

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00:38:07

#74: Eric Bahn — Investing $46M Into Hustlers

The Jason Levin Show ·

2024/10/24

Eric Bahn is the co-founder and General Partner of venture capital firm Hustle Fund(00:00) Why should VCs care about content? (04:28) Why Eric invested his personal money into a 14-year-old founder (09:24) Hustle Fund’s content playbook secret sauce (11:50) The internet content Rorschach test (13:16) Building a content-to-community funnel (14:58) LPs to Eric: “Why are you tweeting ridiculous stuff all the time?” (18:17) Betting on founders before they believe in themselves (24:25) Turning the word

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