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How I Built This with Guy Raz

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery · Guy Raz | Vox Media

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Show overview

How I Built This with Guy Raz has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 885 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 780 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 40 min and 1h 8m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 91 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 113 episodes published. Published by Guy Raz | Vox Media.

Episodes
885
Running
2016–2026 · 10y
Median length
51 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds.New episodes release on Mondays and Thursdays.

Latest Episodes

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Panera: Ron Shaich. The Big Bet That Changed Fast Food (2018)

Nov 12, 202640 min

Dr. Squatch: Jack Haldrup. From a Closet Full of Soap to a $1.5 Billion Brand

Nov 9, 20261h 20m

Dell Computers: Michael Dell. The College Dropout Who Took on IBM (2018)

Nov 5, 202646 min

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”

Nov 2, 20261h 15m

Advice Line with Tope Awotona of Calendly

Oct 29, 20261h 0m

FIGS: Trina Spear and Heather Hasson. The $2.5 Billion Scrubs Brand That Investors Said Would Never Work

Oct 26, 20261h 11m

Advice Line with Seth Berkowitz of Insomnia Cookies

Oct 22, 202643 min

Sweet Loren’s: Loren Castle. How A Recipe Makeover Built a National Cookie Brand

Oct 19, 20261h 4m

Advice Line with Tara Bosch of SmartSweets

Oct 15, 202646 min

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League (2023)

Oct 12, 20261h 16m

Advice Line with Nick Green of Thrive Market

Oct 8, 202644 min

10 Years of How I Built This: A Decade of Innovation, Risk and Reinvention

Oct 5, 20261h 10m

Advice Line with Scott Tannen of Boll & Branch and Jamie Siminoff of Ring (2025)

Oct 1, 202646 min

Seventh Generation: Alan Newman and Jeffrey Hollender. A Partnership that Flourished—until it Failed. (2021)

Sep 28, 20261h 31m

Advice Line with Danny Meyer of Shake Shack

Sep 24, 202641 min

Banza: Brian Rudolph. The Chickpea Pasta That Nearly Turned to Mush

Sep 21, 202658 min

Advice Line with Michelle Wahler of Beyond Yoga

Sep 17, 202641 min

Thrive Causemetics: Karissa Bodnar. How a Beauty Business Made Millions for a Mission

Sep 14, 202648 min

Advice Line with Kip Tindell of The Container Store

Sep 10, 202638 min

Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned

Sep 7, 20261h 23m