Adam Mosseri Returns (Head of Instagram)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella
4.6 • 69.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
Adam Mosseri (Instagram, Facebook, Fortune’s 40 Under 40) is the CEO/Head of Instagram at Meta. Adam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being the suit in a family of artists and designers, how we build up emotional affinities for particular brands, and why his approach to design is based in problem solving. Adam and Dax talk about using intelligent technology to evaluate safety at scale, how the Instagram algorithm actually works, and the arms race of the ability to detect when something was made by AI. Adam explains the process of rolling out new features and dealing with mistakes, the implications of how power has been shifting from institutions to individuals, and his prediction that authenticity is becoming infinitely reproducible.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Miniature Mouse. |
| 0:06.8 | Hi there. I'm using Miniature Mouse because our guest has almost mouse in their name. |
| 0:12.5 | Oh, right. Adam Miserie. Yes. Mosaire. Mouseri. Yeah, it sounds like a European version of mouse. |
| 0:20.6 | Like an Ariadite mouse. Yeah, it sounds like a European version of mouse. |
| 0:20.9 | Like an erudite mouse. |
| 0:22.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.4 | Adam is the current CEO of Instagram. |
| 0:26.1 | That's right. |
| 0:26.9 | And he's willing to talk about all the things that are scary in a very fearless way. |
| 0:32.8 | And I admire it. |
| 0:33.8 | And I thought this was a great, great conversation. |
| 0:35.7 | So did I. |
| 0:36.4 | Please enjoy Adam Mosseri. |
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