Sam Altman's Big Little Lies

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

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🗓️ 11 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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New Yorker journalist Andrew Marantz joins Offline to break down his new investigation into Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Over the course of hundreds of interviews, including over a dozen with Altman himself, Andrew and his coauthor Ronan Farrow unveiled a leader who tells people exactly what they want to hear, whether or not it’s true. Just like the AI model he created! Jon and Andrew discuss the contradictory narratives coming out of OpenAI, whether they could build portals that summon aliens, and how Altman’s resolve to go “founder mode” means he may be headed down the same well-traveled path as many tech oligarchs before him.

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1:53.2	I believe that's a direct quote.
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2:04.6	I think I'm John Favreau, and you just heard from today's guest, the New Yorkers Andrew Morantz.
2:09.1	Andrew, along with a fellow New Yorker journalist you may have heard of, Ronan Farrow,
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