science

TBPN

TBPN is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand TBPN rather than just read about it. In short: Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN) is an American live video and audio podcast focused on business and technology news hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. The podcast streams weekdays from 11 AM–2 PM PT.

Key takeaways

TBPN belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect TBPN to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of TBPN from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN) is an American live video and audio podcast focused on business and technology news hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. The podcast streams weekdays from 11 AM–2 PM PT. It is primarily broadcast on YouTube, X, and Substack, with full episodes available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The show current only has a modest live general viewership though it is reported to be influential with technology and venture capital insiders. TBPN has around eleven employees and has around 70,000 viewers per daily episode. It was acquired by OpenAI in April 2026 for an undisclosed sum.

Background John Coogan is co-founder of meal replacement company Soylent and nicotine pouch and gum company Lucy. He also worked as entrepreneur in residence at Peter Thiel’s venture firm Founders Fund. Jordi Hays founded Branded Native, a YouTube advertising company, as well as a fintech company called Capital (formerly called Party Round) with his wife, Sarah Chase Hays and led the company to its acquisition by Rho Technologies in August 2023. In September 2025, TBPN hired former Postmates and HQ Trivia executive Dylan Abruscato as President. In December 2025, the New York Stock Exchange announced a formal partnership with TBPN.

Guest appearances The show has regularly interviewed and has had guest appearances of business executives, founders, and celebrities. The show's guests have included Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, filmmaker James Cameron, Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey, Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, DoorDash co-founder Andy Fang, and Eddy Cue of Apple.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with TBPN

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what TBPN claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to TBPN before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about TBPN ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of TBPN

In research: TBPN appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses TBPN in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: TBPN is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American business and finance podcasts, Audio podcasts, OpenAI, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for TBPN outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study TBPN in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what TBPN means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain TBPN out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is TBPN in simple terms?

Why does TBPN matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study TBPN?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on TBPN.