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Hosted by Patrick McKenzie.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Sometimes has guests
45% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
64 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Weekly+
104 episodes · last 2026-09-03
Language
English
The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.
Where it's from
Not established
No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.
Reach
82
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.
Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other business & finance podcasts

Interviews run alongside other formats here, more often than most Business & Finance shows, so a guest slot is a normal part of the schedule.

Measured against every business & finance podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 45% 22%
Episodes in the last 90 days 13 7
Typical episode length 64 min 33 min
Episodes published in total 104 97
Reach percentile 82 50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

We live in a world where our civilization and daily lives depend upon institutions, infrastructure, and technological substrates that are _complicated_ but not _unknowable_. Join Patrick McKenzie (patio11) as he discusses how decisions, technology, culture, and incentives shape our finance, technology, government, and more, with the people who built (and build) those Complex Systems.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

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Common questions

Does Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11) accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)?

Yes. Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11) publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11) publish?

It publishes at least once a week. There are 104 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 64 minutes.

Is Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11) still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.

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