# Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator

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Podcast: [The Social Radars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-social-radars-6136331)
Published: 2026-03-19T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thesocialradars.captivate.fm
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b276d1a8-7281-4220-816b-693244c7f3df.mp3
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## Resource

Paul Graham is back in the latest episode of The Social Radars. This time we focus on what was going on behind the scenes at Y Combinator back in the early years. If you really want to understand what YC is like and what made it that way, this is the episode for you.

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