As noted above their notion is not great man theory. It’s that elites exist and hide and we should make their power structures more legible.

It’s a solid concept imo. But also nothing about their podcasts seem so bad as to wash them away with one flippant comment.

Just curious then, how visible do they make their own connection to elites in the podcast or articles? Sounds like they're very much part of one of those power structures. I don't see any of that at a quick perusal of this article, it appears to be written as if it sits outside.

Sometimes men (and women, for that matter) happen to be exactly at the right place and at the right time to tilt the balance of long-range historical outcomes. What's wrong with acknowledging those folks as "Great", if only as to their influence?