Why the media landscape is “dire” with WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel
Layoffs, Disney CEO take-backsies, and the Netflix of it all — this week, Recode’s Peter Kafka...
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How Eventbrite survived the pandemic, and why it’s not fighting Ticketmaster
Selling tickets for live events can be… tricky, as Ticketmaster has proven yet again. But...
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It’s not TV it’s HBO — the book
HBO’s 50-year-old history tells you a lot about culture, business, and TV’s past and future. This...
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How to watch a complicated World Cup
Qatar is hosting the 2022 World Cup, casting a pall over one of the globe’s most-watched sporting...
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Life, the internet, and everything with Garbage Day’s Ryan Broderick
Ryan Broderick is very online so you don’t have to be. His internet culture Substack ‘Garbage...
50:19
What Elon’s past tells us about his present
This is not an emergency podcast, but, you know, maybe it will be? As questions swirl around what...
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Tech’s big bust, plus Marvel (and Wakanda) Forever?
Mass layoffs and cutbacks at companies like Meta and Twitter point to a slowdown (and chaos) in...
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Election special with Punchbowl's Jake Sherman
Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman joins us from the U.S. Capitol building just in time for...
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Jason Gay isn’t making Elon Musk jokes
We’re taking a short break from the Twitter shitshow to give you an interview with Jason Gay,...
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Bloomberg’s Matt Levine still loves crypto; Ankler’s Janice Min loves newsletters
When Bloomberg’s Matt Levine sent an enticing email about “a big thing coming out about crypto in...
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Ben Smith says Semafor will take 10 years to get right
One week after the launch of Semafor, Recode’s Peter Kafka flags down the news startup’s...
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Netflix is back (?) + Julia Boorstin on women who lead
Netflix added 2.4 million subscribers! Ads are coming! Wall Street’s excited again! But is...
50:25
Inside the curious mind of XKCD cartoonist Randall Munroe
Since 2005, Randall Munroe has used his webcomic XKCD to comment on the world around him and...
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Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Really. (Really?)
He’s back! Elon Musk, who agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion last spring and then tried to...
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Interview with Interview with a Vampire’s Eric Bogosian
Writer and actor Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Succession) has been in...
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YouTube fights TikTok with cash
YouTube wants a piece of that sweet TikTok action, so it’s getting out the checkbook. The most...
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José Andrés has a full plate, but he's adding more
Chef José Andrés may very well be The Best Person. His nonprofit, World Central Kitchen,...
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Despite YouTube’s massive influence, it's been chronically underreported on. But finally,...
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Why the Good Fight creators are glad they moved from CBS to streaming
Like other big deal TV creators, Robert and Michelle King are thriving in the streaming era. The...
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Algorithms that give you anxiety and a Web3 project that doesn't suck.
Kyle Chayka writes about tech and internet culture for the New Yorker; he’s also the co-founder...
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