Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInteresting Times: A Mind-Bending Conversation with Peter Thiel
Episode 144
This week, we’re bringing you a recent interview from “Interesting Times with Ross Douthat,” one of The New York Times’s newest podcasts. In this episode, Ross sits down with Peter Thiel, the co-foun…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Hard Fork Live, Part 2: Patrick Collison of Stripe + Kathryn Zealand of Skip + Listener Questions
Episode 143
We’re back with part two of Hard Fork Live (see last week’s episode for part one). This week, Patrick Collison, Stripe’s chief executive, joins us onstage for a wide-ranging conversation about how Si…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Hard Fork Live, Part 1: Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap of OpenAI
Episode 142
The first Hard Fork Live is officially in the books, and for those who couldn’t attend, we’re playing highlights from the event in this episode and the next. This week, Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Fran…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’
Episode 141
This week, President Trump’s family business announced that it was introducing a mobile phone and a cellular network. We tick through the many potential conflicts of interest this new business ventur…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Meta Bets on Scale + Apple’s A.I. Struggles + Listeners on Job Automation
Episode 140
This week, Meta hits the reset button on A.I. But will a new research lab and a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI bring the company any closer to its stated goal of “superintelligence”? Then…
Published on 3 months ago
The Trump-Musk Fallout + A DOGE Coder Speaks + ChefGPT
Episode 139
This week, Kevin and Casey discuss the sudden breakdown between President Trump and Elon Musk, whose disagreements over the policy bill before Congress quickly erupted into an all-out feud. Then, an …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The A.I. Jobpocalypse + Building at Anthropic with Mike Krieger + Hard Fork Crimes Division
Episode 138
This week, we dive into Kevin’s recent column about how A.I. is affecting the job market for new graduates, and debate whether the job apocalypse is already here for entry-level work. Then Mike Krieg…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on Living in an A.I. Future
Episode 137
This week, we take a field trip to Google and report back about everything the company announced at its biggest show of the year, Google I/O. Then, we sit down with Google DeepMind’s chief executive …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions
Episode 136
The actor, comedian and author Ed Helms has a new book out about historical blunders. He swings by Hard Fork to tell us about it and answer your moral quandaries, ethical dilemmas and etiquette quest…
Published on 4 months ago
Bad Apple + The Rise of the AI Empire + Italian Brain Rot
Episode 135
This week, iPhone users started to feel the impact of a stern court order against Apple that requires the company to stop collecting a commission on some app sales. We break down what this means for …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago