Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Veteran of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—and its Long Strike—Prepares for What’s Next
Season 12 Episode 3
At first, January 7 felt to Bob Batz Jr. like a triumphant day. The U.S. Supreme Court had declined to consider an appeal from Batz’s longtime employ…
3 months, 1 week ago
How the Gawker Trial Was the Gateway to Trump: Examining a political legacy, ten years on.
Season 1 Episode 6
In 2007, Valleywag, Gawker’s gossip column devoted to Silicon Valley, published a short piece about a then-little-known venture capitalist and tech f…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Defector’s Jasper Wang and His Unvarnished Truth
Season 12 Episode 2
Annual reports are generally pretty boring documents, bogged down with numbers taken out of context and marketing-speak about “thriving in the face o…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why You Should Never Marry a Journalist—and Other Lessons from Decades in Media
Season 12 Episode 1
The Kicker returns with our former host, Josh Hersh, and our new one, Megan Greenwell, in conversation.
Between President Trump’s legal battles agains…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Jay Rosen on the Digital Revolution That Wasn’t
Season 1 Episode 5
In 2006, Jay Rosen, the media scholar, published his influential article “The People Formerly Known as the Audience.” His medium was as important as …
4 months, 1 week ago
Ben Smith Isn’t Afraid of the Future
Season 1 Episode 4
It has been called “the last good day on the internet”: on February 26, 2015, Americans flocked online to watch fugitive llamas in Arizona evade thei…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How Silicon Valley Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Oligarchs
Season 1 Episode 3
When Natalia Antelava cofounded Coda Story, in early 2016, to cover democratic backsliding around the globe, she wasn’t expecting the tech industry t…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Future of Journalism After Gaza
Season 1 Episode 2
Examining an ongoing crisis for press freedom—and how to manage security risks going forward.
For Journalism 2050’s inaugural live event, Emily Bell a…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Douglas Rushkoff on Being the Intellectual Dominatrix of Billionaire Tech Bros
Season 11 Episode 1
In 1992, a writer named Douglas Rushkoff signed a contract for Cyberia, his book about the internet subcultures of the West Coast. The next year, his…
5 months, 1 week ago
Journalism 2050 - Trailer
Season 11
Emily Bell and Heather Chaplin speak with the smartest minds in media to discuss the roots of today's crisis in journalism, from democracy's decline …
5 months, 1 week ago