Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMedia Gossip Hour: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem, Facebook's TikTok Crisis, and Crypto's Anonymity Conundrum
Season 1 Episode 22
Kevin Roose of The New York Times returns to our pod, which is owned by Spotify, to talk about Joe Rogan’s podcast, which is exclusively licensed by …
4 years, 5 months ago
This Guy Predicted the 2021 Economy. I Asked Him What's Next.
Season 1 Episode 21
Jason Furman is a Harvard professor who served as a top economist for the Obama administration. More than just about anybody Derek spoke to last year…
4 years, 5 months ago
One Big Question For: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, and Meta
Season 1 Episode 20
They’re the six largest tech companies in the world. What’s the most interesting thing about each of them? Shira Ovide, author of the On Tech newslet…
4 years, 5 months ago
Should We Cancel Student Debt?
Season 1 Episode 19
Americans owe $1.7 trillion in student loans, and some Democrats think the time has come to cancel this burden. Derek shares 10 big student-loan fact…
4 years, 5 months ago
Crypto Crashing, Pandemic Stocks Plunging: The Story Behind January’s Crazy Stock Market
Season 1 Episode 18
Morgan Housel, the bestselling author of ‘The Psychology of Money’ and a partner at Collaborative Fund, is back to talk Bitcoin, Peloton, tech stocks…
4 years, 5 months ago
2022 Is Off to a Terrible Start for Democrats
Season 1 Episode 17
Legendary journalist James Fallows joins to discuss the filibuster wars, Democrats’ Voting Rights Act, the political outlook for Joe Biden and the De…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Biggest Losers of the Streaming Wars: ESPN, Movie Theaters, Peacock, and More
Season 1 Episode 16
Do movie theaters have a future? What should Disney do with ESPN? And is anybody watching Peacock? Derek’s favorite entertainment-media analyst Rich …
4 years, 6 months ago
Everybody Was Wrong About Inflation
Season 1 Episode 15
Okay, almost everybody. The Biden administration was wrong. Many critics of the Biden administration were also wrong. The Federal Reserve was wrong. …
4 years, 6 months ago
Omicron: Feelings vs. Facts
Season 1 Episode 14
Derek talks about the rise of the "Vaxxed and Done" movement before reviewing the latest omicron data with John Burn-Murdoch, data superstar at the F…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Biggest Inventions of the 2020s: Cancer Vaccines, Flying Cars, Space Travel, and More
Season 1 Episode 13
Let’s kick off the new year with a bit of techno-optimism! After a miserable start to this decade, we can still have a Roaring Twenties. In this epis…
4 years, 6 months ago