Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWelcome to Channels with Peter Kafka
What happens when you mash up media, tech and business? You get a million things to talk about, and that’s what we’ll be doing on this show: Talking …
1 year, 7 months ago
That’s a wrap (for now)
Peter Kafka, soon to be formerly of Vox, reviews the year in media with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw. What did we learn from the strikes? Is the bundle bac…
2 years, 4 months ago
Sam Altman’s back at OpenAI. What’s next?
After a wild series of events, Sam Altman is back as CEO of OpenAI… with more power than ever before. The Verge’s Alex Heath worked sleepless nights …
2 years, 5 months ago
What just happened to OpenAI?
The board of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, ousted CEO Sam Altman on Friday. Since then, the board has appointed not one, but two, interim CEOs.…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why so, Sirius?
SiriusXM makes money by beaming music and talk radio - especially Howard Stern - to your car using satellites and selling monthly subscriptions. That…
2 years, 5 months ago
No seriously. What’s the future of Disney? And why did Fox News fire Tucker Carlson?
It’s a double shot of media business takes, with conversations about the Walt Disney Corporation and Fox News, with references to “Succession” in bot…
2 years, 5 months ago
Land of the Giants: What We All Got Wrong About Twitter
This week, an episode of the latest season of Land of the Giants: The Twitter Fantasy, hosted by our own Peter Kafka. If you like what you hear, be s…
2 years, 5 months ago
How Dropout found success streaming comedy for $6 a month
When Sam Reich bought CollegeHumor from Barry Diller’s IAC for pennies in January 2020, the comedy site was long past its heyday. A few months later,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Inside the New York Times’ controversial Gaza headline
The New York Times issued a rare editors’ note Monday: a mea culpa for a headline repeating unverified claims from Hamas that a Gaza hospital explosi…
2 years, 6 months ago
How the Washington Post is covering the Israel-Hamas War
The war in Israel and Gaza is hugely complicated - dangerous, horrifying, and moving fast. Which means it’s a huge job for those who have to cover it…
2 years, 6 months ago