Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDirector Rhys Thomas on his unlikely journey from SNL to Disney’s Hawkeye
Episode 368
Rhys Thomas used to make short films for Saturday Night Live. Now he’s making Hawkeye, the newest installment of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, …
4 years, 5 months ago
The inside story of HBO, with Jim Miller
Episode 367
HBO has brought us nearly 50 years of riveting movies and TV shows; the behind-the-scenes stories are equally compelling. Journalist James Andrew Mil…
4 years, 5 months ago
What is Twitter Blue and is it worth $3?
Episode 366
Twitter is free. But Twitter Blue — a new service for Twitter super-users — costs $3 a month. So what is Twitter Blue and why should you pay for it? …
4 years, 5 months ago
Facebook’s Metaverse explained - by metaverse explainer Matthew Ball. Plus Justin Smith builds a media biz for Bloomb
Episode 365
Before Mark Zuckerberg told the world he was turning Facebook into a Metaverse company, he called Matthew Ball, one of the Metaverse’s chief evangeli…
4 years, 5 months ago
How to cover the Facebook leaks + SNL’s Heidi Gardner
Episode 364
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is handing over thousands of documents to reporters like The Verge’s Alex Heath. The next step: Sorting through…
4 years, 6 months ago
Dotdash CEO Neil Vogel on his $2.7 billion Meredith deal
Episode 363
Neil Vogel had no publishing experience before he took over About.com, the how-to website he turned into Dotdash for owner Barry Diller. Now Vogel is…
4 years, 6 months ago
Land of the Giants: "He's No Steve Jobs"
Episode 362
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple and infused it with his love of product design and attention to detail. His successor, Tim Cook, is widely perceived as l…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ozy Media, RIP with NYT’s Ben Smith + Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch on remaking a magazine giant
Episode 361
Five days after the New York Times’ Ben Smith wrote an astonishing piece about the fakery supporting Ozy Media, the digital publisher announced it wa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Streamers shrink Hollywood, again + What’s a “Hate Raid”?
Episode 360
More consolidation in Hollywood - but this time it’s talent agency CAA buying rival ICM. Puck’s Dylan Byers sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to ex…
4 years, 7 months ago
How Peter Thiel went from Silicon Valley to The White House with Max Chafkin
Episode 359
Peter Thiel used to be a Silicon Valley investor best-known for early investment in Facebook. But in recent years he seems to have shifted into somet…
4 years, 7 months ago