Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe rise and maybe fall of YouTube star David Dobrik; inside Facebook with the Markup’s Julia Angwin
Episode 328
David Dobrik was one of YouTube’s biggest stars. Now his career is in peril after an expose by Business Insider’s Kat Tenbarge; she talks to Recode’s…
5 years, 1 month ago
How Christina “Tinx” Najjar became a TikTok star overnight
Episode 327
Like many of us last year, Christina “Tinx” Najjar decided to download TikTok on a whim. Unlike many of us, she has become a TikTok star, with close …
5 years, 1 month ago
How did - and didn’t - the pandemic transform media?
Episode 326
The pandemic changed everything - including the media landscape. What happens when things get back to mostly normal? ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, The Verg…
5 years, 1 month ago
Fubo TV is a Reddit meme stock. CEO David Gandler has bigger ambitions.
Episode 325
Fubo TV wants to take on the giants in streaming and in sports betting. Investors have sky-high expectations and skeptics think it will never work. F…
5 years, 1 month ago
Have we hit peak streaming? + NYT’s Kevin Roose on his new book “Futureproof”
Episode 324
Paramount Plus and Discovery Plus are the latest, and perhaps the last big streaming services to launch in a very crowded market. Recode’s Peter Kafk…
5 years, 1 month ago
Australia vs. Facebook; Al Madrigal means business about All Things Comedy
Episode 323
Facebook and Google faced off against Australia and Rupert Murdoch. Who won? Recode’s Peter Kafka asks his colleague Sara Morrison to explain. Then, …
5 years, 2 months ago
Pandora founder Tim Westergren on the future of streaming
Episode 322
Pandora founder and former CEO Tim Westergren is back in the music business with Sessions, a live-streaming service well-timed for the pandemic. He t…
5 years, 2 months ago
New York Times CEO Meredith Levien on the future of news, and her newspaper
Episode 321
The New York Times has a thriving subscription business, award-winning journalism - and a staff that increasingly turns to Twitter and Slack to expre…
5 years, 2 months ago
How To Make An Influencer In America with Nick Bilton
Episode 320
Can you make someone famous on the internet by buying their fame? Journalist Nick Bilton tries to do just that in “Fake Famous”, a new HBO documentar…
5 years, 2 months ago
Andrew Ross Sorkin on Gamestop, Robinhood, Reddit and how to fix the system.
Episode 319
CNBC host and New York Times journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to recap a wild week on Wall Street for Gamestop, Robi…
5 years, 2 months ago