Podcast Episodes

Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt’s Second Act: Less Budget, More Control

PJ Vogt helped invent modern narrative podcasting with “Reply All.” Now he’s running “Search Engine” with a much smaller team and a lot more control.…

4 months ago

"Neither Side Is Used to Losing." Lucas Shaw on What’s Next for Netflix and Paramount in the Battle for Warner Bros.

The backstory here is that weeks ago, Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw agreed to join me for my 2025/2026 look back/look ahead episode. And then things got way…

4 months, 1 week ago

Lachlan Cartwright Started in Tabloids. Now He’s a Must-Read Media Gossip.

I chat with lots of media reporters. Lachlan Cartwright is a different beast: An Aussie who started out working for Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids in Lond…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

"Hollywood is Truly Freaked Out." Inside the Netflix/WBD Deal with Lucas Shaw

In 2013, Netflix wanted to become HBO. Now Netflix is going to buy HBO along with the Warner Bros. Studio, in a blockbuster $83 billion deal.

Wowza. …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

PBS Lost a Billion Dollars. Now what? With CEO Paula Kerger

The last time I interviewed PBS CEO Paula Kerger was 2019: Donald Trump was President, and Republicans were trying to defund public media — as they h…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

What Happens To Media When The Web Goes Away, with Tony Haile

We built the modern media business for the web — for people who visited websites, read articles, and saw ads. What happens when no one does that anym…

5 months ago

Kevin Reilly got to the top of the TV heap. Now he's in AI.

If you watched something on TV that you liked in the past few decades, there’s a good chance Kevin Reilly was involved: at various times he’s held to…

5 months, 1 week ago

What the Disney–YouTube Battle Tells Us About the End of Cable

It’s not unusual for a big TV network and a big TV distributor to fight about money. But the Disney-YouTube fight is unusual -- at the bare minimum, …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell on Why Republicans Won the Attention War

In some ways, the Bulwark feels like other small publishers in 2025: it’s found growth and profit by pushing itself out on any platform it can find.

5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Man Who Fixed The New York Times Wants to Fix CNN

Would you pay $7 a month to stream CNN?

Because CNN CEO Mark Thompson would like you to do that.

I know, I know, I’m skeptical, too. But Thompson has…

6 months ago