Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Texas Tribune’s secret sauce, with Emily Ramshaw
Episode 221
Editor-in-chief Emily Ramshaw talks to Peter Kafka about the crisis in local news - and why The Texas Tribune stands apart from it. They discuss what…
6 years, 9 months ago
How Roger Ailes built Fox News - and how Gabriel Sherman turned Ailes’ story into a TV show
Episode 220
Journalist Gabriel Sherman talks to Peter Kafka about his biography of Fox News' Roger Ailes, which has just been made into a Showtime series with Ru…
6 years, 10 months ago
Vimeo’s Anjali Sud shifted the company’s strategy — and became its CEO + The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson on the limits of the ‘attention economy’
Episode 219
Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo talks to Peter Kafka about how she changed things up at Vimeo, working with Barry Diller, and how she came to the top job.
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6 years, 10 months ago
New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger at the Code Conference
Episode 218
A.G. Sulzberger talks to Peter Kafka about the ‘Trump bump’ for the New York Times, how it’s subscription-first model is doing, and the future for lo…
6 years, 10 months ago
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki at the Code Conference
Episode 217
Susan Wojcicki talks to Peter Kafka at Code Conference, defending YouTube’s controversial decision not to ban Steven Crowder for slurs against journa…
6 years, 10 months ago
Matthew Ball on Amazon vs Apple vs Netflix vs Disney, and how he built a digital media career by writing for free
Episode 216
Analyst/writer/investor-to-be Matthew Ball gives his predictions on how Disney, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are faring in the ‘battle royale’ - the str…
6 years, 10 months ago
ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro on how he’s reshaping the network
Episode 215
Jimmy Pitaro is president of one of the most powerful programming networks on TV - but how does ESPN stay competitive in the streaming era? He talks …
6 years, 11 months ago
YouTube’s Neal Mohan is trying to police the world's largest video site
Episode 214
Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer at YouTube talks to Peter Kafka about how YouTube deals with problematic content: how it enforces the site’s commun…
6 years, 11 months ago
Eugene Wei explains why we’re all ‘status monkeys’ on social media
Episode 213
Amazon and Hulu veteran Eugene Wei has a really smart take on how status determines our use - and the success - of social networks like Twitter, Face…
6 years, 11 months ago
Nick Hornby on writing for TV, 10 minutes at a time
Episode 212
Author Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy) talks to Peter Kafka about his newest project: Sundance’s “State of the Union” a 10-part series that …
6 years, 11 months ago