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Why Ken Burns won't leave PBS for HBO
Episode 100
Documentarian Ken Burns talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about his new 18-hour documentary, "The Vietnam War." Burns says he sought to upend conventio…
8 years, 7 months ago
How to pay for serious journalism (Clara Jeffery, editor in chief, Mother Jones)
Episode 99
Mother Jones Editor in Chief Clara Jeffery talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how the progressive magazine made its business model work on the web…
8 years, 7 months ago
How to compete against Google and Facebook: Go around them! (Tim Armstrong, CEO, Oath)
Episode 98
Tim Armstrong, the CEO of Verizon's media properties Yahoo and AOL, talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how those sites — collectively known as Oat…
8 years, 7 months ago
A guided tour of the pro-Trump media (Oliver Darcy, CNN; Charlie Warzel, BuzzFeed)
Episode 97
CNN's Oliver Darcy and BuzzFeed's Charlie Warzel talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about how they report on the many facets of the far-right media, whic…
8 years, 8 months ago
Chuck Klosterman talks about Nazis, Taylor Swift and the future of journalism
Episode 96
Writer Chuck Klosterman talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about his new book, "Chuck Klosterman X," a collection of essays and profiles he wrote for su…
8 years, 8 months ago
Patreon will help fans pay artists more than $140 million this year (Jack Conte, CEO, Patreon)
Episode 95
Patreon CEO Jack Conte talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka about why the current version of the web, where content is mostly free and supported by ads, i…
8 years, 8 months ago
Everyone still wants to be on TV (Tonia O'Connor, chief revenue officer, Univision)
Episode 94
Univision's new Chief Revenue Officer Tonia O'Connor talks with Recode's Edmund Lee about how the company has grown from a handful of Spanish-languag…
8 years, 8 months ago
How food became cool (Larry Fitzgibbon, CEO, Tastemade; Helen Rosner, editor at large, Eater)
Episode 93
Tastemade CEO Larry Fitzgibbon talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about building a digital media company around food-as-lifestyle that reaches more than…
8 years, 9 months ago
How to make a bestseller that lasts (Ryan Holiday, author, 'Perennial Seller')
Episode 92
Writer, marketer and self-proclaimed media manipulator Ryan Holiday talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his new book, “Perennial Seller,” which exp…
8 years, 9 months ago
Shari Redstone, Vice Chair, Viacom (Code Conference 2017)
Episode 91
Viacom and CBS Vice Chair Shari Redstone talks with Recode's Peter Kafka at the 2017 Code Conference about the venture firm she co-founded in 2011, A…
8 years, 9 months ago