Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy Michael Lewis is worried about the sports betting boom
It’s hard to remember now. But just a few years ago, sports betting was illegal in almost all of United States. And sports leagues and the media comp…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Silicon Valley really feels about Trump, TikTok and DeepSeek
I haven’t checked in with Jessica Lessin in some time — and I have to say I picked a pretty good time to catch up with her. Because Silicon Valley is…
1 year, 3 months ago
How TikTok (still) works
TikTok banned itself for less than a day. Now it’s back in the U.S. - despite a law that says it shouldn’t be operating. We’re not going to weigh in …
1 year, 3 months ago
How does Wall Street think about Trump, media and tech?
Why didn’t Meta’s stock move when Mark Zuckerberg announced his pro-MAGA pivot? Why do big media companies want to dump their cable TV networks — but…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Katie Notopoulos still loves the internet
I’m a lucky man. Whenever I’m baffled by the internet, and social media, I turn to my co-worker Katie Notopoulos, who is there to explain it to me. T…
1 year, 3 months ago
Looking back, and ahead, with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw
I don’t love a lot of year-end #content . But I do love talking to Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw every year, to help put the year in media in perspective, a…
1 year, 4 months ago
1440’s newsletters are short, popular and profitable
Newsletters are not a new idea. Yet every few years the media business rediscovers them, anyway — either as a way to quickly launch a startup with bi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Studying online bad behavior was hard. It's going to get harder in Trump 2.0
You probably shouldn't know Renee DiResta's name: She's a researcher who studies online bad behavior, not a celebrity. But the work DiReata did study…
1 year, 4 months ago
How to build your own media company - without VCs or billionaires
Lots of people start media companies using money from rich people. Jason Koebler and his colleagues did it themselves, using a grand total of $4,000.…
1 year, 5 months ago
Meet the man making money for Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly
Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Bari Weiss all used to work for big mainstream media companies. Now they’re on the internet, building their own compa…
1 year, 5 months ago