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'Substack isn’t cool,' gatekeepers are, and other strong opinions from tastemaker Chris Black
Season 3 Episode 2
Chris Black has gone from managing a pop-punk band to becoming a fashion-world insider, podcast host, and brand consultant for labels like J. Crew and Thom Browne. This week, Ben and Max bring on the…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Clay Travis on mixing sports and politics, his ‘pudding strike,’ and the billion-dollar bet on sports gambling
Season 3 Episode 1
Clay Travis started his career with a stunt on his blog involving a pudding strike and NFL streaming rights. From roots in new media, he founded OutKick, a conservative sports and politics site that …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Jen Psaki on her journey from politics to cable, what the Trump White House is doing right — and whether there was a Biden cover-up
Season 2 Episode 21
Jen Psaki has gone from being a behind-the-scenes political staffer, to running the White House briefing room under President Joe Biden, to now hosting a primetime show on MSNBC. This week, Ben and M…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ezra Klein on Trump, Sanity, and Podcasting
Season 2 Episode 20
Ezra Klein is on a book tour — you may have heard his voice on some of your other favorite podcasts talking about Abundance. Today, Ben and Max also talk to The New York Times columnist and host… but…
Published on 5 months ago
Zeitgeist Genius Tina Brown on Meghan Markle, Vanity Fair and Whether We Still Need Editors
Season 2 Episode 19
Tina Brown has shaped the culture and captured the zeitgeist since she reinvented Vanity Fair and The New Yorker in the 1980s and 1990s. But now, she’s moved onto the digital media space with her Sub…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Can YouTube Debates Bring America Back Together? with Jubilee’s Jason Y. Lee
Season 2 Episode 18
In a YouTube landscape filled with podcasts and talking heads, Jubilee Media’s wild debate videos stand apart: A doctor debates 20 anti-vaxxers, Ben Shapiro debates 25 liberals, Pete Buttigieg debate…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Piers Morgan On Going Independent, Meghan Markle, and Why He Likes Pouring Gasoline On the Fire
Season 2 Episode 17
Since the 80s, Piers Morgan has ridden massive changes in the media industry, jumping from print to cable to, more recently, YouTube. This week on Mixed Signals, the TV star joins Ben and (subbing in…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Nick Denton’s Surprising Return, Courtesy of Elon Musk, Denmark, and Chinese Cars
Season 2 Episode 16
Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker, more or less disappeared from the Internet in 2017, after a public legal battle with Hulk Hogan (backed by Peter Thiel) resulted in the site being shut down… That …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Secrets of YouTube with CEO Neal Mohan
Season 2 Episode 15
YouTube is undeniably the dominant media platform of the moment, and it’s increasingly the go-to place for what used to be an audio-only medium: podcasts. Last month, the company announced that podca…
Published on 6 months ago
Does Mass Culture Still Matter? And How Snoop Dogg Mastered Commerce, with Frank Cooper
Season 2 Episode 14
In this moment of media fragmentation and the rise of niche communities, are there still ways to reach mass audiences? This week, Ben and Max bring on legendary marketing executive, Frank Cooper, who…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago