Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on why push-button AI is “insulting” to musicians
Today, I’m talking with Kakul Srivastava, CEO of music creation platform Splice, which is one of the biggest marketplaces around for loops and samples. You can just go sign up, pay the money, and down...
24 Mar 20251h 6min
The movement to take down Tesla
Today we're talking about the Tesla Takedown protest movement, which has emerged as a way for people to express how deeply unhappy they are with Elon Musk installing himself as a not-so-shadow preside...
20 Mar 202547min
How Trump's tariff chaos is already changing global trade
I'm talking to Evan Smith, who started Altana in 2019 because he predicted the first wave of globalized manufacturing and trade would end, and that companies would want new powerful tools to adapt the...
17 Mar 20251h 7min
Why the Take It Down Act is a not a law, but a weapon
Today, I’m talking to Verge policy editor Adi Robertson about a bill called the Take It Down Act, which is one in a long line of bills that would make it illegal to distribute non-consensual intimate ...
13 Mar 202548min
Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour on AI, press freedom, and the future of news
Almar Latour is the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and also CEO of its parent company, Dow Jones — itself a part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Almar's been with the paper since the 90s, and now...
10 Mar 20251h 4min
Flying is still safe, for now — but the FAA isn’t
So today I’m talking to Andy Hawkins, The Verge’s transportation editor, about what’s going on in the skies. Andy just edited a big piece for us by writer Darryl Campbell that helps put a lot of what’...
6 Mar 202540min
Amazon’s Panos Panay on the long road to Alexa’s AI overhaul
Panos Panay is in charge of devices and services at Amazon — that's everything from Alexa and Kindle to Ring, Eero, and even the Project Kuiper satellite internet service that's meant to compete with ...
3 Mar 20251h 9min
Elon Musk's polarizing ascent in the MAGA movement
This is Alex Heath, deputy editor of The Verge. I’m guest hosting today’s episode while Nilay is still away for a much-needed vacation. He’ll be back next week. But today, we’re diving into the broman...
27 Feb 202535min
