Ukraine
A chat about Ukraine without pretending we know about Russia, geopolitics and Ukraine. Rather we will focus on some of the things happening in and around tech with regards to this. And we are absolute...
7 Mar 202238min
Talking about crypto
Crypto is so big and yet so unclear that we can’t even agree what to call it. What does ‘web3’ mean, what might it mean, how do we ignore the noise, and what questions might matter?Follow Benedict on ...
1 Mar 202239min
The retail reset
Everything comes out of Covid (we hope), especially retail. US ecommerce penetration jumped forward a little and the UK a lot, but what kinds of companies, brands and stories can be created now that e...
21 Feb 202233min
Asking the dumb questions
One thing is obvious in tech, there are so many questions worth exploring. In 2022, we are thinking about cars and infrastructure, crypto and web3, AR and VR, games and regulations. It's less about...
18 Feb 202240min
What we know about web 3 so far
Another episode on our theme ‘how to talk about X if you’re not in the field’ - this time ‘Web3’, the new brand name for crypto. How do we ignore the noise (SO much noise) and think about where and ho...
15 Nov 202141min
How to think about tech
We can talk all day about crypto, or VR or Facebook, but how might we talk about *everything* in tech? What are the frameworks and tools to structure the noise?
8 Nov 202136min
The Meta reality
There are two strands to this story: the second phase of Facebook which is the Metaverse (which we previously spoke about on the podcast) and Facebook actually changing its name to Meta. If and when y...
2 Nov 202140min
Metaverse - beyond the buzzword
‘Metaverse’ is the buzzword of the moment, yet it doesn’t really exist as more than a label on a whiteboard, and many of the ideas it tries to combine might not happen, or not like that. This might be...
18 Okt 202139min
