Substack's Chris Best: "We knew we were walking into a firestorm”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Chris Best, founder of Substack, to talk about how he got started (6:40), newsletters v newspapers (11:20), Silicon Valley’s disgust with the media (13:1...
18 Des 202051min
Compass Pathways' George Goldsmith: "Medical magic mushrooms"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on George Goldsmith to talk about how he started looking into psilocybin (3:45), its history of research (7:00), what he and his wife did befo...
11 Des 202056min
Tim O'Reilly: "The landlords of the Internet"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media and prominent tech commentator, to talk about algorithmic rent (0:00), the Facebook case (5:15), ho...
4 Des 202046min
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse: “Replumbing the financial system”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Brad Garlinghouse, to talk about remaking the global financial system (2:45), when it could happen (5:30), the cross-border payment challen...
27 Nov 202037min
Stanford Internet Observatory’s Renee Diresta: “Sharpies, CIA supercomputers and human antennas”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Renee DiResta of the Stanford INternet Observatory to talk about how Twitter handled 2020 (3:30), mainstream media getting a pass (40), Facebook groups (...
20 Nov 202045min
Plenty's Nate Storey: "Kale outta Compton"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Nate Storey, co-founder of indoor farming unicorn Plenty, to talk about tearing down and rebuilding farms (3:40), the problem he’s trying to solve (6:40)...
13 Nov 202049min
Ruben Harris: "A backwards version of the Wu-Tang clan”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Ruben Harris, co-founder of Career Karma, to talk about starting out as a cellist (3:10), why music convinced him to get into business (6:5...
6 Nov 202039min
Mmhmm's Phil Libin: "Hospital clowns to investment bankers”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Phil Libin, founder of Mmhmm, to talk about fasting (3:35), starting the company (5:00), what it does (9:15), the end of the social media i...
30 Okt 202052min
