How Amazon Automated My Job: A Conversation With Elaine Kwon
Elaine Kwon was a vendor manager in Amazon's retail organization when the company started to turn her tasks over to machine learning in a program called "Hands Off The Wheel." She joins Big Technology...
14 Apr 202148min
The Uneasy Amazon Coalition, With Fulfillment Author Alec MacGillis
ProPublica senior reporter Alec MacGillis highlights the growing economic divide in the U.S. — through the lens of Amazon — in his new book, Fulfillment. MacGillis joins Big Technology Podcast to disc...
7 Apr 202154min
Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat on The Criticism of Tech Criticism
Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat are two of the most prominent Facebook critics worldwide. Cadwalladr is the journalist who broke open the Cambridge Analytica story for the Guardian and The Observ...
31 Mar 20211h 9min
BuzzFeed News executive editor Mat Honan on the "Zoom Class," NFTs, and San Francisco
BuzzFeed News executive editor Mat Honan has long covered the way society interacts with technology. He joins Big Technology Podcast this week to discuss the “Zoom Class,” the rise of NFTs, and how Sa...
24 Mar 202151min
Why Rest of World wants to change international tech news, with Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis
Rest Of World is a new publication that covers technology outside of North America and Europe. Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis join Big Technology Podcast to discuss why they believe it's setting a...
17 Mar 202150min
Bonus: Senator Amy Klobuchar On How Congress Will Take On Big Tech
Senator Amy Klobuchar will be leading the charge in Congress as the legislature interrogates the power of big tech, and potentially takes action to restrain it. She's the new Chairwoman of the Senate ...
13 Mar 202119min
Twitter Product Head Kayvon Beykpour On The Story Behind Twitter’s Revival
Kayvon Beykpour is one of Silicon Valley’s busiest product executives. As Twitter’s head of product, he’s survived for years in a formerly-cursed role that seemed to turn over every few months. Now, B...
10 Mar 202155min
Will Artificial Intelligence Take Our Jobs? A Conversation with Kevin Roose, NYT Columnist and Futureproof author
Artificial intelligence may take our jobs, or it may give us new freedom in the workplace. The debate is heating up as this technology is starting to enter the workplace in a real way. New York Times ...
9 Mar 202153min
