Inside an unexpected fight at Apple
For the past several months, a fight has been brewing inside Apple, the world’s most profitable company, about a fundamental aspect of its business: whether or not its corporate employees must return ...
24 Sep 202112min
How the iPhone changed everything
The smartphone landscape hasn’t been the same since Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone in 2007. Peter Kafka (@pkafka) explores the legacy of this game-changing device in the first episode of the ne...
23 Sep 202114min
Facebook’s secret research, explained
Recently, the Wall Street Journal uncovered some damning internal research at Facebook regarding the impact of social media on our mental health, democracy, and society at large. The WSJ’s Jeff Horw...
22 Sep 202116min
Everybody's hiring; nobody's getting hired
There are more open jobs in the United States than available workers, yet job seekers are struggling to land new gigs. The country’s broken hiring system is to blame. Recode’s Rani Molla and Vox’s Emi...
21 Sep 20219min
The Real World: Space
The Inspiration4 space mission was historic. It may have laid the groundwork for the future of commercial space travel, which offers limitless possibilities for space-themed brand deals and product pl...
20 Sep 202116min
Instagram is bad for teens’ self-esteem, and it knows it
New reporting from the Wall Street Journal confirms what many teens already knew: Instagram can be harmful to their body image and self-esteem. And as it turns out, the company knows it too. Recode Me...
17 Sep 202115min
California scheming
Republicans primed their voters to believe the California recall was stolen. And right-wing media helped them. Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains. Read Aaron’s story here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode ...
16 Sep 202112min
The future of cybersex
The mobile gaming giant Roblox is hugely popular among minors — most of them young kids. But it turns out the platform has a burgeoning strip club and sex work scene. Players say it’s all fun and game...
15 Sep 202113min
