How email saved Jason Hirschhorn's life
Jason Hirschhorn talks with Peter Kafka about his past jobs at Viacom, Dish Network and MySpace and at his new startup Redef. Expanding on the Redef Media email newsletter, which Hirschhorn started in...
19 Mai 20161h 2min
Samantha Bee says hiring more women = better comedy
Samantha Bee talks with Peter Kafka about leaving "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," launching her own late-night comedy show "Full Frontal" and what she's doing to make the new show unique. One of th...
12 Mai 201629min
Why Larry Wilmore used the N-word at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
"The Nightly Show" host Larry Wilmore talks about his instantly controversial roast at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. He mocked Brian Williams, Wolf Blitzer and Barack Obama, among many other...
5 Mai 201643min
The NYT's Jenna Wortham just wants to "write about people who look like me”
New York Times Magazine staff writer Jenna Wortham talks with Peter Kafka about covering the intersection of culture and technology at Wired magazine and then at the Times. Wortham has also pursued se...
28 Apr 201637min
"Veep" Producer Frank Rich: Trump Can Win
"Veep" executive producer and New York magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich talks with Peter Kafka about the 2016 election, why he underestimated Bernie Sanders and what future candidates can learn fro...
21 Apr 201639min
Snapchat Should Start Paying Its Users (Hunter Walk, Investor, Homebrew)
Venture capitalist Hunter Walk, the co-founder of Homebrew, talks with Peter Kafka about his pre-investing career at Second Life, YouTube and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." He also joined Google in ...
14 Apr 201638min
From Fake Steve Jobs to HBO's "Silicon Valley" (Dan Lyons, Author, "Disrupted")
Dan Lyons, author of the new book "Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble," tells Peter Kafka how he came to work at a "cult-y" unicorn where "grown-up" meant anyone experienced enough to h...
7 Apr 201639min
Millennials Aren't an Alien Species (Philippe von Borries, co-CEO, Refinery29)
Refinery29 co-founder and co-CEO Philippe von Borries talks with Peter Kafka about how his company morphed from a New York-focused fashion guide to a globally recognized powerhouse with 150 million re...
31 Mar 201637min
