How Viruses Affect Hosts
Cory joins to talk about the major layoffs at Opendoor. We also discuss how Brian Chesky is leading Airbnb through this bleak period in the company's business and if it stands a chance of going public...
16 Apr 202021min
Tangled Up In Azure
Kevin talks about the problems that Azure has had providing service to its customers. It's cropped up before the pandemic, but the surge in use during the work-from-home era has made things even more ...
11 Apr 202012min
Mind Your Zs and Qs
Zoe breaks down the new strange world of video conference etiquette. We discuss how the new remote lifestyle has raised a handful of questions about the proper way to interact over video chat. And she...
3 Apr 202014min
Apple's Remote Control
Nick Bastone dives into the way Apple has tried to manage the work-from-home era, where employees have to keep the secret products under wraps while working in a non secretive location Background Read...
2 Apr 202013min
Are You There, Pod? It's Me, Spotify
Jessica Toonkel talks about why Spotify decided to go on a spending spree to get into the podcasting space. We discuss how this can actually pay off for the company and how long it could take to show ...
27 Mar 202015min
Is Amazon Too Essential?
Priya dives into how Amazon has become one of the central pieces holding things together as large swaths of the country remains under stay-at-home orders. We also discuss whether Amazon's increasing r...
25 Mar 202014min
There's Hope, There's Hope, There's Light
We talk to Shai Oster, our Hong Kong bureau chief, about his experience leaving the country as the coronavirus began threatening from China. Then returning to Hong Kong once the US started seeing the ...
20 Mar 202019min
Gimme Shelter
The first of our special midweek podcasts during the COVID-19 pandemic looks at Airbnb. Cory explores the company's decision to give guests full refunds on trips that had to be cancelled because of tr...
18 Mar 202017min
