Land of the Giants: What We All Got Wrong About Twitter
This week, an episode of the latest season of Land of the Giants: The Twitter Fantasy, hosted by our own Peter Kafka. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe! Twitter began life as an accident...
2 Nov 202342min
How Dropout found success streaming comedy for $6 a month
When Sam Reich bought CollegeHumor from Barry Diller’s IAC for pennies in January 2020, the comedy site was long past its heyday. A few months later, the pandemic hit. It wouldn’t have been a surprise...
26 Okt 202332min
Inside the New York Times’ controversial Gaza headline
The New York Times issued a rare editors’ note Monday: a mea culpa for a headline repeating unverified claims from Hamas that a Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike. Vanity Fair ...
25 Okt 202321min
How the Washington Post is covering the Israel-Hamas War
The war in Israel and Gaza is hugely complicated - dangerous, horrifying, and moving fast. Which means it’s a huge job for those who have to cover it. The Washington Post’s international editor, Dougl...
18 Okt 202320min
The rise and (maybe) fall of Marvel
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is an interconnected series of movies and TV shows that produced four of the top-grossing movies of all time and changed the way Hollywood works. It also may have a hard ...
12 Okt 202342min
The internet, explained by Taylor Lorenz
Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) is the person who told you what “cheugy” means, what a “content house” is, and basically anything else you want to know about young people, the social media they use, and...
5 Okt 202335min
Warner Music Group’s CEO says AI songs are coming whether you like it or not
When Robert Kyncl (@rkyncl) worked at YouTube, he made deals with companies like Warner Music Group. Now, he’s the CEO of Warner Music Group. Vox’s Peter Kafka interviewed Kyncl live on stage at the C...
2 Okt 202331min
HBO boss Casey Bloys on the strikes, the bundle and AI
The Hollywood writers’ strike is over and there’s hope the actors guild and studios will also settle their differences soon. So people like HBO and HBO Max Content boss Casey Bloys (@caseybloys) may b...
28 Sep 202329min
