How Jessica Lessin got people to pay for The Information
In 2013, Jessica Lessin left her job as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal to start The Information, a subscription-based business publication. 7 years later, it’s thriving, and she’s more convinc...
28 Jan 202141min
Trump vs the Press - a final report card from Jay Rosen
The mainstream press spent the last four years trying to figure out how to report in the Trump era? NYU journalism professor joins Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss the highlights and lowlights, and wha...
21 Jan 202150min
What the Capitol Riot tells us about online power
It’s going to take a long time to come to grips with the January 6 Capitol Riot and what happened in its wake, but let’s start trying. Recode’s Peter Kafka talks to the New York Times’s Kevin Roose ab...
14 Jan 202148min
Behind the making of The Dissident, the movie about Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
Director Bryan Fogel’s first documentary, Icarus, won an Oscar. His next effort, The Dissident, details the brutal murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Fogel talks to Recode’s Peter K...
7 Jan 202143min
Zach Seward started Quartz, sold it, and bought it back. Now what?
Zach Seward co-founded Quartz, the brainy business news site, in 2012. Six years later, it had a new owner, and two years after that, Seward bought it back. Now he’s trying to maintain Quartz’s invent...
31 Dec 202043min
Kemp Powers spent years breaking into Hollywood — and his first film is Pixar’s Soul
Kemp Powers spent years trying to break into Hollywood, left, and came back. Now, at 47, he’s made his first movie: It’s Pixar’s Soul, streaming to millions on Christmas Day. His second movie — One Ni...
23 Dec 202043min
Trump is leaving; Trump media isn't
New York Times reporter Mike Isaac, joins Recode’s Peter Kafka to explain the new antitrust suits against Facebook. Then, NYT’s Charlie Warzel and CNN’s Oliver Darcy discuss the evolution of right-win...
17 Dec 20201h 2min
Behind the scenes with Queen’s Gambit creator Scott Frank
No one thought The Queen’s Gambit would be a breakout hit — including Scott Frank, the Hollywood veteran who created the Netflix show. Frank sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about why a sho...
10 Dec 202058min
