Jeffrey Katzenberg's $1.75 billion bet on Quibi
Quibi is here. Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about launching a new product during a pandemic, how he thinks his service differs from other bigger streaming platforms, and ...
6 Apr 20201h 7min
TikTok, Facebook and podcasts respond to the pandemic
Taylor Lorenz, who covers the internet for the New York Times; Campbell Brown, who heads up Facebook news partnerships; and Sarah Larson, who writes about podcasts for the New Yorker, chat with Recode...
2 Apr 202051min
Making people laugh during a pandemic, with Jon Lovett and Jon Gabrus
Two chats with people who make you laugh for a living: Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett talks about making his shows — including one that’s supposed to happen with a live audience - from home durin...
26 Mars 20201h 6min
How social media works - and doesn’t — during the pandemic
Stratechery’s Ben Thompson, Lightshed’s Rich Greenfield, and Crisis Text Line’s Bob Filbin join Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Thompson talks about the pros...
19 Mars 202053min
Why the Coronavirus canceled the NBA, with ESPN’s Brian Windhorst
In a conversation taped hours before the NBA suspended its season, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Recode’s Peter Kafka discuss how the Coronavirus could affect the NBA, and why the league could cancel gam...
12 Mars 202059min
How streaming changed comedy with Vulture’s Jesse David Fox
Vulture Senior Editor and host of the Good One podcast, Jesse David Fox, sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss how social media and streaming has had an effect on the comedy industry and spec...
5 Mars 20201h 1min
ViacomCBS gets into the streaming wars, too. Sort of.
ViacomCBS just announced new plans to do… something in streaming video. CNBC’s Alex Sherman explains how the newly merged TV company sees itself competing with Netflix, Apple and everyone else, and ho...
27 Feb 202029min
Food52’s surprising success story, with co-founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs
Food writers Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs turned a book deal into a digital publishing and retail company. Then they spent 10 years turning that company into something worth more than $100 million...
20 Feb 202052min
