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Channels with Peter Kafka

Channels with Peter Kafka

No-nonsense interviews about the future of media and entertainment.

Vox Media Podcast Network

596 episodesEN

Show overview

Channels with Peter Kafka has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 596 episodes. That works out to roughly 450 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 37 min and 52 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 36 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Vox Media Podcast Network.

Episodes
596
Running
2015–2026 · 11y
Median length
44 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Media and tech aren’t just intersecting — they’re fully intertwined. And to understand how those worlds work, and what they mean for you, veteran journalist Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers - and gets them to spell it out in plain, BS-free English. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Latest Episodes

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Joanna Stern on the New Siri, OpenAI’s Weird Gadget, and Life After the Wall Street Journal

Aug 12, 202648 min

Oliver Darcy on Status, Bari Weiss, and Why Media Reporters Are Too Soft

Aug 5, 202652 min

Lucas Shaw on Warner Bros' Limbo, Netflix's Anxiety, and Hollywood’s Sort-of Comeback

Jul 29, 202644 min

Substack Wants To Become A Social Network; Beehiiv Wants To Stay Invisible

Jul 22, 202642 min

Inside Podcasting’s Fight Over Netflix, YouTube, and Creator Control

Jul 15, 202645 min

"We’re in a Race Against Time," Joe Kahn on Running the New York Times in the Age of AI Slop

Jul 8, 20261h 4m

Encore: Inside Joe Weisenthal's brain

Jul 1, 202658 min

The Ad Industry's Weirdest Tradition

Jun 24, 202629 min

A Hollywood Manager Explains the New Rules of Show Biz

Jun 17, 202653 min

Brian Stelter on the 60 Minutes Mess; Nilay Patel on Apple’s AI Problem

Jun 10, 20261h 6m

How Dhar Mann Turned After-School Specials Into A Billion-View Business

Jun 3, 202637 min

Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour Explains Why Boring Data Is a Great Media Business

May 27, 202646 min

Vox Media's Jim Bankoff Explains Why He's Selling to James Murdoch

May 20, 202628 min

Versant CEO Mark Lazarus is Running a Post-Cable Cable Company

May 20, 202640 min

Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch on AI, the Met Gala and His Secret Succession Plan

May 13, 202653 min

The Internet’s Let-It-Rip Era, With The Atlantic's Charlie Warzel

May 6, 20261h 4m

AI Can Make Software Now. That Changes Everything, with Paul Ford

Apr 29, 202653 min

Jason Blum Built a Hit-Making Movie Machine. Does It Still Work?

Apr 22, 202627 min

Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Sam Altman’s Trust Problem

Apr 13, 202646 min
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