Channels with Peter Kafka
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Chuck Klosterman relives the 1990s & Sarah Palin loses her NYT libel suit
Feb 17, 20221h 6m
What's next for CNN? + The Afterparty's Ben Schwartz writes jokes for C-3PO
Feb 10, 20221h 5m
Is Spotify’s Joe Rogan problem over? Plus how to launch a new media startup.
Feb 3, 20221h 6m
Game on: Behind the sports betting boom
Jan 27, 202252 min
Gaming out Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal
Jan 20, 202253 min
So … what the hell is Web3? With the Chernin Group’s Jarrod Dicker
Jan 13, 20221h 5m
How the right covers 1/6 + tales from the Theranos trial, with Oliver Darcy and Erin Griffith
Jan 6, 202249 min
The Verge’s Ashley Carman on podcasting’s big year
Dec 27, 202136 min
What the hell happened in 2021? With Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw.
Dec 20, 202145 min
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s almost-exit interview
Dec 15, 202149 min
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti has gone public
Dec 6, 202135 min
@Jack is leaving Twitter. What now? + Lina Khan’s battle with Big Tech
Dec 2, 202145 min
Director Rhys Thomas on his unlikely journey from SNL to Disney’s Hawkeye
Nov 23, 202139 min
The inside story of HBO, with Jim Miller
Nov 18, 202158 min
What is Twitter Blue and is it worth $3?
Nov 11, 202131 min
Facebook’s Metaverse explained - by metaverse explainer Matthew Ball. Plus Justin Smith builds a media biz for Bloomb
Nov 4, 202159 min
How to cover the Facebook leaks + SNL’s Heidi Gardner
Oct 28, 20211h 7m
Dotdash CEO Neil Vogel on his $2.7 billion Meredith deal
Oct 21, 202132 min
Land of the Giants: "He's No Steve Jobs"
Oct 14, 202137 min
Ozy Media, RIP with NYT’s Ben Smith + Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch on remaking a magazine giant
Oct 7, 202151 min
Streamers shrink Hollywood, again + What’s a “Hate Raid”?
Sep 30, 202131 min
How Peter Thiel went from Silicon Valley to The White House with Max Chafkin
Sep 23, 202155 min
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri on teenagers, Tik-Tok and paying creators
Sep 16, 20211h 5m
Big changes at Apple: New phones, new AR glasses, and big app store changes.
Sep 9, 202143 min
Defector Media: Life after Deadspin is good (and profitable)
Sep 2, 202136 min
OnlyFans’ weird week with MEL’s Magdalene Taylor; BuzzFeed’s Joe Bernstein on the problem with our misinformation problem.
Aug 26, 202139 min
WWE’s Nick Khan on pivoting his streaming strategy and getting back in the ring
Aug 19, 202135 min
NYT’s Shira Ovide on the everything and nothingness of tech.
Aug 12, 202136 min
Reese’s $900 million deal; ScarJo vs Disney with Matt Belloni, + Derek Thompson on how the media covers Delta
Aug 5, 202158 min
Director Tom McCarthy on Stillwater, finishing a movie in a pandemic and playing one of the Wire’s best villains
Jul 29, 202139 min
Deep fakes come to the movies and Hollywood resets for the streaming era
Jul 22, 202145 min
WeWork's rise and fall (and rise again?) with Eliot Brown
Jul 15, 202143 min
Kevin Delaney turns the future of work into a media business; plus a Sun Valley update from David Gura.
Jul 8, 202156 min
Men In Blazers’ Roger Bennett loves soccer and America
Jul 1, 202153 min
One of the most popular streamers on Twitch… is a lefty political commentator? Hasan Piker explains
Jun 24, 202135 min
One of Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors is now a media company, too
Jun 15, 202129 min
Jake and Amir on being Web famous, fed up with Hollywood, and podcast bosses
Jun 10, 202130 min
How to make it in the creator economy with Rob Walker
Jun 3, 202134 min
Why is Amazon buying MGM?
May 27, 202144 min
Jim Miller on HBO’s new home; Alan Yang on a very different season of “Master of None”
May 20, 202142 min
Why did AT&T just bail on WarnerMedia? And what happens next?
May 17, 202129 min
Antonio García Martínez's controversial exit from Apple
May 15, 202123 min
Live music is back! Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino can't wait
May 13, 202143 min
The Jeff Bezos Empire with Brad Stone & Jason Del Rey
May 11, 20211h 3m
Apple vs Epic with John Gruber; Truth, Doubt and History with Jill Lepore
May 6, 20211h 0m
AMC Networks can’t compete with Netflix. CEO Josh Sapan is fine with that.
Apr 29, 202139 min
Did the pandemic kill the Oscars?
Apr 22, 202153 min
Apple and Facebook's ambitious audio plans
Apr 21, 202123 min
Substack’s next target: Local news
Apr 15, 202141 min
How Hollywood and the NBA are betting on NFTs
Apr 13, 20211h 17m