Big Technology Podcast

Hamas vs. Israel Rewrites Social Media Norms, Live At The SBF Trial, OpenAI's New Values

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We cover: 1) Whether social media is use...

Is The Federal Reserve Manufacturing a Financial Crisis? — With Christopher Leonard

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Leonard is the author of The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy. Ranjan Roy is the author of Margins....

The Case Against SBF, Temu vs. Amazon, AI Therapy

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Plans to attend the SBF Trial 2) Welcome to Compound ...

The Joy, Misery, and Fame Of An Extremely Online Life — With Taylor Lorenz

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor Lorenz is a technology columnist at the Washington Post and author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the I...

Zuck's Lucid Metaverse Vision, X CEO Bombs an Interview, Ex-FTC Chair on the Amazon Case

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Meta Connect, and Zuck's new vision for the Metaverse...

How Ad Dollars, And Some AI, Might Restore Our Shared Truth — With Vanessa Otero

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vanessa Otero is the CEO of Ad Fontes Media. The company rates publications based on their biases, and allows advertisers to concentrate their spendin...

More on Airbnb, Jack Dorsey's Return to Square, Generative AI News Bonanza

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) An update on our Yahoo episode quest 2) A recap and f...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Cleaning Fees, Apple vs. Amazon, Building Products, and New York

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Chesky is the CEO of Airbnb. He joins Big Technology Podcast for an in-depth discussion covering Airbnb's product, business, culture, and roadma...

Tech IPOs Are Back, Google's In Court, Tom Brady's Working For Delta

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The return of tech IPOs 2) Is Arm's stock bounce real...

A Dozen Grueling Years At Amazon — With Kristi Coulter

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kristi Coulter worked at Amazon for twelve years and is the author of the new book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career. She joi...

Apple's China Problem, Its Tenuous Valuation, And The iPhone 15 — With Walter Piecyk

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Walter Piecyk is a partner at LightShed Partners and GP at LightShed Ventures. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a special episode looking entirely...

Google’s Weird Year + Neeva Goes to Snowflake — With Sridhar Ramaswamy

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sridhar Ramaswamy is the co-founder of Neeva, SVP at Snowflake and former SVP at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast to reflect on the strange yea...

Disney's Ten Year Low, Google's AI Attends Meetings For You, Metaverse Gets Legs

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Disney stock hitting a ten year low 2) The rise of wh...

The Path Toward AGI, According to Google's DeepMind — With Colin Murdoch

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Murdoch is the chief business officer at Google DeepMind. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about artificial general intelligen...

ChatGPT As An Insult, NVIDIA's Moat, A New Musk Profile

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) ChatGPT used as an insult in the Republican debate 2) ...

Betting on the Future of AI – WIth Sarah Guo

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Guo is the founder of VC firm, Conviction, and co-host of the “No Priors” podcast. She joins Big Technology to talk about generative AI, whe...

The Cage Match That Wasn’t, Trouble At Goldman Sachs, Social Algorithms Reality Check

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) How the Zuck v. Musk cage match fell apart. 2) Whether...

Self-Driving's Breakout Moment — With Kyle Vogt

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Vogt is the CEO of Cruise, a self-driving car operator owned mostly by General Motors. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss self-driving's ...

X's CEO Speaks, AI's Real Impact On Hollywood, The Streamflation Crisis — With Julia Boorstin

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Boorstin is a senior media and tech correspondent at CNBC and author of When Women Lead: What We Achieve, Why We Succeed and What We Can Learn. ...

Lyft's New CEO Has a Plan To Compete — With David Risher

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Risher is Lyft's new CEO. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a frank discussion about his plan to put the company back on the right track after...

A New AI Investment Fund's Strategy and Opportunity — With Techmeme Ride Home

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian McCullough and Chris Messina are starting a new, $15 million fund for pre-seed through Series A investments in AI companies. They've already rai...

Self-Driving's Quiet Boom, Tech's New IPO Window, Worldcoin's Strange Debut — With Sarah Kunst

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Kunst is the managing director at Cleo Capital. She joins Big Technology this week for a recap of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Self-drivin...

Amazon Reveals Its AI Master Plan — With Matt Wood

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Wood is the VP of product at Amazon Web Services. He joins Big Technology Podcast live at the AWS Summit in New York City for a conversation abou...

Snapchat's Business Trouble, Adobe's AI Worries, Are Aliens Real?

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back in New York for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Snapchat's disappointing earnings 2) The ...

The Professor Who Required His Students Use ChatGPT In Class — With Ethan Mollick

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Mollick is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton business school and writes One Useful Thing on Substack. He is one of the w...

Meta's New AI Model, AppleGPT's Potential, Is ChatGPT Getting Dumber — With Aaron Levie

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins us for a special Friday episode to break down a major week of AI news. We cover: 1) Meta's incentives to open ...

The Declining Half-Life Of Social Media — With Eugene Wei

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eugene Wei is a tech analyst and product veteran, with time spent inside Meta, Amazon, and Hulu. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of s...

Zuck's New Mojo, Elon's New AI Company, Striking Actors' AI Fears

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The revitalization of Zuck’s image 2) Twitter’s paym...

Is Threads The Next Twitter Or Clubhouse 2.0? — With Zach Coelius

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Coelius is the managing partner at Coelius Capital. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about Threads' real potential, asking whet...

The Threads Explosion — With Alex Heath

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Heath is a deputy editor at The Verge who's been reporting on Threads from the first row, including an interview with Instagram head Adam Mosseri...

Big Tech's Comeback And The Spillover to VCs and Startups — With Eliot Brown

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eliot Brown is a reporter at the Wall Street Journal and co-author of The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion. He joins B...

Amazon vs. Regulators vs. Walmart

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Del Rey is the author of Winner Sells All Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets. Matt Stoller is the director of research at the Ameri...

My Experience On The OceanGate Sub — With David Pogue

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Pogue is a correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning and host of the Unsung Science Podcast. In November 2022, he boarded the OceanGate sub for a voya...

The Media and The Sub, Musk vs. Zuck, A Key TikTok Exec Exits

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The OceanGate Sub 2) Whether we should celebrate or con...

ServiceNow CEO On Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation — With Bill McDermott

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bill McDermott is the CEO of ServiceNow, a $113 billion, publicly-traded cloud computing platform that helps companies manage their operations. He joi...

Reddit Revolts, Media Armageddon, AI Fakes In Politics — With Sara Fischer

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Fischer is the senior media reporter at Axios and media analyst at CNN. She joins Big Technology Podcast for our weekly discussion of the week's...

Will AI Save The World + Azure's Origins — With Bob Muglia

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Muglia is the former CEO of Snowflake, author of THE DATAPRENEURS: The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future, and ex-head of Server a...

Apple's Future After The Vision Pro — With Mark Gurman

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Gurman is the chief correspondent at Bloomberg covering Apple. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for a special episode focused entirely on ...

Alphabet X's CEO Has A Vision For AI Moonshots — With Astro Teller

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Astro Teller is the CEO of X, Alphabet's moonshot division. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a taping in front of a live audience at Summit at Sea ...

Tech Consolidates Stock Market Growth, Lawyer Uses Hallucinating ChatGPT, XR Wars Heat Up

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Tech stocks consolidating growth in the S&P 500% 2) The ...

TikTok's Uncertain Future, Twitter's 2024 Election Play, AI Regulation's Feasibility — With Ryan Mac and Bobby Allyn

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Mac is a tech reporter at The New York Times, Bobby Allyn is a technology correspondent at NPR. The two join Big Technology Podcast for a wide-ra...

NVIDIA Takes Off, Temu + Shein Deep Dive

27 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

John Herrman is a contributing editor at New York Magazine. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz to break down the week’s news. We cover 1) NVIDI...

Google's Bard Director On His Vision For The Bot — With Jack Krawczyk

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Krawczyk is the director of Bard at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his vision for the chatbot, where it's heading, and whethe...

Apple's XR Misadventure, An Emerging AI Bubble, Elon vs. Bezos

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Apple's mixed reality struggles 2) Whether the stock mar...

He Helped Train ChatGPT. It Was Traumatizing. – With Richard Mathenge

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Mathenge was part of a team of contractors in Nairobi, Kenya who trained OpenAI's GPT models. He did so as a team lead at Sama, an AI training...

Twitter's New CEO, Streaming Wars Are Over, Traffic's Lessons

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Smith is the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral. He's also the editor-in-chief of Semafor. He...

Modern Space Race + State of Elon Musk — With Ashlee Vance

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ashlee Vance is the author of When The Heavens Went On Sale, a new book about the modern day space race. Join us for a conversation about the commerci...

OpenAI's Business Model Problem, Apple's Mixed Reality Vision, Ed Sheeran's Copyright Win — Techmeme Ride Home Crossover

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian McCullough of the Techmeme Ride Home Podcast joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) OpenAI's massive...

Is Social Media Doomed To Die? — With Ellis Hamburger

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ellis Hamburger is Snap's ex-head of marketing strategy, where he spent seven years before moving to The Browser Company. He joins Big Technology Podc...

Bluesky Takes Off, Big Tech Earnings Blowout, Do We Want Human Writers

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The rise of Bluesky 2) What we want from a social networ...

What Exactly Is The Market Telling Tech To Do? — With Josh Brown

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and the host of the Compound and Friends podcast. Brown joins Big Technology Podcast to dig into w...

State Of The AI Wars, Google's Counterpunch, Elon's 4/20

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nico Grant of The New York Times joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) The state of the AI war between Go...

The Taiwan Semiconductor Dilemma — With Congressman Ro Khanna

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Congressman Ro Khanna represents California's 17th congressional district. He joins Big Technology Podcast fresh off a visit to Taiwan, where he visit...

The Economy is Fine?, VC Funding Declines, Non-Negotiable Expectations

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Square co-founder and Invisibly founder Jim McKelvey joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) The state of th...

Was The Sharing Economy Way Overblown? — With Emil Michael

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emil Michael is the former chief business officer of Uber and the current chairman and CEO of DPCM Capital. Michael joins Big Technology Podcast to d...

The Internet's Impact On Productivity, Meta's AI Plan, RIP Big Tech Perks

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Whether the Internet has actually helped increase our pr...

Two VCs On AI’s Possibilities — With Joe Marchese and Michael Mignano

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Mignano is a partner at Lightspeed VC. Joe Marchese is a general and build partner at Human Ventures. The two investors join Big Technology Po...

RIP Blue Checks, The Open Letter To Stop AI, Startup Funding After SVB

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Griffith is a reporter at the New York Times. She joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We cover: 1) The end of Blue Check...

Palmer Luckey's Ambitions For The Metaverse And AI Warfare — With Palmer Luckey

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Palmer Luckey is the founder of Oculus VR and the founder of Anduril, a military technology company. Luckey joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Me...

SEC Comes For Coinbase, Hindenberg Comes For Block, Congress Comes For TikTok

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Newcomer is the founder and author of Newcomer. Louise Matsakis is the tech and China reporter for Semafor. Both join Big Technology podcast to b...

Instagram’s Founder On Why All Social Media Looks The Same — With Kevin Systrom

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Systrom is the co-founder of Instagram and co-founder of Artifact, a news app that uses AI to determine your preferences and show stories you mi...

SVB Reexamined, GPT-4's Potential, TikTok's Potential Ban

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) SVB's depositors' role in the collapse 2) The over-finan...

The Fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's Failure — With Om Malik and Chris Tolles

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Om Malik is a partner emeritus at True Ventures and a former tech journalist. Chris Tolles is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and former CEO of Topix. T...

Silicon Valley Bank Collapses — With Dan Primack and Ranjan Roy

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for a special edition of our Friday podcast. We typically run thr...

Amazon's Ad Business Soars + AI APIs — With Benedict Evans

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Benedict Evans is a star tech analyst who’s spent years at Andreessen Horowitz and is now independent. Evans joins Big Technology Podcast to highlig...

Salesforce Tumult, The ChatGPT API, Tinder Robberies

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Wall Street Journal’s Tom Dotan joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) Salesforce’s recent struggle...

The Social Media Era Of News Is Over — With Ben Smith

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go ...

Paying For Social, RIP IPOs & Voice Computing, Four Day Work Weeks

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Information's Sr. Reporter Cory Weinberg joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) Paying for social media...

An AI Chatbot Debate — With Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Blake Lemoine is the ex-Google engineer who concluded the company's LaMDA chatbot was sentient. Gary Marcus is an academic, author, and outspoken AI c...

Bing Breaks Bad, Metaverse Fades, Tesla's Self-Driving Recall

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Bing's chatbot's dark side and its impact on Microsoft's...

Can Technology Solve Our Climate Crisis — With David Friedberg

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Friedberg is a co-host of the All-In Podcast and the founder and CEO of The Production Board, a holding company focused on addressing the earth’...

Google and Microsoft's Chatbot War, How AI Changes Hollywood, Disney In Crisis

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Wrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) Google and Microsoft's new ch...

Was The Creator Economy Way Overblown? — With Kaya Yurieff and Joe Caporoso

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kaya Yurieff is a reporter at The Information covering the Creator Economy. Joe Caporoso is the President of Team Whistle and founder of Badlands, a s...

Disinflation Begins, Snap's Cultural Roadblocks, Meta's 'Year Of Efficiency'

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ex-Snap and Instagram executive Meghana Dhar joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) The implications of the ...

What's Next For CNN — With Brian Stelter

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Stelter was the host of CNN's Reliable Sources until the network canceled it last summer. Stelter joins Big Technology Podcast to look back at h...

BuzzFeed Employs AI, Tesla Stock Goes Wild, Salesforce Is Challenged

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) BuzzFeed creating content with AI 2) The tech industry's...

Is ChatGPT A Step Toward Human-Level AI? — With Yann LeCun

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta, a professor of computer science at NYU, and a pioneer of deep learning. He joins Big Technology Podcast...

Google Layoffs, Netflix Shakeup, and Davos Recap

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Google Layoffs 2) Netflix's prospects and leadership cha...

Amazon's Identity Crisis — With Todd Bishop

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Todd Bishop is the co-founder of Geekwire, a tech news site based in Seattle. Bishop joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how Amazon will navigate ...

New Era Of Tech Accountability? + The Impending AI Ethics War

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins joins us for another Big Technology Podcast: Friday Edition covering the week's news. This week, we check in on the following st...

Crypto After FTX — With Kate Rooney

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Rooney is a star reporter at CNBC who covers crypto. She's reported deeply on crypto exchange FTX's collapse and spent time with its disgraced ex...

The Fed's PR Blitz + SBF And The Media — With Ranjan Roy

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins joins Big Technology Podcast for a new Friday series that will recap the week's business and tech news. We'll post a new show ev...

Tech’s Frothy Days Are Over. Now What? — With Eliot Brown

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eliot Brown is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and co-author of The Cult of We. Brown joins us to check in on how the tech industry is adapting...

Is It Worth Switching To Encrypted Email And Messaging? — With Andy Yen

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Yen is the CEO of Proton, the maker of encrypted email service ProtonMail. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the merits of encryption, w...

2022 In Review, 2023 Predictions — With Casey Newton

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Casey Newton is the editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork. He joins Big Technology Podcast to keep up an annual tradition of looking back on t...

Does It Get Even Worse for Tech in 2023? — With Stephanie Link

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stephanie Link is the chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. She is also a senior CNBC contributor. Link joins Big T...

How ChatGPT Changes Tech + The End of Remote Work? — With Aaron Levie

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins Big Technology Podcast to weigh in on all the big tech headlines: ChatGPT's emergence, Elon Musk's handling of...

Actually, The Metaverse Is An Enterprise Thing — With Peggy Johnson

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Peggy Johnson is the CEO of Magic Leap. The company makes augmented reality technology and is now focused entirely on enterprise use cases after build...

Is A Healing Supply Chain Fixing Our Economy? — With Ryan Petersen

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Petersen is the Founder and Co-CEO of Flexport, a supply chain technology company. He joins Big Technology Podcast to talk about how the supply c...

Venture Capital's FTX Mistake, Elon's Twitter Plan, Investing in Labor Tech— With Roy Bahat

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Roy Bahat is the head of Bloomberg Beta, a venture capital firm that invests in companies building the future of work. Bahat joins Big Technology Podc...

How YouTube Shorts Picks Winners — With Todd Sherman

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Todd Sherman is the product lead for YouTube Shorts. He's also a former group product manager at Twitter and Snap. He joins Big Technology Podcast for...

The U.S. And Tech After The Midterms — With Marshall Kosloff and Saagar Enjeti

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff host The Realignment, a terrific podcast about politics and policy. They join Big Technology Podcast for a bonus ep...

Out At Twitter — With Simon Balmain

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Balmain was laid off by Twitter today. A former Twitter senior community manager, Balmain takes us through the last few weeks at the company, de...

Merits Of Metaverse + Big Tech Wipeout — With Eric Jackson

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Jackson is president and portfolio manager at EMJ Capital. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Big Tech's terrible week on the public mark...

How Figma Caught Adobe By Surprise — With Carmel DeAmicis

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carmel DeAmicis was the 20th employee at Figma, a startup that Adobe just acquired for $20 billion. A former journalist and editor at Figma, DeAmicis ...

What Is Consciousness And Can Machines Achieve It — With Anil Seth

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex and author of Being You. He joins Big Technology Pod...

Will The Fed Blink And Save Tech — With Ranjan Roy

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy is the co-author of Margins, a Substack newsletter about the financial markets. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about th...

Inside Facebook's Plan To Fend Off TikTok — With Tom Alison

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Alison is the head of the Facebook app at Meta. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion about the company's plan to compete with TikTok a...

Meta's Stock Decline, TikTok's Power, and Funding Transparency — With Frances Haugen

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Frances Haugen is an ex-Facebook employee who shared thousands of internal documents with journalists in 2021 that revealed much about the company's d...

Meet The Man Who Runs Google Search — With Prabhakar Raghavan

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Prabhakar Raghavan is the Google senior vice president who oversees Search, Maps, Ads, Commerce, Payments, and Google Assistant. He joins Big Technol...