Big Technology Podcast

Do We Need Web3? — With Gavin Wood

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gavin Wood is the co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Polkadot. He joins Big Technology Podcast from Davos for a discussion about whether we need We...

Do We Need The Metaverse? — With Nick Clegg

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Clegg is the president for global affairs at Meta and former deputy prime minister of the UK. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his comp...

Optimism In A Tech Downturn — With Packy McCormick and Austin Rief

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Rief is the CEO of Morning Brew. Packy McCormick is the author of Not Boring on Substack and founder of Not Boring Capital. The two join Big Te...

A Debate About NFTs — With Jason Stein

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Stein is the founder and managing partner at SC Holdings, a private equity and strategic advisory firm based in New York. He joins Big Technolog...

Was Tim Cook The Right Choice For Apple? — With Tripp Mickle

07 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tripp Mickle is a reporter for The New York Times and author of After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul. He joins Bi...

Tech Stock Armageddon — With Rich Greenfield

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rich Greenfield is a founding partner at LightShed Partners, and a preeminent analyst in the tech and media world. He joins Big Technology Podcast th...

Elon's Plan to Fix Twitter — With Alex Roetter

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Roetter ran engineering at Twitter from 2014 to 2016 and is currently a general partner at Moxxie Ventures. He joins Big Technology Podcast to ev...

What The Heck Happened To SPACs — With Charles Duhigg

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer-prize-winning reporter and the author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit. He joins Big Technology Podcast to...

Emergency Podcast: Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter — With Ranjan Roy

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy is the co-author of Margins, a Substack newsletter about the financial markets. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Elon Musk's bid ...

God, 'The Current Thing,' And Apple — With Antonio Garcia Martinez

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Antonio Garcia Martinez is an early Facebook employee, author of Chaos Monkeys, former Apple engineer, and writes the Pull Request on Substack. He joi...

Twitter's Elon Musk Era Begins — With Christopher Mims

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Mims is a tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Elon Musk's ascent to Twitter's board thi...

Can Apple's Culture Handle Dissent? — With Cher Scarlett

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cher Scarlett is an ex-Apple engineer who led a movement for pay transparency within the company — and suffered consequences. She joins Big Technolo...

Of Oligarchs and Billionaires — With Teddy Schleifer

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Teddy Schleifer covers billionaires as a reporter and founding partner at Puck. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the sanctions against Russi...

How Apple Upended Digital Advertising — With Orchid Bertelsen and David Herrmann

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Orchid Bertelsen and David Herrmann are two senior advertising professionals who’ve watched Apple’s anti-tracking changes upend the digital ad ind...

Russia and The Information War — With Miriam Elder

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miriam Elder is the executive editor at Vanity Fair Hive and former Moscow correspondent at The Guardian. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss ...

What's Next For Our Crazy Economy — With Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jim McKelvey is the co-founder of Square, chair of the St. Louis Fed, and founder of Invisibly. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether the...

Doing Business With Zuckerberg and Bezos — With Donald Graham

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Don Graham is the former owner of the Washington Post. He's spent countless hours working with Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, and he joins Big Techno...

Programming The Code of Life With CRISPR — With Trevor Martin, CEO of Mammoth Biosciences

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trevor Martin is the CEO and co-founder of Mammoth Biosciences, a $1 billion company that develops CRISPR technology to edit genes. Martin joins Big T...

Crypto Scams, Big Tech Tumult, and Tech Optimism— With Kara Swisher

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kara Swisher is the co-founder of Recode, a New York Times columnist, the co-host of Pivot, and the host of Sway. She joins BigTechnology Podcast for ...

Meta's Stock Plunge + Market Volatility — With Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and a regular CNBC contributor. Brown joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss what's behind Meta's...

Digital Publishing’s Next Evolution — With Brian Morrissey

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Morrissey writes The Rebooting on Substack and hosts The Rebooting Show, a podcast. He is the former editor-in-chief of Digiday and digital edit...

How Tech Can Actually Help Mental Health — With Ex-National Institute of Mental Health director Dr. Tom Insel

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Tom Insel led the National Institue of Mental Health for 13 years, departing toward the end of the Obama administration for a career in tech. Inse...

The Rise Of Conservative Social Media — With The New Yorker's Clare Malone and Stanford's David Thiel

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Clare Malone is a staff writer at The New Yorker who recently wrote about Gettr, a rising conservative social network. David Thiel is the big data arc...

Tech Regulation's Crucial Year — With Sen. Mark Warner

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Senator Mark Warner takes us inside the battle to regulate Big Tech. Elected in 2008 and serving his third term in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Warner joins ...

Web3 And The Future Of The Internet — With Box CEO Aaron Levie

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box, a $3.95 billion publicly-traded tech company. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the rise of Web3 — a crypto...

2021 In Review, 2022 Predictions — With Casey Newton

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Casey Newton is the editor of Platformer, a CNBC Contributor, and a friend of Big Technology Podcast. He joins us for our final show of the year, wher...

The Theranos Trial Concludes — With NPR's Bobby Allyn

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bobby Allyn is an NPR tech reporter based in San Francisco. He's been waking up at 2 a.m. to watch the trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes from ...

Apple Nears $3 Trillion + The Truth About Web3 — With Benedict Evans

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Benedict Evans is an independent analyst who covers big tech and the broader technology landscape. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Apple's ...

Getting AI To Think And Learn Like Humans — With Daniel Kahneman and Yann LeCun

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel prize-winning psychologist and economist and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, a landmark book that decodes human decision...

Managing Omicron With Data From Wastewater? — With Newsha Ghaeli and Mariana Matus of Biobot Analytics

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As companies head back to the office, and communities try to figure out the right Covid mitigation measures, data from sewage can help them get it rig...

Inflation and The Great Resignation — With SoFi Head of Investment Strategy Liz Young and Margins’ Ranjan Roy

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Inflation is skyrocketing and everyone’s quitting their jobs. What does it mean? Liz Young, the head of Investment Strategy at SoFi, and Ranjan Roy,...

Inside Spotify's War With Apple — With Spotify Chief Legal Officer Horacio Gutierrez

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Horacio Gutierrez is Spotify's head of global affairs and chief legal officer. He's a relentless critic of the way Apple treats smaller companies, tes...

The Venture Capitalist Who Can't Lose — With Zach Coelius

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Coelius is the managing partner of Coelius Capital. He's participating in an unprecedented moment where venture capitalists like him simply can't...

The Motivations of Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen — With Her Lawyer Lawrence Lessig

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lawrence Lessig is Frances Haguen's lawyer and a Harvard Law School professor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to address the various questions about ...

Are We Having a Moral Panic About Instagram? — With NYT's Farhad Manjoo

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Farhad Manjoo is an opinion columnist for the New York Times. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether the criticism of Instagram's impact o...

Amazon Rigs Search, Social Media 'Ampliganda,' Netflix Protests — With Adrianne Jeffries, Renee DiResta, and Zoë Schiffer

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a 'mega' episode with three guests! The Markup investigative reporter Adrianne Jeffries leads off with a discussion of Amazon's self-prefe...

Is Social Media A Scapegoat For Bigger Problems? — With Charlie Warzel at Unfinished Live

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Warzel writes the Galaxy Brain newsletter on Substack, a publication he started after a career at The New York Times and BuzzFeed. Warzel join...

Why Facebook Will Keep Building For Kids — With Michael Sayman

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Sayman was 16 years old when Facebook recruited him to join the company. The overture arrived as he was sitting in math class, and the teacher...

Amazon Builds a Robot and Threatens Apple — With Wired's Lauren Goode

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wired senior writer Lauren Goode was on hand this week as Amazon introduced Astro, a home robot, and a Ring home-monitoring drone. Goode joins Big Tec...

Unraveling The Mystery Of Peter Thiel — With Max Chafkin

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Max Chafkin is the author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power, which debuts this week. The book is a fascinating, ins...

A Look Into Facebook's Soul — With WSJ's Jeff Horwitz and Ex-FB Exec. Brian Boland

18 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Horwitz is the Wall Street Journal reporter who unearthed a trove of internal Facebook documents that reveal a damning disconnect between what th...

Inside The Theranos Trial — With Erin Griffith of The New York Times

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Griffith is the New York Times reporter at the trial for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. She joins Big Technology Podcast to bring us inside t...

How The Music Industry Predicts The Future — With Zack O'Malley Greenburg

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a music journalist who's spent time with everyone from Katy Perry to Kanye West. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss...

The Platform Delusion — With Columbia Business Professor Jonathan Knee

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Knee is a professor at Columbia Business School and senior advisor at the investment bank Evercore. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discus...

Are We Actually Addicted To Our Phones? — With Nir Eyal

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a spirited debate over whether we're actually add...

Can We Still Be Optimistic About The Internet? — With Meetup Founder Scott Heiferman

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Heiferman is the founder of Meetup, a website that connects people online and gets them to meet each other offline. Heiferman joins Big Technolo...

The Motivations Of Facebook Reporters, And Their Sources — With Ugly Truth Author Sheera Frenkel

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sheera Frenkel is a New York Times reporter and author of the best-selling book, An Ugly Truth. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss her hit bo...

The Risks of TikTok's Rise — With Bloomberg's Shelly Banjo

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shelly Banjo is Bloomberg's New York Bureau Chief. She's also the host of Foundering, a podcast mini-series that documents TikTok's rise. Banjo joins ...

Regime Change In Cuba, Through Internet Access? — With FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr wants to provide internet access to the people in Cuba so they can document and share the abuses of their government wit...

The Definitive WeWork Story — With Eliot Brown And Maureen Farrell

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eliot Brown And Maureen Farrell are the authors of The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion. The new book digs into the rise and fall o...

Newsletters and The Culture Wars — With Substack CEO Chris Best

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Best is the CEO of Substack, an email newsletter platform that lets writers send newsletters and charge subscribers a monthly fee. The platform ...

She Advocated For Women, Then Microsoft Pushed Her Off Its Board — With Maria Klawe

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Are you trying to fucking destroy the company?” That’s what Bill Gates told Microsoft board member Maria Klawe when she asked why Microsoft wou...

How Gen Z Dates Online — With Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Lanzone is the CEO of Tinder. He took over the world’s most popular dating app last summer, in the heart of the pandemic, and is starting to evo...

How Big Tech Influence Shops Shape The Antitrust Conversation In Washington — with Adam Kovacevich

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Kovacevich is the CEO of the Big Tech-funded Chamber of Progress. The former Google policy executive joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the ...

Crossover With The Realignment: Can Tech Survive Washington’s Onslaught?

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marshall Kosloff and Saagar Enjeti host The Realignment, an excellent podcast about politics and tech in our fast-changing world. I joined the show h...

Andrew Ross Sorkin on Meme Stocks, Bitcoin, SPACs, and Elon Musk

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Ross Sorkin is the co-anchor of Squawk Box on CNBC, founder and editor of Dealbook at the New York Times, and the author of Too Big To Fail. He...

Andrew Callaghan of All Gas No Breaks Goes Independent

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Callaghan is the force behind All Gas No Breaks, a hit YouTube show that featured Callaghan putting a mic in front of people and just... lettin...

The Rise and Fall of Juul, With The Devil's Playbook Author Lauren Etter

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You've heard this story before: Two Stanford kids take on a big bad industry, one that harms people, and they disrupt it. Typically, these stories are...

New York Times Reporter Jack Nicas On Apple Vs. Epic Games and Apple In China

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Nicas joins Big Technology Podcast fresh out of the Epic v. Apple trial, where the Fortnight maker is suing Apple over the 30% cut it takes out o...

Professor Scott Galloway On Whether Our Economy Is Rigged (And What To Do About It)

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Scott Galloway swings by to discuss how our economy can at once feel rigged yet loaded with opportunity. Galloway describes a “tilted” s...

Amazon Unbound Author Brad Stone On How Nerdy Bezos Turned Into Ripped Bezos

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Stone is the author of Amazon Unbound, a new book about the inner workings of Amazon, which releases this week. Stone joins Big Technology Podcas...

Why Ex-Google Ads Boss Sridhar Ramaswamy is Building An Ads-Free Search Engine

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sridhar Ramaswamy is CEO of Neeva, an ads-free search engine he helped found after running Google's ads and commerce business. Ramaswamy spent sevente...

Facebook Oversight Board Member Julie Owono Takes Us Inside The Trump Decision

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Julie Owono is a member of the Facebook Oversight Board, which today announced it's leaving Donald Trump's indefinite suspension in place. Owono joins...

Doge, Bitcoin, NFTs, and Capital Gains: Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk of Margins Demystify Our Economy

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today's economy is a wild ride, and it's time to demystify it with Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk from Margins. Consider the following: Doge, a joke cryptoc...

Facebook vs. Clubhouse vs. Spotify vs. Apple: Casey Newton Returns

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Platformer's Casey Newton returns to Big Technology Podcast to discuss the intensifying battle among Facebook, Clubhouse, Spotify, Apple, and Twitter ...

How Amazon Automated My Job: A Conversation With Elaine Kwon

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Elaine Kwon was a vendor manager in Amazon's retail organization when the company started to turn her tasks over to machine learning in a program call...

The Uneasy Amazon Coalition, With Fulfillment Author Alec MacGillis

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ProPublica senior reporter Alec MacGillis highlights the growing economic divide in the U.S. — through the lens of Amazon — in his new book, Fulfi...

Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat on The Criticism of Tech Criticism

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat are two of the most prominent Facebook critics worldwide. Cadwalladr is the journalist who broke open the Cambrid...

BuzzFeed News executive editor Mat Honan on the "Zoom Class," NFTs, and San Francisco

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BuzzFeed News executive editor Mat Honan has long covered the way society interacts with technology. He joins Big Technology Podcast this week to disc...

Why Rest of World wants to change international tech news, with Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rest Of World is a new publication that covers technology outside of North America and Europe. Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis join Big Technology ...

Bonus: Senator Amy Klobuchar On How Congress Will Take On Big Tech

13 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Senator Amy Klobuchar will be leading the charge in Congress as the legislature interrogates the power of big tech, and potentially takes action to re...

Twitter Product Head Kayvon Beykpour On The Story Behind Twitter’s Revival

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kayvon Beykpour is one of Silicon Valley’s busiest product executives. As Twitter’s head of product, he’s survived for years in a formerly-curse...

Will Artificial Intelligence Take Our Jobs? A Conversation with Kevin Roose, NYT Columnist and Futureproof author

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial intelligence may take our jobs, or it may give us new freedom in the workplace. The debate is heating up as this technology is starting to ...

WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart on Privacy, Content Moderation, and Apple

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Cathcart runs WhatsApp, the 2 billion user app that's the de facto tool for messaging and calling for many across the globe. Cathcart joins Big T...

Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, Wael Ghonim created a Facebook page that sparked the overthrow of the Egyptian regime. Since then, the former Google marketing director has k...

Three Mayors On The Future Of Tech in the U.S.

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway of Madison, and Mayor Steve Adler of Austin join Big Technology Podcast to discuss the future...

Bonus: India vs. Twitter, with Pranav Dixit of BuzzFeed News

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In India, the Narendra Modi government is threatening to put Twitter officials in jail unless they block approximately 250 accounts of people they don...

Will Amazon Be Kinder After Jeff Bezos? A Conversation With Recode's Jason Del Rey

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Bezos is headed for the door at Amazon, and because 2021 is the craziest news year on record, we mostly haven’t stopped to consider this seismi...

Glenn Greenwald on Substack, Content Moderation, and Joe Rogan

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In January, I wrote a story for OneZero about the content moderation war in store for smaller social platforms like Clubhouse, Spotify, and Substack. ...

Emergency Podcast: The Story Behind Gamestop, A Conversation With Ranjan Roy of Margins

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy has documented the fundamental issues driving today's market volatility, from Zero Interest Rate Policy to the rise of Robinhood. He joins ...

The U.S. and Tech After Trump: A Conversation With the Realignment's Marshall Kosloff and Saagar Enjeti

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marshall Kosloff and Saagar Enjeti, hosts of the hit podcast The Realignment, speak about the shifting state of U.S. politics on their show each week....

Under Biden, Bipartisan Vengeance On Social Media? A Conversation With Bradley Tusk

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As Joe Biden takes office, big tech’s rough and tumble four years under Donald Trump will not come to an end. Democrats and Republicans, each for th...

Should Facebook and Twitter Have Banned Donald Trump? A Conversation With Ryan Mac of BuzzFeed News

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past week, both Facebook and Twitter suspended President Donald Trump’s account. These companies don’t take such aggressive action lightl...

Does YouTube Radicalize? A Debate Between NYT's Kevin Roose and Software Engineer Mark Ledwich

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2019, New York Times reporter Kevin Roose wrote The Making of a YouTube Radical, a story about how a 26-year-old man, Caleb Cain, was radicali...

Cult Deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross On NXIVM, QAnon, and What Makes Us Vulnerable

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Community as we know it is in a state of decline. People today have fewer friendships than ever, they are lonelier than ever, and religious participat...

Peloton Instructor Emma Lovewell on At-Home Fitness and Stadium-Sized Rides

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With the pandemic forcing people to stay home for nearly 10 months now, many have turned to interactive fitness companies, such as Peloton, to stay ac...

Gary Vaynerchuk and TikTok’s Blake Chandlee on the ‘Ban’ and TikTok’s Future

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok is in a state of limbo as the U.S. government decides whether to ban it. In August, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning th...

Ex-Uber Chief Business Officer Emil Michael on Autonomous Driving, Saudi Arabia, and Uber’s Culture

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Uber is facing a difficult moment amid the coronavirus pandemic. The service, built on the belief that people would forsake car ownership in favor of ...

Will the Government Break Up Instagram and Facebook? A Conversation With ‘No Filter’ Author Sarah Frier

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Federal Trade Commission is preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, and Instagram is in its sights. The agency is poised to revisit Faceb...

Investor, Activist Swati Mylavarapu: Tech World Must “Get Uncomfortable” With Its Impact On Society

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Swati Mylavarapu is a tech investor and activist who spent $2 million in the 2020 election cycle on Democratic causes, in partnership with her husband...

Homebrew VC Hunter Walk Talks Twitter, TikTok, and Tech in the Time of Biden

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

During Donald Trump’s presidency, tech products became explicitly political. Operatives from both sides picked apart their algorithms and features, ...

Election Results Breakdown With The Daily Beast Editor In Chief Noah Shachtman

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the election results come in, Noah Shachtman, the editor in chief of The Daily Beast, joins the Big Technology Podcast for an 'Emergency' show to d...

Lincoln Project Co-Founder Steve Schmidt: “The Pro-Democracy Side Of This Argument Cannot Be Gentle”

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Steve Schmidt was a senior advisor on John McCain’s campaign in 2008, Twitter was a curiosity. Now, he and a number of former Republican establ...

Google Protest Leader Meredith Whittaker on the Future of Tech Activism and the Deep Flaws of ‘The Social Dilemma’

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When I interviewed Tristan Harris about The Social Dilemma earlier this month, my mentions filled with people saying, "You should speak to the people ...

Emergency Podcast: Department of Justice vs. Google with Yelp's Luther Lowe

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against Google on Tuesday, alleging the company unlawfully maintained a monopoly in search and search advert...

New York Times’ Ben Smith Talks Slack, Newsroom Politics, And Tech Regulation

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the Media Equation columnist at The New York Times, Ben Smith is covering an industry going through transformation and turbulence. And as the forme...

Netflix's 'Social Dilemma' Star Tristan Harris on the Film and Its Criticisms

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You won’t find a more controversial film in Silicon Valley than The Social Dilemma. The film, now available on Netflix, features confessions from ea...

Reporter Roundtable: Discussing Media Narratives and Tech Industry Attacks On The Press

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When the Big Technology Podcast debuted last month, The Verge’s Casey Newton joined to talk about why people can’t stand the tech press. Our wide-...

Why Venture Capitalists Are Mad, With Bloomberg Beta Venture Capitalist Roy Bahat

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Venture capitalists, founders, and others in the tech industry are feeling pretty raw these days. Once admired as upstarts fighting the status quo, th...

An Inside Look At China’s Internment of Muslims, with BuzzFeed News’ Megha Rajagopalan

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

China’s mass internment of Muslims in its Xinjiang region is one of the world's most under-covered stories The country has detained one million peop...