Big Technology Podcast
Episodes
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...
Apple At A Crossroads: An Interview With GV Partner M.G. Siegler
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For years, Apple had a clear identity: It was the world’s best devices maker. Today, the company is trying to balance that identity with a new empha...
Box CEO Aaron Levie on Trump, the Tech Giants, and the Stock Market
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the pandemic flattens much of the U.S. economy, many technology firms are doing just fine. Business is moving online, and they’re well positioned...
“It Just Felt Wrong.” Ex-Amazon VP Tim Bray On Why He Left
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In May, Amazon VP and distinguished engineer Tim Bray said he was leaving the company. Amazon had just fired employees who spoke out against its worki...
Is the Tech Press Bad? With The Verge's Casey Newton
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Verge's Casey Newton writes The Interface, a daily newsletter about social media and democracy. He joins the podcast to talk about the tech press,...
From Gezi Park to Black Lives Matter, with Zeynep Tufekci
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Social media-fueled protests are a force to be reckoned with in politics today. Movements like Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, and Black Lives Ma...
Introducing Big Technology Podcast with Alex Kantrowitz
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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