Channels with Peter Kafka
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.
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Can Elon Fix Twitter? Can Reed Fix Netflix?
67 min
152
Elon and Twitter: A love/hate story
42 min
153
Disney vs. Itself vs. The Right
51 min
154
The State of Streaming
59 min
155
Judd Apatow on The Bubble, TikTok and The Slap
41 min
156
The Oscars: Hollywood’s smallest biggest night?
36 min
157
Dan Le Batard on life after ESPN; Russia sancti...
56 min
158
Big Tech takes a side, finally + Zappos' tragic...
41 min
159
Covering the war in Ukraine, online and on the ...
66 min
160
Uber, but for TV
48 min
161
Chuck Klosterman relives the 1990s & Sarah Pali...
63 min
162
What's next for CNN? + The Afterparty's Ben Sch...
63 min
163
Is Spotify’s Joe Rogan problem over? Plus how t...
64 min
164
Game on: Behind the sports betting boom
49 min
165
Gaming out Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision B...
51 min
166
So … what the hell is Web3? With the Chernin Gr...
62 min
167
How the right covers 1/6 + tales from the Thera...
47 min
168
The Verge’s Ashley Carman on podcasting’s big year
34 min
169
What the hell happened in 2021? With Bloomberg’...
42 min
170
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s almost-exit inte...
Kilar is scheduled to leave his post if AT&T’s deal to move WarnerMedia to Discovery goes through next year,
47 min
171
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti has gone public
Details behind why he wanted his company to go public, and why he's not worried about former investors.
32 min
172
@Jack is leaving Twitter. What now? + Lina Khan...
Bloomberg’s Kurt Wagner gives his thoughts on the Twitter founder’s departure; the New Yorker’s Sheelah Kolhatkar details her latest profile on FTC Chair Lina Khan.
43 min
173
Director Rhys Thomas on his unlikely journey fr...
A behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Disney+ series, Hawkeye.
37 min
174
The inside story of HBO, with Jim Miller
Details behind Miller's latest book Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, which chronicles the rise of the network.
56 min
175
What is Twitter Blue and is it worth $3?
Twitter product executive, Tony Haile, explains why you might want to opt-in.
29 min