Vox Media Podcast Network · Technology

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.

Episodes

Bloomberg’s Matt Levine still loves crypto; Ankler’s Janice Min loves newsletters

27 Oct 2022

1h 15m

Ben Smith says Semafor will take 10 years to get right

24 Oct 2022

35m

Netflix is back (?) + Julia Boorstin on women who lead

20 Oct 2022

50m

Inside the curious mind of XKCD cartoonist Randall Munroe

13 Oct 2022

37m

Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Really. (Really?)

05 Oct 2022

44m

Interview with Interview with a Vampire’s Eric Bogosian

29 Sep 2022

44m

YouTube fights TikTok with cash

21 Sep 2022

30m

José Andrés has a full plate, but he's adding more

15 Sep 2022

29m

The inside story of YouTube

08 Sep 2022

50m

AI processed

YouTube’s evolution from a scrappy startup to a dominant global media force reveals a complex, often automated system that struggles to balance creator incentives with content moderation. The platform’s shift toward prioritizing "watch time" over raw views fundamentally reshaped the creator economy, incentivizing longe...