The Cost of Convenience

Streaming didn’t just change the way consumers watched movies and TV shows, it reconfigured how media giants operated, and how they saw themselves. If tech companies were disrupting old business models, perhaps Disney’s best move was to join the crowd. In our final episode, we lo ...  Show more

The Walt Disney Company has been led by eight different men in its century of existence. But few would object to the idea that only three have really mattered. Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, and Bob Iger have all made lasting impacts on the company, but how these executives went ou ...  Show more

“When you’re getting a host read ad - there are a variety of different hosts. Not everyone is a professional radio announcer and podcaster, which is what makes it beautiful but also makes it hard.” In the world of AI, it can seem like we’re losing more and more of that human touc ...  Show more

“South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker spent more than $40m bringing back their fave childhood eatery. Plus: India’s e-conomy, Leonardo Decaprio’s latest investment, AI flirting chatbots, and more. Join our hosts Jacob Cohen and Juliet Bennett Rylah as they take you thr ...  Show more

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">What would you do if you had a thousand dollars to start a brand new business from scratch (with the goal of scaling it)? Molly and John have given this some thought, presenting completely different ideas in today's episode. Listen for their ...

We taped this episode live at Hot Pod Summit. That’s our conference for the podcast industry. We have a whole newsletter for podcasters. It’s called Hot Pod, written by our very own Ariel Shapiro. Hot Pod Summit is where we bring that community of creators, trendsetters and decis ...  Show more