How Spotify is Ruining Music: ‘It’s About How Power Works’
No platform has had more of impact on what we listen to over the past decade than Spotify. This week, Taylor is joined by journalist Liz Pelly, to discuss her new book "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spoti...
13 Feb 202531min
Meet the zoomers aiding Musk’s government takeover
Over the past week, Elon Musk has been engaged in a near wholesale takeover of key areas of the U.S. federal government. Working under the newly minted "Department of Government Efficiency" aka DOGE,...
6 Feb 202529min
Why a MAGA influencer turned on Trump
Clarkson Lawson was a prominent MAGA influencer on TikTok who amassed over 31 million likes on his videos. He built a platform as an outspoken Gen Z conservative making pro-Trump content. But in the m...
30 Jan 202552min
The Truth About Child Influencing
Family vlogs are a huge category of online content. At their best, they show real parenting and the entertaining and relatable moments of family life. However, the content category has been plagued by...
23 Jan 202530min
Doxxed, harassed and silenced: the fallout of Gamergate 2.0
Remember Gamergate? Well… it's happening again. After writing an exposé about how a video game consultancy was attacked, journalist Alyssa Mercante found herself in the crosshairs of a targeted harass...
16 Jan 202536min
Patreon’s CEO on the existential threat to creators no one is talking about
Social media as we know it is in chaos. The landscape is becoming more centralized and creators are facing more challenges than ever. On top of all that, the very notion of a follower is dying and the...
9 Jan 202535min
What defined the internet in 2024?
2024 was wild! "Brain rot" was the Oxford word of the year. TikTok's days away from being banned. The CostCo Guys and the Hawk Tuah girl were everywhere. Taylor is joined by Sam Sanders, host of the S...
19 Dec 202439min
Is TikTok really dead?
Last week, TikTok lost its challenge to stop a ban or forced sale in the United States. WIRED senior business editor Louise Matsakis joins Taylor to discuss what happens next and if this is really the...
12 Dec 202440min
