Big Technology Podcast
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 442
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Amazon's Ad Business Soars + AI APIs — With Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans is a star tech analyst who’s spent years at Andreessen Horowitz and is now independent. Evans joins Big Technology Podcast to highlight some big, surprising new shifts in the tech indu…
01:06:09 |
Wed 08 Mar 2023
Salesforce Tumult, The ChatGPT API, Tinder Robberies
The Wall Street Journal’s Tom Dotan joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) Salesforce’s recent struggles 2) Salesforce’s ‘monster quarter’ 3) Amazon hitting…
01:00:58 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
The Social Media Era Of News Is Over — With Ben Smith
Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (available for preorder now). He joins Big …
00:54:40 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
Paying For Social, RIP IPOs & Voice Computing, Four Day Work Weeks
The Information's Sr. Reporter Cory Weinberg joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) Paying for social media 2) What's next for the struggling IPO market 3) W…
00:49:12 |
Fri 24 Feb 2023
An AI Chatbot Debate — With Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus
Blake Lemoine is the ex-Google engineer who concluded the company's LaMDA chatbot was sentient. Gary Marcus is an academic, author, and outspoken AI critic. The two join Big Technology Podcast to deb…
01:03:15 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
Bing Breaks Bad, Metaverse Fades, Tesla's Self-Driving Recall
Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Bing's chatbot's dark side and its impact on Microsoft's business. 2) The Metaverse slowly seeming to fad…
00:52:58 |
Fri 17 Feb 2023
Can Technology Solve Our Climate Crisis — With David Friedberg
David Friedberg is a co-host of the All-In Podcast and the founder and CEO of The Production Board, a holding company focused on addressing the earth’s problems via technology. Friedberg joins Big Te…
00:56:46 |
Wed 15 Feb 2023
Google and Microsoft's Chatbot War, How AI Changes Hollywood, Disney In Crisis
The Wrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) Google and Microsoft's new chatbots. 2) How AI changes the entertainment indust…
00:54:34 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Was The Creator Economy Way Overblown? — With Kaya Yurieff and Joe Caporoso
Kaya Yurieff is a reporter at The Information covering the Creator Economy. Joe Caporoso is the President of Team Whistle and founder of Badlands, a subscription podcast covering the New York Jets. B…
00:44:07 |
Wed 08 Feb 2023
Disinflation Begins, Snap's Cultural Roadblocks, Meta's 'Year Of Efficiency'
Ex-Snap and Instagram executive Meghana Dhar joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) The implications of the Fed's talk of "deflation." 2) Snap's disappointin…
00:51:00 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
What's Next For CNN — With Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter was the host of CNN's Reliable Sources until the network canceled it last summer. Stelter joins Big Technology Podcast to look back at his tenure and exit, examine where CNN is heading,…
01:15:39 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
BuzzFeed Employs AI, Tesla Stock Goes Wild, Salesforce Is Challenged
Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) BuzzFeed creating content with AI 2) The tech industry's destiny to suffer alone in this economic drawbac…
01:03:31 |
Fri 27 Jan 2023
Is ChatGPT A Step Toward Human-Level AI? — With Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta, a professor of computer science at NYU, and a pioneer of deep learning. He joins Big Technology Podcast to put Generative AI in context, discussing wheth…
01:05:50 |
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Google Layoffs, Netflix Shakeup, and Davos Recap
Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Google Layoffs 2) Netflix's prospects and leadership change 3) Davos pros and cons 4) Media layoffs 5) Ro…
00:54:34 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Amazon's Identity Crisis — With Todd Bishop
Todd Bishop is the co-founder of Geekwire, a tech news site based in Seattle. Bishop joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how Amazon will navigate its new dedication to efficiency without losing i…
01:02:00 |
Wed 18 Jan 2023
New Era Of Tech Accountability? + The Impending AI Ethics War
Ranjan Roy of Margins joins us for another Big Technology Podcast: Friday Edition covering the week's news. This week, we check in on the following stories: 1) JPMorgan's failed acquisition of Frank,…
00:48:51 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Crypto After FTX — With Kate Rooney
Kate Rooney is a star reporter at CNBC who covers crypto. She's reported deeply on crypto exchange FTX's collapse and spent time with its disgraced ex-CEO — Sam Bankman-Fried — in the Bahamas. Rooney…
00:56:34 |
Wed 11 Jan 2023
The Fed's PR Blitz + SBF And The Media — With Ranjan Roy
Ranjan Roy of Margins joins Big Technology Podcast for a new Friday series that will recap the week's business and tech news. We'll post a new show every Friday afternoon featuring a recap of the wee…
00:44:50 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
Tech’s Frothy Days Are Over. Now What? — With Eliot Brown
Eliot Brown is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and co-author of The Cult of We. Brown joins us to check in on how the tech industry is adapting after years of zero-interest-rate-driven froth f…
00:54:38 |
Wed 04 Jan 2023
Is It Worth Switching To Encrypted Email And Messaging? — With Andy Yen
Andy Yen is the CEO of Proton, the maker of encrypted email service ProtonMail. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the merits of encryption, why his service has doubled over the past two year…
00:56:22 |
Wed 28 Dec 2022
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