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Big Technology Podcast

 Alex Kantrowitz

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
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Kevin Kelly's Life Lessons — With Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly's Life Lessons — With Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a longtime tech writer who's covered technology for decades. Kelly joins Big Technology Podcast for a fun episode, unpacking a serie…
00:42:25  |   Wed 24 Aug 2022
This Is Your Brain On iPhone — With Dr. Anna Lembke

This Is Your Brain On iPhone — With Dr. Anna Lembke

Dr. Anna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University's School of Medicine and chief of its Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She's also the author of Dopamine Nation, a bestsel…
00:55:57  |   Wed 17 Aug 2022
What Social Media Influence Really Gets You — With Nuseir Yassin

What Social Media Influence Really Gets You — With Nuseir Yassin

Nuseir Yassin is the force behind Nas Daily — and CEO of Nas Company — which more than 50 million people follow across six different social media platforms. He joins Big Technology Podcast to talk ab…
00:42:13  |   Wed 10 Aug 2022
Meta's Awkward Pivot, Crypto's Future, Amazon's Challenge — Crossover With Techmeme Ride Home

Meta's Awkward Pivot, Crypto's Future, Amazon's Challenge — Crossover With Techmeme Ride Home

Techmeme Ride Home is a top-rated tech news podcast and its host, Brian McCullough, joins us for a crossover episode airing on both feeds. In this bonus episode, we discuss Meta's attempts to turn In…
01:12:19  |   Sat 06 Aug 2022
Okay, Maybe Social Media Isn't That Bad For Us — With Brendan Nyhan

Okay, Maybe Social Media Isn't That Bad For Us — With Brendan Nyhan

Brendan Nyhan is a presidential professor at Dartmouth College's department of government. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion that pushes back on the notion that social media is destroy…
00:51:44  |   Wed 03 Aug 2022
Meet The Ex-Google Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient — With Blake Lemoine

Meet The Ex-Google Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient — With Blake Lemoine

Blake Lemoine is an ex-senior software engineer at Google who was fired right before he taped this episode of Big Technology Podcast. Lemoine told his superiors at Google that he believed the company…
01:23:49  |   Wed 27 Jul 2022
Is Social Media Making Our Society Stupid? — With Jonathan Haidt

Is Social Media Making Our Society Stupid? — With Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is a professor of ethical leadership NYU's Stern School of Business and author of a number of books, including The Coddling of the American Mind. His recent story in The Atlantic, "Why…
00:59:01  |   Wed 20 Jul 2022
What Happens To Twitter After All This? — With Three Ex-Twitter Employees and Two Reporters

What Happens To Twitter After All This? — With Three Ex-Twitter Employees and Two Reporters

Three former Twitter employees (Jenna Golden, Brandon Borrman, Leslie Miley) and CNBC media & tech reporter Alex Sherman join Big Technology Podcast for a breakdown of Twitter v. Musk. While at Twitt…
01:01:47  |   Wed 13 Jul 2022
How Twitter, Instagram, and Planet Build Products — With Kevin Weil

How Twitter, Instagram, and Planet Build Products — With Kevin Weil

Kevin Weil is the ex-head of product at Twitter and Instagram. He's currently the president of business and product at Planet. Weil joins Big Technology Podcast to share an insider's view of how Twit…
00:53:51  |   Wed 06 Jul 2022
The Ethics Of Fintech — With Dan Dolev

The Ethics Of Fintech — With Dan Dolev

Dan Dolev is managing director and senior analyst at Mizuho, where he covers fintech companies Robinhood, SoFi, Affirm, Block, and others. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss fintech's ethics …
00:56:28  |   Wed 29 Jun 2022
Anatomy Of A Market Meltdown — With Joe Weisenthal

Anatomy Of A Market Meltdown — With Joe Weisenthal

Joe Weisenthal is co-host of Odd Lots and an editor at Bloomberg. He joins Big Technology Podcast to make sense of the cratering stock market, discussing the various factors that led to this moment a…
00:52:47  |   Wed 22 Jun 2022
Which Startups (And VCs) Survive a Bear Market — With Nina Achadjian

Which Startups (And VCs) Survive a Bear Market — With Nina Achadjian

Nina Achadjian is a partner at Index Ventures. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how large declines in public market valuations impact startups and venture capitalists. Achadjian and I reco…
00:47:29  |   Wed 15 Jun 2022
Meta Exit Interview — With Mike Schroepfer

Meta Exit Interview — With Mike Schroepfer

Mike Schroepfer is Meta's former chief technology officer and currently a senior fellow at the company. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a look back at his time as CTO: What went well? What could'…
00:56:24  |   Wed 08 Jun 2022
Wait, The Robots Didn't Take Our Jobs? — With Erik Brynjolfsson

Wait, The Robots Didn't Take Our Jobs? — With Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and professor at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of why our fears …
00:35:43  |   Thu 02 Jun 2022
Can The Media Fix Its Trust Problem? — With Nicholas Thompson

Can The Media Fix Its Trust Problem? — With Nicholas Thompson

Nicholas Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic and former editor-in-chief of Wired. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a nuanced conversation about why the media is losing the public's trust and wheth…
00:56:43  |   Tue 31 May 2022
Why Elites Are Losing Trust — With Vivian Schiller

Why Elites Are Losing Trust — With Vivian Schiller

Vivian Schiller is the executive director of Aspen Digital, former head of news at Twitter, and former CEO of NPR. She joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of why the public distrusts elites…
00:54:55  |   Fri 27 May 2022
Do We Need Web3? — With Gavin Wood

Do We Need Web3? — With Gavin Wood

Gavin Wood is the co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Polkadot. He joins Big Technology Podcast from Davos for a discussion about whether we need Web3 — a new web built with blockchain technology. …
01:01:20  |   Wed 25 May 2022
Do We Need The Metaverse? — With Nick Clegg

Do We Need The Metaverse? — With Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg is the president for global affairs at Meta and former deputy prime minister of the UK. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his company's vision for the Metaverse, how it should be …
00:49:00  |   Tue 24 May 2022
Optimism In A Tech Downturn — With Packy McCormick and Austin Rief

Optimism In A Tech Downturn — With Packy McCormick and Austin Rief

Austin Rief is the CEO of Morning Brew. Packy McCormick is the author of Not Boring on Substack and founder of Not Boring Capital. The two join Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of why the econ…
00:56:17  |   Wed 18 May 2022
A Debate About NFTs — With Jason Stein

A Debate About NFTs — With Jason Stein

Jason Stein is the founder and managing partner at SC Holdings, a private equity and strategic advisory firm based in New York. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the merits of NFTs, of which…
01:03:04  |   Wed 11 May 2022
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