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Recode Media

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.

Website ↗ Last published 28 October 2026 606 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Recode Media

“I thought, wow, like even the organization trying to build God is busying itself trying to build television.” — Derek Thompson, Recode Media
Derek Thompson · 21 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I don't see data centers and houses as being equivalent. I think data centers are houses for chips. Really, they're igloos for chips because they're very, very cold houses. A data center is an igloo for chips, and a house is a house for people. And those are different things.” — Derek Thompson, Recode Media
Derek Thompson · 21 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I know a person who took up smoking because they thought AI is going to kill us all. So we might as well have some fun on the way out. I know someone who doesn't wear sunscreen to the beach anymore because it's just kind of like, why bother?” — Kevin Roose, Recode Media
Kevin Roose · 7 Oct 2026 Listen →
“There is essentially no regulation on these companies. The people who serve food in the OpenAI cafeteria have to go through more inspections and paperwork than the people training the models that could become self-replicating and destroy a lot of things.” — Kevin Roose, Recode Media
Kevin Roose · 7 Oct 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Recode Media is hosted by Peter Kafka , Kurt Wagner , Kara Swisher , Shirin Ghaffary , Edmund Lee , Ed Lee , Arielle Duhaime-Ross and Charlotte Silver .

Recent Episodes

  1. 28 Oct 2026

    You Can't Escape AI. Here's How to Live With It.

    With Ethan Mollick

  2. 21 Oct 2026

    Netflix in Turmoil + Derek Thompson on AI & The Antisocial Century

    With Derek Thompson

  3. 14 Oct 2026

    How to Run a Political Campaign in the TikTok Era (And How Not To)

    With Rob Flaherty

  4. 7 Oct 2026

    Larry Ellison’s Media Ambitions & Kevin Roose on AI’s Biggest Gamble

    With Kevin Roose

  5. 30 Sep 2026

    David Ellison's Paramount-Warner Empire & The Fight That Comes Next

    With Rich Greenfield

  6. 23 Sep 2026

    Meta's New $1300 Glasses and the Fight to Control AI

    With Mike Isaac

  7. 16 Sep 2026

    AI Wants to Shop for You. What Could Go Wrong?

    With Jason Del Rey

  8. 11 Sep 2026

    The Atlantic’s CEO on AI, Billionaire Owners, and Moonlighting as a Creator

    With Nicholas Thompson

  9. 2 Sep 2026

    Data Centers, Elon Musk, and the New Politics of Tech, with David Weigel

    With David Weigel

  10. 26 Aug 2026

    The Weird, Big Business of Microdramas

    With Ali Albazaz and Hernan Lopez

  11. 19 Aug 2026

    The $12.5 Billion Lakers, the NFL’s TV Fight, and Sports Media’s Big Split

    With John Ourand

  12. 12 Aug 2026

    Joanna Stern on the New Siri, OpenAI’s Weird Gadget, and Life After the Wall Street Journal

    With Joanna Stern

Guests

Lucas Shaw (14 episodes), Charlie Warzel (8 episodes), Brian Stelter (7 episodes), Jonah Peretti (7 episodes), Oliver Darcy (7 episodes), Mike Isaac (7 episodes), Rich Greenfield (6 episodes), Ben Smith (6 episodes), Kevin Roose (5 episodes), Dylan Byers (5 episodes), Jessica Lessin (5 episodes), Alex Sherman (5 episodes), and 510 more.