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Ben Thompson / James Allworth
Ben Thompson & James Allworth on Tech and Society
- 1 hour 5 minutesEpisode 197 — ChatGPT (at Normal Speed)
Ben and James reunite to discuss the potential impact of AI on white collar work.
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Links
- Ben Thompson: AI Homework — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: An Interview With Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman About the Democratization of AI — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
9 December 2022, 11:29 pm - 1 hour 14 minutesEpisode 196 — Forecasting the Metaverse
Ben and James discuss Facebook and Microsoft’s metaverse announcements, and how the future might play out.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Meta — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: An Interview with Mark Zuckerberg about the Metaverse — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: AR vs. VR — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Apps, People, and Jobs to be Done — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Metaverses — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
5 November 2021, 1:14 pm - 1 hour 9 minutesEpisode 195 — Technological Revolutions
Are we in the middle of the IT revolution, or on the verge of something new?
Links
- Ben Thompson: The Death and Birth of Technological Revolutions — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The End of the Beginning — Stratechery
- John Perry Barlow: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace — EFF
- Ben Thompson: Internet 3.0 and the Beginning of (Tech) History — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The Internet and the Third Estate — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
18 October 2021, 9:14 am - 1 hour 6 minutesEpisode 194 — Back on Spotify
Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify’s recent announcements are so compelling for creators.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Surprise — Stratechery
- Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — Exponent
- Ben Thompson: Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Spotify Earnings, Podcasts and Lifetime Value, The Ringer Acquisition — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The European Super League, Apple Music’s Letter to Artists — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s Earnings, Margins and Chips — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
30 April 2021, 8:33 am - 57 minutes 22 secondsEpisode 193 — Sovereign Podcasters
Ben and James discuss Substack and the rise of the sovereign creator.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Sovereign Writers and Substack — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Never-Ending Niches — Stratechery
- Bruno Maçães: History Has Begun — Hurst Publishers
- Ben Thompson: Defining Information — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
26 March 2021, 8:43 am - 49 minutes 14 secondsEpisode 192 — The Australian Perspective
Ben and James discuss Australia’s Media Bargaining Code and its fall-out.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Google Makes Deal With News Corp, Facebook Blocks News in Australia, Microsoft’s Shamelessness — Stratechery Daily Update
- James Allworth: Australia’s Proposed “Fox News Tax” — Medium
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
19 February 2021, 2:20 pm - 1 hour 6 minutesEpisode 191 — Facebook, Twitter, and Trump
Ben and James discuss whether Facebook and Twitter should de-platform President Trump.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Tech and Trump — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: New Defaults — Stratechery
- James Allworth: Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy — Medium
- Ben Thompson: Trump and Twitter — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
8 January 2021, 9:53 am - 1 hourEpisode 190 — Intel, Apple, Disruption, and Differentiation
Ben and James discuss Apple’s new chip announcement and what it means for both Apple and Intel.
Links
- James Allworth: Intel’s Disruption is Now Complete — Medium
- Ben Thompson: Apple’s Shifting Differentiation — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The Intel Opportunity — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Apple, ARM, and Intel — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Chips and Geopolitics — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Intel and the Danger of Integration — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
13 November 2020, 8:44 am - 49 minutes 17 secondsEpisode 189 — Bundles
Ben and James discuss the state of bundles in 2020, including Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Microsoft, and Apple.
Links
- Ben Thompson: 2020 Bundles — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The Great Unbundling — Stratechery
- Reed Hastings: 2018 Q4 Letter to Shareholders — Netflix
- Growth At Any Cost: Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed — BuzzFeed News
- Ben Thompson: Manifestos and Monopolies — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Facebook Lenses — Stratechery
- Casey Newton: Mark in the Middle — The Verge
- Ben Thompson: Losing My Amazon Religion — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The Jobs TV Does — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The Sports Linchpin — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Apple’s “Time Flies” Event, Apple One, Fitness+ and Peloton — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: PS5 and Xbox, Sony’s Console, Microsoft’s Service — Stratechery
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
6 October 2020, 7:29 am - 54 minutes 35 secondsEpisode 188 — Big Tech, Antitrust, and Democracy
Ben and James discuss the antitrust subcommittee hearing, the problems of mixing antitrust and Aggregators, and how to think about regulation and democracy.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Antitrust Politics — Stratechery
- The New York Times: Here’s which tech C.E.O. was asked the most questions by lawmakers. — NY Times
- Ben Thompson: Why Doesn’t Apple Enable Sustainable Businesses on the App Store? — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Apple’s China Problem — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The Antitrust Hearing, The Role of Congress, CEO Questions — Stratechery Daily Update
- Ben Thompson: A Framework for Regulating Competition on the Internet — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Ends, Means, and Antitrust — Stratechery
- James Allworth: Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy — Medium
- Ben Thompson: TikTok Key Money, Rule By Law, China Gaslighting — Stratechery Daily Update
- Ben Thompson: Tech and Trump: The Meeting — Stratechery Daily Update
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
7 August 2020, 9:02 am - 56 minutes 50 secondsEpisode 187 — India, TikTok, and the U.S.
Ben and James discuss the Indian internet, TikTok, and whether or not the U.S. should ban it.
Links
- Ben Thompson: Facebook Invests in Jio Platforms, The Building of Jio, Understanding the Deal — Stratechery Daily Update
- Ben Thompson: The China Cultural Clash — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: India Bans Chinese Apps, The App Store Firewall — Stratechery Daily Update
Hosts
- Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
- James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review
Podcast Information
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