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Publisher |: Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Business,; Society & Culture,; Technology

Categories Via RSS |: Technology

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A podcast about tech and society, hosted by Ben Thompson and James Allworth

Exponent, a production of Stratechery.com, is hosted by Ben Thompson and James Allworth.

In this program we seek to explore the massive effect technology is having not just on technology companies, but also on society as a whole. Ben Thompson is the author of Stratechery, a blog about the business and strategy of technology. James Allworth is the co-author with Clay Christensen of "How Will You Measure Your Life" and a writer for the Harvard Business Review.

Visit the website at https://exponent.fm for show notes and to subscribe. To see old Stratechery.FM episodes, please visit http://stratechery.fm

People |: James Allworth (@jamesallworth),; Ben Thompson (@benthompson)
Country Of Origin |: Taiwan /; USA
Produced In |: San Francisco, CA /; Taipei
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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198 Available Episodes (198 Total) / Average duration: 01:02:20

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

198 Available Episodes (198 Total)Average duration: 01:02:20

Dec 09, 2022

01:05:50

Ben and James reunite to discuss the potential impact of AI on white collar work.

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus, including Sharp Tech and Sharp China.

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

Nov 05, 2021

01:14:51

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

Oct 18, 2021

01:09:46

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

Apr 30, 2021

01:06:18

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

Mar 26, 2021

00:57:22

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

Feb 19, 2021

00:49:14

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

Jan 08, 2021

01:06:24

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

Nov 13, 2020

01:00:00

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

Oct 06, 2020

00:49:17

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 — website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/959853165/files/doc_financials/quarterly_reports/2018/q4/01/FINAL-Q4-18-Shareholder-Letter.pdf">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

Aug 07, 2020

00:54:35

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

Dec 09 | 01:05:50

Episode 197 — ChatGPT (at Normal Speed)

Nov 05 | 01:14:51

Episode 196 — Forecasting the Metaverse

Oct 18 | 01:09:46

Episode 195 — Technological Revolutions

Apr 30 | 01:06:18

Episode 194 — Back on Spotify

Mar 26 | 00:57:22

Episode 193 — Sovereign Podcasters

Feb 19 | 00:49:14

Episode 192 — The Australian Perspective

Jan 08 | 01:06:24

Episode 191 — Facebook, Twitter, and Trump

Nov 13 | 01:00:00

Episode 190 — Intel, Apple, Disruption, and Differentiation

Oct 06 | 00:49:17

Episode 189 — Bundles

Aug 07 | 00:54:35

Episode 188 — Big Tech, Antitrust, and Democracy

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