Best Ben Thompson Podcasts (2024)

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(Preview) Llama 3.1 and Zuckerberg’s Open Approach, Lessons from the Crowdstrike Mess, Understanding Netflix Strategy and Apple Spending 12:47

1h ago12:47

12:47

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Open Source AI Is the Path Forward — Mark Zuckerberg Llama 3.1; Zuckerberg on Open Source …

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(Preview) What Trump Could Mean for Tech, X as a News Source, Two Testimonials from ChatGPT Users 20:35

7d ago20:35

20:35

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube JD Vance and Tech, Big Tech Versus Little Tech, JD Vance’s Remarks About Antitrust at the …

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(Preview) Once More Unto the EU Breach, No Apple or Microsoft on OpenAI’s Board, Paramount Wants to Be a Tech Company 16:13

16d ago16:13

16:13

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube The E.U. Goes Too Far — Stratechery Apple and the OpenAI Board, Microsoft and the OpenAI B…

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(Preview) Perplexity and the Media, Burning Furniture at the Structural Nadir, The EU and the Costs of Ambiguity 18:19

1M ago18:19

18:19

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Perplexity and Robots.txt, Perplexity’s Defense, Google and Competition — Stratechery Upda…

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The FTC Sues Adobe, Keynote Season and Progress, A Few More Apple Questions 1:08:55

1M ago1:08:55

1:08:55

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube FTC Sues Adobe, The Legal Question, The Value of Doing Right — Stratechery Update Adobe’s …

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(Preview) Your WWDC Emails: GenAI for Work Email, Developer Questions, Strategy for OpenAI, Implications for Nvidia, and More 11:54

1M ago11:54

11:54

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Apple Intelligence is Right On Time — Stratechery WWDC, Apple Intelligence, Apple Aggregat…

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Apple Gets Intelligence, Unpacking the Partnership with OpenAI, What WWDC Can Tell Us About AI Adoption 1:07:26

2M ago1:07:26

1:07:26

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Apple Intelligence AI, iOS 18 and the biggest announcements at WWDC 2024 — Engadget Apple …

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(Preview) Microsoft’s Recall Mess, The Future of Streaming and Advertising, Follow-Up on Dark GPU Theory 12:56

2M ago12:56

12:56

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Apple Intelligence is Right On Time — Stratechery Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or…

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(Preview) What Walmart Could Offer to Advertisers, Walmart's Momentum in E-Commerce, AI Skepticism and the Logic of a Bubble 12:53

2M ago12:53

12:53

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube An Interview with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon About Omnichannel Retail — Stratechery Intervi…

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Generative AI and Hardware Upgrades, Google History and the Dark GPU Theory, Amazon’s Logistics Long Play 1:10:29

2M ago1:10:29

1:10:29

A question about generative AI and the hardware powering voice assistants, projecting the GPU future with the dot com bubble as context, and thoughts on Amazon’s capital expenditures and the state of AWS and Amazon Supply Chain. At the end: An Elon hater reviews the Cybertruck. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTu…

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(Preview) Big Questions About an AI Future, The State of LLMs 18 Months After ChatGPT, AI and Google/Apple/Microsoft 12:48

2M ago12:48

12:48

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube AI Integration and Modularization — Stratechery Microsoft PAINT can turn your crappy sketc…

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(Preview) Can Microsoft Make PCs Cool Again?, What Windows is Offering Developers, Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI 11:45

2M ago11:45

11:45

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Windows Returns — Stratechery Microsoft Build, Copilot Platforms, A Note on Recall — Strat…

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Netflix Gets the NFL for Christmas, The Streaming Wars Become the Bundle Wars, Leagues and Studios and Internet Realities 1:05:46

2M ago1:05:46

1:05:46

A variety of notable Netflix developments over the past few weeks, Hollywood's continued move to a (kinda) rebundled future, and what sports leagues are learning as internet realities take hold across entertainment. At the end: Andrew finally watches "Her" and shares his review. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouT…

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(Preview) Good and Bad from Google I/O, Google and the Digital Economy, Mail on LLMs and SpaceX 17:36

2M ago17:36

17:36

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Google I/O, Google’s Strengths and Weaknesses, AI Search — Stratechery Update DJ Marc Rebi…

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(Preview) OpenAI and the Latency Leap, Questions About an Apple/OpenAI Partnership, A Defense of AI Dating Agents 10:38

3M ago10:38

10:38

Reactions to the GPT-4o demo, a reminder that OpenAI looks more and more like a consumer tech company, and questions about a potential partnership with Apple. At the end: A follow-up on Apple’s ads, and an emailer defends the Bumble CEO. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Introdu…

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A Disastrous (and Resonant) New iPad Commercial, The Future of Google Search, Tom Brady and the Netflix Roast 1:08:11

3M ago1:08:11

1:08:11

The iPad commercial that made the Internet angry this week, a question about Google search spawns thoughts on the various futures of Google's business, and a few observations on the Tom Brady roast as a reflection of Netflix strategy. Plus: A final word on the iPad and its utility. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — Y…

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(Preview) Apple in China and Japan, The iPad as a Mac Replacement, Apple and the Growth Premium 12:59

3M ago12:59

12:59

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Apple’s New iPad Pro Should Turn Device Into True Laptop Replacement — Bloomberg Apple Ear…

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(Preview) The NBA Creates a Rights Bidding War, The Optimal NBA Schedule, RSNs and the Future of Customer Acquisition 14:49

3M ago14:49

14:49

Parsing the latest reports on the battle for the NBA's next round of broadcast rights, a question about the NBA schedule and how the league should think about competing with the NFL, and the implications of an increasingly bleak outlook for regional sports networks. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratech…

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(Preview) Virtual Reality and the Innovator's Solution, Meta Embraces the Android Approach, Uber as an Aggregator 10:31

3M ago10:31

10:31

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Meta and Open — Stratechery Does VR Matter?, Modular Products and Defining New Markets, Ti…

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(Preview) TikTok and the E-Commerce Giants, The FTC Moves to Ban Noncompete Agreements, 'Bluey' and Streaming Leverage 11:25

3M ago11:25

11:25

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube The Inside Story Of How Glen Taylor Sabotaged The Timberwolves Sale — Huddle Up An Intervi…

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(Preview) What Taylor Swift Can Tell You About Netflix, What Meta Wants from Generative AI, Google and the Moonshot 12:40

3M ago12:40

12:40

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Netflix Earnings, Netflix’s Reporting Change, Netflix’s Waiting Game — Stratechery Update …

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10 Years of Stratechery: Best and Worst Takes, Creating on the Internet, AI as a Threat, and Memories of Day 1 1:10:23

3M ago1:10:23

1:10:23

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube MKBHDs For Everything — Stratechery Meta Myths — Stratechery Why Microsoft’s Reorganizatio…

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(Preview) When AI Hits Digital Advertising, What the IT Era Can Teach Us About AI's Impact, Chip Questions and EV Mechanics 11:14

4M ago11:14

11:14

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Actors Are Making Thousands of Dollars Through Fake Video Podcast Ads — Bloomberg TikTok P…

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(Preview) Mailbag: AI Hardware, NBA Newsbreakers as Aggregators, Reels vs. Shorts, The Best Approach to Age Verification 15:37

4M ago15:37

15:37

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI Device Startup in Funding Talks With Emerson, Thrive — The In…

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Amazon and the “Just Walk Out” Parable, Mythbusting on Meta and TSMC, The XZ Backdoor and Its Implications 1:05:36

4M ago1:05:36

1:05:36

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get all episodes of Sharp Tech, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp China, Greatest of All Talk and Dithering. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube The Status of Just Walk Out, TSMC Gets CHIPS Act Grant — Stratechery Update The XZ Backdoo…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Ben Thompson Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson

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(Preview) Llama 3.1 and Zuckerberg’s Open Approach, Lessons from the Crowdstrike Mess, Understanding Netflix Strategy and Apple Spending 12:47

1
(Preview) What Trump Could Mean for Tech, X as a News Source, Two Testimonials from ChatGPT Users 20:35

1
(Preview) Once More Unto the EU Breach, No Apple or Microsoft on OpenAI’s Board, Paramount Wants to Be a Tech Company 16:13

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(Preview) Perplexity and the Media, Burning Furniture at the Structural Nadir, The EU and the Costs of Ambiguity 18:19

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The FTC Sues Adobe, Keynote Season and Progress, A Few More Apple Questions 1:08:55

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(Preview) Your WWDC Emails: GenAI for Work Email, Developer Questions, Strategy for OpenAI, Implications for Nvidia, and More 11:54

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Apple Gets Intelligence, Unpacking the Partnership with OpenAI, What WWDC Can Tell Us About AI Adoption 1:07:26

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(Preview) Microsoft’s Recall Mess, The Future of Streaming and Advertising, Follow-Up on Dark GPU Theory 12:56

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(Preview) What Walmart Could Offer to Advertisers, Walmart's Momentum in E-Commerce, AI Skepticism and the Logic of a Bubble 12:53

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Generative AI and Hardware Upgrades, Google History and the Dark GPU Theory, Amazon’s Logistics Long Play 1:10:29

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(Preview) Big Questions About an AI Future, The State of LLMs 18 Months After ChatGPT, AI and Google/Apple/Microsoft 12:48

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(Preview) Can Microsoft Make PCs Cool Again?, What Windows is Offering Developers, Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI 11:45

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Netflix Gets the NFL for Christmas, The Streaming Wars Become the Bundle Wars, Leagues and Studios and Internet Realities 1:05:46

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(Preview) Good and Bad from Google I/O, Google and the Digital Economy, Mail on LLMs and SpaceX 17:36

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(Preview) OpenAI and the Latency Leap, Questions About an Apple/OpenAI Partnership, A Defense of AI Dating Agents 10:38

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A Disastrous (and Resonant) New iPad Commercial, The Future of Google Search, Tom Brady and the Netflix Roast 1:08:11

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(Preview) Apple in China and Japan, The iPad as a Mac Replacement, Apple and the Growth Premium 12:59

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(Preview) The NBA Creates a Rights Bidding War, The Optimal NBA Schedule, RSNs and the Future of Customer Acquisition 14:49

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(Preview) Virtual Reality and the Innovator's Solution, Meta Embraces the Android Approach, Uber as an Aggregator 10:31

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(Preview) TikTok and the E-Commerce Giants, The FTC Moves to Ban Noncompete Agreements, 'Bluey' and Streaming Leverage 11:25

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(Preview) What Taylor Swift Can Tell You About Netflix, What Meta Wants from Generative AI, Google and the Moonshot 12:40

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10 Years of Stratechery: Best and Worst Takes, Creating on the Internet, AI as a Threat, and Memories of Day 1 1:10:23

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(Preview) When AI Hits Digital Advertising, What the IT Era Can Teach Us About AI's Impact, Chip Questions and EV Mechanics 11:14

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(Preview) Mailbag: AI Hardware, NBA Newsbreakers as Aggregators, Reels vs. Shorts, The Best Approach to Age Verification 15:37

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Amazon and the “Just Walk Out” Parable, Mythbusting on Meta and TSMC, The XZ Backdoor and Its Implications 1:05:36

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