Best Toni Cowan Brown Podcasts (2024)

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Tech Junkie 47:04

2h ago47:04

47:04

F1 teams are driven by a single focus - to make the fastest car possible. But how do they create these aerodynamic machines? This week we will be diving into the technology of F1. And to help us understand the tech that drives the pinnacle of motorsports is a voice you might recognise - Bernie Collins, ex-F1 mechanical and performance engineer, tur…

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The Speed Junky 46:24

6d ago46:24

46:24

For this week's episode, we have an incredible lineup to help us understand what it takes to race these cars every week and the speeds they reach. Michael and Toni were joined by Scott Mansel, Madeline Coleman and Romain Grosjean. We'll finally be answering the age-old question - Driver or car? Scott Mansell, founder of driver 61, is a former racin…

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The Gossip 40:09

13d ago40:09

40:09

Can we have sports without entertainment? Or is sports entertainment first and foremost? What is 'WAGagadon'? In the context of F1, these questions become even more interesting and layered, as Elizabeth Blackstock puts it - "Liberty Media is currently stuck marketing a sport when they were sold entertainment."On this week's episode, we discuss all …

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The Logistician 42:20

22d ago42:20

42:20

You've probably heard this saying - F1 is a travelling circus. On this week's episode, we are joined by two of the best experts to help us understand the sheer complexity of putting on every year this 'travelling circus'.Joe Pompliano is an entrepreneur and investor with a passion for breaking down the money and business behind sports. Giorgia Tira…

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The Tire Head 45:32

29d ago45:32

45:32

Anyone who follows Toni's content knows how fascinated she is with tires - the one thing that actually touches the track and yet it’s the one thing that the teams do not have full control over. The big question is can Toni convince Michael of this? Convert him to the tire head camp. To help with this, she’s tapped the biggest self professed tire fa…

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The Data Analyst 34:16

1M ago34:16

34:16

All modern sports are inundated with a seemingly endless stream of stats and data. As with everything else, F1 takes it to another level. With hundreds of sensors collecting all information possible, the F1 data fans are spoiled with endless possibilities. To better understand some of those possibilities we spoke with Tareq Nazlawy, founder of Trac…

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Looking for AI use-cases 31:53

1M ago31:53

31:53

Generative AI is the thing, and all new software will be built around it. But while everyone is experimenting and some people are getting huge value out of ChatGPT or Midjourney right now, others haven't worked out how to make it useful. Yet. So how do we find use-cases for a universal, general purpose, magical technology, and is that a crazy quest…

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Game Strategy 38:56

1M ago38:56

38:56

In many ways, F1 is more like a chess game than a straight-out race to the finish line, but to appreciate this, Michael will need to understand the complexities behind the team's strategic thinking. We invited LMDh engineer and ex-F1 race engineer Blake Hinsey (AKA Brrrake) to help break things down for us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i…

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Down to Business 44:47

2M ago44:47

44:47

Kosta is interested in having his name (and face!) on an F1 car. But how does one even go about that? In this installment, Toni and our experts will explain the crazy business model of F1 and to help us with this is motorsports journalist and novelist, Elizabeth Blackstock. We'll also be briefly introducing a new guest who'll be helping us later on…

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Tiktok, Apple and Temu 34:46

2M ago34:46

34:46

Will the US finally break up Tiktok? Will the EU break up the App Store? And why does Temu want to keep your orders under $800?By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Introduction: F1 102 26:10

2M ago26:10

26:10

This is the intro episode to season 2 of choosing sides F1 - a podcast that blends sports, cultural commentary, humor and a deep love for the pinnacle of motorsports. If our first season was all about Michael Kosta's induction into the sport, for season two, Toni Cowan-Brown (Tech and F1 commentator) takes him much deeper down the rabbit hole. See …

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Choosing Sides F1 - Season 2 Trailer 2:34

2M ago2:34

2:34

Last season on Choosing Sides, we established unequivocally that F1 is the pinnacle of motoracing. We helped co host Michael Kosta choose his team and driver and then we sent him on his jolly way. But as it turns out, F1’s newest fan is still a little confused. Season 2 co host, Toni Cowan-Brown, thinks she knows what his problem is. He hasn't figu…

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Google Gemini and AI bias 32:29

2M ago32:29

32:29

Are there questions that an AI chatbot shouldn't answer? Should it always give the 'right answer'? Are you sure? Google has egg on its face this week, but this isn't easy, and with generative AI, we're going to re-run all the arguments and panics we had over content moderation in the last decade.By Benedict Evans and Toni Cowan-Brown

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Breaking and remaking media 39:00

3M ago39:00

39:00

We’re past peak TV, the charts are curving down, and Hollywood is pretty sure that streaming was a bad idea. On the other hand, music is growing strongly and might even end up bigger than CDs. Why have newspapers, books, movies, TV and music coped so differently with the internet?By Benedict Evans and Toni Cowan-Brown

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Apple's Vision Pro 30:44

3M ago30:44

30:44

Yes, we bought one. What’s it like and what can we say that we didn’t say last summer? What has Apple built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500?By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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What's your AI strategy? 34:04

3M ago34:04

34:04

Everyone needs an AI strategy (there was an email from the CEO!) but what would that mean? How does a big company work out how to deploy a new technology? How is this the same as every other platform shift, and how might it be different?By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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AI and Everything Else 35:34

5M ago35:34

35:34

Every year, Benedict produces a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. Here are some of the key takeaways from this year's presentation - AI, and everything else. Presentation - https://www.ben-evans.com/presentationsBy Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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LLMs, links, and the death of links 30:31

6M ago30:31

30:31

We spent the last 30 years building structures on top or instead of the raw links of the web, from Google to TikTok… but now LLMs might read all the links for us.By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Bundling/Unbundling AI 37:45

7M ago37:45

37:45

ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything (or look like they can), so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to chat bots as a magical general-purpose interface, or do we unbundle them back into single-purpose software?By Benedict Evans and Toni Cowan-Brown

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The magic customer 58:54

7M ago58:54

58:54

A conversation with Leonard Brody, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Caravan. How do you build brands and consumer products in a world of infinite choice and infinite media? And how does celebrity fit into that? CaravanBy Benedict Evans and Toni Cowan-Brown

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Unbundling ChatGPT 24:58

9M ago24:58

24:58

Nine months on, everyone is still trying to understand where ChatGPT will go, but one big question for us: how is this useful, for us, today? What's the product? How does this get unbundled?By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Threads 42:43

10M ago42:43

42:43

What is Threads? A Twitter that doesn't suck? Something else? Could it work?By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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Vision Pro, two weeks on 44:44

11M ago44:44

44:44

Two weeks after Apple showed us the Vision Pro - what have they built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500? Check back in 2025. Apple's product pages (watch some of this if you haven't already).By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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Apple Vision 28:22

11M ago28:22

28:22

Apple does VR. We watched. We took pictures. We talk about it.By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Working out AI questions 38:24

1y ago38:24

38:24

We don't know what generative AI will be (or what will happen next week), but we're starting to work out what questions to askBy Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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Buzzfeed News, Reddit and OpenAI 34:09

1y ago34:09

34:09

Buzzfeed News dies just as Reddit and Stack Overflow say they'll charge LLMs to train on their data. Who owns content and how does distribution work in an LLM age? Are those the right questions? What should we be asking?By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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Metaverse and crypto - beyond the BS 38:53

1y ago38:53

38:53

Crypto crashed, metaverse was silly, and now we know that generative AI is the future of everything. Right? Well, sort of. But though the hype has moved on, the reasons web3 and VR were interesting haven't really changed.By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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AI, copyright and collective knowledge 29:31

1y ago29:31

29:31

If you spend an hour typing prompts into MidJourney, who owns the result? There are easy answers to this, but they're probably wrong - these are new questions with new puzzles, much like radio, photography or music before.By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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GPT-4 is here, now what? 39:34

1y ago39:34

39:34

Generative machine learning is moving so fast it's impossible to keep up. What questions can we ask about GPT4, before everything changes again next week?By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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The right questions to ask about TikTok 40:41

1y ago40:41

40:41

The 'ban it' snowball is getting bigger and bigger, but what problem are we solving - privacy, or propaganda? How does this scale to all the other Chinese apps? And meanwhile, how well do we pay attention to the product itself?By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Amazon's $40B advertising business 31:00

1y ago31:00

31:00

Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire global newspaper industry and probably more profitable than AWS. But is this really advertising, rent, or something else? And what does that mean for Google? Blog post and chartsBy Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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ChatGPT versus Google 34:11

1y ago34:11

34:11

Microsoft thinks (or says) that Generative ML will reset the search market, unlocking Google's market share and collapsing those 60% operating margins. Really? What would that mean?By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Generative search 35:26

1+ y ago35:26

35:26

What would generative search mean? Generative video? Indeed, Generative products? Last week we talked about how ChatGPT, LLMs and generative ML work - now, what might they mean.By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Generative AI 34:55

1+ y ago34:55

34:55

The wave of enthusiasm around ChatGPT and generative AI feels like another Imagenet moment - a step change in what ‘AI’ can do that could generalise far beyond the cool demos. But - it makes things up, and it doesn't actually understand anything it's doing. Probably. What does that mean? What's this for?…

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Why are chips interesting again? 41:10

1+ y ago41:10

41:10

Chips have always been the foundation of tech, but the rest of us didn't need to pay much attention - stuff just got faster every year. But now there are actual real, big, interesting structural changes happening - what does that look like?By Jay Goldberg, Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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No Soup for You! Regulating tech M&A 38:47

1+ y ago38:47

38:47

Within and Activision, but also PA Semi and Android - how do we think about big tech buying stuff, and why is it hard for regulators?By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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ChatGPT and the Imagenet Moment 40:31

1+ y ago40:31

40:31

When machine learning started really working, back in 2012-13-14, the demos were amazing, but it wasn't immediately obvious how universal the applications would be. The same with Generative AI now - now - the demos are cool, but what will they mean? How will this generalise to change search or law firms?…

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All the other things happening in tech part 1. 30:01

1+ y ago30:01

30:01

What does Anker have to do with Mr Beast, Amazon ads or Aesop? A chat about unbundling ecommerce and building brands in a world of infinite media.By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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The FTX face-palm 30:34

1+ y ago30:34

30:34

What can we say about a ‘crypto’ crash if we’re not crypto people, nor Wall Street people? How much does it matter?By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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How many metaverses? 32:10

1+ y ago32:10

32:10

Every now and then, big company CEOs all read the same tech trends piece and send the same email - "what's our strategy for this?!" And in 2022, there were a lot of "metaverse?!" emails. But what does 'metaverse' mean, can you have a strategy for it, and do you even need to care? Probably not.By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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Wondering about generative AI 36:03

1+ y ago36:03

36:03

Generative AI looks like second wave of ML hat might be as big a deal as the Imagenet wave from 2013 or so. What questions can we ask?By Benedict Evans, Toni. Cowan-Brown

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Season Finale - Chosen Sides 41:00

1+ y ago41:00

41:00

It's here: The season finale of Choosing Sides: F1. In this episode, Michael and Lily watch a race together and then Michael (at long last!) decides on the team and driver he wants to support as he begins his Formula 1 fan journey. Let's go! Special thanks to all of our guests this season. This episode was produced by Lily Herman and Senior Produce…

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Figma, unbundling and $20bn of antitrust 36:37

1+ y ago36:37

36:37

What does Adobe's purchase of Figma tell us about the ways that software is changing, and the kinds of tools that people build and use? And, how long until the antitrust lawsuit arrives?By Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown

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A Quick Pitstop 2:06

1+ y ago2:06

2:06

As we get the finale ready for your waiting ears, we thought we'd take a quick moment to look back at Michael's journey - in his own words. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts and Sports Illustrated Studios

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Haas - An Embarrassment of Riches 46:30

1+ y ago46:30

46:30

At long last, we've reached the final team on the grid! Ever sowing the seeds of chaos, the Haas Formula 1 team has a short history filled with sketchy sponsors, firery crashes, and radically different drivers. Will it become a last-minute favorite for Michael ahead of our final episode? Listen to find out. Special thanks to our guests: Alanis King…

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TV after software 30:28

1+ y ago30:28

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‘Software eats the world’, and now it’s eating TV, but then what? Pretty soon software seems to stop mattering, and all the questions become TV questions, fashion questions, or music questions, while tech moves on to something else. Follow Benedict on Twitter Follow Toni on TwitterBy Benedict Evans and Toni Cowan-Brown

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Alfa Romeo - A Modest Proposal (Lily's Version) 39:24

1+ y ago39:24

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Alfa Romeo is often one of the forgotten "A" names on the grid, but that doesn't make it any less important. In this latest installment of Choosing Sides: F1, Lily tells Michael all about Alfa's strange history as well as its two drivers — one of whom is a favorite of hers. But will Michael agree? Special thanks to our guests: Tatiana Calderon This…

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Williams - The Episode Michael's Been Waiting For 44:24

1+ y ago44:24

44:24

The time has finally come for Michael to meet Williams, the F1 team that has most intrigued him over the course of the season. Will he fall for its rich history and passionate former leader Sir Frank Williams? Or much like the rest of the grid, will he leave Williams in the dust? Tune in to find out. Special thanks to our guests: Byrd Pinkerton Thi…

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A new wave of company creation 30:48

1+ y ago30:48

30:48

Adam Neumann's latest venture shines a light on some of the interesting questions that arise, such as: What is this, what could it be, and can it work? Can this person make it work? As well as, is this the kind of deal we should be doing? Do we understand this? Follow Benedict on Twitter Follow Toni on Twitter…

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Aston Martin - Less Speed, More Stroll 42:35

1+ y ago42:35

42:35

It's time to dive into a true billionaires' playground! This week, Lily and Michael unpack the bizarre history of Aston Martin (or as it's been known in recent years, Force India, Racing Point Force India, and Racing Point). They talk about the Richie Richies who've made this team what it is today and the strange 2022 Aston Martin driver lineup of …

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