Best Walt Mossberg Podcasts (2024)

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Walt Mossberg reacts to the new MacBook Air on The Vergecast 0:27

5+ y ago0:27

0:27

Walt Mossberg joined The Vergecast this week to discuss his first impressions on Apple's updated Macbook Air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy The Verge

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Special edition: Walt and Nilay remember the iMac 33:45

6y ago33:45

33:45

Ctrl-Walt-Delete returns for a special episode all about the iMac 20th anniversary. Walt Mossberg and Nilay Patel reminisce on the introduction of Apple's iMac, and how it influenced the open web and computers going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy The Verge

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Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman (An Evening With Code Commerce 2018) 31:41

6+ y ago31:41

31:41

Recode's Kara Swisher and Jason Del Rey talk with Jennifer Hyman, the CEO and co-founder of Rent the Runway, at An Evening With Code Commerce 2018 in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Nordstrom co-president Erik Nordstrom and OneMarket CEO Don Kingsborough (An Evening With Code Commerce 2018) 38:31

6+ y ago38:31

38:31

Recode's Jason Del Rey talks with Nordstrom co-president Erik Nordstrom and OneMarket CEO Don Kingsborough at An Evening With Code Commerce 2018 in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and Cheesecake Factory president David Gordon (An Evening With Code Commerce 2018) 34:34

6+ y ago34:34

34:34

Recode's Kara Swisher talks with DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and David Gordon, the president of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, at An Evening With Code Commerce 2018 in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Patreon CEO Jack Conte and 'Brain Candy' host Susie Meister (Code Media 2018) 28:00

6+ y ago28:00

28:00

Patreon CEO Jack Conte and 'Brain Candy' host Susie Meister talk with Recode's Peter Kafka and Dan Frommer at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Disney chief strategy officer Kevin Mayer (Code Media 2018) 30:51

6+ y ago30:51

30:51

The chief strategy officer at Disney, Kevin Mayer, talks with Recode's Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Outbrain CEO Yaron Galai and Flipboard CEO Mike McCue (Code Media 2018) 26:01

6+ y ago26:01

26:01

Outbrain CEO Yaron Galai and Flipboard CEO Mike McCue talk with Recode's Dan Frommer at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver (Code Media 2018) 37:42

6+ y ago37:42

37:42

Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talk with Recode's Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Hollywood Reporter part owner Janice Min (Code Media 2018) 37:06

6+ y ago37:06

37:06

Janice Min, part owner of The Hollywood Reporter & Eldridge Industries strategist, talks with Recode's Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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The Daily executive producer Lisa Tobin (Code Media 2018) 14:05

6+ y ago14:05

14:05

Lisa Tobin, the executive producer of the New York Times' podcast The Daily, speaks at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Oath CEO Tim Armstrong (Code Media 2018) 28:43

6+ y ago28:43

28:43

Tim Armstrong, the CEO of Oath, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti (Code Media 2018) 34:42

6+ y ago34:42

34:42

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti talks with Recode's Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (Code Media 2018) 41:34

6+ y ago41:34

41:34

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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21st Century Fox President Peter Rice (Code Media 2018) 33:27

6+ y ago33:27

33:27

Fox Networks CEO and 21st Century Fox President Peter Rice talks with CNBC's Julia Boorstin at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Brit + Co's Brit Morin and theSkimm's Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg (Code Media 2018) 35:23

6+ y ago35:23

35:23

Brit + Co founder/CEO Brit Morin and theSkimm co-founders/co-CEOs Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg talk with Recode's Jason Del Rey at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Facebook execs Campbell Brown and Adam Mosseri (Code Media 2018) 51:43

6+ y ago51:43

51:43

Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships, and Adam Mosseri, Facebook's head of News Feed, talk with Recode's Peter Kafka and Kurt Wagner at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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HuffPost editor in chief Lydia Polgreen (Code Media 2018) 40:28

6+ y ago40:28

40:28

Lydia Polgreen, the editor in chief of HuffPost, talks with Recode's Peter Kafka and Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Recode

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Bozoma Saint John, chief brand officer, Uber (Code Commerce 2017) 34:51

7y ago34:51

34:51

Uber Chief Brand Officer Bozoma Saint John talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Johana Bhuiyan about what her newly created job entails. Hired by now-ousted CEO Travis Kalanick, Saint John said the company’s culture is strong and healthy, even as it continues to wrestle with a parade of public mistakes and scandals. Uber's brand today, she says, is…

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Jonathan Neman, co-CEO, Sweetgreen, and Emily Weiss, CEO, Glossier 34:58

7y ago34:58

34:58

Sweetgreen co-CEO Jonathan Neman and Glossier CEO Emily Weiss talk with Recode’s Dan Frommer and Racked’s Cheryl Wischhover about how they use digital channels to market food and beauty products, respectively. Weiss says Glossier’s No. 1 outlet is the blog Into the Gloss, and argues that it’s a two-way conversation, rather than a one-way publishing…

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Jesse Genet, CEO, Lumi (Code Commerce 2017) 11:56

7y ago11:56

11:56

Lumi CEO Jesse Genet talks about how an ordinary cardboard box gets made — and how those boxes are taking on a new life in e-commerce. For companies that no longer operate physical stores, packaging has become the “modern storefront,” Genet says, and what a box looks like and what is printed on it has a huge impact on the customer’s experience. Lea…

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Andrew Rosen, founder, Theory, and Yael Aflalo, CEO, Reformation (Code Commerce 2017) 27:53

7y ago27:53

27:53

Theory founder Andrew Rosen and Reformation CEO Yael Aflalo talk with Recode’s Jason Del Rey about the future of direct-to-consumer fashion. Rosen says one of his roles at Theory is actively working to make sure that consumers’ needs come before its brand’s vision, even if that means outsourcing some roles to partners like Amazon and Stitch Fix. Th…

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Benjamin Porto, partner, Snarkitecture and Joey Zwillinger, co-founder, Allbirds 22:29

7y ago22:29

22:29

Snarkitecture partner Benjamin Porto and Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger talk with Recode’s Edmund Lee about designing architecture and shoes for Silicon Valley, respectively. Brick-and-mortar spaces continue to be important as storytelling vehicles for brands, they say, even as the numbers point to e-commerce growing and retail shrinking. Phys…

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Laura Alber, CEO, Williams-Sonoma (Code Commerce 2017) 43:17

7y ago43:17

43:17

Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey and Kara Swisher about how the retailer is going beyond the retail store. Alber says most purchases are made on an emotional basis, so it's still vital for retailers to connect with their customers, whether that means making better predictions about what people want to buy or flippin…

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Chieh Huang, CEO, Boxed (Code Commerce 2017) 14:40

7y ago14:40

14:40

Boxed CEO Chieh Huang talks about competing with warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam's Club, offering customers the ability to buy in bulk without needing to drive to a physical location. He touches on changes in what consumers value, how Boxed treats its warehouse employees and how certain products are taxed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…

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Matt Salzberg, CEO, Blue Apron (Code Commerce 2017) 30:48

7y ago30:48

30:48

Blue Apron CEO Matt Salzberg talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey about how the meal-delivery company is changing now that it's publicly traded and how it is reacting to Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods. Over the past five years, Blue Apron has sought to grow as fast as possible and is now moving to think about broadening its offerings to customers wi…

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Rachel Roy, founder, Rachel Roy, and Nadia Boujarwah, CEO, Dia&Co (Code Commerce 2017) 32:47

7y ago32:47

32:47

Rachel Roy's eponymous founder and Dia&Co CEO Nadia Boujarwah talk with Recode's Edmund Lee and Racked's Tiffany Yannetta about designing and selling clothes for plus-sized women, an addressable market of 100 million. To reach modern consumers, they match their companies' clothes with social media tastemakers who have big followings and a unique po…

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Heidi O'Neill, president of direct-to-consumer, Nike (Code Commerce 2017) 34:30

7y ago34:30

34:30

Nike Direct President Heidi O'Neill talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey about how the sports apparel company is working to connect with consumers digitally. Nike products can be found both in stores and across the web, but the company has created a membership program for people who go to its website and apps directly, rewarding them with personalized…

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Matt Zeiler, CEO, Clarifai (Code Commerce 2017) 11:46

7y ago11:46

11:46

Clarifai CEO Matt Zeiler talks about how artificial intelligence and neural networks are getting smarter, learning how to automatically recognize images more quickly and accurately. AI companies should build their own neural networks in-house, but everyone else should borrow the expertise of outside firms like Clarifai, Zeiler says. He explains the…

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Tim Kendall, president, Pinterest (Code Commerce 2017) 33:29

7y ago33:29

33:29

Pinterest President Tim Kendall talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how the company is partnering with brands and advertisers, including a new mobile product that helps people search for items by taking pictures of something similar. The goal is to help Pinners discover things they may want to buy — even though almost all searches on the platform…

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Adam Silver, commissioner, NBA, and Michael Rubin, executive chair, Fanatics (Code Commerce 2017) 41:45

7y ago41:45

41:45

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Fanatics Executive Chairman Michael Rubin talk with Recode's Kurt Wagner and Jason Del Rey about the fast-moving world of official sports merchandise. Rubin says Amazon and the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba are good businesses, but not good for brands like NBA teams that want to profit from their own names. Silve…

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Mike Vaughan, COO, Venmo (Code Commerce 2017) 29:09

7y ago29:09

29:09

Venmo COO Mike Vaughan talks with Recode’s Dan Frommer about how his company is turning a popular payments app into a real business. Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, processed more than $25 billion in the past four quarters, and Vaughan said it captures the essence of real-world interactions: Friends pooling their money for a gift, roommates paying…

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John Foley, CEO, Peloton (Code Commerce 2017) 16:58

7y ago16:58

16:58

Peloton CEO John Foley talks about building a boutique fitness class program that can be accessed from the home. Peloton's exercise bike has tripled in sales in the past year, but the more important thing for its business is its monthly subscription to online spinning classes. Foley examines the social, economic and even religious forces that are d…

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Mario Batali, celebrity chef and restaurateur (Code Commerce 2017) 37:22

7y ago37:22

37:22

Celebrity chef Mario Batali talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of restaurants, including how technology helps him do his job and whether he can envision a future where a restaurant's food is prepared without human hands. Batali evaluates food/tech companies such as Blue Apron, Juicero and Soylent, as well as food for people who think…

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David Perpich, president, The Wirecutter, and Ben Kaufman, BuzzFeed Product Labs (Code Commerce 2017) 33:28

7y ago33:28

33:28

David Perpich, the president of the New York Times-owned site The Wirecutter, and Ben Kaufman, the head of BuzzFeed Product Labs, talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about running and building media businesses on top of affiliate links. Perpich says Amazon, Google, Facebook and their peers are "setting the rules" in the digital commerce world, so the NY…

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Andy Dunn, CEO, Bonobos, and SVP, Walmart (Code Commerce 2017) 38:13

7y ago38:13

38:13

Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey about starting a digital-first clothing brand, selling it to Walmart and continuing to run it along with another company Walmart acquired, ModCloth. Dunn says the deal makes sense even though Bonobos won't be selling in Walmart stores; as an institution for "the vast majority of Americans," th…

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Kirsten Green, founder, Forerunner Ventures (Code Commerce 2017) 16:57

7y ago16:57

16:57

Forerunner Ventures founder Kirsten Green talks about the blurring line between brands and retailers. She traces the history of shopping stores, malls and online, arguing that consumers today want to know more about brands, inviting them to enter their lives like a human relationship. Green also notes that the era of "you are what you own" is over …

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Walt and Nilay sign off 1:20:42

7y ago1:20:42

1:20:42

On Friday, June 9th, Walt and Nilay recorded the final episode of Ctrl-Walt-Delete live in front of an audience at the School of Visual Arts theatre in New York City. They also had a frequently mentioned special guest on the show, Dieter Bohn. This is the episode you’ve been waiting for. After a two-week break for Code Conference and Apple’s Worldw…

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Steve Case, CEO, Revolution (Code Conference 2017) 42:00

7y ago42:00

42:00

Revolution CEO and America Online co-founder Steve Case talks with The Verge's Walt Mossberg about the "chasm" between startups in tech hubs and the rest of the country. The author of a 2016 book called "The Third Wave," Case says 75 percent of all venture capital goes to three states, 90 percent went to men and less than 1 percent went to African-…

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Anthony Noto, COO and CFO, Twitter (Code Conference 2017) 36:40

7y ago36:40

36:40

Twitter COO and CFO Anthony Noto talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about whether the company would ever ditch ads and start charging a monthly subscription fee instead. Noto says user growth is re-accelerating as Twitter makes its timeline and notifications faster and more valuable, but he acknowledges that Twitter may "look at" paid premium services…

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Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab (Code Conference 2017) 13:46

7y ago13:46

13:46

Jonathan Taplin, the director emeritus of USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab, talks about how the creative class and its ability to make money is being undermined by tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon. These companies have shirked their responsibilities as their platforms have been used to spread "fake news" and terrorism videos, Taplin says.…

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Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Code Conference 2017) 35:33

7y ago35:33

35:33

Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the nonprofit has dealt with controversy and political opposition under President Trump. Republicans in Washington are attempting to limit the organization, which Richards says would undermine access to local health services and cause the r…

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Brian Krzanich, CEO, Intel (Code Conference 2017) 34:25

7y ago34:25

34:25

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich talks with The Verge's Walt Mossberg about the company's pivot away from the PC market and into new areas, such as cloud computing and self-driving cars. Even in a declining PC market, Krzanich notes, Intel has been able to improve its profitability as buyers keep demanding more powerful computers. He says autonomous vehicl…

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Walt Mossberg, co-founder, Recode (Code Conference 2017) 31:57

7y ago31:57

31:57

Recode co-founder and The Verge executive editor Walt Mossberg talks with former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo about his 26-year career in tech journalism. Mossberg recounts stories about meetings with executives like Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates and how much has changed between his first Personal Technology column in 1991 and his final…

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