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Technology and culture, hosted by the people of Postlight.
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CleanWho Really Made The Internet?: Claire L. Evans on Tech History | Paul and Gina sit down with Claire L. Evans to talk about the hidden stories of the women behind the internet | 4/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow To Cope With Facebook…Or Not | Paul and Rich sit down and talk about the terrible week at Facebook | 4/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIntroducing Postlight Lebanon | Paul and Rich sit down to talk about the growth of Postlight | 4/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDecentralized Journalism : A Conversation with Maria Bustillos | Paul and Rich sit down with Maria Bustillos to talk about Popula | 3/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitComputing is Everywhere : A Conversation with Bret Victor | Paul and Rich sit down with Bret Victor, Creator of Dynamicland | 3/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Internet Got Shrinkwrapped | Has the entry-level to the internet become too high? Has the purpose of the web shifted from a software platform to an information delivery tool? Have we lost site of what the internet really is? This week, Paul and Rich sit down to discuss the levels.. | 3/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFlickr and iCloud and DropBox, Oh My | Paul and Rich talk about the problem behind big platforms. | 3/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitIs Your Religion Art or Technology?: A Conversation with Aaron Lammer | Paul and Rich sit down with Aaron Lammer, Founder of Longform and co-host of Coin Talk. | 2/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAre Smart Homes the new HVAC?: Paul and Rich discuss the pros and cons of a connected home. | Paul and Rich discuss the pros and cons of a connected home. | 2/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Elephant In The Room: Paul and Rich talk to Chris O’Neill, CEO of Evernote. | Are we living in a post-file world? Has our cultural understanding of “notes” changed? Paul and Rich talk to Chris O’Neill about innovation, acquiring talent,and the importance of focusing your team. The Ups and Downs of Focusing: This... | 2/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Three Second Rule : How to Destroy Your Linked In Profile | Paul and Rich sit down to review Job Titles | 2/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanVenturing Into America’s Prison Problem | Talking with Chris Redlitz, about curbing mass incarceration through education and venture capital. | 1/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Good Omelet | Paul and Rich review 2017 by its worst moments. | 1/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDynamically Linked Library (of Congress) | Talking with Kate Zwaard and Abbey Potter about the Library of Congress Labs, an initiative that encourages creative use of the library’s archives. | 1/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGetting on the Inside | Paul and Rich talk about hiring a product manager | 1/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Currency of Attention | Paul and Rich talk to Matt Hartman, Partner and Director of Seed Funding at Betaworks. | 1/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitA Battle for the Net (Again) | Paul and Rich talk about net neutrality | 12/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLife in Code | A conversation with technologist, programmer, and author Ellen Ullman. | 12/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Medium is the Mission | A conversation with Michael Sippey, Head of Product at Medium | 12/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDeath in Feeds | Paul and Rich talk about death and product | 12/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpreadsheets Are Off The Table | Talking with Andrew Ofstad about Airtable, a database for everyone | 11/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBreaking Up is Hard to Do: A conversation about Facebook | Is Facebook a monopoly? This week Paul and Rich tackle the 2-billion-user elephant in the room and go back and forth on two big questions: whether Facebook violates antitrust laws and should be broken up, and how the platform (or its regulators) can... | 11/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMatt Lieber has a Gimlet Eye | From the front lines of the podcast boom: this week Paul and Rich talk to Matt Lieber, co-founder of Gimlet Media, one of the most successful podcast studios in the industry. Topics covered include the company’s origin (and the podcast that... | 11/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPaul and Rich Try to Talk About Something Else But End Up Complaining About LinkedIn Again | Is there a way to fix LinkedIn? This week Paul and Rich return one of their favorite hate-topics: LinkedIn is, in Paul’s words, “a remarkable affront to everything that we care about and believe in.” They discuss “human spam,” various UX... | 11/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRob Dubbin Goes Off-script | From TV writing to scriptwriting software: this week Paul and Rich talk to Rob Dubbin, former writer and producer for The Colbert Report and The Late Show and current CEO of Scripto. They discuss Scripto’s creation and the special workflow... | 10/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanShutting Down | How do you pull the plug on a product people love? This week Paul and Rich talk about good and bad ways to shut a digital product, from giving people a path to export their data (good) to writing a blog post entitled “Our Incredible Journey” (bad).. | 10/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJenn Schiffer Relates to Developers | Building a community for developers: this week Paul and Gina talk to Jenn Schiffer, community engineer at Fog Creek’s Glitch, a platform for developers to write, share, and remix code that is, in Jenn’s words, helping to “lower the barriers for... | 10/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFighting the Hype | New technologies vs buzzwords: this week Paul and Rich discuss the challenge of sifting through trends in the technology world—and how they help clients separate what they need from what they think they need. Topics discussed include SOAP, machine... | 10/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGlenn Brown on building a digital-first Obama Foundation | Building digital tools for active citizenship: this week Paul and Rich talk to Glenn Brown, the chief digital officer at the Obama Foundation. The conversation works through each major stop in his career, from Harvard Law (including the Berkman Klein... | 10/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPaul and Rich: Good Problems to Have | “The bad times, as a manager, are easier than the good times”: this week Paul and Rich discuss a “good problem to have”—managing growth as demand for your work grows. They talk about their personal experiences at Postlight before offering up.. | 9/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAnna Holmes Stays on Topic | New horizons in digital media: this week Paul and Rich talk to Anna Holmes, the founder of Jezebel and current SVP of Editorial at First Look Media, where she recently launched the visual storytelling site Topic.com. They discuss her early magazine... | 9/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRich and Paul on Security | How does Postlight tackle security challenges? This week Paul and Rich begin the episode with takeaways from the Apple iPhone announcement (which they had not yet heard at the time of recording) before diving into a wide-ranging discussion on digital... | 9/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOren Mor on Shipping Software at Google | The challenges of product management at scale: this week Paul and Rich talk to Oren Mor, a head of product at Goldman Sachs and a former product manager at Google. They discuss his entry into the industry, making the technology behind Microsoft’s... | 9/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNo Agenda: A Chat About Meetings | What makes a good meeting? This week Paul and Rich set out to break down everyone’s least-favorite part of the workday—the meeting—but they wind up breaking down complicated office management dynamics along the way. They do offer concrete tips... | 8/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDesign Takes Command | How design came to drive business: this week Paul and Rich talk about the evolution of the role of design in the tech industry, from Microsoft’s early dominance—privileging function over form—to Apple’s ascendency in the past decade, where... | 8/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpeech Coach Bill Smartt Offers His Best Advice for Better Public Speaking | Understanding the fundamentals of public speaking: this week Paul and Rich talk to Bill Smartt, a coach who believes that everyone can improve their speaking skills. They break down his three big tips—speak up, slow down, and make eye... | 8/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKeeping Remotes Close | Remote working, iPhone cases, and Spotify’s UX: this week Paul and Rich tackle three very disparate reader questions. In the first, they outline Postlight’s remote working culture and the tools they use—most notably, Slack—to help everyone... | 8/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBreaker breaker! Leah Culver on starting up a new podcast platform | Changing the podcast user experience: with Paul away, Rich is joined by Postlight’s new partner, Gina Trapani, for a conversation with developer Leah Culver. They discuss her career trajectory, from embracing computer science in college to moving... | 7/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Social Dynamics of Legacy | Understanding an organization’s older technology systems: this week Paul and Rich discuss legacy software and the work cultures around them. Topics discussed include how companies put systems in place and how they become unworkable,... | 7/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen Borders Collapse: Inside the World of Web Standards with Eric Meyer | The history and the future of CSS: this week Paul and Rich talk to Eric Meyer, an expert on HTML and CSS for more than two decades, about web design and standards. Touching on both basic and more technical aspects of CSS, topics covered include the... | 7/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRich and Paul on a Decade of Life in the Shadow of the iPhone | The iPhone at 10: this week Paul and Rich reflect on the iPhone’s 10-year anniversary, discussing everything from Steve Jobs to Apple’s evolution to the future of smartphones to how Jony Ive uses a microwave. Then they debut a new segment where... | 7/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJerome Hardaway is Bringing Vets to Tech | Helping veterans enter the tech world: this week Paul and Rich talk to Jerome Hardaway, a veteran who became a programmer before founding Vets Who Code, a nonprofit that helps other veterans do the same. They discuss the challenges he faced reentering.. | 7/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRich and Paul: Russian to Conclusions | From Amazon to Russian watches: this week Paul and Rich start by trying to rationalize Amazon’s recent acquisition of Whole Foods, a conversation summed up by Paul as, “You can Occam's Razor this bad boy down.” They move on to Amazon’s... | 6/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaris Kreizman Wants to Mail You Books | Analog books in the digital age: this week Paul and Rich talk to Maris Kreizman, editorial director of Book of the Month Club, the 90-year-old book subscription service that shaped American literary history. Topics discussed include BOMC’s revival... | 6/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat We Chat About When We Chat About Chat | Chat, bots, privacy, and the internet of things: this week Paul and Rich embark on a wide-ranging conversation about innovation and change in tech—and its impact on our daily lives. Topics covered include connected devices, machine learning, the... | 6/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlex Daly Can Kickstart Your Dreams | Understanding crowdfunding with “The Crowdsourceress”: this week Paul and Rich talk to Alex Daly, a Kickstarter expert whose company, Vann Alexandra, has managed 50 campaigns and raised more than $20 million dollars. They discuss her background... | 6/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJen Dary Wants You To Pluck Up | Launching the employee development movement: this week Paul and Rich talk to Jen Dary, the founder of Plucky, “a consulting firm that helps companies with their people.” They discuss the value of retention over hiring, how to reframe thinking... | 5/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanConsider Yourself Notified | A user’s experience in a world of endless updates: this week Paul and Rich talk about the changes tech giants and digital publishers make on our mobile apps and on the web. Topics covered include our apps’ constant stream of small updates,... | 5/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJohn Shankman Explains the Whole Ad Stack | Understanding advertising on the web: this week Paul and Rich talk to John Shankman, an internet advertising veteran who has worked at companies like Federated Media, Huffington Post, and The Awl Network. He currently runs Hashtag Labs, a company that.. | 5/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSic Transit Gloria: Talking About Tech and Transportation | From Uber to Mars to the New York City bus system: this week Paul and Rich talk about the highs and lows of tech industry’s relationship with transportation, where some apps dismantle industries and others knit cities together. The conversation... | 5/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAaron Lammer Is Not Safe For Work | Product management, from journalism to music to podcasts. This week Paul and Rich talk to Aaron Lammer about the three prongs of his career—as the co-founder of Longform, as a musician with Francis and the Lights, and as the host of Stoner, a new... | 5/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLaurie Voss Helps Millions of Programmers | Managing the world’s largest software registry: this week Paul and Rich talk to Laurie Voss, chief operating officer of npm, the JavaScript package manager that gives 7 million programmers worldwide access to hundreds of thousands of packages. They... | 4/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean“Oh, Just Innovation Things,” with Michael Shane | Digital innovation and collaboration: this week Paul and Rich sit down with Michael Shane, the Global Head of Digital Innovation for Bloomberg. They discuss his journey from professional clarinetist to applying for an editorial position on a whim to... | 4/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGina Trapani has things TODO.txt | Productivity at Postlight: this week, with Rich an ocean away, Paul is joined by Gina Trapani, a director of engineering at Postlight who is well-known for, amongst other things, founding the website Lifehacker. They discuss her productivity tool,... | 4/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInternationally Relating With Jeremy Pam | Geopolitical design thinking: this week Paul and Rich talk to Jeremy Pam, an international relations expert whose career has taken him from Wall Street to Iraq and Afghanistan to MIT to his current position at Columbia University’s Saltzman... | 4/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTalking with Kim Stanley Robinson about his global warming epic, New York 2140 | Imagining New York’s underwater future: this week Paul and Rich talk to Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most renowned science fiction writers alive. The author of nineteen novels, he describes his newest, New York 2140, as both a “post-disaster... | 3/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJohn Battelle on Making Web Media Possible, and Profitable | The past, present, and future of advertising on the web: this week Paul and Rich talk to John Battelle, who’s been, in Paul’s words, “an internet entrepreneur as long as there’s been internet entrepreneurship to happen.” They chronicle his... | 3/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlan Burdick on the Nature of Time and the Terrors of Productivity | How do we measure and manage our lives? This week Paul and Rich talk to Alan Burdick, a staff writer and former senior editor at The New Yorker whose perpetual lateness led to Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation, a far-reaching and... | 3/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRich and Paul Discuss the Hidden Giants of the Internet | From Amazon Web Services to YouTube cake videos: this week Paul and Rich go on a journey into the depths of the web, from its infrastructure to its myriad communities. They start with the recent AWS outage that left sites large and small scrambling... | 3/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTech at the ACLU: In practice, and in theory | The technologists defending the Constitution: this week Paul and Rich talk to two people with very different roles at the American Civil Liberties Union. Marco Carbone, Associate Director for Internet Technology, manages the ACLU’s website,... | 2/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLara Hogan on Engineering and Public Speaking | Demystifying public speaking: this week Paul and Rich talk to Lara Hogan, an engineering director at Etsy whose most recent book, Demystifying Public Speaking, aims to help get more diverse voices onstage in the tech world. Topics covered include... | 2/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRyan and Dan in a World of VICE (News) | From the front lines of the changing world of media: this week Paul and Rich talk to a client, VICE News, specifically editor Ryan McCarthy and general manager Dan Fletcher. They talk about VICE News and VICE more broadly, outline Dan and Ryan’s... | 2/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanShould Twitter Delete @realDonaldTrump? | Should Twitter delete the president’s personal account? Paul and Rich tackled this hotly-debated question in the first-ever live episode of Track Changes, recorded at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan as part of IxDA’s Interaction 17 conference.... | 2/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPrashant Agarwal on Scaling Design | Why you need prototypes and Powerpoints: this week Paul and Rich talk to Prashant Agarwal, the VP of Design at McKinsey Digital Labs. They talk about his career trajectory, from studying business to co-founding a startup to product management to... | 1/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNicholas Carr on How Technology Becomes Creepy | The promise—and creepiness—of the web. This week Paul and Rich talk to Nicholas Carr, the author of books including The Shallows, The Glass Cage, and, most recently, Utopia Is Creepy. Topics covered include our addictions to devices, the... | 1/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe New, Big Media | How do our media landscapes shape our lives? This week Paul and Rich have a wide-ranging conversation about media, from the changing landscape of journalism to the way we consume entertainment to the way we share information. Topics covered include... | 1/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCraig Mod on Great Design and Long Journeys—Part 2 | Physically preserving the contents of the web: in the second and final installment of their conversation with Craig Mod, Paul and Rich talk to the writer, designer, and technologist about his new book and about the writing platform hi.co, the entire... | 1/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCraig Mod on Great Design and Long Journeys—Part 1 | Traveling the world with Craig Mod: in the first of a two-part conversation, Paul and Rich talk to the writer, designer, and technologist about his upbringing, his early relationships with computers, and strategy tips for walking through forests. They.. | 1/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanYear in Review: 2016 | What should we make of 2016? This week Paul and Rich recap the year, with a focus on the big tech trends of the past 12 months. Topics covered include virtual and, augmented reality, Pokémon GO, Facebook’s fake news problem, Apple’s terrible... | 12/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanColin Smith Has a Plan to Help Hundreds of NYC Public Schools | Creating change for New York City kids: this week Paul and Rich split the episode in two, with two conversations about children and learning. First they talk about their own kids’ relationships with technology and feelings about teaching them to... | 12/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMichael Sippey on Product Management—and Pivoting | Learning from successes and failures: this week Paul and Rich talk to Michael Sippey, whose career spans the history of the web, from blogging pioneer to Six Apart to director of product at Twitter to startup founder. He details his work at Twitter... | 12/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanQ&A: Taking listener questions, and mission statements | Answering listener mail: this week Paul and Rich answer a few letters: first, an architect asks Rich to expand upon his analogy between small teams of software developers and architecture firms; then, a Facebook-weary listener asks why there isn’t... | 12/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIntroducing Postlight Labs | A new division of Postlight: this week Paul and Rich debut Postlight Labs, a recently-launched space for innovation and experimentation within the company. They discuss Labs’ inception and some of the thinking behind its mission, and then detail... | 11/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPostlight at One | Taking stock after one year: this week Paul and Rich assess the company they founded last year and what they’ve learned in the intervening months. They detail Postlight’s origin story, talk about philosophies around hiring and building a diverse... | 11/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCathy O'Neil on “Weapons of Math Destruction” | Our dangerous reliance on big data: in an episode recorded before the election, Rich and Paul talk to Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. They discuss Cathy’s origins in... | 11/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPut Your Phone Down | Are we addicted to our phones? This week Paul and Rich very deliberately avoid talking about the fate of our democracy and tackle perennial questions about our devices and our (possibly unhealthy) relationships with them, starting with Andrew... | 11/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIn the studio with Jeffrey Zeldman | The next step for Jeffrey Zeldman: this week Paul and Rich talk to the web design pioneer who, in Paul’s words, “designed the aesthetic of the web for a while.” They discuss his history as founder of the design studio Happy Cog and A List Apart... | 10/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTom Vanderbilt explains all of your choices | How does the web shape our taste—and our choices? This week Paul and Rich talk to Tom Vanderbilt, author of You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice. They examine how online ratings affect our perceptions, the power of negative reviews,... | 10/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean101 Fifth Avenue | What can we learn from the history of an address? Fresh off Postlight’s recent move to offices at 101 Fifth Avenue, Paul and Rich use The New York Times’s archives to delve into the history of that particular parcel of land. Some of the results... | 10/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Conversation with Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand, Part Two | How does design shape the world? This week, Paul Ford and Rich Ziade finish their conversation with Michael Bierut, a partner at Pentagram, and Jessica Helfand, senior critic at the Yale School of Art. Topics discussed include the public’s... | 10/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Conversation with Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand, Part One | How designers see the world: this week, Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to Michael Bierut, a partner at the design firm Pentagram, and Jessica Helfand, a senior critic at the Yale School of Art. In the first installment of a two-part conversation, they... | 10/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClover Newsletter—Turning over a new leaf (or four) with founders Liza Darwin and Casey Lewis | New media on old platforms: this week Paul and Rich talk to Liza Darwin and Casey Lewis, former teen magazine editors who launched “Clover,” a daily topical newsletter and app for girls ages 13-22, early this year. They discuss their former... | 9/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean“See media for pic”—a conversation on emergency alerts | Terrorism and technology: this week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk about a host of topics in the wake of the past weekend’s bombing in Manhattan. They cover the state of the city and the collective reaction of its residents, the ease of international.. | 9/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBrightcove, Big City—talking video with David Mendels | Our all-video future: this week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to David Mendels, the CEO of the video-hosting platform Brightcove. They discuss video’s rise and current dominance on the web, esports, “snackable video,” Rich’s relationship with... | 9/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWho’s Gonna Drive You Home—Talking Self-Driving Cars | What does our self-driving future look like? This week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade cover, in Rich’s words, “Bluetooth headsets, my mother, and self-driving cars.” They start with a discussion on the shortcomings of video-conferencing systems; segue.. | 9/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRational Geographic—Map Chat with Aaron Straup Cope | The history and the future of geotagging: this week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to Aaron Straup Cope, a programmer who works with maps and geographical datasets. The conversation covers his time as one of Flickr’s earliest employees, data... | 8/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJulia Pimsleur—Found in Translation | Helping women build million-dollar businesses: this week Paul and Rich talk to Julia Pimsleur, founder of the Little Pim foreign language-learning series and author of Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go... | 8/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThis Is Haughey Do It | The evolution of MetaFilter: this week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to Matt Haughey, the founder of MetaFilter, the collection of sites and communities that Paul describes as “one of the real success stories of the web.” The conversation covers... | 8/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanElizabeth Spiers is Multi-dimensional | From digital journalism to virtual reality: this week, Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to Elizabeth Spiers, whom Paul describes as “both a human being and essentially a human media platform.” (Elizabeth scales the description back a bit with... | 8/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEvent Verizon | Verizon just bought Yahoo, but what exactly did they get? This week, Paul Ford and Rich Ziade discuss the acquisition of the beleaguered Yahoo, and mull over the long games of companies like Verizon, Google, Facebook, and Apple. They also consider the.. | 8/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe DNA of NDAs | Do we need so many NDAs? This week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade discuss the proliferation of the non-disclosure agreement in the tech world and beyond, and hammer out what’s really necessary in a business contract. They talk about verbal NDAs and... | 7/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKaren McGrane—Content and discontent | How does a content strategist see the web? This week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk to Karen McGrane, a user-experience expert who writes books, gives speeches, leads workshops, and takes on a variety of web projects with her agency Bond Art + Science... | 7/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMayer Lemons—a chat about Yahoo’s recent acquisitions | Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo acquisitions: this week Paul and Rich start the discussion with a recent Gizmodo article about the fate of all 53 companies Yahoo has purchased under Mayer’s leadership. Topics covered include acqui-hires, managing up vs... | 7/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRex Sorgatz—the other side of Fate | Has the internet changed everything? This week Rich and Paul talk to writer and media strategist Rex Sorgatz, who wrote recently about returning to his small North Dakota hometown to see how (or if!) access to the world’s information has changed... | 7/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Silence of the Cams | Your silent Facebook feed: this week Paul and Rich talk about how video has taken over Facebook—and about how 85% of those videos are viewed silently. They debate form and content, consider user experience, and fixate on a fictional video in which... | 6/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanVirginia Heffernan—Magic, Loss, and Mercy Killing Horses | Aesthetics and digital technology: this week Paul and Rich talk to writer Virginia Heffernan about her new book, Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art. The conversation covers Buddhism, Angry Birds, The 4-Hour Workweek, nuclear war, ancient philosophy,... | 6/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPaul and Rich exchange frank views | The media industry versus Silicon Valley: this week Paul and Rich set out to ostensibly talk about the ongoing saga of Gawker vs Hulk Hogan and Peter Thiel (recorded just days before the Gawker bankruptcy announcement). Instead, they find themselves... | 6/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKhoi Vinh—from Subtraction to Adobe | Design and spotting talent from The New York Times to Adobe: this week Paul and Rich sit down with designer Khoi Vinh, who is currently the director of product design for mobile at Adobe. They trace his career from his early agency in New York to his... | 6/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanQ&A | Google’s UX, tech in the classroom, and Spotify’s algorithms: this week Rich and Paul answer a host of listener questions and comments. Topics discussed include the abysmal UX of Google’s ad products, Amazon’s strategies for world domination,... | 5/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNatalie Podrazik—iOS developer and user-research spy | What is it like to be an iOS programmer? This week Paul and Rich talk to Natalie Podrazik about, in Paul’s words, “the gestalt of iOS programming.” Natalie traces her journey from studying comp-sci to backend programming to developing for Apple... | 5/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Interesting discussions
Great variety of interviews and topics about tech and culture.
I look forward to my weekly audio food pellets
Paul and Rich have created my new favorite integrated branding platform…oops, I mean podcast. Excellent coverage of tech & culture, products & teams, and tools & practices. I hope they’ll have me on as a guest someday. Or at least respond to a question of mine someday.
Down-to-earth, relevant, often funny tech talk
Paul and Rich produce and host an outstanding podcast on technology and current technology issues. As a professional developer, I find their discussions useful and relevant, offering practical assessments and fresh ideas. I look forward to each episode. I also recommend this podcast to my non-techie friends. Both Paul and Rich have a way of clearly communicating techspeke into something that anyone can understand and appreciate. They bring to the tech world a clarity and humor that Isaac Asimov brought to popular science.
