Media and tech aren’t just intersecting — they’re fully intertwined. And to understand how those worlds work, and what they mean for you, veteran journalist Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers - and gets them to spell it out in plain, BS-free English. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Streaming Audio: Apache Kafka® & Real-Time Data
Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®
Streaming Audio features all things Apache Kafka®, Confluent, real-time data, and the cloud. We cover frequently asked questions, best practices, and use cases from the Kafka community—from Kafka connectors and distributed systems, to data mesh, data integration, modern data architectures, and data mesh built with Confluent and cloud Kafka as a service. Join our hosts as they stream through a series of interviews, stories, and use cases with guests from the data streaming industry. Apache®️, ...
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"The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka is a surreal and haunting novella that delves into the psychological and existential turmoil of Gregor Samsa, a young man who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Through this bizarre and unsettling transformation, Kafka explores themes of alienation, isolation, and the absurdity of human existence. Visit https://krity.app/ for more books and to become a narrator. Follow us on Instagram @krity.app and stay updated with the l ...
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Un podcast de nada para nadie. Hablamos de temas de la actualidad y damos nuestra opinión que nadie pidió
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Mein Kater Kafka ist ein philosophischer Podcast, der sich in ca. 30-minütigen Folgen mit den großen und kleinen Fragen unseres Lebens beschäftigt, ohne dabei allzu ernst zu werden. Wir, das sind Ole und Paul, versuchen euch, den Hörern, Philosophische Themen ohne große Fachsimpelei und mit interessanten Seitensprüngen näher zu bringen. Viel Spaß beim Hören! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oscar ist 15, sein Vater Daniel 49. Wenn Oscar nicht zur Schule geht, ist er im Sportstudio und am Klavier, er streamt und zockt. Später will er Schauspieler werden. Daniel ist ein weltbekannter Schriftsteller, sein Roman „Die Vermessung der Welt“ ist eines der erfolgreichsten deutschen Werke der Nachkriegszeit. Er steht auf klassische Musik, Franz Schubert zum Beispiel, und er hat das Drehbuch zur Fiction-Serie „Kafka“ geschrieben. In diesem Podcast lässt der eine den anderen an seinen Held ...
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How Apple trapped itself in China
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1:11:32The iPhone you’re reading this on was made in China. For a long time, that fact was a huge part of Apple’s success story: Working hand-in-hand, Apple and China built a sophisticated supply chain that let Apple manufacture very complicated technology at an enormous scale. Now that relationship seems like Apple’s achilles heel, says Patrick McGee. Mc…
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Ian Rogers tells me I need a crypto wallet
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1:08:41I wanted to talk to Ian Rogers about his fascinating career. He wanted to talk to me about Ledger, the crypto wallet company he’s working at now. So we did both things. Background: Rogers was an important figure in the digital music business, back when the music business was being fundamentally reshaped by digital. He helped the Beastie Boys get on…
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How to fight Apple and (maybe) win, with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney
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37:43Today's podcast is an in-depth discussion of Apple's App Store rules and how they... wait! Don't leave! I could try to tell you why Apple's App Store rules are important to both Apple and the digital economy (sadly, I just realized I've been covering them for nearly 15 years, so they better be important). But a better messenger for that task is Tim…
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Tariffs, Trump, TikTok: What’s going to happen to ads in 2025?
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58:50There are all kinds of ways to measure the health of an economy. The one I rely on is ad spending. One reason for that is simple: I work in ad-supported businesses, so I want to know about things are going to affect me personally. A less self-interested reason: The health of the ad business is tied directly to the way companies feel about their ove…
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Roblox CEO David Baszucki knows what your kids are doing.
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48:08Every day some 85 million people - most of them kids - show up to play, chat and spend money on Roblox. That’s a massive audience just about any tech or media company would like to have. But David Baszucki wants more: He thinks his platform can eventually command 10% of the worldwide gaming market. I spent time talking to Baszucki about those ambit…
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How to make money in Washington, with Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman
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44:19Some people don’t want to pay for media. But lots of people are paying Jake Sherman and his team at Punchbowl News: The 4-year-old startup is thriving by providing super-insidery news and data about what’s happening in Congress. I chatted with Sherman because I wanted to get an update on his business (he says he’s not going to sell it anytime soon,…
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NYT publisher AG Sulzberger on Trump, OpenAi and the economy
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1:09:07The New York Times faces the same challenges every other news organization faces in 2025. But it’s also in way better shape to take those challenges on: Thanks to a business model built on 11 million subscribers, it’s not nearly so worried about things like the fluctuations of the ad business, or changes in Google’s algorithm. That comparative stre…
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Trump vs The Media, Round 2, with Sara Fischer
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50:29The Trump 2.0 era is less than three months old. But it’s already creating havoc for journalists and the companies they work for. In Washington, Trump and his team are demoting traditional media - or kicking them out of the White House entirely. In corporate boardrooms, he is forcing media owners to settle lawsuits they would normally fight, and to…
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How long can sports keep TV alive?
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47:58Call it symbiosis. Call it co-dependency. However you want to characterize it, there’s zero debate that Big TV and Big Sports are deeply intertwined. So if the TV business is shrinking, what happens to sports? That’s the main question I had for John Ourand, the longtime sports business reporter who’s now at Puck. But I had lots of related ones, lik…
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Inside PJ Vogt’s low budget, super successful podcast
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1:05:40Anyone who makes things thinks they could do it better if they had more. More money, time, headcount, infrastructure. Some of us find there can be upsides to doing it with less, too. That's not exactly PJ Vogt's story but I think it's directionally accurate: Vogt cohosted a huge hit podcast - Reply All - and when he decided to try again - with Sear…
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Twitch CEO Dan Clancy wants to hang on to the live-streaming crown
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1:01:49Back when I first started covering the internet, the idea of broadcasting yourself for hours on end seemed like a pipe dream for weirdos. Now it's how some people make a living. Twitch more or less created live-streaming in the U.S., which is why Amazon bought it for about $1 billion back in 2014. But now there are plenty of places to watch, and cr…
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Matt Belloni: what the Oscars tell us about Hollywood
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43:48We had to stop recording this one for a minute, because Matt Belloni got a text. More on that below. Big picture: Matt is a longtime Hollywood reporter - and lawyer before that - who now has the industry's ear via his writing at Puck and his The Town podcast. I asked him to talk about what lies ahead for the Oscars, the out-of-step TV production th…
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The most useful class I ever took in college was a media law class, where I learned two things: 1) Journalists in the U.S. (along every other American citizen) have enormous freedom to say and write what they want, without fear of a defamation suit and 2) this freedom exists largely because of New York Times v Sullivan, a seminal Supreme Court case…
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Matthew Ball: Why the games business is broken
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38:03Everyone knows that video games are giant, fast-growing business that's going to swamp traditional media. Except that's not true: The games business is now in a prolonged and confusing funk. Investor and analyst Matthew Ball has been diving deep into the industry, so I asked him to take a stab at explaining what's going on. Bonus question: When doe…
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BuzzFeed wants to build a… social network?
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34:52A decade ago BuzzFeed was the bleeding edge of digital media, and Serious People thought it was going to be a threat to the likes of the New York Times. Many rounds of layoffs and asset sales later, BuzzFeed is a much more modest operation. But say this for Jonah Peretti: He continues to pitch Very Big Ideas for his company. Now the BuzzFeed CEO th…
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Why Michael Lewis is worried about the sports betting boom
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1:01:34It’s hard to remember now. But just a few years ago, sports betting was illegal in almost all of United States. And sports leagues and the media companies that worked with them wanted nothing to do with anything that even referenced gambling. Things are very, very different now! And it happened so quickly that very few people have stopped to ask wh…
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How Silicon Valley really feels about Trump, TikTok and DeepSeek
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51:15I haven’t checked in with Jessica Lessin in some time — and I have to say I picked a pretty good time to catch up with her. Because Silicon Valley is undergoing something meaningful right now, and she’s in a great position to tell us more about it: Lessin is a veteran technology reporter who founded The Information in 2013, and it has been a go-to …
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