
The internet has warped public life: Politicians behave like influencers, the economy resembles a casino, and people can no longer agree upon a consensus reality. New conspiracy theories, memes, and main characters seem to pop up every day. A constant war is on for your attention, and it’s easy to feel lost. Each week, Galaxy Brain and its host Charlie Warzel invite you into conversations to make ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 32 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Technology | |||

How do you build a winning campaign for the era of AI? In the aftermath of the 2024 race, Democrats have been struggling to adapt to the new logic of the attention economy. On this episode of “Galaxy Brain,” Rob Flaherty, deputy campaign manager for ... more
Data centers are quickly becoming the most polarizing buildings in America. On this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel speaks with the reporter Jael Holzman about the backlash to the buildings powering the AI boom. Why have data centers become c... more
How do you build a streaming service from scratch? On this week’s “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel speaks with Sam Reich, the CEO of Dropout, a comedy streaming platform that’s found success eschewing the growth-at-all-costs model of the mega streamers... more
How should you feel about the AI boom? In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel speaks with Chris Hayes about how to emotionally calibrate our response to this dizzying AI moment. Hayes describes why AI gives him “The Bad Feeling,” and how it ... more
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EDIT: I left the review below some months ago. I’ve revisited the show in recent weeks and have completely changed my mind! I really enjoy it now and thank you for interesting conversations. ********OLD REVIEW: I thought the premise of this show sounded interesting and I wanted to hear more. But the organization and actual narrative were really lacking. I couldn’t figure out where the host’s questions were trying to go and the number of “likes” and “ums” were extremely distracting. It came off... more
Unfortunately, it’s not good. With more experience, I’m sure Charlie will improve as a host. After listening to several episodes, I’m giving up on it for now.
The amount of moral outrage on this podcast tires me out. Sincerely, a center left Democrat.
I’m not into politics. I personally hate it and over my life I have watched politicians from every party use issues in order to get people on board because if they really tell them what they want to do, they know the simple people would not vote for them. While this podcast is informative, and some of it is spot on, it’s very weighted politically. I would be willing to listen to anybody today who would post a podcast that had balance that said what political leaders have done right what they’r... more
If you want to understand why everything feels terrible online, Charlie will explain it for you.
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Recent guests on Galaxy Brain include:
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2. Chris Hayes
3. Kaitlyn Tiffany
4. Max Spero
5. Ed Elson
6. Josh Owens
7. Tiffany Hsu
8. Melissa Nightingale
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