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Casey Newton
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic
Openai
Platformer
AI Productivity Paradox
Meta
Section 230
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Social Media
Mental Health
Moltbook
Pentagon
Instagram
Youtube
Workslop
Openclaw
AI Agents
AI Journalism
Labor Economics
Privacy

Weekly audio updates at the intersection of tech and democracy. From Casey Newton.

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Three months ago, we began our podcast miniseries by asking how likely artificial intelligence is to take large numbers of jobs. Our first guest, Box CEO Aaron Levie, argued that mass disruption would be highly unlikely. And several subsequent guests... more

For our penultimate episode, I wanted to visit someone running a version of that experiment in a somewhat unexpected place: the media business. Dan Shipper runs a website that reviews new technology alongside a product lab that’s building it — and fo... more

And everything else I learned about productivity this year.

Read the newsletter here: www.platformer.news/karpathy-llm-wiki-journalism-productivity/

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Last week on the Platformer podcast, Replit's Amjad Masad predicted that within three years, we'll be using fewer apps and more agents — with the agents using apps on our behalf. For the fifth episode of our miniseries on productivity in the AI era, ... more

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Recent Guests

Jean-Denis Greze
Co-founder and CEO and mayor of Town
Town
Episode: Town's CEO on the self-organizing company
Amjad Masad
Co-founder and CEO of Replit
Replit
Episode: Replit's CEO: "You Don't Need to Code Anymore"
Chris Pedregal
Co-founder and CEO of Granola
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Episode: This AI notetaker won't sell surveillance to your boss
Ella Marqueanos
Reporter covering AI policy and industry developments
American AI media coverage (described as journalist)
Episode: A big week for AI denialism
Thomas Paul Mann
Co-founder and CEO of Raycast, maker of Glaze
Raycast
Episode: The case for making your own apps
David Pierce
Editor at Large at The Verge and co-host of The Vergecast and Version History
The Verge
Episode: He tried 200 to-do apps so you don't have to
Matt Garman
CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services
Episode: Why Amazon is hiring 11,000 junior employees
Eugenia Kuyda
Founder of Replika and Wabi
Replika, Wabi
Episode: Why this founder isn't hiring junior employees anymore
Tamara Yoshua
Chief Product Officer at Atlassian
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Host

Casey Newton
Host of Platformer (Platformer.News overlap); long-time tech and platform reporting.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 16 ratings
  • Say No To Valley Girl Vocal Fry

    Please get Ella Markianos communications training. If I have to listen to her valley girl vocal fry each episode, I’m going to lose my mind. Her content is fine but the delivery needs to improve. If we had to to take a shot each time she says “you know” or “like” we would be dead in the first 60 seconds.

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    Linstorie
    United States3 months ago
  • Happy this is a thing

    Couldn’t get enough hard fork, pleased to see that it forked.

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    Vince 262
    Canada3 months ago
  • Wait, there is a podcast?

    Platformer is great. I read Casey’s writing every week and always learn a lot. The only problem is there are so many other things to read so if I can save some time listening in the car to a podcast, that’s awesome. I just listened to the interview that was posted today and it’s excellent. Thanks!

    Apple Podcasts
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    Bythenessy
    United States4 months ago
  • Crucial tech news from an crucial source

    I’ve been reading platformer for a while, and when I heard they had a podcast version, I left at the chance to subscribe. Every single time I read their articles I learn something important. Highly recommend.

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    Paul John Rudoi
    United States5 months ago

Listeners Say

Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.

Seasoned hosts break down complex AI topics into practical takeaways.
Insightful, rigorous tech policy coverage with strong guest expertise.
Some listeners feel delivery could improve in live segments, but content quality remains high.
Fresh, policy-forward tech coverage with enterprise relevance.
Consistently high-quality interviews with industry leaders and researchers.

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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Replit's CEO: "You Don't Need to Code Anymore"
Q: Tell me about your journey from teaching people how to code to deciding that they shouldn't bother. What was the moment that you said this old way of doing things is over?
Masad describes a long trajectory from early coding education to building Replit, recognizing that advancements in AI and models like Claude and Opus make it possible to automate many aspects of programming, leading to a future where learning to code is less essential and agents can handle substantial portions of software creation.
This AI notetaker won't sell surveillance to your boss
Q: So, when you guys got started, what led you to the ideas that would become Granola?
We stumbled onto large language models before ChatGPT and soon realized these could reinvent how we work and think. We aimed to build a contextually aware workspace and discovered the strongest user appeal was freeing people from manual note-taking while giving them notes that felt like the user's own voice.
He tried 200 to-do apps so you don't have to
Q: What AI tools actually save you time at work today?
David argues that the best time savings come from tools that replace mundane workflows (like transcription and organization) and from maintaining a single source of truth. He cautions against over-reliance on autonomous agents for critical tasks and emphasizes staying hands-on with core research to preserve understanding.
The case for making your own apps
Q: Walk me through that line from there to making Glaze, because it sort of feels like you went from many tools to one to now infinite tools.
Thomas explained the evolution from a multi-tool lifestyle to a platform approach that enables users to build highly personalized apps, with Glaze acting as the end-to-end creator that surfaces UI-rich apps while leveraging AI to simplify deployment and sharing.
Claude Code creator Boris Cherny on the end of the software engineer
Q: Can you tell us the origin story of Claude Code and how it started?
Boris describes building Claude Code as a tiny terminal prototype, initially a curiosity, which rapidly gained traction inside Anthropic and then among customers, driven by a need to understand and leverage the API to ship a real product.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Platformer

What is Platformer about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This show centers on the intersection of technology, policy, and the future of work, with deep dives into AI tooling, enterprise software, platform governance, and how policy shapes tech adoption. Episodes frequently feature high-profile founders, C-suite tech leaders, economists, and researchers discussing AI, labor markets, data infrastructure, and the evolving role of software in business. A standout strength is its ability to translate complex tech and policy debates into practical implications for executives, engineers, and policymakers alike, often pairing hands-on product stories with macro-level analysis. Listeners likely care about real-world AI deployments, governance, and how digital tools reshape work, productivity, and democrac... more

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