The Prof G Pod

The Leaked Kremlin Slide Deck for Ending the War

Everything in Russia is a vertical of power leading up to Putin... Putin is scared of his own society. He's scared of that mobilization. In Ukraine, people had to step up because the state was... didn't have the capacity... and yet Ukraine keeps going. Yes, with support, because it's crowdsourced. It's networked. There's flattened hierarchies.

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble

the core idea is that no single company — or individual billionaire — can amass too much power and control over our social networks and the conversations that happen on them.

The a16z Show

Alex Blania on Proof of Human and Building World's Identity Network

World is building the largest real human network, a proof-of-human layer for the AI era.

Semafor

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the NFL's Streaming Push, Iran Coverage, and Media M&A

In the media space, I would say the biggest northstar that we have is we're trying to effectively constrain the power of the large national programmers while empowering local TV stations.