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  • (BNS) Susan Lyne Part 2

    (BNS) Susan Lyne Part 2
    Nov 28 2025
    We're back again with Susan Lyne, to talk about running Martha Stewart's company when Martha went to prison, her startup career with Gilt Groupe, and her investing career with BBG Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 m
  • (BNS) Susan Lyne Part 1

    (BNS) Susan Lyne Part 1
    Nov 27 2025
    I’ve maybe never interviewed anyone in my entire time as a historian and podcaster who has had a career as broad and varied as Susan Lyne. Yes, I obviously wanted to talk to Susan about her role helping startup Gilt Group, and her current role as the managing partner of the VC firm BBG Ventures. But, holy how. Susan also launched and oversaw the golden era of Premiere Magazine. She was the CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia when Martha had to step away to, you know, go to prison. And she was the President of ABC Entertainment. She oversaw the development of shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Lost. So, like, yeah. We needed to do two episodes. So this is part one, with the great, Susan Lyne. Chapters 00:00 From Boston to Berkeley: A Transformative Journey 08:00 The Rise of Alternative Media: Village Voice Era 16:06 Hollywood Calling: The IPC Films Experience 23:12 Launching Premier Magazine: Inside Hollywood 36:14 Navigating the ABC Landscape: A New Era 40:28 Developing Grey's Anatomy And Lost Takeaways Susan's upbringing in Boston shaped her perspective on expectations and identity. Her time at UC Berkeley was transformative, exposing her to diverse ideas. Freelancing in journalism helped her develop a passion for storytelling. Working at City Magazine under Francis Ford Coppola was a unique experience. The Village Voice was a golden era for alternative media in New York. Susan's transition to Hollywood was driven by her love for storytelling. Premier Magazine aimed to provide in-depth insights into the film industry. At ABC, she focused on creating shows that appealed to women. Susan learned the importance of having a supportive partner in leadership. Her experience at ABC taught her valuable lessons about resilience and change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 m
  • Polymarket Is Street Legal

    Polymarket Is Street Legal
    Nov 26 2025
    Trump has a plan to boost AI innovation. Polymarket is now street legal in the US. Google thinks it needs to double AI capacity every 6 months. Is Starlink about to face its first serious competition. And for reasons I’ll explain, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Trump aims to boost AI innovation, build platform to harness government data (Reuters) Polymarket Secures CFTC Approval for Regulated U.S. Return (CoinDesk) In Las Vegas, Kalshi Is King (The Information) Google must double AI serving capacity every 6 months to meet demand, AI infrastructure boss tells employees (CNBC) Amazon’s Starlink competitor is launching with ‘world’s fastest satellite internet antenna’ (The Verge) RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Kicking Robots (Harper's Magazine) The Pentagon Can’t Trust GPS Anymore. Is Quantum Physics the Answer? (WSJ) I’m officially done with YouTube Kids (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 m
  • Is OpenAI In Trouble?

    Is OpenAI In Trouble?
    Nov 25 2025
    Now Anthropic says it’s leapfrogged OpenAI with its new model and is the AI horserace in play? OpenAI is still focusing on things like shopping. Nvidia answers a question people weren’t asking. And is Google soaring because they also might be able to go after Nvidia’s chip throne? Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model (Ars Technica) ChatGPT's new shopping research tool is fast, fun, and free - but can it out-shop me? (ZDNet) Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo (The Verge) Google Further Encroaches on Nvidia’s Turf With New AI Chip Push (The Information) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 m
  • Where Does That X Account Live?

    Where Does That X Account Live?
    Nov 24 2025
    What sort of a world do we live in if you can’t be sure where an X account comes from? Google isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to antitrust. Insurers still don’t want to touch AI. Let me tell you about “AI grooming.” And we might be running out of capacity for specific types of chips. X’s messy About This Account rollout has caused utter chaos (The Verge) What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality (NYTimes) The Fate of Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly Is Now in a Judge’s Hands (NYTimes) Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts (Financial Times) Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda (The Guardian) AI boom is fueling a memory chip shortage that could hit cars and phones (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 m
  • The iOS Walls Are Crumbling In The Garden

    The iOS Walls Are Crumbling In The Garden
    Nov 21 2025
    Google phone users can now work with Airdrop on the iPhone cause Google cleverly found a way. Google might have jumped ahead in the AI race and Sam Altman knows it. I’ve heard of quantum computing, but a quantum internet? The Weekend Longreads suggestions, and at the end, a long rant about my latest AI experiments. Google cracked Apple’s AirDrop and is adding it to Pixel phones (The Verge) Altman Memo Forecasts ‘Rough Vibes’ Due to Resurgent Google (The Information) Source: Kalshi’s valuation jumps to $11B after raising massive $1B round (TechCrunch) Americans' Social Media Use 2025 (Pew Research Center) IBM, Cisco outline plans for networks of quantum computers by early 2030s (Reuters) IBM, Cisco to collaborate on ‘internet’ of quantum computers (Silicon Republic) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Google’s new AI image creator took my shirt off (The Verge) Google’s Nano Banana Pro generates excellent conspiracy fuel (The Verge) The new silicon valley (literally) (The Verge) How America’s Hottest Chicken Chain Keeps Its Secret Sauce a Secret (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 m
  • Who Gets To Regulate AI?

    Who Gets To Regulate AI?
    Nov 20 2025
    Are we about to have a battle over who gets to regulate AI? Now there’s Nano Banana Pro. The creator ecosystem is exploding for advertisers. Battlefield did exactly what EA needed it to do. And I’m telling you, the consumer robots for your home… they’re actually starting to arrive. Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws (The Verge) Google rolling out Gemini 3-powered ‘Nano Banana Pro’ image gen, editing (9to5Google) Ad Spend in the Creator Economy Expected to Hit $37 Billion in 2025 (The Wrap) Nintendo and ‘Battlefield 6’ Pushed US Game Sales Up in October (Bloomberg) This Home Robot Clears Tables and Loads the Dishwasher All by Itself (Wired) Bo Jackson AI Experiment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 m
  • Gemini 3, And Meta Beats The Government

    Gemini 3, And Meta Beats The Government
    Nov 19 2025
    Tons of things today. Google’s new Gemini 3 model. Signs the “second tier” of AI startups is starting to get product market fit. The EU has announced that watering down of GDPR that was rumored. And will Meta’s big win against the government mean mergers and acquisitions are back on the tech menu? Google is launching Gemini 3, its ‘most intelligent’ AI model yet (The Verge) AI Music Platform Suno Valued at $2.45 Billion (WSJ) TikTok will let you choose how much AI-generated content you want to see (TechCrunch) Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws (The Verge) Meta Did Not Violate Antitrust Law, Judge Rules (NYTimes) Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 m