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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew

Episodes

Total: 187

A Beginner’s Guide to ChatGPT: How It Works, Why Tech Twitter is Euphoric, and What the Next Challenges Look Like
2022/12/5

To email the show: [email protected] AI Homework — Stratechery ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Mod

Apple's Exposure in a Musk War, Alexa: Find 10 Billion Dollars, YouTube’s Rev Share Model, The Next Great Tech Movie
2022/12/1

To email the show: [email protected] Musk vs. Apple; Advertising, App Store Review, and 30%; Goo

The Cult of Iger and the Future at Disney and ESPN
2022/11/28

To email the show: [email protected] Bob Iger Back at Disney; Chapek’s Tactics, Iger’s Strategy;

Mailbag: A Premature Twitter Eulogy, Netflix in Theaters, Buy or Sell: Strategy Consultants, The Six People You Meet in a Group Chat
2022/11/21

To email the show: [email protected] Horrified Twitter onlookers see 2 scenarios: The lights goi

A Closer Look at Opendoor and Cloudflare and Responses to Your FTX Emails
2022/11/17

To email the show: [email protected] An Interview with Opendoor CEO Eric Wu About Building a Mar

Making Sense of the FTX Catastrophe and a Reality Check on Twitter Under Musk
2022/11/14

To email the show: [email protected] Narratives — Stratechery Tulips, Myths, and Cryptocurrenci

A Beginner's Guide to Spotify and Emails on Antitrust and Algorithms
2022/11/10

To email the show: [email protected] Spotify Earnings, Spotify Exclusives, Spotify vs. Apple — S

The First Week of New Twitter and Apple/Netflix/Taiwan Follow-Up
2022/11/3

To email the show: [email protected] Musk’s Twitter Blue; A Twitter Subscription, Revisited; App

Mailbag: How to Read an Earnings Report, TikTok's ATT Challenges, The Net Impact of Social Media, Lessons of a Young Tech Employee
2022/10/31

To email the show: [email protected] Announcing Sharp China With Sinocism’s Bill Bishop — Strate

Google/Facebook/Snap Earnings and Another Dimension of Automation
2022/10/27

To email the show: [email protected] Snap Earnings, What Spiegel Wouldn’t Say, Snap’s Direct Sal

Good News for Netflix Believers and the Latest TikTok Reporting
2022/10/24

To email the show: [email protected] Netflix Earnings, Netflix Doubles Down, Netflix’s Ad Tier —

Mailbag: Chip Ban Follow Up, What About Tik Tok?, Validating AI Work Product, Coaches and GMs as CEOs
2022/10/20

To email the show: [email protected] The China Chip Ban; The Logic of the Ban; Chinese Retaliati

Questions, Concerns and Unknowns after the China Chip Ban
2022/10/18

To email the show: [email protected] Biden Administration Clamps Down on China’s Access to Chip

Mailbag: Metaverse Week Concludes, A Hater's Take on Virtual Reality, The Apple Question, Touring the Stratechery Travel Kit
2022/10/14

To email the show: [email protected] An Interview With Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft CE

New Metaverse Dreams and Old Metaverse Questions
2022/10/11

To email the show: [email protected] Meta Connect 2022 — Reality Labs Microsoft and the Metaver

Mailbag: Two Musk Questions, Streaming Follow Up, Ad-Supported Businesses, Interrogating Andrew on Tech
2022/10/7

To email the show: [email protected] Twitter lawsuit halted so Elon Musk can close deal by Oct.

Cable Temperature Check and a Bundle Experiment
2022/10/4

Cable Temperature Check and a Bundle Experiment Why it may make sense to sell Netflix, Apple TV, Pa

Mailbag: Apple Privacy Counterpoint, Covid and Content Moderation, Phoenix Suns Sale, Justice for Gamers
2022/9/29

User agency within Apple's ATT landscape, what Covid can teach us about the risks of regulating

Nvidia Backlash and the China Conundrum
2022/9/27

To email the show: [email protected] Nvidia in the Valley – Stratechery An Interview With Nvidi