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Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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“I have rarely read a judge who is so obviously angry at a tech company”

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0:00.0	Well, Casey, have you heard the exciting news this week?
0:03.4	Which news, Kevin?
0:04.4	The Golden Globes are adding a podcast category.
0:07.8	I did not hear that.
0:09.2	Yeah, that just came out.
0:10.3	So yet another award, we're not going to win.
0:13.3	Well, I don't know about that, because if I know one thing about the Golden Globes,
0:16.6	it's that until very recently, it seems like you could just bribe them directly to win.
0:23.3	I don't know if that's still true, but we should look into it.
0:25.2	Yeah, what does it cost to win a golden glove these days?
0:26.3	I don't know, a few hundred dollars.
0:28.1	Checks in the mail.
0:30.5	Wait, unless there are tariffs, topical.
0:35.7	Okay, now we're definitely not winning.
0:36.8	Now we're not winning?
0:38.4	Because I accuse them of corruption?
0:39.2	Yes.
0:39.9	Oh, listen.
0:41.9	We speak the truth on this podcast, okay?
0:44.0	I don't care what it costs me.
0:51.7	I'm Kevin Roos, a tech columnist at the New York Times.
0:53.3	I'm Casey Newton from Platformer. And this is hard for us.
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