Did the algorithm make you watch Tiger King?

Land of the Giants

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Technology, Business

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Netflix’s recommendation algorithm is supposed to find you TV and movies that you’ll like — and that will keep you paying for Netflix. But is Netflix really showing you stuff you want to watch, or just stuff that Netflix made? Hosts: Peter Kafka & Rani Molla This podcast is a production of Recode by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network. This episode was produced by Zach Mack, Bridget Armstrong. Our editor is Charlie Herman. Gautam Srikishan engineered and scored this episode. Nishat Kurwa is the Executive Producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A New York Presbyterian are data scientists and doctors are combining decades of medical
0:06.5	experience caring for diverse communities with the power of data science to one day get
0:12.0	ahead of a health issue before it becomes one.
0:15.2	Stay amazing, today and tomorrow, New York Presbyterian.
0:21.4	As we're working on this podcast, coronavirus has left most of us physically cut off from
0:25.2	work, family and friends.
0:27.2	But one thing we still have is television.
0:29.2	Where does your TV show air on the internet?
0:32.0	Worldwide.
0:33.0	I've been doing this 20 years and I've never even been bad.
0:36.8	Netflix released Tiger King in March when the pandemic kept many of us from going to
0:40.2	work or anywhere and it quickly became a cultural sensation.
0:44.6	Carol Baskin, Kilder Husband Wackdom, Venom to Tigers, they snack in.
0:51.2	When we started this podcast, it was still normal to go to an office or use public transit
0:55.2	or simply leave your house.
0:57.3	And while it seems like the world outside our homes is dangerous and chaotic, there's
1:00.2	a weird comfort and uniformity going on inside.
1:02.6	It seems like everyone we know is home, sitting on the couch and streaming Netflix.
1:12.3	Welcome to Land of the Giants, the Netflix Effect.
1:14.6	I'm Ronnie Mola.
1:15.6	And I'm Peter Kafka.
1:16.6	We're making the show at home because we have to.
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