How YouTube transformed our world
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
YouTube turns 20 this year. The platform now hosts 20 billion videos, and lets basically anyone, anywhere on Earth, create, share and watch. How has YouTube changed us?
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| 0:22.4 | Boston University that explores |
| 0:24.3 | questions like, why is innovation |
| 0:26.3 | in health care so hard? Is |
| 0:28.4 | ESG just greenwashing? |
| 0:30.4 | And of course, is business broken? |
| 0:33.1 | Listen, wherever you get your |
| 0:34.4 | podcasts. |
| 0:37.0 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:45.9 | Hey guys, welcome back to my channel. |
| 0:49.9 | I was told by my producers I needed to do that. |
| 0:53.6 | And so I just did. |
| 0:55.4 | But in truth, I'm Magna Chakra Bardi. |
| 0:57.0 | And this is on point. |
| 0:58.2 | Hey, y'all. It's Michaela. Welcome back to my YouTube channel. What's up, guys? Welcome back to the channel. Hey, guys. Hi, guys. Hey, everyone. Hello, everybody. Hey, guys. Welcome back. Welcome back. |
| 1:07.7 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:08.3 | YouTube. |
| 1:09.1 | It turns 20 this year. |
| 1:11.2 | And the platform now hosts more than 20 billion. Welcome back. Oh, yeah. YouTube. It turns 20 this year. |
| 1:11.6 | And the platform now hosts more than 20 billion with a B videos. |
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