If Netflix can't make live work, can anyone?

The Vergecast

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4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Richard Lawler joins the show to chat about the Tyson / Paul fight, and more importantly the fact that Netflix didn't seem to be able to keep up. As live sports — and TV in general — move toward streaming, are even the biggest names in tech ready for what's coming? After that, Roland Allen, the author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper, tells us about the history of the notebook, and why we've been writing things down about our lives for centuries. Even in a digital world, Allen argues, you just can't beat the notebook. Finally, a question from the Vergecast Hotline sends producer Will Poor down a TikTok Shop rabbit hole. Further reading: Netflix served the Tyson vs. Paul fight to 60 million households NFL fans worry Netflix’s bad Tyson vs. Paul stream means it can’t handle football Netflix adds Beyoncé to live entertainment juggernaut Netflix snagged global streaming rights for NFL Christmas Day games Roland Allen’s website The Notebook: a History of Thinking on Paper Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of the Bullet Journal method.
0:07.0	I'm your friend David Pierce, and I am sitting here on a weekday buying candy on TikTok.
0:14.0	Like, I don't know how this happened, but suddenly my algorithm is just absolutely overrun by freeze-dried skittles, which are a thing you can buy.
0:23.8	And there's like a sour-coated gushers thing that everybody's really excited about.
0:29.0	But the biggest thing that's happening all over TikTok is Swedish candy.
0:33.4	There are these things called bubs.
0:34.8	They're little like skulls that are massively popular.
0:39.2	People are so excited about them.
0:40.5	They sell out like crazy.
0:42.0	There's this company called Bon Bon that has absolutely blown up on TikTok.
0:46.9	There's something happening inside of Candy Talk.
0:49.9	And I can't figure out what it is.
0:51.4	I can't figure out how it works.
0:52.8	Where all these companies and people are getting this candy from and repackaging it and selling it to people.
0:58.1	But I'm now deep down this rabbit hole.
1:00.1	I bought candy on a TikTok live stream last night while I was walking my dog.
1:05.0	It's a real thing that happened.
1:06.0	And I bought it on the stream.
1:07.5	And the guy was like, oh, David, thanks for your order. I'm going to give you
1:11.0	extra sour powder because you ordered on the live stream. And I was like really excited for a
1:16.5	long time that this was a thing that had happened to me. It's coming in two to four days, apparently.
1:22.3	Is it anything? Is it food? Did I order it from an actual company? I literally have no idea.
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