Planet YouTube

Land of the Giants

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Society & Culture, Business

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

When Google bought YouTube, it went from being a company that helps users search the Internet, to a company that shapes the Internet itself. With 2 billion users, YouTube generates its own gravitational pull on society and culture worldwide. And as an open platform that allows anyone to upload videos, it's a force that even Google can't quite control. Hosts: Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) and Alex Kantrowitz (@kantrowitz) Guest co-host: Peter Kafka (@peterkafka) Enjoyed this episode? Rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Want to get in touch? Tweet @recode. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear next week's episode by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast comes from Slack.
0:04.0	You have to get your work done. But what if you and your team could do it better?
0:08.0	Slack is a productivity platform that connects all your team members together instantly.
0:13.0	It's built to help your team with a host of features like huddles for quick check-ins
0:17.0	and clips for recording and sharing video.
0:19.0	Slack also makes it easy to search and find the right information you need.
0:23.0	You can even integrate the apps you use in your normal workflow,
0:26.0	like your calendar or product management tools.
0:29.0	So you stay focused on the work that matters and get more done.
0:32.0	Learn more at slack.com slash productivity.
0:35.0	Google's mission may be to organize the world's information.
0:39.0	But it doesn't stop there. Google also shapes the world's information.
0:43.0	A lot of the stuff we find online wouldn't exist without Google.
0:47.0	And there is no better story of that dynamic of Google's hand in what we experience online than the story of YouTube.
0:53.0	To tell this story, I want to bring in my colleague Peter Kafka, senior correspondent at Recode.
0:58.0	Hey Peter.
0:59.0	Hey Shrin.
1:00.0	Some listeners recognize you.
1:01.0	I'm sure because you co-hosted the second season of Land of the Giants, the Netflix Effect.
1:06.0	And you're an expert at the intersection between tech and media.
1:09.0	You've been reporting on this since I don't even know when.
1:12.0	Shrin, if you want to say I'm old and you want to bully me live on a podcast, that's fine.
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