The Axe Files presents Offline with Jon Favreau

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This week we’re sharing a conversation between Jon Favreau, host of Offline, a podcast from Crooked Media, and Ev Williams, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter. The two discuss Twitter’s early years, including the design decisions behind some of the app’s most important features. They dive into the promise of Twitter and attempt to make sense of what’s changed. Ev also talks about Twitter’s newest board member and largest shareholder, Elon Musk, and if Donald Trump should be allowed back on. Please note this conversation was recorded prior to Musk’s attempt to purchase Twitter.

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0:00.0	Hey, Axviles listeners, we hope you've enjoyed the podcast we've shared with you the last
0:12.5	couple of weeks, and we have one final favorite for you this week, a podcast from my friends
0:17.4	at Cricket Media, called Offline.
0:20.7	Hosted by the great job Savro Offline is a different kind of Sunday show.
0:25.5	It's a chance to step away from the news cycle to hear conversations about all the ways
0:29.5	are extremely online existence, shaping everything from politics and culture to the ways we
0:34.9	live work and interact with one another.
0:37.7	In this episode, John talks to Ev Williams co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, the two
0:42.9	discussed Twitter's early years, including the design decisions behind some of the
0:47.2	absent most important features.
0:49.6	Ev also shares his thoughts on whether Trump should be allowed back on the platform, and
0:53.8	he talks about Twitter's newest board member and larger shareholder, Elon Musk.
0:58.7	I should note this was recorded prior to Musk's attempt to purchase Twitter.
1:03.3	I hope you enjoy the conversation.
1:05.4	If you do, be sure to check out other episodes of Offline with John Savro, wherever you get
1:10.6	your podcasts, and we'll be back with a new episode of the Axviles next week.
1:21.1	What was your reaction to Elon becoming not only a passive investor, but now a seemingly
1:25.3	very active investor who's on the board?
1:29.0	I think it's interesting.
1:30.9	I'm very impressed with what Elon has done in the world and his approach to PR and tweeting
1:37.9	and everything else.
1:38.9	He's fascinating.
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