Wondery CEO Hernan Lopez wants to make the Marvel of podcasts

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Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Wondery CEO Hernan Lopez, whose company specializes in long-form, narrative podcasts like “Dirty John”, talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka about the state of the podcast industry and how his business has weathered the pandemic. He also discusses the impact of recent federal wire fraud and money laundering charges related to his last job, as a Fox TV executive. Later, The Ringer’s Alyssa Bereznak, swings by to discuss her new podcast Boom/Bust, which details the rise and fall (and rise again?) of the hit mobile game HQ Trivia. Featuring: Hernan Lopez (@WonderyMedia), CEO of Wondery Media Alyssa Bereznak (@alyssabereznak), tech and culture writer for The Ringer, host of Boom/Bust Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:38.1	That is me speaking to you from my house as I've been doing since early March.
1:43.7	And it turns out I'll be doing that for some time, maybe through the end of the year, maybe into 2021. It's just sort of starting to sink in that work from home is pretty permanent, or at least semi-permanent. Anyway, I hope you're all well. I hope you're safe. Thank you for listening. Thank you for writing. Thank you for tweeting.
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2:04.1	Two podcasts for you today, two interviews.
2:06.6	First is an interview with CEO of Wondery, Hernan Lopez.
2:10.8	Wondery is a podcast company you may have heard about.
2:13.0	They do quite well with true crime podcasts, another long-form narrative pieces,
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