We are all cooped up right now, which means we're looking for ways to pass the time, stay occupied,

stay entertained and informed, and that's causing a huge increase in screen time.

Streaming services like Netflix and Hulu are seeing big increases in usage.

Disney Plus and Instagram and others as well.

But the biggest online video platform of them all is YouTube.

So as this pandemic worsened in March, I asked for an interview with YouTube CEO,

Susan Wajiskey, and this week I had a chance to speak with her.

So here's a bonus edition of the Reliable Sources Podcast. Let's cue the music.

You know we use this weekly podcast as our chance to go in depth with media leaders and newsmakers.

And Susan Wojisciki is definitely one of those. She's been the CEO of YouTube since 2014. Her role has only become more and more important over the years

as YouTube has tried to tackle crises involving misinformation, harassment, and other issues on the platform.

Almost all of us to use YouTube.

Almost all of us are affected by YouTube.

So her role is vital.

This happens to be Wajevsky's first interview since the pandemic has really taken over

everything, taken over the hospitals, taken over our minds,

taken over the United States and many countries around the world.

So I connected with her from her home in California to my apartment here in New York City.

We're going to show some of this interview on television on reliable sources on Sunday,

but I wanted to hear the entire conversation about YouTube's response to the pandemic,

what's changed at YouTube in the past month or so, and also about some of the other priorities

for Wojiskey and the YouTube leadership.

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