My guest today is Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor and entrepreneur. When it comes to the future, he's the single most creative person I know because he's so technical, innovative, and polymathic. Talking to him is an experience unlike talk
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant can tell you the weather, operate home appliances, and video chat family members. Alexa aims to be the centerpiece of the “smart home” connected to the Internet. It can lull us with the convenience, but what’s the
Australians might feel a sense of deja vu watching America's wildfires this week.The sun is obscured by smoke, lives and homes have been lost, and there's a rolling debate about the role of climate change.The debate is
Julian Assange is back in court, and the US seems more determined than ever to get its hands on the Wikileaks founder.It's been making the case for his extradition at a recently resumed hearing in a London court.He's ev
Under the cover of darkness, one night in June last year, an inflatable boat showed up in the capital of Malta, carrying 20 mercenaries, among them, two Australians.They were fleeing from a Libyan warlord, after a botche
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In 1999, Amazon opened one of its first warehouses in the small town of Coffeyville, Kansas. Fifteen years later, it closed. We visit Coffeyville to learn what Amazon can bring and what it can take away, and what lessons Coffeyville might have
The coronavirus pandemic is causing pain and suffering the world over, but then there are always those who never let a good crisis go to waste.Some are benefiting from COVID-19 for legitimate reasons: just think of companies that make video c
In recent years Amazon has quietly become one of the leaders in automation, reshaping its workforce of nearly 600,000 workers, and the way humans work with robots. We fear robots taking over the world, but do we understand just how we as consum
When Amazon became a publicly traded company in 1997, it was losing money. And it wouldn’t turn a profit for years. So how did it convince Wall Street to do something unprecedented: Turn a blind eye to profit? And how did that help Amazon beco
Small businesses and major brands alike rely on Amazon but are increasingly ambivalent about selling on the platform. The Amazon Marketplace is a battle royale of millions of sellers and declining profit margins. Meanwhile, Amazon is building i
In the final episode of our season on Amazon, NYU professor and “Pivot” podcast co-host Scott Galloway tells Jason Del Rey that Amazon needs to be broken up - and which parts of the company should be spun off first. They discuss Amazon’s ultima