Decoder from The Verge (2021)
episodes produced by Xander below
Decoder is a weekly tech interview show from The Verge. The show focuses on content moderation, privacy, cars (lol), and how people in control of the future make decisions.
As associate producer, I created extensive research documents and preliminary question list for the host per guest per episode, provided edits of the episode, and created social media content. I produced thirty-three episodes of the weekly show in 2021.
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This was a special crossover episode with Vulture’s Switched on Pop. We interviewed Charlie Harding, co-host of the podcast Switched on Pop a podcast about the state of the music industry and copyright las. The conversation is framed around Olivia Rodrigo's debut album Sour and why she keeps handing out songwriting credits months after the album was released.
We learned every good song you’ve heard in the past 50 years is vulnerable to interpolation lawsuits because music is and always has been communal.
Dave Limp is the senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon – the guy in charge of Alexa. Dave’s group at Amazon also includes the Kindle e-reader, the Ring and Blink security camera systems, the Eero wifi router, and a host of other products that connect to Amazon services.
We learned that the success of the “Amazon Dog” is more about making beta products profitable than anything Amazon claims the device may do.
Since becoming CEO a few years ago, Anjali Sud has changed the nature of Vimeo’s business from indie entertainment streaming platform to a SaaS company offering tools for content creators. And it seems to be working looking at Vimeo’s successful IAC spin-off last year.
We learned that you cannot post even vaguley similar content across the many social media accounts you need to sell or distribute anything. And you’re gonna need AI to do it unless you have a ton of money.