
Source Code
Welcome to Source Code, Protocol's show about the people, power and politics of tech. Twice a week, we talk to the most important people, and about the most important stories, happening all over the world of tech.
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Crypto took over Davos. Now what?
This week, we dive into tech layoffs: which companie...
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May 29 2022 45m
Should startups be scared?
This week, we break down why Elon Musk is tweeting a...
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May 22 2022 41m
Crypto’s big crash and Zuckerberg’s big bet
This week, we're diving into the crypto crash. What ...
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May 15 2022 43m
The dangers of data in a post-Roe world
This week, we’re talking the tech implications of th...
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May 8 2022 45m
So you want to open-source an algorithm
The Biden Administration set an ambitious climate go...
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May 1 2022 39m
Is Elon Musk serious?
Same Source Code podcast, new sound. This week, Prot...
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Apr 24 2022 39m
Spotify's betting big on being more than a music service
Spotify doesn't want to just build a better way to l...
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Mar 30 2022 44m
Live: What "The Great Resignation" really means
Bringing you a recent Protocol Live, "Recruiting and...
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Mar 26 2022 47m
The ins and outs of whistleblowing
Frances Haugen. Susan Fowler. Edward Snowden. Erika ...
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Mar 23 2022 44m
What tech can — and can't — do to fix climate change
Protocol Climate launched this week, so we sat down ...
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Mar 19 2022 25m
Anonymity and the fight for the future of the internet
Jeff Kosseff’s last book turned out to be pretty pre...
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Mar 16 2022 44m
The future of 230, the end of PowerPoint, and the fight over military tech
Ben Brody joins the show to discuss the state of the...
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Mar 12 2022 47m
The Mac is back, and other notes from Apple's spring event
Apple’s latest launch event turned into something of...
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Mar 9 2022 39m
How tech responded to Russia — and what happens next
Issie Lapowsky joins the show to discuss how Meta, T...
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Mar 5 2022 53m
Can Glass build a better Instagram?
Social networks don’t feel so … social anymore. Inst...
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Mar 2 2022 42m
Protocol Live: how to build the metaverse
Today we’re bringing you another Protocol Live, this...
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Feb 26 2022 55m
How VR could change the way we hang out – and fall in love
Online dating hasn’t been novel for a few years now....
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Feb 24 2022 41m
Metamates, Peloton, and the metaverse real estate boom
Issie Lapowsky joins the show to talk about Nick Cle...
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Feb 19 2022 47m
White Teslas and WedTok: the future is coming for weddings everywhere
After two years of pandemic-induced cancellations, p...
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Feb 16 2022 40m
The all-highlights, gambling-friendly future of sports TV
It's Super Bowl weekend! And the Olympics! It's a bi...
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Feb 12 2022 41m
TikTok’s favorite matchmaker on dating in a digital age
You may know Maria Avgitidis as “Matchmaker Maria,” ...
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Feb 9 2022 30m
Spotify’s Joe Rogan problem, Sony buys Bungie, and Amazon’s union fight
First, a quick update on tech’s earnings. Then, Issi...
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Feb 5 2022 48m
Hinge’s CEO wants you out of his app and back into the real world
Even during a pandemic-fueled period of lockdown and...
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Feb 2 2022 41m
Crypto winter, Netflix games, and robot writers
Ben Pimentel explains why crypto prices are falling,...
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Jan 29 2022 52m
How to be yourself in the metaverse
Who will you be in the metaverse? It’s both a surpri...
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Jan 26 2022 39m