People vs Algorithms

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Gen Z Don't Like The Way You Are Making Content
Scanners! AI as distribution shift. Stop comparing. Goodbye Linda.
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
, and 
AB
The AI Head Fake
AI is being used as a convenient scapegoat for broader structural declines.
 • 
Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
, and 
Alex Schleifer
58:41
The End of Advertising
This week, we talk about the collapse of traditional advertising, the rise of memetic political communicators like Zohran Mamdani, why words might not…
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
, and 
Alex Schleifer
1:00:49

June 2025

The Substack Conundrum
Substack’s raising a new round of capital as it gains more momentum as the platform of choice for independent content creators. But is it a good…
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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AB
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Alex Schleifer
54:47
AI Optimism in Cannes
Poolside at a Villa, Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel and Axios media correspondent Sara Fischer fill in for Troy and Alex.
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Brian Morrissey
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Troy Young
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Alex Schleifer
2
45:30
Rome is Burning, But My Phone Looks Like Water
Living with contrast. At least my phone looks cool. Defending Zaz. Media's toll fallacy.
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
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AB
1
Liquid Courage
This week, we unpack Apple’s splashy new design language, an ambitious refractive UI system that seems to value shimmer over readability.
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
, and 
AB
1:04:25
From Pageviews to Proximity
This week, Brian and AB discuss the shifting dynamics of media and marketing in a post-pageview world.
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Brian Morrissey
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AB
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Troy Young
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Alex Schleifer
47:26

May 2025

Understanding a Post-Search Google
Google goes on offense. Will AI humble the search and advertising monster? Summer memoirs and Mountainhead!
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
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AB
1
One-Trick Pony
This week, we break down the current state of the most important company in the history of the internet: Google.
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
, and 
AB
1:18:07
Everybody Needs a New Hook Up
OpenAI's aspirations reverberate through the Bay. Perfect pairs. We can talk!
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
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AB
From Pages to Protocols
The open web as we knew it is being dismantled.
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
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AB
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1:04:43
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