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If All Else Fails, Cast a Nasty Spell on Google
On agility and learning to fly.
11 hrs ago
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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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If All Else Fails, Cast a Nasty Spell on Google
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Substack As A Unicorn
Anonymous Banker joins to unpack Substack's $100 million funding round that values the creator platform at $1.1 billion.
13 hrs ago
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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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Substack As A Unicorn
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1:06:53
Gen Z Don't Like The Way You Are Making Content
Scanners! AI as distribution shift. Stop comparing. Goodbye Linda.
Jul 11
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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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Gen Z Don't Like The Way You Are Making Content
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The AI Head Fake
AI is being used as a convenient scapegoat for broader structural declines.
Jul 11
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
, and
Alex Schleifer
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The AI Head Fake
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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…
Jul 4
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
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The End of Advertising
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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…
Jun 27
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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AB
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Alex Schleifer
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The Substack Conundrum
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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.
Jun 20
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Brian Morrissey
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Troy Young
, and
Alex Schleifer
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AI Optimism in Cannes
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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.
Jun 13
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
,
Alex Schleifer
, and
AB
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Rome is Burning, But My Phone Looks Like Water
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Liquid Courage
This week, we unpack Apple’s splashy new design language, an ambitious refractive UI system that seems to value shimmer over readability.
Jun 13
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Troy Young
,
Brian Morrissey
,
Alex Schleifer
, and
AB
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Liquid Courage
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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.
Jun 6
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Brian Morrissey
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AB
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Troy Young
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Alex Schleifer
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From Pageviews to Proximity
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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!
May 30
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Troy Young
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Brian Morrissey
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Alex Schleifer
, and
AB
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Understanding a Post-Search Google
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One-Trick Pony
This week, we break down the current state of the most important company in the history of the internet: Google.
May 30
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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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One-Trick Pony
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