Mixed Signals from Semafor Media
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Mixed Signals from Semafor Media

by Semafor Podcasts

Every Friday media reporter Max Tani and Semafor Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith pull back the curtain on the most important stories about media, revealing why you see and hear what you see and hear.Mixed Signals from Semafor Media is supported by Think with Google.

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1
The Twitch creators explaining the news to Gen Z
32:47 Mar 20, 2026
2
Introducing: The CEO Signal
0:33 Mar 19, 2026
3
Jeffrey Goldberg on "SignalGate," Trump's charm offensive, and why The Atlantic is winning
47:51 Mar 13, 2026
4
Hasan Piker on streaming all day, his relationship with Zohran Mamdani, and the lefty media machine
46:35 Mar 6, 2026
5
Introducing: Compound Interest from Semafor Business
1:14 Mar 3, 2026
6
Deborah Turness on bias, the BBC, and the future of public media
35:59 Feb 27, 2026
7
Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer on turning foreign policy into a podcast
48:01 Feb 20, 2026
8
Rolling Stone scion on investing in ‘Track Star’ and the anti-algorithmic future of music media
1:00:19 Feb 13, 2026
9
Marketing pro Tariq Hassan on how McDonald’s embraced its Donald Trump drive-thru moment
53:36 Feb 6, 2026
10
Heated Rivalry & 'Big C' Canadian Content, with Bell's Sean Cohan
53:20 Jan 30, 2026
11
Freakonomics’ Stephen Dubner on why long-form podcasting isn't dead yet
52:47 Jan 23, 2026
12
Undersecretary Sarah Rogers on free speech, Europe’s tech crackdown, and the internet she misses
52:42 Jan 16, 2026
13
Justin Smith and Ben Smith on Semafor's next chapter
39:45 Jan 15, 2026
14
Ryan Lizza on Olivia Nuzzi, RFK Jr, and the Substack-ification of a scandal
54:56 Jan 9, 2026
15
Kevin O’Leary on playing the villain and turning attention into power
44:41 Jan 2, 2026
16
TikTok Stars on the Politicians Begging Them for Exposure
38:26 Dec 30, 2025
17
What actually mattered in 2025, with Janice Min and Emily Sundberg
35:06 Dec 26, 2025
18
Instagram's Adam Mosseri on algorithms, AI slop, and how to beat TikTok
44:39 Dec 19, 2025
19
Andy Richter on Late Night’s decline, “Dancing With the Stars,” and new media
42:16 Dec 12, 2025
20
David Remnick on 100 years of the New Yorker, Netflix stardom, and why Trump was late to meet him
44:03 Dec 5, 2025
21
Trump’s war on public media, with PBS CEO Paula Kerger
35:34 Nov 28, 2025
22
Can the Supreme Court keep its secrets? With Jodi Kantor of the New York Times
39:38 Nov 21, 2025
23
Derek Thompson on why everything is becoming television, and whether democracy can survive it
51:01 Nov 14, 2025
24
GQ Editor Will Welch on masculinity, celebrities, and staying cool as he ages
44:26 Nov 7, 2025
25
Ken Burns on the future of PBS, the new age of media, and why documentaries will outlast TikTok
44:03 Oct 31, 2025
26
The inside story of Sydney Sweeney's 'Great Jeans' — and why American Eagle ignored crisis comms
42:26 Oct 24, 2025
27
Governor JB Pritzker on Chicago, ICE, and the information war with Trump’s White House
49:03 Oct 17, 2025
28
Alison Roman on cookbooks, food influencers, and the surprising way AI is changing her recipes
49:28 Oct 10, 2025
29
Blackbird Spyplane’s Jonah Weiner on Substack, resisting selling out, and Obama’s pants legacy
49:05 Oct 3, 2025
30
Can MS survive without NBC? Inside CEO Mark Lazarus’ efforts to save cable’s great brands
54:55 Sep 26, 2025
31
Malcolm Gladwell’s theories on podcasting, America, and Joe Rogan
54:02 Sep 19, 2025
32
How AI is reshaping media, with Google’s VP of marketing, Josh Spanier
37:43 Sep 12, 2025
33
How to be elite in the age of populism, with the FT’s Roula Khalaf
43:35 Sep 5, 2025
34
How media drove America crazy, with Thomas Chatterton Williams
46:10 Aug 29, 2025
35
Don Lemon on Elon Musk, Chris Cuomo, and why YouTube is better than CNN
39:54 Aug 22, 2025
36
Mark Cuban on AI in politics, running for president (or not), and why he hates the media business
46:50 Aug 15, 2025
37
Pablo Torre on ESPN, investigating LeBron, and becoming the New York Times' first 'creator'
1:03:36 Aug 8, 2025
38
Emily Maitlis on Epstein, Prince Andrew, and why American journalists can’t do interviews
52:25 Aug 1, 2025
39
Scott Galloway on money, marketing, and masculinity
44:01 Jul 25, 2025
40
Director Ari Aster on ‘the movie that Twitter wrote’
45:43 Jul 18, 2025
41
Why YouTube’s favorite doctor won’t stop talking about politics
44:55 Jul 11, 2025
42
The secret to Zohran Mamdani’s winning media strategy is simpler than you think
47:17 Jul 3, 2025
43
Steve Inskeep on NPR cuts, Iran, and radio’s place in the podcast era
43:22 Jun 27, 2025
44
Is journalism bad for The New York Times’ business? with CEO Meredith Kopit Levien
43:53 Jun 20, 2025
45
Professional optimist Cleo Abram on tech’s bright future
45:24 Jun 13, 2025
46
The Great Rebundling — With Peter Kafka and Brian Morrissey
27:51 Jun 12, 2025
47
Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons on how food ate media
38:18 Jun 6, 2025
48
Adam Friedland on comedy, TV, and whether he’s the Joe Rogan of the left
34:15 May 30, 2025
49
Christiane Amanpour and Jamie Rubin on explaining the world — and podcasting with your ex
39:48 May 23, 2025
50
'Substack isn’t cool,' gatekeepers are, and other strong opinions from tastemaker Chris Black
54:03 May 16, 2025
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