People vs Algorithms · Sep 25, 2026 · 1:20:00
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Brian and Troy dig into Muse, Meta’s push to make AI assistants mainstream, and why the next big platform battle is over the interface itself. They also look at what this shift means for publishers, commerce and media companies that increasingly risk becoming commodity suppliers to someone else’s agent. Later, Breaker's Lachlan Cartwright joins to sell $60 hats and talk CNN, CBS News, Puck, RedBird and what consolidation looks like when the old media business is being forced to adapt to a very different distribution system.
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Chapters:
* 01:24 Boston Globe Viral Win
* 05:01 Field Notes Media Lab Build
* 09:28 Muse and Agentic Future
* 29:20 People Become Data Providers
* 45:05 Go Big Media Merger
* 51:42 Redbird Buys Puck
* 01:10:39 Good Product
* 01:19:09 Credits
Episodes: People vs Algorithms