Big Technology Podcast
Hosted by Alex Kantrowitz · 18 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
Episodes 18
- Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 2mAI hype meets software’s slower, messier realityThe episode tests whether AI is truly transforming companies and markets or merely encouraging expectations that outrun technological change.
- Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 0mAI needs independent standards for high-stakes answersAs chatbots become news sources, tutors, political explainers, and emotional companions, their errors and incentives could shape decisions once guided by trusted institutions.
- Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 7mBig Tech hides the scale of its leveraged AI betThe episode connects opaque infrastructure financing, uncertain AI demand, and a widening competitive gap between Anthropic and OpenAI.
- Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 3mBostrom makes AI extinction risks harder to dismissAs AI systems become more autonomous, familiar thought experiments are colliding with practical concerns about misuse, control, biology, and machine welfare.
- Aug 14, 2026 · 54 minGLP-1 drugs could rewrite the economics of eatingThe medications promise major health benefits while raising unresolved questions about access, dependence, mental health, children, and industries built on consumption.
- Aug 8, 2026 · 58 minGoogle bets on world models as Apple and Microsoft face AI pressuresThe episode connects Google’s strategic choices with the financial and operational costs AI is imposing across the technology industry.