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Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
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Adam Conover is a familiar face to anyone who’s spent time on the internet. He got his start at CollegeHumor back in the day, before transitioning into cable TV with Adam Ruins Everything, then onto Netflix, and all the way back to YouTube again, where he posts videos and hosts a podcast.
That is exactly the kind of career path that fascinates me, and it also happens to touch on basically every major Decoder theme there is.
Read the full interview transcript on The Verge.
Links:
YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube | The Verge
Adam Conover regrets shilling Sam Altman’s World | The Verge
Elon Musk is an idiot | Adam Conover
How HBO’s creatives survived corporate chaos | Decoder
YouTube’s Neal Mohan on the future for creators | Decoder (2021)
Banning Trump was the right decision, says Instagram’s Mosseri | Decoder (2021)
Ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith | Decoder
Hank Green will gladly take billionaires’ money for education | Decoder
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Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Decoder’s producers are Greg Ott, Kate Cox, and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Xander Adams. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane.
The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.
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