Channels with Peter Kafka

How social media works - and doesn’t — during the pandemic


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Stratechery’s Ben Thompson, Lightshed’s Rich Greenfield, and Crisis Text Line’s Bob Filbin join Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Thompson talks about the pros and cons of social media in a crisis - and what it’s like to live in Taiwan, where he’s based; Greenfield discusses Hollywood’s move to let us watch new movies at home instead of theaters; and Libin explains what we can do to help people in crisis.


Featuring: Ben Thompson (@benthompson), founder of Stratechery

Rich Greenfield (@RichLightShed), analyst and partner at Lightshed

Bob Filbin (@bobfilbin), Chief Data Scientist at Crisis Text Line

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape.

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