The Pattern

By Mike Litman

Before it's obvious. Daily culture intelligence from 150+ sources. Fashion, design, technology, brands, music, art, and lifestyle. The patterns others miss, every morning at 7am UK time.... more

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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.

The Pattern episodes:

March 19, 2026 No. 18: AI arms race splits between military compliance and conscientious objection
Culture Pulse: 78
AI companies face binary choice: build weapons or get classified as threat. Plus: copyright becomes an AI product, design tools collapse, and Meta's age verification play exposed.
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March 18, 2026 No. 17: Age verification and military AI contracts are the same lobbying strategy
Culture Pulse: 78
John Galliano at Zara, Meta's age verification vendor ties, Pentagon's Anthropic supply chain risk. When platforms push regulation, they're selling the compliance infrastructure. The Pattern, 18/3/26
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March 17, 2026 No. 16: Nvidia just turned the fashion calendar into a tech industry footnote
Culture Pulse: 78
Nvidia's GTC keynote is now the most important date on the culture calendar. Fashion weeks still happen, but the centre moved to Silicon Valley. The Pattern, March 17, 2026.
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March 16, 2026 No. 15: Awards season just became the last place brands can buy cultural legitimacy
Culture Pulse: 72
Awards season became the last place brands can buy cultural legitimacy. Netflix won 5 Oscars whilst Hollywood studios ghosted ad buys. The gatekeepers changed but the anxiety remained.
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March 15, 2026 No. 19: Streaming platforms are rebuilding television as a shopping channel with algorithm controls
Culture Pulse: 68
Disney turns streaming into TikTok. Amazon locks 4K behind paywalls. Spotify gives you algorithm override controls. The pattern: platforms are selling user agency back to us.
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March 14, 2026 No. 14: Streaming platforms become geopolitical tools as services weaponise paywalls and access
Culture Pulse: 72
Amazon tiers 4K behind paywalls, ByteDance routes around chip bans, ships broadcast false flags near Iran. Fixed categories are becoming toggleable features. The Pattern, 14 March 2026.
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March 13, 2026 No. 17: War becomes a product feature as tech companies rebrand conflict infrastructure
Culture Pulse: 68
War becomes a product feature, ships toggle nationality, founders lose their own names, and AI turns coders into architects. Everything fixed is now negotiable performance.
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March 12, 2026 No. 16: Luxury discovered it can charge more by making customers wait less
Culture Pulse: 72
Balenciaga killed the six-month wait. Netflix bought the camera, not the film. China's teaching humans to work with robots before deploying them. Speed is the new vertical integration.
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March 11, 2026 No. 15: The Pentagon just weaponised procurement to reshape AI's competitive map
Culture Pulse: 72
Pentagon uses procurement to reshape AI without regulation. Whoop hides tech in clothes. Supreme resurrects old collabs. Invisibility is the new competitive advantage.
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March 10, 2026 No. 14: Founders are stepping down everywhere and nobody's asking why
Culture Pulse: 72
Founder era over. Operators in. Meanwhile: Starbucks curates fashion, tech hides in clothes, retail becomes hospitality. Everything's blending. Pattern for March 10.
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How many episodes does The Pattern have?

The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.