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 8:30am UK time.... more

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The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.

The Pattern episodes:

March 23, 2026 No. 27: Chip sovereignty replaces platform wars as tech's defining battleground
Culture Pulse: 78
Chip sovereignty replaces platform wars. Amazon's Trainium now powers OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple. Musk wants 50x current production. Meta spent £80B to escape Apple's tax. Everyone's building their own infrastructure.
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March 22, 2026 No. 26: Hardware is back, and everyone's building their own chips now
Culture Pulse: 78
Hardware's back. Amazon opens its chip lab, Musk announces Terafab, and Minecraft builds a theme park. After a decade of outsourcing, vertical integration wins again. The Pattern, 22 Mar 2026.
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March 21, 2026 No. 25: Tech companies are buying physical robotics to own the last mile
Culture Pulse: 78
Amazon bought stair-climbing robots. Galliano joined Zara for 2 years. Hacks announced its ending. The pattern: specificity and limits now signal strength, not weakness.
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March 20, 2026 No. 24: Fast fashion discovered luxury directors cost less than celebrity collaborations
Culture Pulse: 68
Fast fashion hired creative directors for sustained credibility instead of celebrity capsules. Amazon bought the robots it already funded. Vertical integration became cheaper than partnerships.
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March 19, 2026 No. 23: 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. 22: 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. 21: 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. 20: 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. 18: 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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FAQs about The Pattern:

How many episodes does The Pattern have?

The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.