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Power User with Taylor Lorenz
Power User with Taylor Lorenz
Vox Media

Power User explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, tech journalist Taylor... more

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Episodes

Are Jubilee videos healing or polarizing?

This week Taylor Lorenz dives into the charged content world of Jubilee Media with its founder Jason Y Lee. Jubilee is... more

17 Oct 2024 · 38 minutes
Inside the strange world of corporate influencers

Taylor explores the inner workings of modern office life through the world of corporate influencers. She’s joined by Ross Pomerantz... more

10 Oct 2024 · 32 minutes
How nostalgia accounts are destroying pop culture history

This week Taylor Lorenz talks about going independent and launching her new online culture newsletter, User Mag! Later, Taylor is joined... more

03 Oct 2024 · 29 minutes
Why online retailers all sell the same crappy products

If you do a lot of online shopping, you may be experiencing deja vu. Amazon, AliExpress, WalMart, Temu, eBay, the... more

26 Sep 2024 · 19 minutes
The Problem with Age Verification Online

Description: Age verification technology is becoming increasingly commonplace as lawmakers seek to enact deeply concerning restrictions in the name of... more

19 Sep 2024 · 35 minutes
Why is Instagram Reels so unhinged?

You can spend hours carefully curating your algorithms on TikTok and YouTube, But there’s one place where the algorithm doesn’t... more

12 Sep 2024 · 32 minutes
Brazil's X ban upends stan accounts + political debates take over TikTok

Elon Musk’s social media network X has been officially banned in Brazil. Taylor and internet culture reporter Ryan Broderick (Garbage... more

05 Sep 2024 · 36 minutes
The ultimate summer trend recap + a Chick-fil-A streaming service

We've all long been familiar with the concept of a "song of the summer," but lately there's been a rush... more

29 Aug 2024 · 31 minutes
Inside the DNC’s influencer extravaganza, from yacht partying to meme lounge

This week, Taylor is in Chicago along with hundreds of content creators for the Democratic National Convention. YouTube star Keith... more

22 Aug 2024 · 29 minutes
Can Elon and Twitter save Trump? + Kamala plays with fire online

This week, Trump returned to X/Twitter/whatever you want to call it. Editor-in-Chief at the Verge, Nilay Patel, joins Taylor to... more

14 Aug 2024 · 46 minutes
Can MrBeast be canceled? + Tim Walz mania and minions on a cross

For years now, MrBeast has been the king of the internet. The 26-year-old creator has the most subscribed to channel... more

08 Aug 2024 · 40 minutes
Is Skibidi Toilet the Next Hollywood Blockbuster?

The internet lost its mind last week when Taylor broke the news that Michael Bay might be turning Skibidi Toilet... more

01 Aug 2024 · 43 minutes
Is Kamala Harris a political meme stock?

Politics and social media were inextricable this week. Joe Biden announced his dropout via X and other social platforms —... more

25 Jul 2024 · 40 minutes
The rise of ‘BlueAnon' + Trump shooting merch + RNC influencers

Minutes after a gunman attacked Donald Trump at a rally, conspiracy theories flourished on social media. Did Trump fake it?... more

18 Jul 2024 · 31 minutes
Inside the most toxic live-streaming platform + NATO influencers

Kick, a is home to some of the most reprehensible behavior on the internet. Creators have live-streamed themselves accosting people... more

11 Jul 2024 · 35 minutes
An influencer’s battle against her snark subreddit

For the past several years, influencer Lily Chapman has been plagued by a relentless community of women online. They congregated... more

27 Jun 2024 · 25 minutes
Why do so many people think a top Stanford researcher is a CIA agent?

An online smear campaign painted a top Stanford researcher as a censorship supervillain, whose goal was to silence free speech... more

20 Jun 2024 · 43 minutes
Do you speak Brain Rot?

Over the past few months, the term “brain rot” has gone from essentially meaning chronically online, to a fully fledged... more

13 Jun 2024 · 43 minutes
Is it ever okay to film strangers in public? + Trump’s new TikTok + MrBeast hits #1

The record-breaking Instagram account @world_record_egg has returned to publicly express its support for Palestine. Trump joins TikTok and immediately amasses... more

06 Jun 2024 · 33 minutes
Is a Tech Utopia a Dystopia for Everyone Else?

Meet the powerful centimillionaire who dreams of a sovereign San Francisco where tech millionaires wear gray T-shirts to signal their... more

30 May 2024 · 42 minutes
'Zombie Facebook' takes over + ScarJo vs OpenAI

Have you been on Facebook lately? It’s weird and overrun with bizarre, AI-generated, spammy clickbait. Jason Koebler, co-founder of 404... more

23 May 2024 · 42 minutes
Is the celebrity 'blockout' working? + TikTok creators sue the U.S.

This week, TikTok creators sue the US government over free speech, Bumble tells women to get busy, YouTube’s CEO wants... more

16 May 2024 · 33 minutes
What's up with Fake Podcast Ads, AI Audiobooks and the Audio Creator Economy?

Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman joins Taylor Lorenz to discuss the current state of audio and its creator economy. They discuss Spotify's impact and how close... more

09 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Are "Industry Plants" Real? + 'The Social Network' Sequel

Kanye West accused one of the most popular Twitch streamers, Kai Cenat, of being an “industry plant.” It perpetuated the... more

02 May 2024 · 36 minutes
Sell or Die. TikTok’s Sophie’s Choice + MKBHD on his viral ‘takedowns’

Today, President Biden signed a law banning TikTok, assuming it can't work out some long-shot deal to sell to a... more

24 Apr 2024 · 45 minutes
Drake & Kendrick's AI Rap Beef + TikTokkers Against Biden

AI is causing chaos and confusion in pop music. Drake and Kendrick Lamar are feuding through diss tracks, but people... more

18 Apr 2024 · 35 minutes
Is Social Media Destroying Kids’ Lives? + Elon’s Secret X Account

A moral panic has been emerging lately. People in the media, government, and across the internet are declaring that children... more

11 Apr 2024 · 48 minutes
The Real Estate Content Boom + The Worst Day on the Internet

Real estate content is living rent-free in Millennials' heads. Taylor Lorenz talks to the CEO of a media company responsible... more

04 Apr 2024 · 29 minutes
Kindness Influencers and Poverty Porn + Is Huberman Cancelled?

Taylor Lorenz breaks down the latest tech news including Truth Social going public, New York Magazine's much-discussed Andrew Huberman expose,... more

28 Mar 2024 · 38 minutes
Should we ban TikTok? + MrBeast’s Amazon deal, and what's up with Shrimp Jesus?

Taylor Lorenz kicks off her first episode with a breakdown of the proposed TikTok forced sale, AKA, ban. She’s joined... more

21 Mar 2024 · 46 minutes
Power User with Taylor Lorenz
What's up with Fake Podcast Ads, AI Audiobooks and the Audio Creator Economy?
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Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman joins Taylor Lorenz to discuss the current state of audio and its creator economy. They discuss Spotify's impact and how close we are... more