Mixed Signals from Semafor Media podcast

Mixed Signals from Semafor Media

Every Friday media reporter Max Tani and Semafor Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith pull back the curtain on the most important stories about media, revealing why you see and hear what you see and hear. Mixed Signals from Semafor Media is supported by Think with Google.

Every Friday media reporter Max Tani and Semafor Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith pull back the curtain on the most important stories about media, revealing why you see and hear what you see and hear. Mixed Signals from Semafor Media is supported by Think with Google.

 

#76

Andy Richter on Late Night’s decline, “Dancing With the Stars,” and new media

Comedy veteran and longtime Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter joins Mixed Signals for an... more

12 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:16

12 Dec 2025


#75

David Remnick on 100 years of the New Yorker, Netflix stardom, and why Trump was late to meet him

The New Yorker’s longtime editor-in-chief David Remnick joins Mixed Signals for a candid c... more

05 Dec 2025

44 MINS

44:03

05 Dec 2025


#74

Trump’s war on public media, with PBS CEO Paula Kerger

Paula Kerger, the chief executive of America’s public broadcaster, joins Mixed Signals at ... more

28 Nov 2025

35 MINS

35:34

28 Nov 2025


#73

Can the Supreme Court keep its secrets? With Jodi Kantor of the New York Times

New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor joins Mixed Signals to explain how she’s... more

21 Nov 2025

39 MINS

39:38

21 Nov 2025


#72

Derek Thompson on why everything is becoming television, and whether democracy can survive it

Is television the final form of all media? Derek Thompson, the co-author of Abundance, pod... more

14 Nov 2025

51 MINS

51:01

14 Nov 2025


#71

GQ Editor Will Welch on masculinity, celebrities, and staying cool as he ages

Will Welch is the global editorial director of GQ, and has been the editor-in-chief of its... more

07 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:26

07 Nov 2025


#70

Ken Burns on the future of PBS, the new age of media, and why documentaries will outlast TikTok

Ken Burns has been telling the story of America through his entire career with genre-defin... more

31 Oct 2025

44 MINS

44:03

31 Oct 2025


#69

The inside story of Sydney Sweeney's 'Great Jeans' — and why American Eagle ignored crisis comms

American Eagle’s summer campaign with Sydney Sweeney blew up in ways no one could’ve imagi... more

24 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:26

24 Oct 2025


#68

Governor JB Pritzker on Chicago, ICE, and the information war with Trump’s White House

Chicago is either a war zone quickly spiraling out of control, or a peaceful city under si... more

17 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:03

17 Oct 2025


#67

Alison Roman on cookbooks, food influencers, and the surprising way AI is changing her recipes

Alison Roman was one of digital media’s first food stars – she’s had recipes go viral sinc... more

10 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:28

10 Oct 2025


#66

Blackbird Spyplane’s Jonah Weiner on Substack, resisting selling out, and Obama’s pants legacy

Blackbird Spyplane, a style and culture newsletter, launched in 2020 as one of the early a... more

03 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:05

03 Oct 2025


#65

Can MS survive without NBC? Inside CEO Mark Lazarus’ efforts to save cable’s great brands

MSNBC and 10 other television channels, from CNBC to Golf Channel, are splitting from NBC ... more

26 Sep 2025

54 MINS

54:55

26 Sep 2025


#64

Malcolm Gladwell’s theories on podcasting, America, and Joe Rogan

Malcolm Gladwell is a man of many theories – he’s made a career of it through his books an... more

19 Sep 2025

54 MINS

54:02

19 Sep 2025


#63

How AI is reshaping media, with Google’s VP of marketing, Josh Spanier

This week, a special episode featuring Josh Spanier, VP of marketing at Google, who you mi... more

12 Sep 2025

37 MINS

37:43

12 Sep 2025


#62

How to be elite in the age of populism, with the FT’s Roula Khalaf

The Financial Times is the paper for business and world leaders, and comes with a hefty su... more

05 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:35

05 Sep 2025


#61

How media drove America crazy, with Thomas Chatterton Williams

Five years since the start of the pandemic and the racial reckoning post-George Floyd, we’... more

29 Aug 2025

46 MINS

46:10

29 Aug 2025