People vs Algorithms
Hosted by Brian Morrissey and Troy Young and Alex Schleifer · Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer
4.6from 134 ratings
- 205
- Episodes
- 148
- Transcribed
- 134
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 24K
- YouTube views
About People vs Algorithms
Uncovering patterns of change in media, culture, and technology, each week media veterans Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer and Troy Young break down stuff that matters. Get our newsletters: https://www.peoplevsalgorithms.com/ https://www.therebooting.com/ www.peoplevsalgorithms.com (https://www.peoplevsalgorithms.com/s/the-pva-show?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer
- Category
- news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 31 Aug 2022
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
148 of 205 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Friction Economy
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Mother of All Interface Battles
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The AI Interface Shift
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The Friction Economy
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You can quickly plot a line to how that becomes something that is more like a tool, right? Like I can put stuff into ChatGPT and helps me do my homework or helps me get my taxes too. Oh, this replaces an entire person that would be doing that job usually. And I've had more conversations with people in the past two weeks about that than I had before. I think there's just like a realization that this thing is coming for knowledge work at a pace that is rapidly changing. you know, increasing. And so like you're saying, like, you know, engineers were kind of the easiest ones to replace, right? Not men's words, because, you know, that was kind of like, there was a pretty straight path from A to B. […]
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- Lachlan Cartwright
- John West
- CJ Gustafson
- Bridget Williams
- Ana Andjelic
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 24,308
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 55 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 79 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 98
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Brian Morrissey and Troy Young and Alex Schleifer host the show. Published by Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer.
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