Episode 541 • • 1:12:48 - 1:17:06
541: Huge Samoan
NPR CEO Resignation, The Decline of the Podcast Model
Howard A. Knell resigned as CEO of NPR after a short tenure, marking the organization's eighth CEO in three years. In a previous interview at Harvard, Knell expressed skepticism about the future of podcasts, claiming they were "peaking" because they are hosted in the cloud. The hosts mock this logic and suggest that Knell's departure reflects a failure to adapt to digital disruption.