The Smartest People in the Room Are All Listening to the Same Podcast

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/acquired-podcast-tech-business-history-strategy-90e73603

by lxm • 2 years ago

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goryramsy• 2 years ago

Seems like a very editorialized title. The podcast is called ‘Aquired’ and it’s recently become semi-popular.

chmod775• 2 years ago

Idolizing and elevating some individuals or groups above others in a cringe-worthy fashion isn't exactly a new thing in media. It's not unlike music fandoms.

Given this is the Wall Street Journal, the author either really likes Wall Street and Silicon Valley, or writing the press article equivalent of a handjob is just what pays the bills.

faeriechangling• 2 years ago

I've listened to it to the point of running out of decent new episodes.

It's doing an extra-long format that not many people do, there's lots of research, lots of enthusiasm, narratives of some plucky underdog taking over the freaking planet, a mixture of business and history, and it's just executed well. Also a decent chunk of obligatory and shameless shilling.

Never struck me as something "the smartest people in the room" would listen to. More seems like it would appeal to the aspirational and/or nerdy set, the crossover with the Hacker News audience has to be huge.

maroonblazer• 2 years ago

Article is paywalled so I can't read it, but I devour podcasts like potato chips and I've never heard of 'Acquired'.

Curious to hear from others if it's worth adding to my pile of podcast shame.

smitty1e2• 2 years ago

I've been binging on https://www.classicalstuff.net/ this year.

It's not much more than pump priming for the topics on offer, but that lends itself to driving, as one doesn't want to get too enmeshed.

But they find the fun in dry material.

CharleFKane• 2 years ago

Oh, wow! Another “Classical Stuff…” fan! Excellent!

smitty1e2• 2 years ago

I'm almost halfway through the series.

k310• 2 years ago

https://archive.ph/DlCxi#selection-3999.162-4009.70

   40% of Acquired’s listeners are C-suite or VP-level executives, they say. Among them are Daniel Ek, Spotify’s chief executive, who says it’s one of his favorite shows, and Eddy Cue, one of Apple’s top executives, who listens during his work commute.

OutOfHere• 2 years ago

If your goal is to learn information about a topic, AI can orient you about it quite well, assuming it knows the topic or has access to information about it. To this end, I now listen mainly just to https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/podgenai , although I am also subscribed to regular podcasts to discover new topics.

000ooo000• 2 years ago

Imagine paying for a WSJ sub just to read ads like this.

watersb• 2 years ago

If I were in that room, I'm not sure this headline would still be true.

smartbit• 2 years ago

https://archive.is/DlCxi

https://www.acquired.fm/episodes

The Smartest People in the Room Are All Listening to the Same Podcast

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