The Musketeers Take Washington + Spotify’s Ghost Music + Tool Time
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This week, we’re joined by the Times reporter Jonathan Swan to discuss Elon Musk’s tech takeover of Washington, D.C. Then, Liz Pelly, author of a new book about Spotify, stops by to discuss “ghost musicians” and how Spotify’s algorithms are reshaping music culture. And finally — it’s Tool Time! We’ll tell you all about the new A.I. tools we’re using, plus the one that we wish existed.
Guests:
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Jonathan Swan, a White House reporter for The New York Times
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Liz Pelly, author of “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist”
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Credits
“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. This episode was edited by Rachel Dry and fact-checked by Ena Alvarado. Our executive producer is Jen Poyant. Engineering by Chris Wood, with original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto.
Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Dahlia Haddad and Jeffrey Miranda.
