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Paid members
349
−0.6% · 30 days
Total audience
603
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Observed monthly earnings
$1.4K
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6 membership tiers
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Where the 594 observed tier members sit
$042.8%$128.5%$521.4%
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$0/moFree25442.8% of observed tier members
$1/moPatron-Only Bonus Episodes16928.5% of observed tier members
$5/moAsk Questions + Techdirt Crystal Ball12721.4% of observed tier members
$10/moThe Techdirt Watercooler325.4% of observed tier members
$20/moBehind The Curtain111.9% of observed tier members
$100/moListen In, Live!10.2% of observed tier members
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Membership349 paid members · past 30 days
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Techdirt349 members · $1.4K/mo
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Ranking data · includes stale rows| Rank | Creator and why included | Paid members | Gap vs Techdirt | Freshness |
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| #2 |  Cleanup on Aisle 45 PodcastPodcastsContent relevance + business context | 1,793 | 1.4K more | Jul 21, 2026Stale |
| #3 |  Opening ArgumentsPodcastsContent relevance + business context | 1,605 | 1.3K more | Aug 1, 2026 |
| #4 | TechdirtProfilePodcastsPaid members position in Recommended cohort | 349 | Reference | Jul 31, 2026Stale |
| #5 |  Dotto TechPodcastsContent relevance + business context | 303 | 46 fewer | Aug 7, 2026 |
| #6 |  Dystopia NowPodcastsContent relevance + business context | 186 | 163 fewer | Jul 25, 2026Stale |
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Article Latest postPublicEpisode 452: How To Stop Good Companies From Going BadThe concept of "enshittification" has helped illuminate why companies and their products so often get worse over time, but the causes of this process are complex and multifaceted. In his new book Incorruptible, author Eric Ries presents a related but contrasting take on how good companies go bad, and how to build companies that resist the process. This week, Eric joins the podcast to talk all about the book and what we might be able to do to solve this problem.
June 9 0 likes 0 commentsEpisode 451: Preserving The Web In The Age Of AIRecently, Mike joined Dave Hansen, Mark Graham and Kendra Albert on a panel for the Future Knowledge podcast, a joint production of the Internet Archive and the Authors Alliance. The discussion covers a wide variety of questions related to keeping the web (and especially the historical record of the web) alive amidst the upheaval caused by AI technology, and you can listen to the whole thing here on this week's episode.ArticleMay 12Public 0 0Episode 450: Infrastructure For The New Private InternetAs we work our way towards a better future for the internet, the most encouraging and exciting part is the people out there building towards that future. Kickstarter founder Yancey Strickler is one such person, and his new company Metalabel has some extremely interesting projects in the works, including the Dark Forest Operating System. This week, Yancey joins the podcast to talk all about his projects and their role in building a better internet.ImageApril 14Public 0 0Episode 449: The Dangers Of Product Design Liability For Social MediaWe've written at length about the dangers of the recent court rulings in California and New Mexico that say social media companies can be held responsible for certain uses of their platforms via product design liability. Recently, Mike joined FIRE's So to Speak podcast hosted by Nico Perrino to discuss the rulings and the concerns they raise, and you can listen to the whole conversation here on this week's episode.ArticleApril 7Public 0 1Episode 448: Transaction DeniedMarch 31 View post In the conversation about online speech, most of the attention tends to fall on the big social media platforms, while other intermediaries get overlooked — especially payment processors and other financial intermediaries. But that very thing is the focus of a new book coming out next week, Rainey Reitman's Transaction Denied. With launch events coming up on April 7th in Berkeley and April 9th in San Francisco, Rainey joins the podcast this week to talk all about the book and the vital role of financial intermediaries in online speech.ArticleMarch 31Public 0 0Episode 447: The Future Of Section 230March 24 View post Last month, Mike participated in the Cato Institute's Section 230 at 30 event to mark the 30th anniversary of the passage of Section 230. The event featured a series of fireside chats and panels that went deep on the past, present, and future of the all-important law, and you can watch videos of all of them on Cato's website — but for this week's episode of the podcast, we've got the audio of Mike's panel (moderated by Jennifer Huddleston and also featuring Jess Miers, Matt Perault, and Matt Reeder), all about how Section 230 and similar policies will apply to new technologies like decentralized protocols and artificial intelligence.ArticleMarch 24Public 0 0Episode 446: Mike & Karl Talk AIMarch 17 View post There's a notion that pops up in the comments here on Techdirt that Mike and our writer Karl Bode are deeply opposed in their opinions on AI and engaged in an epic ongoing debate. Alas, the truth is a little less spectacular: while they might have some differences of opinion here and there, they actually agree on most things, and would both prefer to hear (and have) more thoughtful and nuanced discussions about the technology without going to the extremes. By way of demonstration, Karl joins this week's episode of the podcast for a long conversation with Mike all about AI, its role in our society, the challenges it raises, and where thingsArticleMarch 17Public 0 0Episode 445: The Vision For The Decentralized InternetLate last year, Mike was a guest on Seb Agertoft's Humans in the Loop podcast for a wide-ranging discussion all about restoring the promise of the decentralized internet. That interview was just released, and we're dropping the whole conversation here as well on this week's episode of the Techdirt Podcast.ArticleFebruary 25Public 0 0Episode 444: Answering Your QuestionsTwo weeks ago, we ran a bit of an AMA experiment, with a call on Bluesky for fans of Techdirt to ask Mike any questions they might have. We got lots of great responses and now, as promised, Mike is delivering the answers on this week's episode of the podcast!ArticleFebruary 17Public 0 0Episode 443: The Supreme Court's Internet CasesIn the last few years, the Supreme Court has been paying a lot more attention to the internet than it ever has before, and the cases keep on coming. This is already having a big impact on how the internet functions, and it doesn't look likely to stop any time soon. Given all that, this week our own Cathy Gellis joins the podcast for a discussion all about the past, present, and future of SCOTUS and the internet.ArticleFebruary 10Public 0 1Episode 442: Does AI Remove Or Provide User Agency?On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion about online speech. One point that was briefly raised in that discussion was the question of whether AI tools are good or bad for user agency, and since Mike and Konstantinos didn't entirely agree, it seemed like a good question to unpack in more detail — and that's exactly what they do on this week's episode of the Techdirt Podcast.ArticleFebruary 3Public 0 0Episode 441: A Manifesto To Build A Better InternetLast month, we dedicated an episode of the podcast to discussing our recently announced project to push for a better internet, The Resonant Computing Manifesto. This week, we've got a cross-post episode that serves as a followup to that discussion. Mike recently joined Charlie Warzel's Galaxy Brain podcast along with manifesto organizer Alex Komoroske and contributor Zoe Weinberg to discuss the idea of resonant computing, and you can listen to the whole discussion here on this week's episode.ArticleJanuary 21Public 0 0
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