Power User with Taylor Lorenz

    Power User explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, tech journalist Taylor Lorenz explores everything from online fame to emerging platforms, viral phenomena, the creator economy, and much more. Tune in every Thursday for the most influential stories that Silicon Valley often ignores.

  • What defined the internet in 2024?

  • Is TikTok really dead?

  • The case against cell phone bans in school

  • Could the 4B movement ever happen in America?

  • Why Democrats won't create a left-wing Joe Rogan

  • AI’s destroying seasonal content

  • The mastermind behind the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest

  • Into the Costcoverse with AJ Befumo

  • Are Jubilee videos healing or polarizing?

  • Inside the strange world of corporate influencers

  • How nostalgia accounts are destroying pop culture history

  • Why online retailers all sell the same crappy products

  • The Problem with Age Verification Online

  • Why is Instagram Reels so unhinged?

  • Brazil's X ban upends stan accounts + political debates take over TikTok

  • The ultimate summer trend recap + a Chick-fil-A streaming service

  • Inside the DNC’s influencer extravaganza, from yacht partying to meme lounge

  • Can Elon and Twitter save Trump? + Kamala plays with fire online

  • Can MrBeast be canceled? + Tim Walz mania and minions on a cross

  • Is Skibidi Toilet the Next Hollywood Blockbuster?

  • Is Kamala Harris a political meme stock?

  • The rise of ‘BlueAnon' + Trump shooting merch + RNC influencers

  • Inside the most toxic live-streaming platform + NATO influencers

  • An influencer’s battle against her snark subreddit

  • Why do so many people think a top Stanford researcher is a CIA agent?

  • Do you speak Brain Rot? How the internet is changing language

  • Is it ever okay to film strangers in public? + Trump’s new TikTok + MrBeast hits #1

  • Is a Tech Utopia a Dystopia for Everyone Else?

  • 'Zombie Facebook' takes over + ScarJo vs OpenAI

  • Is the celebrity 'blockout' working? + TikTok creators sue the U.S.

  • What's up with Fake Podcast Ads, AI Audiobooks and the Audio Creator Economy?

  • Are "Industry Plants" Real? + 'The Social Network' Sequel

  • Sell or Die. TikTok’s Sophie’s Choice + MKBHD on his viral ‘takedowns’

  • Drake & Kendrick's AI Rap Beef + TikTokkers Against Biden

  • Is Social Media Destroying Kids’ Lives? + Elon’s Secret X Account

  • The Real Estate Content Boom + The Worst Day on the Internet

  • Kindness Influencers and Poverty Porn + Is Huberman Cancelled?

  • Should we ban TikTok? + MrBeast’s Amazon deal, and what's up with Shrimp Jesus?

  • Introducing Power User with Taylor Lorenz

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