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Mar 2024
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How do we survive the media apocalypse?

PJ Vogt
About this episode

Something strange, new, and unsettling is happening in media right now. Huge institutions, both newspapers and online outlets, are beisearchengine.showeverely transformed by layoffs.

As a person just trying to find good information on the internet, what are you supposed to do? We’re joined this week again by Ezra Klein, who has an explanation for why this is happening, a prediction about where it’s going, and a prescription for what we all can do about it.

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