Channels with Peter Kafka

How Survivor and The Sopranos created Trump, with New York Times critic James Poniewozik

Chief television critic for The New York Times James Poniewozik explores how television and the modern media landscape played a critical role in the rise of Donald Trump as both a reality television star and political leader.
Featuring: Chief television critic for The New York Times James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) 
Host:Peter Kafka  (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode 
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Media and tech aren’t just intersecting — they’re fully intertwined. And to understand how those worlds work, and what they mean for you, veteran journalist Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers - and gets them to spell it out in plain, BS-free English.
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