In Land of the Giants: The Google Empire, Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary and Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz explore how a company that began with idealistic goals of creative experimentation and making useful products has turned into a worldwide power with enormous impact on the way we live. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear next week's episode …

Pets.com. Webvan. Kozmo.com. All these companies met their demise when the bubble burst. But their ideas live on today, in Chewy.com, Fresh Direct, Postmates, and many other start-ups. Looking at 2020 through the lens of the dot-com crash, what's changed about the tech industry and the way we think about technology, and what's stayed the same? And …

Dot-com companies attracted a lot of people interested in working in exciting new businesses with a start-up mentality. From bike messengers delivering food ordered over the Internet to warehouse workers shipping dog collars across the country, dot-com workers embraced the short-term perks (free food! jeans at the office!) and the potential for big…

Venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs chasing big payouts helped inflate the dot-com bubble. But other forces brought the mania to individual investors, and tried to keep the party going, even as dot-com companies started failing left and right. As Jane and Joe Schmo saw their retirement accounts plummet, who was going to take the blame? From …

Before MySpace and Facebook, there was BlackPlanet. BlackPlanet.com, a social media site targeted to Black users, was immediately popular when it launched in 1999. It allowed users to create their own personal web pages, set up dating profiles, and look for jobs. But venture capitalists and other investors largely overlooked BlackPlanet during the …

To examine the start of the dot-com bubble, we go back to 1995, the year technology became a part of our popular culture, just as the Internet was changing. Two key events happened that year -- Windows 95 launched with huge fanfare, making it so that the average person would use a computer at home; and a browser company named Netscape went public a…

What many of us remember of the dot-com era of the late 90s and 2000 were the ads, the hype. We saw a DIY sock puppet voiced by actor Michael Ian Black become the mascot for Pets.com and a pop culture celebrity in its own right. But even as the sock puppet found itself at the Oscars and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, the company couldn't reach…

Go For Broke is a new series about those moments in history when people get way too confident in a big idea. Our first season explores the frenzy of the original dot-com bubble, and what happened when the bubble popped. New episodes every Thursday starting October 8th. From Epic Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad c…

In episode six of season 2, we talk with special guest, Cordell Murray, about his clothing company, making protective masks, and why he left New York City during the pandemic.Previously recorded live on Social Distortion Radio.Door The Go For Broke Podcast

In episode five of season 2, we welcome our great friend and designer, Micah Lindenberger to the show to discuss the President of United States' disinfectant idea, a powerful leader is rumored to be dead and 'Which would you rather do?" after things return back to normal.Previously recorded live on Social Distortion Radio.…

In the fourth episode of season 2, the guys discuss gaslighting, the growing unemployment rate and the idea of Zoom or Houseparty become the norm in our many ways of communication moving forward.Previously recorded live on Social Distortion Radio.Door The Go For Broke Podcast

My introduction, and a little look into my life i may or may not tell a story about my first high school party, or my first time I got hammered. Who knows GO FOR BROKE.Door Go For Broke

Welcome to Go For Broke's 5th episode, where Kody and friends discuss the radical left's communist and socialist ideologies that, frankly, make absolutely no sense. We put ourselves through this for you!