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Larry Ellison’s Media Ambitions & Kevin Roose on AI’s Biggest Gamble

Podcast: Channels with Peter Kafka · Vox Media Podcast Network

Opublikowano: 2026-10-07

Larry Ellison bought his son a media empire. What does he want from it? Vanity Fair’s Tom Dotan joins me to talk about the billionaire behind Paramount and Warner Bros., his connection to TikTok, and his politics. Tom’s reporting suggests there may be less of a master plan than you’d think. We also discuss why even Ellison’s enormous fortune has limits—and how his media bets are tied to Oracle’s AI gamble. Then, Kevin Roose joins me to discuss his new book, The AGI Chronicles, and a question I keep coming back to: Why did peop...