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Listen to the latest episode of Mixed Signals here. Adam Friedland represents a new kind of comedian—one who rose up through podcasting and now hosts a late night-style weekly interview show… on YouTube. This week, Ben and Max bring on the comedian to talk about why he’s reviving a 1960s Dick Cavett-style talk show for the Internet, if podcasts have become too dumb, and whether he’s the long anticipated Joe Rogan of the left.

1 week ago | semafor.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

The libertarian journalist Michael Moynihan felt the shift on election night 2024, after it had become clear that Donald Trump would win. He was co-hosting a livestream for The Free Press, a new publication that had boomed in response to The New York Times’s leftward turn, and was ranting about the dangers Trump would pose to free speech to an impassive group of anti-woke talkers.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

NowTopless trans folks protest outside Downing Street in ‘deeply symbolic act’Trans folks went topless outside Downing Street during a protest calling out the oppression of the community across the UK.

2 weeks ago | semafor.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

Listen to the latest episode of Mixed Signals here. Christiane Amanpour has been on the front lines of global media since the 80s, while her ex-husband, Jamie Rubin, held top State Department jobs in the Clinton and Biden administrations. Now, with Jamie freshly out of the White House, they’ve come back together to make a podcast.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Max Tani |Liz Hoffman

6 hours agoFormer US President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday. Biden, who left office in January, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms. The cancer is a more aggressive form of …