On this episode of the Source Code podcast: Issie Lapowsky joins the show to discuss Jack Dorsey’s sudden exit from Twitter, the waning cult of the founder, and what’s next for the social network. Then, Ben Pimentel joins to chat about why Dorsey wanted to focus on Square, why Square is now called Block, and the company’s crypto-first future. Finally, Ben Brody chats about the confirmation hearings for Gigi Sohn and Alan Davidson, and what happens next in the Meta/Giphy antitrust saga.
For more on the topics in this episode:
- Issie Lapowsky on Twitter
- Jack Dorsey has stepped down as Twitter CEO
- Jack Dorsey and breaking up the cult of the founder
- Meet Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new CEO
- Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to co-CEO
- CTO to CEO: The case for putting the tech expert in charge
- Ben Pimentel on Twitter
- Jack Dorsey’s Twitter resignation is really about bitcoin
- Square changes its name to Block after Dorsey leaves Twitter
- Ben Brody on Twitter
- 5 things to know about NTIA nominee Alan Davidson
- Biden FCC nominee Sohn is walking a tightrope with Republicans
- Facebook has to sell Giphy under an order from the UK