Galaxy Brain

Charlie Warzel

Booking Overview

This interview-driven technology and internet-culture show examines how digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and online life shape society, with recurring guests including journalists, technology insiders, media founders, and cultural commentators. Agencies could credibly pitch technology executives or former insiders, AI researchers, digital-culture authors, and founders with distinctive perspectives on online communities or technology’s social impact; booking difficulty is medium because the show is selective but regularly features accessible experts alongside established figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 46

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 974.0k subscribers

Instagram: 2.0M followers

Contact Information

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Host

Charlie Warzel - Journalist and writer covering technology, internet culture, and the effects of digital systems on public life.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Subject-matter expertise or firsthand experience in technology, artificial intelligence, internet culture, media, or online communities; strong candidates may be journalists, researchers, former technology employees, founders, or cultural commentators.

Required Achievements:

Published journalism or research on technology and digital culture, Firsthand experience at a major technology company, Leadership of a recognizable media or cultural organization, A distinctive public perspective on the social effects of technology

Recent Guest Discussions

Julie Beck - Phone Fatigue, Nostalgia For Pre-internet Life, Changing Brains, And Healthier Relationships With Technology.

Kathryn Jezer-Morton - Social-media Self-presentation, Authenticity, Redemption Narratives, Optimization, And The Stories People Tell About Themselves Online.

Claire Stapleton - Google’s Changing Mission, Corporate Culture, Workplace Disillusionment, And The Experience Of Having A Purpose-driven Job Become Alienating.

Alex Reisner - The Engineering Difficulty And Rising Costs Of Scaling Generative AI, Including Impacts On Hardware And Access To Technology.

Hana Kiros - The Infrastructure And Cost Challenges Of Generative AI, Memory Shortages, And Effects On Consumer Electronics, Medical Technology, And Education.

Recent Topics

Internet, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Digital Culture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Galaxy Brain

Lina Khan on the AI-Safety Panic

September 18, 2026

As “rogue” AI agents hack systems and leaders warn of catastrophe, who should be held responsible? The former FTC Commissioner Lina Khan argues that the United States already has a lot of the regulatory tools needed. In this live episode from The Atlantic Festival, the “Galaxy Brain” host Charlie Warzel talks with Khan about why the AI-alarmism conversation feels a little off, how money affects politics and regulation, and some of the ways she would be dealing with AI if she were still the he...

Is AI Writing Inevitable?

September 11, 2026

AI-infused writing is suddenly everywhere: not just in automated email responses or meeting summaries, but in books and even the pages of mainstream newspapers. When an editor at The Wall Street Journal recently defended an op-ed that was 100 percent written by AI, it felt like a possible turning point, at which people are no longer apologizing. So is AI-assisted writing in its post-shame era? What does that mean for the way we process, communicate, and think? Host Charlie Warzel talks to the...

The Singularity Is Not What It Seems

September 07, 2026

Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now. What if the singularity is not some technological tipping point, brought about by human genius, but a human tipping point? An unforced error, driven by hubris, greed, and the fear of missing out? Galaxy Brain host Charlie Warzel shares the latest reporting from him and Atlantic staff writer Matteo Wong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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