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The New York Times · 215 episodes with transcripts

“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, New York Times journalists explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music.

Spoken has transcripts of 215 Hard Fork episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 16, 2026.

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Why No One Can Look Away From Elizabeth Holmes

October 16, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

AI spend is growing fast, but most businesses still can't see exactly where that money is going. Ramp gives businesses visibility and control across AI providers with real-time guardrails by team and model, helping ensure spend goes to the highest ROI areas. Stop guessing where your AI spend is going. Get started…

Max Read (0:32)

I want to talk about Elizabeth Holmes. She's the subject of a new documentary directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim called You Can See Everything. And when the trailer for the movie dropped in late September, it felt like it was the only thing anyone could talk about. At least anyone who spends too much…

But I think what made the trailer so fascinating to people wasn't just the secrecy of the project or the weirdness of letting Nathan Fielder, of all people, live with you and film everything. As a culture, as a media apparatus, we've been obsessed with her. But we've never really met her. And I think when the…

Erin Griffith (2:45)

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