GeekWire Podcasts – Page 18 of 37

Dec 7, 2018, 10:38 AM

Interview: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on privacy, regulating Big Tech and his presidential ambitions

Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are debating how to regulate the tech industry, but the other Washington may beat them to… Read More

Dec 4, 2018, 10:55 AM

Introducing ‘Numbers Geek,’ a new podcast from GeekWire and Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts

What can we learn about the world by looking at numbers? Can numbers change the tone of our national conversation?… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 7:00 AM

Review: New book goes inside Microsoft’s Surface business, as an emblem of tech giant’s rebound

Microsoft was at a crossroads, and Surface was at risk of becoming roadkill. RELATED: Microsoft Surface product roadmap revealed in… Read More

Nov 23, 2018, 12:00 PM

3 weird things about Seattle’s Archie McPhee: It’s original, national, and some of its products flop

Pickles that yodel. Foot-tall punching nuns. Inflatable unicorn horns for cats. A rubber chicken museum. And, of course, a wide… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 10:49 AM

New Yorkers protest Amazon HQ2: ‘We should be investing in housing … not in helicopters’

NEW YORK — Shawn Dixon’s life changed overnight. On Tuesday he was surprised to learn that Amazon plans to build… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 2:45 PM

Virginia forms new neighborhood for Amazon, bracing for radical change in a sleepy DC suburb

ARLINGTON, Va. — Tell residents of this city that Amazon is moving into their National Landing neighborhood, and they’ll have… Read More

Nov 10, 2018, 7:00 AM

What’s going on with HQ2? Here’s everything we know — and the implications for finalists

Amazon’s continent-wide search for a second headquarters took a strange turn this week after a series of surprising news leaks.… Read More

Nov 4, 2018, 8:31 AM

Interview: Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin on technology, touchdowns and the importance of building community

Renton, Wash. means a lot to Doug Baldwin. It’s a place that welcomed the wide receiver as his NFL journey… Read More

Nov 3, 2018, 8:18 AM

‘It just brings the fantasy to life:’ Wizards of the Coast president on D&D, Magic, and what’s next

Perhaps no other company has had such a guiding influence on geek culture as Wizards of the Coast. The Renton,… Read More

Nov 3, 2018, 7:17 AM

Renton recap: Top takeaways after embedding ourselves in this growing Seattle suburb

Is Renton, Wash. the next Pacific Northwest tech hub? That’s the question we set out to answer this week as… Read More

Oct 27, 2018, 7:00 AM

Universal facts, misinformation and technology: Five insights into the future of news

The rise of the Internet was only the beginning of the disruption for the news business. The past ten years… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 4:31 PM

Insights from Paul Allen: How the ‘Idea Man’ made a vast impact beyond Microsoft

Who founded Microsoft? Ask almost anyone that question, and they’ll say Bill Gates. But the software icon himself told the… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 6:33 PM

Hear Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen reflect on his life and legacy in rare public interview

It’s hard to overstate the impact Paul Allen has had on technology, philanthropy and, really, the world. The Microsoft co-founder… Read More

Oct 9, 2018, 4:00 PM

Uber legal chief Tony West on overcoming scandal, going public, and tech’s watershed moment

Uber is in the midst of a makeover. Call it Uber 2.0. After a year of controversies rocked the embattled… Read More

Oct 6, 2018, 7:00 AM

Everything you need to know about Amazon’s $15 min. wage and the new app backed by Bill Gates

In a surprise move, Amazon announced this week that it will raise its internal minimum wage to $15 an hour… Read More

Oct 2, 2018, 12:59 PM

Inside the Amazon-Ring deal: How a doorbell maker got on the tech giant’s radar before $1B acquisition

Jamie Siminoff knows what it takes to be acquired by Amazon. The Ring founder appeared on stage at the GeekWire… Read More

Sep 22, 2018, 6:00 AM

The story behind Nest’s gamble on health tech

Last year, Google quietly acquired a digital health startup spun out of the University of Washington — but, more than a… Read More

Sep 15, 2018, 7:00 AM

Startup success stories from two winners of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch

You’ve just founded a new company and it’s time to start pitching to investors. What do you do? Pitching the… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 10:59 AM

Join us for a live GeekWire Podcast event this week! Elevator Pitch winners share startup secrets

Our next live GeekWire podcast event, this Wednesday evening, Sept. 12 in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, will feature two entrepreneurs who… Read More

Sep 8, 2018, 7:00 AM

One year later, what have we learned from Amazon’s HQ2 search?

One year ago, Amazon announced it would launch a continent-wide search for a city to host its $5 billion second… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 8:18 AM

Podcast Preview: Numbers Geek with Steve Ballmer

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is our resident Numbers Geek on this one-of-a-kind national show – bringing his dynamic personality… Read More

Sep 3, 2018, 6:46 AM

Behind the scenes at Cinerama: Landmark movie house becomes an international pop culture draw

You may think of Seattle’s Cinerama theater as just a cool place to watch movies. Yet for some, it represents… Read More

Sep 1, 2018, 7:20 AM

Funding trends reveal how Seattle startups are starting to rival their Silicon Valley counterparts

Seattle is sometimes called the younger sibling of Silicon Valley when it comes to startups, and it’s true that Seattle’s… Read More

Aug 25, 2018, 7:55 AM

Inside the coworking boom: How these emerging communities are reshaping the startup world

Coworking. Accelerators. Virtual offices. The nature of work is changing rapidly, and the communities built around these new workplaces are growing… Read More

Aug 24, 2018, 10:46 AM

GeekWire Live: Highlights and pics from Thursday’s podcast and rooftop meetup in Seattle

We had a great time last night recording the GeekWire podcast at NeighborHub at Columbia Bank, before hanging out on… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 11:22 AM

Week in Geek Podcast: The saga of the stolen plane — and the flaws it revealed in airport security

After his shift last week, Horizon Airlines employee Richard Russell successfully stole a medium-sized plane and flew it across Western Washington,… Read More

Aug 14, 2018, 12:00 PM

How this workshop creates some of the world’s top sci-fi and fantasy writers, inside a Seattle house

This and every summer around the first of August, 18 students leave a house in Seattle’s University District, after an… Read More

Aug 4, 2018, 6:00 AM

Week In Geek Podcast: How blueprints for 3D printed guns turned into a national lawsuit

A legal battle over 3D-printed guns is heating up once again. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a new lawsuit this… Read More

Jul 28, 2018, 6:00 AM

Week in Geek Podcast: A reckoning for Facebook and the life-changing tech of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

Facebook settled a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson this week, and as part of the deal, the company… Read More

Jul 21, 2018, 6:00 AM

Week In Geek Podcast: Facial recognition enters grade schools and Bird scooters landing in Seattle

It was quite a week for controversial news. First up: Would you let a facial recognition program track your kids… Read More