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Instant Message

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About this Podcast:

Feel overwhelmed by the never-ending waves of technology news? Join The Wall Street Journal's technology columnists as they talk about the most important tech trends -- and why you should care.

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Verified email

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20%

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Selective

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Questions about Instant Message

What is Instant Message about?

Feel overwhelmed by the never-ending waves of technology news? Join The Wall Street Journal's technology columnists as they talk about the most important tech trends -- and why you should care.

Who hosts Instant Message?

Instant Message is hosted by The Wall Street Journal. The show has published 20 episodes to date.

What has Instant Message covered recently?

Recent episodes include "#42: Looking Back... to the Future (of Everything)" (16 August 2019, 52 minutes), "#41: Fancy Phones and Fancier Credit Cards" (9 August 2019, 50 minutes), and "#40: Where Are the Good Netflix Movies?" (2 August 2019, 43 minutes).

How often does Instant Message publish?

Instant Message publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 20 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Instant Message?

Booking probability for Instant Message is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Instant Message requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Instant Message's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Instant Message?

The strongest fits for Instant Message are IT Services & Software Development. Instant Message has a technology audience.

About the host

The Wall Street Journal hosts Instant Message, a technology podcast with 20 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Instant Message

    #42: Looking Back ... to the Future (of Everything)

    Aug 16, 201952 minS0

    In a special encore presentation, a look back at the WSJ Future of Everything Festival, the three-day event filled with speakers, panels and demos showing us where the world is going-for better or worse. Lots of...

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    #41: Fancy Phones and Fancier Credit Cards

    Aug 9, 201950 minS0

    David and Joanna discuss the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10, the phone for people who get stuff done. (Stuff. Not other words.) It has a new stylus and some new software and a bunch of new cameras. Later, WSJ reporter Liz...

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    #40: Where Are the Good Netflix Movies?

    Aug 2, 201943 minS0

    David, Joanna and Christopher start by discussing the future of retail, which at least partly involves all those brands you see in Instagram ads suddenly showing up in a store near you. (The gang also learns a new word...

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    #39: The Fight For Faster Internet

    Jul 26, 201949 minS0

    This week, it's all about how to make the internet faster--and how the world changes when we do. David, Joanna and Christopher talk about Joanna's nationwide test of the new 5G network. Later, WSJ's Scott McCartney...

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    #38: How the Moon Landing Changed Tech Forever

    Jul 19, 201934 minS0

    This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Even if you don't care about space travel, there's a good chance the work NASA did to get men on the moon affects your life even now. First, David and...

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    #37: Why the Family Phone Plan Rules

    Jul 12, 201950 minS0

    David and Christopher start the show by discussing a technology that drove decades of innovation: the spreadsheet. Dan Bricklin, creator of VisiCalc - the Lotus and Excel predecessor that was so successful people bought...

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    #36: How to Survive Holiday Travel

    Jul 3, 201949 minS0

    With Christopher on vacation (again), David and Joanna go through their best tips for surviving the coming July 4th travel craziness. They each bring their best gadget, app, and tip for getting where you're going a...

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    #35: Google Maps to Nowhere

    Jun 28, 201950 minS0

    David, Joanna and Christopher unpack the coming fight between tech companies and regulators, and get into the messy meaning of an important term in the antitrust world: "consumer harm." Next, Katie Bindley joins to talk...

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    #34: Call Him Mr. 'Fortnite'

    Jun 21, 201947 minS0

    Joanna and David didn't want to talk about Facebook, but they had to: Facebook launched a new digital currency, Libra, that could upend the way we pay for things. With the help of WSJ reporter AnnaMaria Andriotis...

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    #33: Facebook's Potentially Problematic Privacy Practices: A Recap

    Jun 14, 201940 minS0

    This week, WSJ broke news of internal Facebook Inc. emails that suggested the company lacked urgency to stop data leaks. With David out in Hong Kong at the Journal's Asia tech conference, Joanna and Christopher take you...

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    #32: The World According to Apple

    Jun 7, 201943 minS0

    Apple's annual developer conference, WWDC, was this week, and there's a lot of news that could impact you come the fall. David, Joanna and Christopher sort out the game-changers from the who-caresers. The hosts also dig...

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    #31: My Way or the Huawei

    May 31, 201943 minS0

    David and Christopher talk about Amazon's new strategy for winning the smart-home wars. Hint: It involves getting in with property managers and home builders. Next, David and Joanna call WSJ reporter Stu Woo in Beijing...

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    #30: Dispatches From the Future (of Everything)

    May 24, 201951 minS0

    We have a special episode for you this week. We just finished the WSJ Future of Everything Festival, a three-day event filled with speakers, panels and demos showing us where the world is going-for better or worse. Lots...

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    #29: Don't Face ID Me, Bro

    May 17, 201947 minS0

    Now that Big Tech's two biggest privacy invaders can't stop talking about privacy, David, Joanna and Christopher won't stop talking about them. Google and Facebook, that is. Next, the team turns to WSJ reporter Asa...

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    #28: Uber for Everything and Everything for Uber

    May 10, 201944 minS0

    To ring in the Uber IPO, David, Christopher and Joanna team up with WSJ reporter Eliot Brown to explore the vast scope of the newest publicly traded tech giant. Prior to that, they recap Google's I/O conference, and...

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    #27: The New New New Facebook

    May 3, 201938 minS0

    David, Christopher and Joanna attempt to explain TikTok, the hottest new thing in social media. It's like Vine meets Snapchat meets Instagram meets Spotify, sort of. Then, WSJ reporter Jeff Horwitz comes on to talk...

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    #26: All Netflix and No Chill

    Apr 26, 201948 minS0

    David, Joanna and Christopher talk about the bizarre non-launch and Joanna's non-review of the Samsung Galaxy Fold, and what it means for the future of foldable phones. Then, WSJ reporter Shalini Ramachandran comes on...

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    #25: The Movies Come To You Now

    Apr 19, 201945 minS0

    David, Joanna and Christopher dive into the algorithms that determine everything from social media feeds to jail sentences, and try to figure out how to make them better and more transparent. Then Erich Schwartzel comes...

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    #24: The First Black Hole, The Worst Car Dashboards

    Apr 12, 201942 minS0

    First, the Wall Street Journal's digital science editor Daniela Hernandez joins David, Joanna and Christopher with all details of the first-ever image of a black hole -- and why it's made everyone space and science...

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    #23: How Amazon Changed Delivery and How Delivery Changes Everything

    Apr 5, 201941 minS0

    This week, it's all about how we buy stuff and how that stuff gets to us. David, Joanna and Christopher bring on WSJ reporter Katie Bindley to talk about how to make sure you're getting the best deals on Amazon-and all...

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