66: The Future of Podcasts (toilet edition)

For those of you poor souls who subscribed to this podcast hoping to hear intelligent discussions about the product world, you’ve probably noticed that such discussions are a rare treat… BUT TODAT IS ONE SUCH TREAT! Jake & Jonathan discuss the acquisitions Spotify made as part of its strategy to OWN the podcasting space. Jake actually prepared for this one! You’re in for a good episode… ## **Links:** [Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push, earmarks $500M for more deals](https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/spotify-doubles-down-on-podcasts/) [Anchor—The best way to make your podcast](https://anchor.fm/) [Gimlet Media](https://www.gimletmedia.com/) [StartUp podcast](https://www.gimletmedia.com/startup) [Homecoming podcast](https://www.gimletmedia.com/homecoming) [Apple Takes Podcasting Mainstream (2005)](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2005/06/28Apple-Takes-Podcasting-Mainstream/) [Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play—Stratechery](https://stratechery.com/2019/spotifys-podcast-aggregation-play/) [Midroll—Podcast Advertising Network](http://www.midroll.com/) [ODEO—Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeo) [This American Life](https://www.thisamericanlife.org) [NPR Planet Money](https://www.npr.org/sections/money/?t=1550419255646) [Gimlet 13: Fake It Til You Make It—StartUp](https://www.gimletmedia.com/startup/13-fake-it-til-you-make-it#episode-player) [Sign up to Jake’s newsletter](https://jakeknapp.com/) [Product Breakfast Club #62: Product Business Models of the Future](https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial/product-breakfast-club-62-product-business-models-of-the-future-aef02ebf7e06?source=collection_detail----bb39a1048484-----3---------------------) [Why Can’t We Have Decent Toilet Stalls?—Slate](https://slate.com/technology/2019/01/toilet-stall-gaps-bad-design.html?via=gdpr-consent) [The LEGO Movie 2—IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513498/) [Buy Sprint!](https://www.thesprintbook.com/buy/) 📘🏃‍♀️ [Buy Make Time!](https://maketimebook.com/buy/) 📗⏰ [**AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass**:](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass)[ajsmart.com/masterclass](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass) 🥇😯 ## **Your Hosts:** * Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: [@jakek](https://twitter.com/jakek) * Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: [@jicecream](https://www.instagram.com/jicecream/) * Write into the podcast: [pbc@ajsmart.com](mailto:pbc@ajsmart.com) * Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: [PodcastTech.com](https://PodcastTech.com) * Show notes by [@amrkhalifeh](https://www.instagram.com/amrkhalifeh/) * [Follow the podcast on Medium](https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial)

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Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.