{"podcast":{"title":"TBPN","slug":"tbpn-7037852","podcast_index_feed_id":7037852,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/technology-brother","website_url":"https://tbpn.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JKCXKMFC8DxrWx6hOFD_HdcDjLAqNP3rWp-35R-vubg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYWQ5/N2FkMzQ2MGY4Zjg5/ZDczMGExMTA5NjEz/Y2MyMC5wbmc.jpg","author":"TBPN Corp","episode_count":629,"summary":"TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays from 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with full episodes posted to Spotify immediately after airing. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” TBPN has interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. Diet TBPN delivers the best moments from each episode in under 30 minutes.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T10:18:26.617622+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tbpn-7037852"},"episode":{"title":"Ben Thompson Explains the XBOX Disaster","slug":"ben-thompson-explains-the-xbox-disaster","published_at":"2026-07-08T22:03:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tbpn-7037852/ben-thompson-explains-the-xbox-disaster","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tbpn-7037852","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/d9234efb","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/d9234efb/7648862c.mp3","summary":"This is our full conversation with Ben Thompson. We discuss why Microsoft's Xbox strategy failed, why he thinks GTA 6 should cost $200, how console wars shaped the modern gaming industry, what went wrong with Xbox Game Pass, why AI is reshaping competition across tech, the future of Microsoft's gaming business, and why regulators often block mergers at exactly the wrong time. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Public - https://public.com Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Console - https://www.console.com CrowdStrike - https://www.crowdstrike.com Figma - https://www.figma.com MongoDB - https://www.mongodb.com NYSE - https://www.nyse.com Railway - https://railway.com Shopify - https://www.shopify.com/ Codex - http://openAI.com/codex Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com Follow TBPN: https://TBPN.com https://x.com/tbpn https://open.spotify.com/show/2L6WMqY3GUPCGBD0dX6p00?si=674252d53acf4231 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/technology-brothers/id1772360235 https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive","meta_description":"This is our full conversation with Ben Thompson. We discuss why Microsoft's Xbox strategy failed, why he thinks GTA 6 should cost $200, how console wars s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1663,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tbpn-7037852/episodes/ben-thompson-explains-the-xbox-disaster/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tbpn-7037852/ben-thompson-explains-the-xbox-disaster.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}