Joanna Stern
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Joanna Stern is an American technology journalist and video producer known for consumer-tech reviews and reporting. She is associated with The Wall Street Journal’s technology coverage.
Discussed alongside Joanna Stern
7 episodes featuring Joanna Stern
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
AI agents turn convenience into a liability fight
The episode connects new hardware launches with a larger question: whether autonomous software can safely act across the services people rely on.
Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 45m
Pivot
Nvidia’s buyback exposes tech’s AI accountability gap
The episode connects Nvidia’s confidence in the AI boom with a broader political and corporate struggle over responsibility, influence, and leadership character.
Sep 29, 2026 · 1h 7m
Pivot
Media power, AI hardware and the risks of political loyalty
The episode connects concentrated media ownership, attacks on independent journalism, U.S.-China tensions and consumer technology’s privacy tradeoffs.
Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 11m
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
Google targets premium laptops as tech signals grow less reliable
The episode connects Google’s attempt to redefine Chromebooks with broader questions about trustworthy metrics, durable hardware promises, and the next phase of personal computing.
Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 44m
TBPN
AI abundance meets the limits of economic measurement
The episode tests whether AI is already reshaping investment, infrastructure, politics, productivity, and everyday communication—or remains mostly a story about the future.
Sep 17, 2026 · 3h 2m
TBPN
AI’s next test is adoption, not spectacle
The episode connects frontier-AI risk and valuations with the harder question of whether these systems can produce durable gains in creative work, business, and everyday life.
Sep 9, 2026 · 2h 59m
Science Friday
Robots learn the physical world as AI reshapes mathematics
The episode examines two frontiers where AI must move beyond fluent prediction: navigating physical environments and producing mathematics humans can verify and understand.
Aug 19, 2026 · 18 min