The Exchanges

Q All right, so first things first, we both, uh, we both share in being dyslexic. Walk me through, you know, the biggest critic, the critics I've heard so far about Spoken Layer, or just kind of spoken, uh, podcast-like blog posts, is that they're robotic and not normal. Is it wrong to compare Spoken Layer to podcast content?

A Um, yeah, I think they're really different products. I think what podcasts are an incredibly great medium for people to To create bespoke content, tell native stories, and especially in a long form sense, typically you think of a podcast as a 20, 30, 60, 90 minute experience. Um, whereas in my modern world, the way I consume content is lots of little pieces from many different places. So what a spoken edition is, is a different interpretation of what audio can be. It's taking little stories and articles and posts that you think are interesting from brands that you recognize and putting them together in short bits. So the more ways that you think about Uh, pulling songs together into a playlist as opposed to listening to a whole album or an individual article instead of reading the whole magazine. So it's a really different experience, um, and really catered to putting the listener first and letting them choose the experience as opposed to the broadcaster or host of a show.

AI assessment note: “yeah, I think they're really different products.”

Q So what does Playboy pay you, and what do you deliver to them?

A Um, so what we provide is a way for them to distribute the articles they write, um, so as everyone knows, everyone just reads Playboy for the articles, so we actually take that and make that something that, by the way, and Will, I didn't know people read Playboy. You know, maybe it's a wives' tale, but there, there's always that saying that, you know, Just for the articles, honey. But actually, the funny thing is that they actually have great editorial, and they have a great perspective. So taking that content that's really interesting on whether it's section culture, or lifestyle, or nightlife, and then making those stories available on your subway ride into work, or your commute home, or while you're working out in the gym. So you can take those stories that you may have otherwise saved your Instapaper, or have left open in a tab, but now you can actually Put your phone in your pocket, look around in the world, and still consume that content so you can be relevant within your social network and with your friends and family.

AI assessment note: “what we provide is a way for them to distribute the articles they write”