Season 3, Episode 1: How Streaming Became Cable, But Worse

Touch Point Podcast
Touch Point Podcast
Season 3, Episode 1: How Streaming Became Cable, But Worse
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Hosts Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer face the modern entertainment apocalypse: streaming content. What started as freedom from cable has devolved into a fragmented, confusing, overpriced mess where your favorite show is always on the one service you canceled last month. 

They unpack the chaos behind subscription juggling, studio feuds (yes, YouTube TV vs. ESPN/Disney, we see you), and why your monthly bill now looks suspiciously like 2008 Comcast.

This week’s recommendation is for Cory Doctorow’s new book “Enshitification” – a takedown of how platforms rot from the inside. The hosts then kick-off the official “Surprise – It’s Not a Toaster” Book Club – asking readers to follow along from home. 

In the AI Stump, they use various GenAI tools to create a new word describing the fear of leaving something behind. Tune in to find out which tool – ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity – created the best term.

SNAT50: Streaming is broken, AI is weird, books are angry, and now we have a new neurosis.

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Ed Bennett

An early adopter and innovator of digital technology, Ed knows first-hand how digital tools have stimulated consumer engagement, improved revenue, and transformed how we do both. He is passionate about helping healthcare organizations develop digital strategies and actionable plans for future growth. He is also the administrator of the website http://MarTech.Health

Chris Boyer

Principal, @chrisboyer LLC  Using digital marketing, experience and UCD/CX to transform healthcare. Co-host of the touch point podcast and founder of the Touch Point Media network. 

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