About this episode
Google – all its apps, smartphones, and the cloud business – is responsible for 99% of Alphabet’s total revenue. But Alphabet is toiling away on quite a few moonshot projects. What if one of them works? (00:14) David Meier and Mary Long break down earnings from Alphabet and Palantir. They also discuss: - Why cloud computing isn’t going anywhere. - YouTube’s secret sauce. - What Palantir really does. Then, (17:45), Ricky Mulvey talks with television writer and novelist Jordan Harper about how PR firms shape public opinion and how to spot their work when consuming the news. Companies mentioned: GOOG, NFLX, PLTR Host: Mary Long Guests: David Meier, Ricky Mulvey, Jordan Harper Engineer: Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices