Taylor Lorenz is a jounalist covering the content creator world and a tech columnist for The Washington Post.
She has previously worked for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Daily Beast. Her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Fast Company and she regularly appears on NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and the BBC.
Taylor was named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list of Leaders in Media and Entertainment in 2020, Adweek included her in their Young Influentials Who Are Shaping Media, Marketing and Tech listing, Town & Country magazine named her to their New Creative Vanguards list, calling her “The Bob Woodward of the TikTok generation.”
She lives in Los Angeles, and is currently beefing with Elon Musk on Twitter or x or whatever we call it today.
More importantly, she is the author of the upcoming book:
Extremely Online, the untold story of Fame, influence and power on the internet which comes out October 3rd.
Pre-Order here: https://www.amazon.com/Extremely-Online-Untold-Influence-Internet/dp/1982146869
What better way to add to that impressive list of accomplishments, than with an appearance on Chad and Steve have a podcast.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist
It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.