The Webby Podcast

The Webby Podcast

The Webby Podcast is a weekly program celebrating the people and phenomena that make the Internet awesome. Hosted by Webby Awards CEO David-Michel Davies, the show features conversations with Internet innovators and experts, tips from The Webbys team, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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January 24, 2023 40 mins

In the final episode of Season 10 of The Webby Podcast, David-Michel Davies speaks with Marta Tellado about Consumer Reports’ shift into the digital, the importance of educating younger generations on the protections they’re allowed as consumers, and what safeguarding consumer rights look like in today’s digitized world. 




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In this episode we are joined by Emma Lembke, who founded LOG OFF, a global movement to help youth re-examine their relationship to social media and insert Gen Z’s voice in discussions around responsible technology.

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November 29, 2022 32 mins
In today's episode we sit down with Rex Woodbury, Partner at Index Ventures, founder and CEO of the app Worthy, and avid writer about the intersection of tech, culture and startups.

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November 22, 2022 40 mins

On this episode of The Webby Podcast we sit down with special guest Jasmyn Lawson, who is a Content Executive at Netflix and a cultural media strategist. Centering on a passion for tech, media, and culture, Jasmyn has led a career dedicated to amplifying and championing Black stories made by Black creatives.




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November 15, 2022 36 mins
On this episode of the Webby Podcast, we welcome our special guests Wally and Amanda Koval, Founders of the two-time Webby Winning project, Accidentally Wes Anderson, The Website. In 2017, Accidentally Wes Anderson started as an Instagram account to function as a visual bucket list for Wally and Amanda. Today, it is known globally as the home of the aesthetic the critically acclaimed and well-loved film director Wes Anderson i...

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November 1, 2022 37 mins
On this episode of the Webby Podcast, we’re joined by Cathy Hackl, better known as the Godmother of the Metaverse. As a seasoned strategist around new technologies, she has made extraordinary contributions to this new frontier. From consulting tech companies such as HTC VIVE and Magic Leap to her current work as Chief Metaverse Officer at Journey, Hackl’s work is ushering in a new era of creativity. We sat down with Hackl to discus...

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Director, Writer and Producer Elle Key talks us through her podcast The History of Sketch Comedy, hosted and performed by her husband Keegan-Michael Key, and for which she won the Webby for Best Writing at the 26th Annual Webby Awards!


Join us for a journey through the history of comedy, with plenty of jokes and laughs along the way.


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How do we promote responsible use of technology? And how do we make sure that everyone has equal and equitable access to it? Webby Awards President Claire Graves explored this and the responsibilities we have to each other as we use technology at the It’s Up To Us: A Responsible Tech Future panel. Panelists were two experts in responsible technology: Michele Lawrence Jawando of Omidyar Network and Dr. Fallon Wilson of #BlackTechFut...

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September 27, 2022 39 mins
Actor, podcaster, TV host, children’s literacy advocate, and Webby Award winner LeVar Burton joins us as we kick off Season 10 of The Webby Podcast. 

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June 27, 2022 41 mins

Professor Anita Hill has devoted her life to combating gender based violence. She is a lawyer, an educator, and was at this year’s Webby Awards to accept the Best Public Service and Activism Webby on behalf of Pineapple Street Media and The Meteor for the Podcast, Because of Anita.


In 1991, she bravely traveled to Washington and testified to the US Senate that then Supreme Court Nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her. 30 ...

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June 7, 2022 40 mins

Adam Scott isn't just a podcast pioneer and award-winning actor, most recently in Apple+'s Severance. He's also the 26th Annual Webby Awards Best Actor Winner.


In Severance, Adam Scott plays Mark an employee of Lumon Industries who agrees to a "severance" program in which his non-work memories are separated from his work memories and his gradual discovery of what is really happening at Lumon and in his life. 


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May 10, 2022 32 mins

Host David-Michel Davies is joined by Claire Graves, President of The Webby Media Group and Steve Marchese, Webby Awards Chief Production Officer to discuss a few of their favorite Webby Winners ahead of the 26th Annual Webby Awards, happening Monday May 16th. Check out all of this year's winners at https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners


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  • Accidentally Wes Anderson
  • Planned Parenthood's Text Ch...
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May 3, 2022 38 mins

Hans Jørgen Wiberg is the founder of the Be My Eyes App, which connects blind and low-vision users with fully-sighted volunteers to help with daily tasks.


Hans joins us to talk about the app's origin story, how they connect their surplus of volunteers to users in need of help, and their new employment initiative to get blind and low-vision people hired.


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April 19, 2022 57 mins

Chani Nicholas is one of today’s most prominent astrologers, a Webby Award winner, and best-selling author. She’s also the founder of the CHANI app, which helps downloaders use astrology for radical self-acceptance. There, in addition to guiding the apps’ users on their personal journeys, she’s also building an equitable tech company.


Chani spoke to us about astrology's resurgence through social media, launching her astrology n...

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April 12, 2022 33 mins

Season 9 of The Webby Podcast kicks off with a special roundtable on the 26th Annual Webby Awards Nominees. Host David-Michel Davies is joined by Claire Graves, President of The Webby Media Group and Steve Marchese, Webby Awards Chief Production Officer to discuss a few of their favorite Webby Nominees.Vote for your favorite nominees in the Webby People’s Voice through April 21 at vote.webbyawards.com 


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March 1, 2022 51 mins

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is a food writer, and chef and cook of over 20 years. He’s behind the New York Times Best Seller The Food Lab, the website Serious Eats, and a YouTube channel that offers science-proven methods for home cooking.


Kenji spoke to us about everything from cooking techniques to his journey starting Serious Eats and writing The Food Lab, to how he thinks the Internet changed food and his upcoming book The Wok: ...

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Listen to the first event in our series UNPCKD: Essentials for an Inclusive Internet, in partnership with the NAACP. A discussion on misinformation and disinformation campaigns that target AAPI and Black communities, featuring XiXi Yang, award-winning journalist and founder of XYZ Media, and Vanessa Mbonu, VP of Digital Marketing and Communications, NAACP. More information about the NAACP’s fight against COVID-19 misinformatio...

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January 4, 2022 34 mins

Jad Finck is the vice president of Innovation & Sustainability at Allbirds. In 2014, the sneaker company started as a kickstarter to build running shoes using merino wool. Now, Allbirds has blossomed into both a full brand, and a mission-driven company that puts sustainability at the forefront.

In June, Jad became a judge for the inaugural Anthem Awards - the Webby's new initiative for mission and purpose-driven work - and will ...

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December 21, 2021 51 mins

Eliot Higgins is a citizen journalist and founder & executive director of Bellingcat, an international collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists.

They use the Internet — information available in maps, videos, social  media and much more — to investigate and break some of the biggest stories about international conflicts, from smuggling operations, airstrikes, weapons trading and more.

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December 7, 2021 34 mins

Hamish Brocklebank, chief of YouGov Safe at YouGov — an international research data and analytics group — has built a tool that allows consumers get paid to share information about everything they do online. The consumers share what they buy, watch and play — all of which helps inform the next wave of technology. 


On a larger scale, YouGov studies what shifting consumer choices will mean for brands, marketers, and the gener...

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