Nathan Baschez

Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of AI word processor Lex. He cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack, and co-created Product Hunt.

Jun 6, 2021

The Creator Economy Just Went Mainstream. Why?

Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators

Apr 28, 2020

Sonos Radio: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Moat

What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about

Apr 16, 2020

What can we learn from Facebook Portal?

Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives

Sep 30, 2020

#31 - Talk Therapy is a mission focused podcast

Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha

Sep 29, 2020

Passion Economy News: Casey Newton goes Indie, SignalFire’s Creator Economy Market Map, Newsletter Curation, and More

Plus, using Twitch for journalism, Bella Poarch, and the implications of Penske’s control over Hollywood publications

Oct 16, 2020

#35 - Tricking Nat Eliason into joining the Bundle

Nat Eliason talks to Dan and Nathan about Almanack, his brand-new Bundle newsletter exploring everything it takes for you to live a life tha

Sep 2, 2020

Announcement!

Plus, how to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy

Apr 1, 2020

Why is Netflix more profitable than Spotify?

Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020

Oct 7, 2020

#33 - How to use Spatial Organizing

Dan takes Nathan through his Superorganizers piece on Spatial Organizing. The technique is useful for a pretty much any project, from writin

Jul 10, 2020

#11 - Two entrepreneurs and a journalist walk into a podcast

Today, Dan and Nathan welcome guest Alex Kantrowitz to Talk Therapy! (This is a special episode that’s twice as long as usual!) Alex left hi

Apr 17, 2020

Bundle Magic [audio & spreadsheet]

Happy Friday! Above is a recording of me narrating this week’s essay explaining bundle economics, “Bundle Magic.” I tried something a littl

Aug 14, 2020

#20 - Couples therapy ft. executive coach Brian Wang

Brian Wang joins Nathan and Dan on a special episode that’s longer than usual! Brian’s an executive coach who helps founders with the emoti

Aug 30, 2021

Understanding The Culture and Commerce Driving NFTs

"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka

Nov 9, 2020

News Roundup #8: Could the Trump bump turn into a Trump slump?

Read to the end for live streaming insights for music creators

Jun 22, 2020

5 interesting strategy decisions from WWDC

Decoding Apple's intentions

Sep 28, 2020

Intangible Returns

How strict prioritization processes cause malaise, and why you should take gut instinct more seriously in your planning process.

Oct 21, 2020

#37 - Better Business Writing

What began as a weekly “Great Writing” meeting is now the newest member of the bundle! Dan and Nathan reflect on how their joint desire to g

Mar 19, 2020

Does Sonos have a moat? [audio]

This is a subscriber-only audio edition of the most recent Divinations essay: “Does Sonos have a moat?” It’s narrated and edited by me, Nath

Oct 24, 2020

#38 - RIP Quibi

Dan and Nathan eulogize Quibi – and extend some sympathy to anyone who has a big idea. How did you feel about this episode? Amazing • Good 

Mar 27, 2020

Understanding the Covid-19 Recession

What happens when an economy holds its breath?

Dec 15, 2020

Deconstructing Social Tech, with Chris Messina

And the product dynamics that drive social platforms

Jul 8, 2020

Announcing: Means of Creation

A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly

Nov 24, 2020

Three Shorts: Snap, Apple, Vox

On Snap's take on TikTok, Apple's developer fee reduction, and Vox's talent attrition.

Jun 9, 2020

#1 - The Bundle Digest

Dan and Nathan start out discussing the concept of Talk Therapy: a place to talk about the process of building a media business as it happen