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On Wednesday we announced Machine Gods . It’s a new podcast from Kevin Roose and me, in partnership with NPR. If you enjoyed Hard Fork, we think you’ll enjoy this show, too. And on the eve of our final Hard Fork final episode, I wanted to say a few words about the show we made at the New York Times and the one we hope to make with NPR.

(Also: Hard Fork will continue with new hosts, and we look forward to hearing it when it resumes!)

One of my favorite podcasting truisms comes from Search Engine’s PJ Vogt, whom I once heard say that you learn what your show is by making it. When Kevin and I pitched Hard Fork in 2021, Silicon Valley was in the throes of crypto mania, and we assumed that the podcast would cover the effort to rebuild our existing internet on the blockchain.

But by the time the show launched in the fall of 2022, crypto had already entered its decline.…