We’re off for the Fourth of July, but what’s a better tribute to America than a conversation about the technology that enables us to endlessly stream TV from the couch? This week, we’re bringing you an episode we enjoyed from the recently debuted New York Times podcast The Interview. Lulu Garcia-Navarro interviews Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive of Netflix, about his early days working in a video store, shows to fold your laundry to and the future of the entertainment industry.

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Guests:

Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive of Netflix

Additional Reading:

“The Interview”: Ted Sarandos’s Plan to Get You to Binge Even More Netflix

“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Chris Wood with original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda, Nicole Sperling, Rory Walsh, Renan Borelli, Nick Pitman, Maddy Masiello, Jake Silverstein and Sam Dolnick.