In theory, I knew that this kind of thing can happen in any family.
Upstanding citizens are always turning out to be secret criminals,
and I would n't even call my cousin Alan an upstanding citizen.
But it's one thing to know and another thing to understand.
Alan, murder me.
What the hell was Alan thinking?
From Serial Productions and The New York Times, I'm M. Gessen, and this is The Idiot.
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From The New York Times, this is The Interview.
I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.
YouTube is a juggernaut.
The platform is winning the streaming war with Netflix.
It's made creators like Mr. Beast and Miss Rachel into huge stars.
And it's owning the video podcast space.
Add to that its growing distribution business with YouTube TV and the deals with both the NFL and the Oscars.
And it's clear YouTube has few, if any, peers, which is why I wanted to sit down with CEO Neil Mohan.
Mohan has been in charge of YouTube since 2023 and has overseen its rapid growth.
But that hasn't come without controversy.
Just this week, a jury in California found the company negligent alongside Meta
for harming a teenager's mental health through its addictive features.