From the Werkroom to the MCU: Shea Couleé on where drag is heading next

Shea Couleé has become an undeniable force in drag, rising from Chicago’s local scene to snatching crowns on RuPaul’s Drag Race to breaking new ground...

WNBA Star Jewell Loyd Is on the Road to a New Black Wall Street

Las Vegas Aces star Jewell Loyd has amassed a stack of staggering accolades: garnering two WNBA championships, two Olympic gold medals, and six WNBA A...

Fast Company's Innovation Festival Returns to NYC

In this bonus episode, executive director of editorial programming, Kc Ifeanyi, chats with editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan about Fast Company's Innova...

Risk, Reward, Repeat: Why Neon CEO Tom Quinn Bets Big on Bold Films

Neon couldn't burn any brighter than it is now.

The film production and distribution company acquired the rights to six consecutive Palme...

How Joy Reid Bounced Back into her Second Act

For 11 years, Joy Reid was one of the most prominent journalists at MSNBC, spearheading three shows for the network, including The Reid Report, A.M. J...

Why Moby keeps giving music away for free

Moby’s prolific music career spans 35 years, most notably helping to bring electronic music to the mainstream—and perhaps less notably, but still impo...

Creative Control is Back!

The days of celebrities, athletes, and creators relying solely on their talent to build their brands is over. Today, it’s all about partnering with br...

Creative Control series roundup!

How Watcher Entertainment is changing the rules of content creation

Steven Lim used to work at Buzzfeed, cohosting the wildly popular show ‘Worth It.’ But a few years ago, he left to start his own digital studio, Watch...

How TikTok’s Medical Mythbuster exposes racism in healthcare

Last week, we took a trip to VidCon in Anaheim, California, to meet up with some of the top creators in the industry. Joel Bervell, a fourth-year medi...

How SuperOrdinary links brands and creators to international markets

SuperOrdinary launched in 2017 as a way for U.S. brands to reach consumers in China. The company has since expanded to working with creators in other...

What if an AI Elvis sent you a birthday Cameo?

Founded in 2017, Cameo is a platform that allows people to buy custom messages from celebrities to send to their family and friends. The company has e...

Is AI art innovation or infringement?

AI art generators such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and Craiyon have gained noticeable attention in the past months. But like so much of what AI touches, th...

The thin line between borrowing and stealing in fandom

This is the third of our special series about fandom. To start from the beginning, listen to our episodes from the past two weeks!
When it comes...

The dark side of fandom

This is the second of our special series about fandom. To start from the beginning, listen to last week’s episode!Being part of an active fandom creat...

Welcome to the (fandom) dance party!

‘The Witcher’ TV show might not seem like the most natural inspiration for enthusiastically queer romance writing, but for some fanfic authors, it’s a...

Coming soon: A deep dive into the world of fandom

Next week, we’ll be back with a special series of episodes about fandom—covering fanfic, fan art, cosplay, and all the passion that goes into building...

Is banning Tiktok “un-American?”

Since the last time we discussed the efforts to ban Tiktok, we’ve been hearing more about future legal challenges to these restrictions and the intern...

How AI could shape the next 50 years of hip-hop

This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, a genre that’s gone from a niche art form to a cultural and financial powerhouse across the world. Bu...

What do politicians not understand about TikTok?

As Montana becomes the first state to pass a bill banning TikTok on all personal devices, discussions about why and how to restrict the Chinese-owned...

Navigating the creator economy 2.0

To jumpstart season 3 with an overview of the creator economy, we’re featuring a roundtable conversation with some experts, recorded a few weeks ago a...

Announcing Season 3 of Creative Control!

Next week, Creative Control is back with Season 3! Some of the topics we’re unpacking this season include the push to ban TikTok, how hip-hop has unde...

CC Flashback: Brittany Broski live from Fast Company’s Innovation Festival!

While we’re on break, working on the next season of Creative Control, we’re revisiting this live episode from Fast Company’s Innovation Festival last...

CC Flashback: Emma Chamberlain on taking a coffee break from YouTube

In between seasons, we’re taking another listen to this interview with Emma Chamberlain, one of YouTube’s undisputed royalty.
Since starting her...

CC Flashback: Should your doctor be an influencer?

We’re working on the next season of Creative Control. In the meantime, we’re revisiting this still-relevant topic: doctors on platforms like TikTok an...

CC Flashback: Why copyright law is out of step with choreographers in the digital age

While we’re on break, working on the next season of Creative Control, we wanted to revisit this throwback episode about copyright law and dance, and h...

CC Flashback: How NCAA athletes are navigating the Wild West of NIL deals

We’re taking a little break right now while we work on the next season. We’ll be back soon with new conversations and stories about what’s changing in...

Why celebrities are choosing equity over endorsements

Over the past few years, it seems that celebrities and influencers are increasingly choosing to have their own brand instead of simply endorsing a pro...

Making Sh*t Up: Improvisation and the Art of Making Something out of Nothing

We’re taking a little break while we work on the next season. In the meantime, we’re sharing an improv workshop from Fast Company’s Innovation Festiva...

Monetizing your brand in the creator economy

We’re taking a little break right now while we work on the next season. But we’ll be back soon with new conversations and stories about what’s changin...

How brands should elevate (not exploit) Black creators

Last week we talked to some creators about how they’re approaching Black History Month this year. If you haven’t already listened to that episode, ple...

How Black creators are navigating Black History Month

Black History Month is almost upon us. It’s a time meant to celebrate Black culture, but as we’ve seen year after year, it’s also a time for racist tr...

Where are we now after the Facebook Papers?

Back in the fall of 2021, a whistleblower named Frances Haugen dropped a bombshell. She released what would become known as the Facebook Papers, a mas...

Is the creator economy dead?

We’ve discussed where the creator economy is headed this year. And there are general trends that I do think will be important to keep in mind in the s...

How jazz powerhouse Samara Joy went from a viral video to Grammy nominee

If you haven’t heard of Samara Joy, I’m about to put you on. Samara is a jazz singer whose buttery vocals have earned her some of the top accolades ja...

The Fast Company podcast team looks back on 2022

Kate Davis, KC Ifeanyi, and Amelia Hemphill discuss the biggest stories at Fast Company this past year and share their favorite moments from Fast Comp...

Top predictions for the creator economy in 2023

It’s been another destabilizing year across the board. But the creator economy has surprisingly held strong—despite a looming recession, increasing pr...

Unpacking the ‘Black Internet Effect’ with Shavone Charles

This interview has been a long time coming because Shavone Charles is someone I’ve known for quite a few years now. When I met her, she was the head o...

How social media companies should think about paid subscriptions

You might have noticed that more and more social media platforms are offering paid versions of their services, like Twitter Blue, Snapchat Plus, and D...

What Tumblr’s new rules on adult content means for creators

Back in 2018, Tumblr banned all nudity, which, unsurprisingly, led to a massive dip in page views as well as adult creators being forced off the platf...