{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cloud Atlas: How The Cloud Reshaped Human Life","title":"S01E01: The Cloud Gathers","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fc2968f5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1131,"description":"Just about everything you interact with digitally is enabled by the cloud. Whether you’re doom-scrolling on Instagram, binge-watching on Netflix, ride-hailing on Uber, or downloading super-cool cloud podcasts (hint, hint) on Spotify, you’re using the cloud.But most people don’t have any idea what the cloud is, where it came from, or what we, as a species, spend on it. Episode One of “Cloud Atlas” goes back to the birthplace of the cloud: a little digital bookstore called Amazon.com.Including contributions from:Allan Vermeulen, who led the team that built the world's first web-based storage product, Amazon S3Matt Round, who led Amazon's personalization team — and made it such that the online store rearranges itself for every unique user","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8bZA3_pKuEaajPLQzsvrcHifVbU-aGWnmjHE3epYaxw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM5MjQzLzE3MDAw/NTg3NTctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}