''Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast'' (also referred to as ''Waveform'' or ''WVFRM'') is a podcast hosted by American YouTuber

Marques Brownlee Marques Keith Brownlee (; ; born December 3, 1993), also known professionally as MKBHD, is an American YouTuber, influencer, and professional ultimate frisbee player, best known for his videos reviewing technology devices. , he has more tha ...

, with Andrew Manganelli and David Imel. The podcast focuses on

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news and products along with discussions on videos uploaded to Marques' channel. A number of episodes have involved interviews with YouTube creators and prominent figures in the tech community. To wrap each episode the hosts compete in trivia, or interviewed guests complete a timed typing test.

Background

Marques Brownlee, the creator of the popular technology-focused ''MKBHD'' YouTube channel, started the podcast to share "behind the scene tips" and "unfiltered takes". Andrew Manganelli is the co-host of the podcast and has been a producer for the MKBHD YouTube channel since January 2017. David Imel, formerly a regular guest and contributor, joined later as the third co-host. The podcast is produced by Adam Molina and Ellis Rovin. ''Waveform'' is part of the

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podcast network. The first episode was aired on

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and

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on July 31, 2019, and was a short 48-second announcement of the creation of the podcast. A week later, the first full length episode aired on August 9, 2019, followed by an announcement on the MKBHD YouTube channel on August 13, 2019.

Guests

Technology YouTuber Quinn from SnazzyLabs was the first guest on the podcast, appearing on the episode that aired October 4, 2019. Several technology company executives have appeared as guests, including

Craig Federighi Craig Federighi (born May 27, 1969) is an Apple engineer and business executive who is the senior vice president (SVP) of software engineering at Apple Inc. He oversees the development of Apple's operating systems. His teams are responsible for ...

, Carl Pei, Chris Cox, Panos Panay, and Wallace Santos and Ron Reed from

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. An uncut interview with

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was uploaded after an edited version was uploaded to the MKBHD YouTube channel for the "Talking Tech" video series.

Release

All ''Waveform'' podcast episodes made before May 7, 2021, are audio only and are released on

and

. However, video highlights from an interview with Craig Federighi have been uploaded to the ''MKBHD'' YouTube channel. Starting from May 7, 2021, the podcasts also became available in a video format with the launch of the ''Waveform'' YouTube channel. However, audio versions would continue to be available. Shorter segments of the video podcasts also became available on the ''Waveform Clips'' channel starting on May 7, 2021.

Reception

Brownlee was a finalist for Best Podcaster from the 2020

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for work on the ''Waveform Podcast''.

References

External links

Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
on

Waveform Podcast

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channel. * {{Twitter, id=WVFRM
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