Today on the flagship podcast of machine learning-based recommendation systems:\n03:31 - The Verge\u2019s David Pierce chats with Spotify\u2019s co-president and chief product officer Gustav S\xf6derstr\xf6m about recommendations, audiobooks, app design, what Spotify wants to be, and whether it\u2019s possible to do it all well.\xa0\nSpotify - The Verge\n\n44:08 - Alex Cranz joins the show to discuss a bunch of recent streaming news, including the plan to combine Disney Plus and Hulu.\xa0\nStreaming - The Verge\n\n1:10:28 - Chris Welch joins the show to help answer this week\u2019s Vergecast Hotline question about mp3 players.\xa0\n\nThe Mighty \u2014 an iPod shuffle for Spotify \u2014 finally arrives for $85\n\nbemighty.com\n\n\nEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices