V1 with Elizabeth Laraki

V1 is a podcast about how people design iconic products. In each episode, Elizabeth Laraki sits down with the designers, engineers, and founders who built the first versions of the digital products we use everyday. You’ll go behind the scenes and hear about the ideas, instincts, and tradeoffs that influenced how people shaped those early decisions, and how they rippled out to define how we experience technology. Elizabeth spent the early part of her career designing early versions of products like Google Maps, Google Search, YouTube, and Facebook. She's been in these conversations and knows how to unlock the real stories behind how these iconic products were designed. Whether you build digital products, rely on them every day, or are curious about the design decisions that shaped the digital world, V1 is for you.