Jeffrey Katzenberg calls into Quibi-mocking podcast after his lawyers sent it a cease-and-desist letter

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The podcast Quibiverse changed its name to Streamiverse "and pivoted to spite" after Quibi threatened to sue in March. Rob Dezendorf and Danielle Gibson were 17 episodes into their podcast mocking all things Quibi when they received a cease-and-desist letter. "So you can imagine our surprise when Katzenberg wanted to come on our podcast and have a little chat," Dezendorf and Gibson write in Slate of their allotted 30 minutes with the Quibi founder, adding: "Throughout the interview Katzenberg was polite, tolerant, and overall much nicer than he needed to be, considering the fact that we called him Shrek Daddy when introducing him. He was obviously also very savvy. He didn’t take our bait and basically gave us answers about stuff he wanted to talk about, regardless of the questions asked. We ended the interview respecting the hell out of him, and the Quibi execs, Shawna Thomas and Brian Tannenbaum, who helped set the call up. We invite you to listen to the entire awkward conversation. It is something."