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Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.
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Taylor Swift and the music industry's next $20 from 2023-01-17T10:00
I have this theory that music is usually about five years ahead of the rest of media in terms of its relationship to tech—whether that’s new formats based on new tech, like vinyl to CDs; new busine...
ListenHow F*ck You Pay Me is empowering creators from 2021-09-21T10:00
We talk a lot about the creator economy here on Decoder and one thing we’ve learned from all those conversations is that the creator economy is a market just like any other, with supply and demand,...
ListenIt's brutal out here: Olivia Rodrigo and how the music business makes songwriters fight over credits from 2021-09-15T10:00
This week on Decoder we are doing something a little different. We're talking with Charlie Harding, co-host of the podcast Switched on Pop a podcast about pop music, about the state of the music in...
ListenCan Polestar design a new kind of car company? from 2021-07-13T10:00
We are back after our week off, and we’ve got a good one today. On this episode I’m talking to Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar, a new car company with close family ties to Volvo. We talked a lot ...
ListenIndex Ventures' Mike Volpi and Danny Rimer on global innovation and founder power from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Volpi and Danny Rimer, the co-founders of the San Francisco office of Index Ventures, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher. In this episode: Volpi and Rimer's backgrounds and the early days of the ...
ListenWhy the 'Google memo' author had to be fired (Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how YouTube has grown since she assumed that role in 2014, and how it's making original content differently than other video platfo...
ListenRecode Decode: Megan Quinn, general partner, Spark Capital from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Spark Capital General Partner Megan Quinn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Casey Newton about the evolving balance between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Quinn, an investor ...
ListenRecode Decode: Obama's cybersecurity chief Michael Daniel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Barack Obama's former cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel, now the CEO of the nonprofit Cyber Threat Alliance, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the state of US cybersecurity heading into...
ListenRep. Ro Khanna on Bernie Sanders, 2020 election interference, and pragmatic tech regulation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
US Congressman Ro Khanna, who represents California's 17th district, joins Recode's Kara Swisher live onstage at Manny's in San Francisco to talk about the state of tech policy and the next electio...
ListenBroadcast TV is not dead (Ilene Chaiken, showrunner, ‘Empire’) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ilene Chaiken, the creator of “The L Word” and showrunner for “Empire,” talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2017 edition of Werk It, WNYC’s women-in-podcasting festival. Chaiken explains how sh...
ListenRecode Decode: Noam Cohen, author, 'The Know-It-Alls' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and former New York Times columnist Noam Cohen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wreckin...
ListenRecode Decode: FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, one of the FTC's two Democratic commissioners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of antitrust problems in the tech industry, the history of pushback against ...
ListenAndreessen Horowitz's Scott Kupor on the "secrets" of venture capital from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Kupor, the managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about his new book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. In ...
ListenWhy Shonda Rhimes left ABC for Netflix (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
ShondaLand CEO Shonda Rhimes, the TV producer behind hits like "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal" and "How to Get Away With Murder," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2017 Vanity Fair New Establishm...
ListenRecode Decode: Andrew Mason, CEO, Descript from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Mason, the founder and former CEO of Groupon, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Casey Newton about his latest startup, Descript. The company bills itself as a “word processor ...
ListenRecode Decode: Senator Mark Warner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Warner, the senior US Senator from Virginia, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about several interconnected policy issues affecting the 2020 elections, including the security of voter registrie...
ListenWhy Silicon Valley loves "biohacking" and intermittent fasting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Inspired by the trendiness of intermittent fasting in the tech community, Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, talks with three eating habit experts — a biohacker, an academic, and an...
ListenJared Leto on playing a tech trillionaire in 'Blade Runner 2049' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Blade Runner 2049" actor Jared Leto talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about portraying Niander Wallace, a trillionaire tech mogul. By the start of the new movie, Wallace has saved humanity from sta...
ListenRecode Decode: Kara Swisher visits Pod Save America (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Crooked Media's Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer, appearing as a guest on a live taping of their podcast, Pod Save America, in Oakland, Califo...
ListenRecode Decode: Whistleblower Aid CEO John Tye from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Napier Tye, the founder and CEO of Whistleblower Aid, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how his non-profit law firm helps people seeking to legally expose corruption in the government and...
ListenStanford University's Larry Diamond on Russia, China, and the "new Cold War" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Larry Diamond, a professor at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Ch...
Listen“Free speech” is cheap (Ellen Pao, author, “Reset”) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investor Ellen Pao talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change,” which chronicles Pao’s 2015 court battle against her former employer, Kle...
ListenRecode Decode: Daniel Gross, partner, Y Combinator from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Y Combinator Partner Daniel Gross talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Casey Newton about why he returned to the startup incubator that gave him his start in Silicon Valley. Gross co-fo...
ListenRecode Decode: Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder, a hedge fund manager turned human rights activist and his son, Josh Browder, whose company DoNotPay helps consumers fight everyt...
ListenRep. Lauren Underwood on the impeachment debate, representing a swing district, and "toxic" 2020 candidates from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lauren Underwood, the US Congresswoman who represents Illinois' 14th district, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded on July 29, 2019 at Manny's in San Francisco. In thi...
ListenGod, the Washington Post and the meaning of life (Sally Quinn, author, "Finding Magic") from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sally Quinn, the author of "Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book and her career in journalism. Quinn got her start covering the Washington, D.C., ...
ListenRecode Decode: Leslie Berlin, historian, Stanford University from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Leslie Berlin, the historian who oversees Stanford University's Silicon Valley Archives, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Troublemakers: How a Generation of Silicon Valley Upst...
ListenRecode Decode: "She Said" authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. They talk a...
Listen“The $300 textbook is dead” says Pearson CEO John Fallon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pearson CEO John Fallon talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the company is pivoting from print to digital textbooks. In this episode: Fallon’s background; the publishing industry’s slow-mot...
ListenDonald Trump, explained (Maggie Haberman, New York Times, and David Fahrenthold, Washington Post) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman and Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold talk with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. Both known for ...
ListenRecode Decode: Margrethe Vestager from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Margrethe Vestager, Europe's commissioner for competition, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at Web Summit 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. Vestager explains how the E.U. is try...
ListenRecode Decode: Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steve Schwarzman, the CEO of the private equity firm The Blackstone Group, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence. Schwarzman — a l...
ListenDemocracy is for sale, says “The Great Hack” director Karim Amer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live interview, Recode's Kara Swisher talks with former Cambridge Analytica COO Julian Wheatland, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee, and the director and writer of the new Netflix docum...
ListenWhy one investor is 'cringing' at tech IPOs (Maha Ibrahim, general partner, Canaan) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maha Ibrahim, a general partner at Canaan Partners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her more than 17 years in venture capital, joining Canaan right before the first dot-com bubble burst. Ibr...
ListenRecode Decode: How Reid Hoffman would fix social media (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a general partner at Greylock Partners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the Anti-Defamation League conference "Never Is ...
ListenRecode Decode: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he's still running for the Democratic nomination in 2020, the threat of job automation and his proposed "robot...
ListenMegan Rapinoe still isn’t going to the White House, even if Trump invites her from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the 400th episode of Recode Decode, Megan Rapinoe, the co-captain of the US Women's National Soccer Team, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. This live conversation was recorded at the Mobile Mark...
ListenWhat Amazon should buy next (Scott Galloway, author, “The Four”) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York University professor Scott Galloway returns to the podcast to talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his first book, “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google,” which...
ListenRecode Decode: Greta Van Susteren is not giving up on social media from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former cable news anchor Greta Van Susteren talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen about her new book, "Everything You Need to Know about Social Media (Without Having to Call a Ki...
ListenRecode Decode: 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020. Williamson explains why she's still in the r...
ListenReddit CEO Steve Huffman: “Would I love to see the government F our largest competitors? Yeah!” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at Manny's in San Francisco. Huffman co-founded the company in 2005, left it in 2009, and returned in 2015 ...
ListenThe race for self-driving cars is on (Chris Urmson, CEO, Aurora) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Urmson, the CEO of Aurora and former CTO of self-driving cars at Google, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about when autonomous vehicles will replace human-driven ones. Urmson, who started wo...
ListenRecode Decode: magazine mogul Tina Brown from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tina Brown — the former editor of Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, the Daily Beast and more — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983 - 1992." In the book, s...
ListenRecode Decode: The Wing CEO Audrey Gelman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Audrey Gelman, the co-founder and CEO of women's coworking space The Wing, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's new hiring network for its members, and how it can combat bias in hir...
ListenHow Stitch Fix uses data to sell more clothes, and why CEO Katrina Lake hopes retail has a future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stitch Fix founder and CEO Katrina Lake talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of fashion, how the company has changed in the past nine years, and the rarity of female tech CEOs. In this...
ListenVenture capital is headed for a ‘huge, rude awakening' (Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO, Social Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of capitalism and investing, which he says will look less and less like traditional venture capital, as fir...
ListenRecode Decode: Stacey Abrams, candidate for governor, Georgia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stacey Abrams, a candidate running for governor of Georgia and former minority leader of its general assembly, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen about the early stages of the...
ListenRecode Decode: Microsoft President Brad Smith from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Microsoft President Brad Smith talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, co-authored with Carol Ann Browne, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. They discuss ...
ListenRep. Adam Schiff on the Mueller investigation, deepfakes, and the dangers posed by Russia and China from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Congressman Adam Schiff, who represents California’s 28th district and chairs the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the 2020 election, the Russia investigation, a...
ListenThe future of tech jobs in coal country from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode’s Kara Swisher heads to Louisville, Ky., to talk about the future of work with a panel of local-minded techies: Interapt CEO Ankur Gopal, Code Louisville founder Rider Rodriguez, TechHire Ea...
ListenRecode Decode: Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, Anti-Defamation League from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how the century-old nonprofit is evolving to fight antisemitism and other forms of extremism in th...
ListenRecode Decode: Why workers need to be part of the conversation about UBI and artificial intelligence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former New York Times labor reporter Steve Greenhouse talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. Greenhous...
ListenWhy 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn't want to break up Google from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Entrepreneur and Venture for America founder Andrew Yang talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his campaign to be the Democratic nominee in the 2020 presidential race. In this episode: Being "the ...
ListenLyft will always have human drivers (Taggart Matthiesen, director of product, Lyft) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lyft Director of Product Taggart Matthiesen talks with Recode’s Johana Bhuiyan about the ride-hailing company’s push into self-driving cars. Matthiesen predicts that Lyft will slowly evolve into a ...
ListenRecode Decode: Katy Tur, author, ‘Unbelievable.’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
MSNBC anchor Katy Tur talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen about her new book, "Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History." While she was at N...
ListenRecode Decode: "The Enlightened Capitalists" author James O'Toole. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James O'Toole, a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, The Enlightened Capitalists: Cautionary Tales of Business Pioneers Who...
ListenWhy Senator Michael Bennet believes he can win the presidency in 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Bennet, the senior U.S. Senator from Colorado, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the intersection of social media and politics, and running for president in 2020. In this episode: Denv...
ListenYou don't have to lead like Steve Jobs (Chris Kuenne and John Danner, authors, 'Built for Growth') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Kuenne and John Danner talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, "Built for Growth: How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win." Kuenne and D...
ListenRecode Decode: Ray Dalio, author, 'Principles: Life and Work' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Principles: Life and Work." In it, he lays out how he makes sm...
ListenRecode Decode: Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jennifer Eberhardt, professor of psychology at Stanford University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her most recent book, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Thi...
ListenMayor Pete Buttigieg on systemic racism, regulating tech, and the divided Democratic Party from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his campaign for president of the United States. In this episode: Systemic racism and Buttigieg's "Douglass Pla...
ListenWhat tech gets wrong about harassment (Erica Baker, director of engineering, Kickstarter; Sarah Kunst, CEO, ProDay) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Diversity advocate and Kickstarter director Erica Baker and ProDay CEO Sarah Kunst talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about the conditions that led so many venture capitalists to abuse their power ove...
ListenRecode Decode: Luther Lowe, Yelp; Beth Wilkinson, Wilkinson Walsh Eskovitz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen talk about tech, regulation and politics with two special guests: Luther Lowe, the vice president of public policy at Yelp, and Beth Wilkinson, the co-...
ListenRecode Decode: Lime president Joe Kraus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lime President Joe Kraus talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he came to Lime after a long career in both startups and venture capital, the company's pivot from bikes to scooters and the "unb...
ListenHarley-Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harley-Davidson president and CEO Matthew Levatich talks with Recode's Kara Swisher live onstage at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: The impact of tariffs on Harley-Davidson’s global busi...
ListenHow Uber is trying to fix itself (Frances Frei, SVP of leadership and strategy, Uber) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Live onstage: Uber SVP Frances Frei talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of the beleaguered ride-hailing company. Frei came to Uber from Harvard Business School, where she studied lead...
ListenRecode Decode: David Rosenblatt, CEO, 1stdibs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
1stdibs CEO David Rosenblatt explains how his company, a marketplace for rare luxury products, made the transition from an advertising to e-commerce. Unlike other executives in the commerce space, ...
ListenRecode Decode: Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gro Intelligence founder and CEO Sara Menker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the growing field of agriculture technology and how farmers around the world are using data. She also talks about...
ListenWriter Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Gwyneth Paltrow, "Fleishman Is in Trouble," and divorce in the age of Tinder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her popular profiles of celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and her new novel, "Fleishman Is in Trouble." In this episode: Why Br...
ListenGovernment should fight tech’s ‘corporate villainy’ (Cory Booker, U.S. Senator) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker talks with Recode’s Tony Romm about the current state of politics under President Trump and how he thinks the U.S. government should respond to the tech sector. Booke...
ListenRecode Decode: Can Silicon Valley get its mojo back? (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher joins venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, theBoardlist founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Uptake CEO Brad Keywell in this live discussion about tech culture from the 2017 Vanity Fair...
ListenRecode Decode: Huawei's chief security officer in the US, Andy Purdy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andy Purdy, the chief security officer for Huawei Technologies USA, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. They discuss the trade and security disputes between the US and Chinese governments, the increa...
ListenJournalist Carole Cadwalladr on Facebook, Brexit, and "techno-fascism" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Carole Cadwalladr, a reporter for the Guardian and Observer, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her investigations into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the links between tech and political ...
ListenHow humans and AI can work together (Tolga Kurtoglu, CEO, PARC) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
PARC CEO Tolga Kurtoglu talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about leading the iconic Silicon Valley research and development firm, formerly known as Xerox PARC, which works with companies and governme...
ListenRecode Decode: Walter Isaacson, author, 'Leonardo da Vinci' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Walter Isaacson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new biography of Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, which he describes has a "culmination" of themes he explored in...
ListenRecode Decode: CDA 230 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher convenes a panel of experts to talk about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: cybersecurity law professor Jeff Kosseff, author of "The Twenty Six Words That Created...
ListenLong-Term Stock Exchange founder Eric Ries (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Ries, the founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange and author of The Lean Startup, talks with Vox.com's Ezra Klein at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: The LTSE’s recent SEC approval; ...
ListenWhat Russians really think of America (Lisa Dickey, author, 'Bears in the Streets') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Bears in the Streets" author Lisa Dickey talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, which chronicles three trips to Russia at three very different times in its history — 1995, 2005 and 2...
ListenRecode Decode: Tim O'Reilly, author, 'WTF?' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
O’Reilly Media founder Tim O’Reilly talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us.” O'Reilly argues that society could be headed for either the ...
ListenRecode Decode: "Cult of the Dead Cow" author Joe Menn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Joe Menn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, "Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World." In this episode: How Menn started...
Listen"Russian Doll" star Natasha Lyonne and Netflix content VP Cindy Holland (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actor and producer Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, Orange Is the New Black) and Netflix's vice president of original content Cindy Holland talk with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2019 Code Conference....
ListenSilicon Valley should think like Spider-Man (Reid Hoffman, partner, Greylock) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, now a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about why Silicon Valley has remained the epicenter of tech for decades and what’s nex...
ListenRecode Decode: Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how YouTube has grown since she assumed that role in 2014, and how it's making original content differently than other video platfo...
ListenRecode Decode: Index Ventures' Mike Volpi and Danny Rimer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Volpi and Danny Rimer, the co-founders of the San Francisco office of Index Ventures, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher. In this episode: Volpi and Rimer's backgrounds and the early days of the ...
ListenRockfeller Foundation president Raj Shah and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In these interviews from the 2019 Code Conference, Rockfeller Foundation president Raj Shah and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon talk with Recode's Teddy Schleifer. In the Shah interview: Rising ine...
ListenUber can change (Adam Lashinsky, author, 'Wild Ride') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fortune Executive Editor Adam Lashinsky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book "Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination." In this live interview, recorded after Travis Kala...
ListenRecode Decode: Ilene Chaiken, showrunner, ‘Empire’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ilene Chaiken, the creator of “The L Word” and showrunner for “Empire,” talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2017 edition of Werk It, WNYC’s women-in-podcasting festival. Chaiken explains how sh...
ListenRecode Decode: Rep. Ro Khanna from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Congressman Ro Khanna talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Tony Romm about why the people who have benefitted most from technology have a civic duty to give back to their country. Rep. Khanna's dis...
ListenDelta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Jason Del Rey at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: How the Boeing 737 Max crashes affect the aviation industry; innovati...
ListenCecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Code Conference 2017) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode from the 2017 Code Conference, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the nonprofit has dealt wi...
ListenRecode Decode: Why Shonda Rhimes left ABC for Netflix (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
ShondaLand CEO Shonda Rhimes, the TV producer behind hits like "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal" and "How to Get Away With Murder," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2017 Vanity Fair New Establishm...
ListenRecode Decode: Andreessen Horowitz's Scott Kupor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Kupor, the managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about his new book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. In t...
ListenMIT Media Lab director Joi Ito on the problem with tech people who want to solve problems from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joichi "Joi" Ito, the director of the MIT Media Lab, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about engineers who over-simplify the world's problems, the Media Lab's role in "surveillance capitalism," and ...
ListenHow to shift a big tech company to the cloud (Mark Hurd, co-CEO, Oracle) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live interview, Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how Oracle transitioned its business to the cloud, which is the fastest-growing segment of all enterprise spen...
ListenRecode Decode: Jared Leto from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Blade Runner 2049" actor Jared Leto talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about portraying Niander Wallace, a trillionaire tech mogul. By the start of the new movie, Wallace has saved humanity from sta...
ListenRecode Decode: Why Silicon Valley loves "biohacking" and intermittent fasting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Inspired by the trendiness of intermittent fasting in the tech community, Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, talks with three eating habit experts — a biohacker, an academic, and an...
ListenInstagram's Adam Mosseri, Facebook's Andrew Bosworth, and former tech insiders on the outside (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In these live interviews from the 2019 Code Conference, Casey Newton first talks to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri and Facebook's head of AR and VR, Andrew "Boz" Bosworth; then; later in the show, he ...
ListenJill Soloway, creator, 'Transparent' (Code Conference 2017) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode from the 2017 Code Conference, Jill Soloway, the creator of the Amazon TV series "Transparent," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new show, "I Love Dick," w...
ListenRecode Decode: Ellen Pao, author, “Reset” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investor Ellen Pao talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change,” which chronicles Pao’s 2015 court battle against her former employer, Kle...
ListenRecode Decode: Stanford University's Larry Diamond from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Larry Diamond, a professor at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Ch...
ListenFair Fight Action founder Stacey Abrams and CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Georgia politician Stacey Abrams and her former campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo, now the co-founders of Fair Fight Action, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher and Vox.com's Ezra Klein at the 2019 Co...
ListenGoogle is God, Facebook is love and Amazon will be worth $1 trillion (Scott Galloway, founder, L2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
L2 founder and New York University professor Scott Galloway talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the biggest companies in tech are disrupting retail, jobs, advertising and more. Galloway says...
ListenRecode Decode: Sally Quinn, author, "Finding Magic" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sally Quinn, the author of "Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book and her career in journalism. Quinn got her start covering the Washington, D.C., ...
ListenRecode Decode: Rep. Lauren Underwood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lauren Underwood, the US Congresswoman who represents Illinois' 14th district, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded on July 29, 2019 at Manny's in San Francisco. In thi...
ListenRAICES immigration activists Jonathan Ryan and Erika Andiola (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jonathan Ryan and Erika Andiola, the CEO and chief advocacy officer at RAICES, talk with Vox.com's Ezra Klein at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: The current situation at the US-Mexico bo...
ListenHillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State (Code Conference 2017) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode from the 2017 Code Conference, former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Walt Mos...
ListenRecode Decode: Maggie Haberman, New York Times, and David Fahrenthold, Washington Post from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman and Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold talk with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. Both known for ...
ListenRecode Decode: Pearson CEO John Fallon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pearson CEO John Fallon talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the company is pivoting from print to digital textbooks. In this episode: Fallon’s background; the publishing industry’s slow-mot...
ListenAmazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon's cloud computing service AWS, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: How Jassy came to work at Amazon 22 years ago; how Jeff B...
ListenDid Instagram copy Snapchat? (Kevin Systrom, CEO, Instagram) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Instagram CEO and co-founder Kevin Systrom talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he's still working at Facebook five years after it bought his company for $1 billion. Systrom shares what he ha...
ListenRecode Decode: Maha Ibrahim, general partner, Canaan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maha Ibrahim, a general partner at Canaan Partners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her more than 17 years in venture capital, joining Canaan right before the first dot-com bubble burst. Ibr...
ListenRecode Decode: “The Great Hack” director Karim Amer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live interview, Recode's Kara Swisher talks with former Cambridge Analytica COO Julian Wheatland, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee, and the director and writer of the new Netflix docum...
ListenTwitter's Vijaya Gadde and Kayvon Beykpour (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vijaya Gadde, who leads the legal and trust and safety teams at Twitter, and Periscope co-founder Kayvon Beykpour, who's now the company's head of product, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher and Peter...
ListenWhy cute robots are important for the entire tech industry (Boris Sofman, CEO, Anki) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anki CEO Boris Sofman talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of robotics and why his company is starting with robots that entertain people: The artificially intelligent toy cars Anki Dri...
ListenRecode Decode: Scott Galloway, author, “The Four” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York University professor Scott Galloway returns to the podcast to talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his first book, “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google,” which...
ListenRecode Decode: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at Manny's in San Francisco. Huffman co-founded the company in 2005, left it in 2009, and returned in 2015 ...
ListenThe Intercept's Mehdi Hasan on cowardly journalists, liberal racism, and impeaching Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mehdi Hasan, a columnist at the Intercept and host of its weekly podcast Deconstructed, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. In this episode: How Hasan got into journalism; the timidity of the America...
ListenCan Facebook help you talk to businesses? (David Marcus, VP of Messaging, Facebook) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook's messaging products boss, David Marcus, talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how the company is trying turn its Messenger app into a hub for interactions between companies and consumers....
ListenRecode Decode: Chris Urmson, CEO, Aurora from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Urmson, the CEO of Aurora and former CTO of self-driving cars at Google, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about when autonomous vehicles will replace human-driven ones. Urmson, who started wo...
ListenRecode Decode: Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stitch Fix founder and CEO Katrina Lake talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of fashion, how the company has changed in the past nine years, and the rarity of female tech CEOs. In this...
ListenCNN's Jim Sciutto: "We're already in a war" with Russia and China from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN's chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America. In this...
ListenAmerica's immigration policies are hurting startups (Patrick Collison, CEO, Stripe) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the company he and his brother started in 2010 evolved from a service for other small startups into a global payments platform...
ListenRecode Decode: Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO, Social Capital from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of capitalism and investing, which he says will look less and less like traditional venture capital, as fir...
ListenRecode Decode: Rep. Adam Schiff from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Congressman Adam Schiff, who represents California’s 28th district and chairs the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the 2020 election, the Russia investigation, a...
ListenMichele Madansky's new research into sexual harassment in the tech industry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Media market research consultant Michele Madansky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about The Elephant in the Valley, her study into the prevalence of harassment in tech that was first conducted in ...
ListenBehind the scenes of 'The Handmaid's Tale' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The Handmaid's Tale" creator and showrunner Bruce Miller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new adaptation of the dystopian Margaret Atwood novel, which recently debuted on Hulu. Miller di...
ListenRecode Decode: The future of tech jobs in coal country from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode’s Kara Swisher heads to Louisville, Ky., to talk about the future of work with a panel of local-minded techies: Interapt CEO Ankur Gopal, Code Louisville founder Rider Rodriguez, TechHire Ea...
ListenRecode Decode: Senator Michael Bennet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Bennet, the senior U.S. Senator from Colorado, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the intersection of social media and politics, and running for president in 2020. In this episode: Denv...
ListenGirls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani on the real solutions to tech's diversity problems from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the challenges facing women in the tech industry and what everyone can do to make progress happen faster. In this episode: T...
ListenSheryl Sandberg on setbacks, grief and 'Option B' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Option B," which she wrote after the sudden death of her husband, entrepreneur Dave Goldberg. This latest book is ...
ListenRecode Decode: Taggart Matthiesen, director of product, Lyft from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lyft Director of Product Taggart Matthiesen talks with Recode’s Johana Bhuiyan about the ride-hailing company’s push into self-driving cars. Matthiesen predicts that Lyft will slowly evolve into a ...
ListenRecode Decode: Mayor Pete Buttigieg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his campaign for president of the United States. In this episode: Systemic racism and Buttigieg's "Douglass Pla...
ListenSusan Hockfield: The real answer to sustainable energy might be a virus-built battery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former MIT president Susan Hockfield talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution. In this episode: How Hoc...
ListenFCC Chairman Ajit Pai: We need a 'lighter touch' to internet regulation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai talks with Recode's Tony Romm about his first three months on the job and what critics of his plan to roll back Obama-era net neutrality rules get wrong. Pai says the FCC shou...
ListenRecode Decode: Chris Kuenne and John Danner, authors, 'Built for Growth' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Kuenne and John Danner talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, "Built for Growth: How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win." Kuenne and D...
ListenRecode Decode: Harley-Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harley-Davidson president and CEO Matthew Levatich talks with Recode's Kara Swisher live onstage at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: The impact of tariffs on Harley-Davidson’s global busi...
ListenInvestors Mark Cuban and Steve Case and talent agent Scooter Braun (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In these live interviews recorded at the 2019 SALT Conference in Las Vegas, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to investors Mark Cuban and Steve Case about the future of entrepreneurship and talent agent ...
ListenHow 'Dear Evan Hansen' brought social media to Broadway from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stacey Mindich and Steven Levenson, the producer and book writer of "Dear Evan Hansen," talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the hit Broadway musical depicts the current state of social media ...
ListenRecode Decode: Erica Baker, director of engineering, Kickstarter; Sarah Kunst, CEO, ProDay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Diversity advocate and Kickstarter director Erica Baker and ProDay CEO Sarah Kunst talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about the conditions that led so many venture capitalists to abuse their power ove...
ListenRecode Decode: Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her popular profiles of celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and her new novel, "Fleishman Is in Trouble." In this episode: Why Br...
ListenDuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg on how Congress (and you) can fix online privacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher in this live conversation recorded at Made By We in New York City. In this episode: What DuckDuckGo does; why Weinberg started the comp...
ListenHow 'Silicon Valley' stays current (Mike Judge, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanijani and more) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The creators and most of the cast of HBO's 'Silicon Valley' talk with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview, recorded in San Francisco after the premiere of the first two episodes of Season ...
ListenRecode Decode: Frances Frei, SVP of leadership and strategy, Uber from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Live onstage: Uber SVP Frances Frei talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of the beleaguered ride-hailing company. Frei came to Uber from Harvard Business School, where she studied lead...
ListenRecode Decode: Journalist Carole Cadwalladr from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Carole Cadwalladr, a reporter for the Guardian and Observer, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her investigations into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the links between tech and political ...
ListenFacebook’s former security boss Alex Stamos and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alex Stamos, the former Chief Security Officer at Facebook, and Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Medium, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher in these live interviews from the 2019 Coll...
Listen'Silicon Valley’ is more than ‘d*ck jokes’ (Matt Ross, actor/director) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actor Matt Ross talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about playing Hooli CEO Gavin Belson on HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” which just started its fourth season. Ross, who previously played Alby Grant on “Big...
ListenRecode Decode: Cory Booker, U.S. Senator from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker talks with Recode’s Tony Romm about the current state of politics under President Trump and how he thinks the U.S. government should respond to the tech sector. Booke...
ListenRecode Decode: Long-Term Stock Exchange founder Eric Ries (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Ries, the founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange and author of The Lean Startup, talks with Vox.com's Ezra Klein at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: The LTSE’s recent SEC approval; ...
ListenAnand Giridharadas on the phony philanthropy of tech billionaires from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher in this live conversation recorded at Made By We in New York City. In this episode: Why Giridharadas wrote the book; the...
ListenHow tech can reshape American politics (Steve Hilton, CEO, Crowdpac) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Crowdpac CEO Steve Hilton talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how his website is making it easier for anyone to explore running for office and to collect donations for political causes and campa...
ListenRecode Decode: Tolga Kurtoglu, CEO, PARC from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
PARC CEO Tolga Kurtoglu talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about leading the iconic Silicon Valley research and development firm, formerly known as Xerox PARC, which works with companies and governme...
ListenRecode Decode: "Russian Doll" star Natasha Lyonne and Netflix content VP Cindy Holland (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actor and producer Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, Orange Is the New Black) and Netflix's vice president of original content Cindy Holland talk with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2019 Code Conference....
ListenRipple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on why big banks should get into cryptocurrencies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about bringing legitimate financial institutions into the formerly-sketchy world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In this episode: G...
ListenRep. Ro Khanna: Silicon Valley should give back to all Americans from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Congressman Ro Khanna talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Tony Romm about why the people who have benefitted most from technology have a civic duty to give back to their country. Rep. Khanna's dis...
ListenRecode Decode: Lisa Dickey, author, 'Bears in the Streets' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Bears in the Streets" author Lisa Dickey talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, which chronicles three trips to Russia at three very different times in its history — 1995, 2005 and 2...
ListenRecode Decode: Rockfeller Foundation president Raj Shah and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In these interviews from the 2019 Code Conference, Rockfeller Foundation president Raj Shah and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon talk with Recode's Teddy Schleifer. In the Shah interview: Rising ine...
ListenHow “Good to Great” author Jim Collins helped Amazon rescue itself from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jim Collins, the author of business books such as Built to Last and Good to Great, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest work, Turning the Flywheel. In this episode: Collins’ background...
ListenDiversity isn't an 'add-on' (Laura Weidman Powers, CEO, Code2040) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Code2040 CEO and co-founder Laura Weidman Powers talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the mistakes employees and managers make when they talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Compa...
ListenRecode Decode: Reid Hoffman, partner, Greylock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, now a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about why Silicon Valley has remained the epicenter of tech for decades and what’s nex...
ListenRecode Decode: Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Jason Del Rey at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: How the Boeing 737 Max crashes affect the aviation industry; innovati...
ListenPreet Bharara on the Mueller report, Constitutional crises and Twitter fatigue from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and host of the podcast Stay Tuned With Preet, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. In this episode: Bharara’s background;...
ListenWhy CEOs need to stand up to Trump (Bijan Sabet, general partner, Spark Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Spark Capital General Partner Bijan Sabet talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about being a venture capitalist based on the East Coast, and how he became an early investor in companies like Twitter, T...
ListenRecode Decode: Adam Lashinsky, author, 'Wild Ride' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fortune Executive Editor Adam Lashinsky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book "Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination." In this live interview, recorded after Travis Kala...
ListenRecode Decode: MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joichi "Joi" Ito, the director of the MIT Media Lab, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about engineers who over-simplify the world's problems, the Media Lab's role in "surveillance capitalism," and ...
ListenFormer Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on surveillance, AI ethics, and how to regulate tech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live conversation recorded at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Ash Carter, the former Secretary of Defense under President Obama who now r...
ListenNextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia talks about adversity and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how he and his team built a social network for neighborhoods, with a focus on trust and privacy that forced the company to grow slower...
ListenRecode Decode: Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Code Conference 2017) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode from the 2017 Code Conference, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the nonprofit has dealt wi...
ListenRecode Decode: Instagram's Adam Mosseri, Facebook's Andrew Bosworth, and former tech insiders on the outside (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In these live interviews from the 2019 Code Conference, Casey Newton first talks to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri and Facebook's head of AR and VR, Andrew "Boz" Bosworth; then; later in the show, he ...
ListenBONUS: Why Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes wants the government to break it up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his recent New York Times op-ed, "It's Time to Break Up Facebook." In this episode: Why Hughes wrote the column; how he met M...
ListenDon’t have anything nice to say? Say it! (Kim Malone Scott, author, ‘Radical Candor’) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Radical Candor" author and CEO coach Kim Malone Scott talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how to be a better manager and leader. Based on her personal experiences at Apple, Google and several t...
ListenRecode Decode: Mark Hurd, co-CEO, Oracle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live interview, Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how Oracle transitioned its business to the cloud, which is the fastest-growing segment of all enterprise spen...
ListenRecode Decode: Fair Fight Action founder Stacey Abrams and CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Georgia politician Stacey Abrams and her former campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo, now the co-founders of Fair Fight Action, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher and Vox.com's Ezra Klein at the 2019 Co...
ListenEsther Wojcicki on how she raised the CEOs of YouTube and 23andMe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and journalism educator Esther Wojcicki, Silicon Valley’s “mother of dragons,” talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical...
ListenWhat tech can do about homelessness (Daniel Lurie, CEO, Tipping Point Community) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tipping Point Community CEO Daniel Lurie talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his organization's efforts to fight homelessness in San Francisco. He says it's all too easy to "not see" the incredi...
ListenRecode Decode: Jill Soloway, creator, 'Transparent' (Code Conference 2017) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode from the 2017 Code Conference, Jill Soloway, the creator of the Amazon TV series "Transparent," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new show, "I Love Dick," w...
ListenRecode Decode: RAICES immigration activists Jonathan Ryan and Erika Andiola (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jonathan Ryan and Erika Andiola, the CEO and chief advocacy officer at RAICES, talk with Vox.com's Ezra Klein at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: The current situation at the US-Mexico bo...
ListenSam Harris on religion, politics, and making "enemies" online. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and podcaster Sam Harris talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his views on Islam, social media, and President Trump. In this episode: Harris’ background; why he wrote his first book; the c...
ListenHow HBO's 'Veep' is reacting to Trump (Live at SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Veep" actors Tim Simons and Matt Walsh and showrunner David Mandel talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about the upcoming sixth season of the HBO political satire. Speaking in front of a live audience...
ListenRecode Decode: Scott Galloway, founder, L2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
L2 founder and New York University professor Scott Galloway talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the biggest companies in tech are disrupting retail, jobs, advertising and more. Galloway says...
ListenRecode Decode: Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon's cloud computing service AWS, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2019 Code Conference. In this episode: How Jassy came to work at Amazon 22 years ago; how Jeff B...
ListenTristan Harris says tech is "downgrading" humanity — but we can fix it from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tristan Harris, the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the latest problem he and his peers are trying to solve: "Human downgrading." In this epis...
ListenCrooked Media founders: We're podcasting the Trump resistance (Live at SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Crooked Media Founders Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their hit podcast, "Pod Save America," in a live interview at South by Southwest 2017. Having p...
ListenRecode Decode: Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State (Code Conference 2017) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode from the 2017 Code Conference, former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Walt Mos...
ListenRecode Decode: Twitter's Vijaya Gadde and Kayvon Beykpour (Live at Code 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vijaya Gadde, who leads the legal and trust and safety teams at Twitter, and Periscope co-founder Kayvon Beykpour, who's now the company's head of product, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher and Peter...
ListenScott Galloway on love, Chipotle, and the other forms of happiness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NYU professor and Pivot co-host Scott Galloway talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Algebra of Happiness. In this episode: Galloway’s past books; why the new book is about happi...
ListenWho's buying whom in media and tech (Quincy Smith, partner, Code Advisors) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Code Advisors Partner Quincy Smith talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the current state of mergers and acquisitions in tech and media. Smith, who previously worked at Netscape and CBS Interacti...
ListenRecode Decode: Kevin Systrom, CEO, Instagram from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Instagram CEO and co-founder Kevin Systrom talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he's still working at Facebook five years after it bought his company for $1 billion. Systrom shares what he ha...
ListenRecode Decode: The Intercept's Mehdi Hasan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mehdi Hasan, a columnist at the Intercept and host of its weekly podcast Deconstructed, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. In this episode: How Hasan got into journalism; the timidity of the America...
ListenHow Mayor London Breed wants Big Tech to help fix San Francisco from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
San Francisco Mayor London Breed talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at Manny's in the Mission District. In this episode: How does Breed feel about being mayor?; her bi...
ListenHow to beat Amazon (Ron Johnson, CEO, Enjoy) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Enjoy CEO Ron Johnson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his long career in commerce, including 15 years at Target, and his 12 years at Apple, where he created the Apple Store. Johnson's curren...
ListenRecode Decode: Boris Sofman, CEO, Anki from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anki CEO Boris Sofman talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of robotics and why his company is starting with robots that entertain people: The artificially intelligent toy cars Anki Dri...
ListenRecode Decode: CNN's Jim Sciutto from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN's chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America. In this...
ListenTrash in space, diversity in STEM and artificial meat at TED 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, talks with four TED Fellows at the 2019 TED Conference in Vancouver. In this collection of mini-interviews, you'll hear from biologist Danielle Le...
ListenThe internet must be preserved (Brewster Kahle, chairman, The Internet Archive) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Entrepreneur and archivist Brewster Kahle talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the 20th anniversary of the Internet Archive and why it's more important than ever to preserve our digital past. Kah...
ListenRecode Decode: David Marcus, VP of Messaging, Facebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook's messaging products boss, David Marcus, talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how the company is trying turn its Messenger app into a hub for interactions between companies and consumers....
ListenRecode Decode: Michele Madansky from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Media market research consultant Michele Madansky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about The Elephant in the Valley, her study into the prevalence of harassment in tech that was first conducted in ...
ListenJournalist Julia Angwin on being fired from The Markup, investigating Facebook and data-based news from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Julia Angwin, the former editor-in-chief of The Markup, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live podcast recorded in Washington, DC. In this episode: How Angwin got into journalism; why weren’...
ListenHow to make social media sane again (Sue Decker, Raftr founder, and Michael Dearing, investor) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Yahoo president Sue Decker and investor Michael Dearing talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about Raftr, Decker's recently launched social platform for sane, civil discussions about topics rangi...
ListenRecode Decode: Patrick Collison, CEO, Stripe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the company he and his brother started in 2010 evolved from a service for other small startups into a global payments platform...
ListenRecode Decode: Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the challenges facing women in the tech industry and what everyone can do to make progress happen faster. In this episode: T...
ListenWhy thinking about your death five times a day is good for you from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
WeCroak co-founder Hansa Bergwall talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his mobile app, which reminds users of death five times a day. In this episode: Why thinking about death is good for you; h...
ListenSilicon Valley is 'an isolated bubble' (Jeremy Liew, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lightspeed Venture Partners' Jeremy Liew talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about being a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley at a time when the Valley no longer represents most tech consumers. Liew...
ListenRecode Decode: Behind the scenes of 'The Handmaid's Tale' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The Handmaid's Tale" creator and showrunner Bruce Miller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new adaptation of the dystopian Margaret Atwood novel, which recently debuted on Hulu. Miller di...
ListenRecode Decode: Susan Hockfield from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former MIT president Susan Hockfield talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution. In this episode: How Hoc...
ListenWhy tech is "flunking" the diversity test from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Venture capitalist and prominent activist Freada Kapor Klein, the founder of Kapor Capital, talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about diversity in tech and impact investing. In this episode: In thi...
ListenUber's looming 'existential crisis' (Brad Stone, author, 'The Upstarts’) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bloomberg Tech journalist Brad Stone talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, "The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the Wor...
ListenRecode Decode: Sheryl Sandberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Option B," which she wrote after the sudden death of her husband, entrepreneur Dave Goldberg. This latest book is ...
ListenRecode Decode: Investors Mark Cuban and Steve Case and talent agent Scooter Braun (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In these live interviews recorded at the 2019 SALT Conference in Las Vegas, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to investors Mark Cuban and Steve Case about the future of entrepreneurship and talent agent ...
ListenFord CTO Ken Washington on self-driving cars, "creepy" AI and hovercrafts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ford CTO Ken Washington talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about AI and autonomous vehicles in this live interview recorded at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. In this episode: The current state...
ListenCountries that fear immigrants are killing innovation (Rolf Schrömgens, co-founder, Trivago) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Trivago co-founder and Managing Director Rolf Schrömgens talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting a search engine for hotels and why he thinks much larger rivals like Google are at a disadva...
ListenRecode Decode: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai talks with Recode's Tony Romm about his first three months on the job and what critics of his plan to roll back Obama-era net neutrality rules get wrong. Pai says the FCC shou...
ListenRecode Decode: DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher in this live conversation recorded at Made By We in New York City. In this episode: What DuckDuckGo does; why Weinberg started the comp...
ListenPBS CEO Paula Kerger on how to save public television from budget cuts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Paula Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of public media as President Trump is trying to cut its federal funding. In this episode: How Kerger got...
ListenFacebook's News Feed is like junk food (Mike McCue, CEO, Flipboard) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the recent relaunch of his company's news app, which will mixes human curation with algorithms to serve up magazine-like collections ...
ListenRecode Decode: How 'Dear Evan Hansen' brought social media to Broadway from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stacey Mindich and Steven Levenson, the producer and book writer of "Dear Evan Hansen," talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the hit Broadway musical depicts the current state of social media ...
ListenRecode Decode: Facebook’s former security boss Alex Stamos and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alex Stamos, the former Chief Security Officer at Facebook, and Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Medium, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher in these live interviews from the 2019 Coll...
ListenSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says tech immunity "could be in jeopardy." from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about breaking up Big Tech, immigration, hate speech, and more. In this episode: Foreign influence on the 2016 election; prot...
ListenBONUS: 'Fun Home' author Alison Bechdel thought a fan was her Uber from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Fun Home" author and "Dykes to Watch Out For" creator Alison Bechdel talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience in San Francisco shortly after a performance of the Tony Award-win...
ListenRecode Decode: Mike Judge, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanijani and more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The creators and most of the cast of HBO's 'Silicon Valley' talk with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview, recorded in San Francisco after the premiere of the first two episodes of Season ...
ListenRecode Decode: Anand Giridharadas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher in this live conversation recorded at Made By We in New York City. In this episode: Why Giridharadas wrote the book; the...
Listen"The Uninhabitable Earth" author David Wallace-Wells says tech is failing on climate change from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist David Wallace-Wells talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. In this episode: How Wallace-Wells got to writing about climate cha...
ListenWe need robots to take our jobs (John Markoff, ex-reporter, The New York Times) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Technology journalist and former New York Times reporter John Markoff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his nearly three-decade long career covering tech for the Times before retiring at the e...
ListenRecode Decode: Matt Ross, actor/director from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actor Matt Ross talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about playing Hooli CEO Gavin Belson on HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” which just started its fourth season. Ross, who previously played Alby Grant on “Big...
ListenRecode Decode: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about bringing legitimate financial institutions into the formerly-sketchy world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In this episode: G...
ListenMeredith Whittaker and Kate Crawford: How AI could change your life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AI Now Institute founders Meredith Whittaker and Kate Crawford talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about artificial intelligence in this live interview recorded at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC....
ListenHow you get addicted to apps (Tristan Harris, founder, Time Well Spent) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Time Well Spent founder Tristan Harris talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the persuasive techniques and tricks used by companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook to make people engage with the...
ListenRecode Decode: Steve Hilton, CEO, Crowdpac from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Crowdpac CEO Steve Hilton talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how his website is making it easier for anyone to explore running for office and to collect donations for political causes and campa...
ListenRecode Decode: “Good to Great” author Jim Collins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jim Collins, the author of business books such as Built to Last and Good to Great, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest work, Turning the Flywheel. In this episode: Collins’ background...
ListenValerie Jarrett has some advice for Democrats running in 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Valerie Jarrett, who was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path...
ListenSocial media makes us miserable (Tim Ferriss, author, "Tools of Titans") from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The 4-Hour Workweek" and "Tools of Titans" author Tim Ferriss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, which compiles the life advice of the "titans" from tech, business and enterta...
ListenRecode Decode: Laura Weidman Powers, CEO, Code2040 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Code2040 CEO and co-founder Laura Weidman Powers talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the mistakes employees and managers make when they talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Compa...
ListenRecode Decode: Preet Bharara from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and host of the podcast Stay Tuned With Preet, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. In this episode: Bharara’s background;...
ListenAshton Applewhite has a manifesto against ageism: "This Chair Rocks" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and activist Ashton Applewhite talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism." In this episode: What society gets wrong about aging; a re...
ListenSecretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx: The exit interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx talks to Recode's Johana Bhuiyan about his last week in office and what he would do if given more time. In addition to self-driving car and drone regul...
ListenRecode Decode: Bijan Sabet, general partner, Spark Capital from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Spark Capital General Partner Bijan Sabet talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about being a venture capitalist based on the East Coast, and how he became an early investor in companies like Twitter, T...
ListenRecode Decode: Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live conversation recorded at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Ash Carter, the former Secretary of Defense under President Obama who now r...
ListenToday, Explained host Sean Rameswaram explains the future of podcasts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today, Explained host Sean Rameswaram talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of daily news podcasts and the future of the medium. In this episode: How Rameswaram got into public radio and...
ListenYou don't need to own all your clothes (Jennifer Hyman, CEO, Rent the Runway) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rent the Runway CEO and co-founder Jennifer Hyman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Jason Del Rey about her 50-year vision for changing consumer fashion habits. Now more than seven years old, Re...
ListenRecode Decode: Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia talks about adversity and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how he and his team built a social network for neighborhoods, with a focus on trust and privacy that forced the company to grow slower...
ListenRecode Decode: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Hughes, the co-founder of Facebook and former owner of The New Republic, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn.” In it, Hughes...
ListenBackstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton and Deeds Not Words founder Wendy Davis (live at SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton and Deeds Not Words founder Wendy Davis talk with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview from South by Southwest 2019. In this episode: Youthful polit...
ListenDoctors should think like mechanics (Othman Laraki, CEO, Color) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Color Genomics co-founder and CEO Othman Laraki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why we're on the verge of a healthcare revolution. Laraki, whose company tests buyers' genes for certain hered...
ListenRecode Decode: Kim Malone Scott, author, ‘Radical Candor’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Radical Candor" author and CEO coach Kim Malone Scott talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how to be a better manager and leader. Based on her personal experiences at Apple, Google and several t...
ListenRecode Decode: Esther Wojcicki from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and journalism educator Esther Wojcicki, Silicon Valley’s “mother of dragons,” talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical...
Listendtx CEO Tim Armstrong and Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra (live at An Evening With Code Commerce) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, you'll hear two interviews from the latest edition of An Evening With Code Commerce in Las Vegas: First, the dtx company CEO Tim Armstrong talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Jaso...
ListenCan social media bring us together again after ripping us apart? (Orkut Büyükkökten, Founder, Hello) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social networking pioneer Orkut Büyükkökten talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the eponymous social site, Orkut, which he built inside Google, and his new company, Hello. Büyükkökten says curre...
ListenRecode Decode: Daniel Lurie, CEO, Tipping Point Community from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tipping Point Community CEO Daniel Lurie talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his organization's efforts to fight homelessness in San Francisco. He says it's all too easy to "not see" the incredi...
ListenRecode Decode: Sam Harris from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and podcaster Sam Harris talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his views on Islam, social media, and President Trump. In this episode: Harris’ background; why he wrote his first book; the c...
ListenRichard Walker: The dark side of prosperity in San Francisco from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian and urbanist Richard Walker, a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his latest book, Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in ...
ListenTom Friedman: The internet is an 'open sewer’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of...
ListenRecode Decode: How HBO's 'Veep' is reacting to Trump (Live at SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Veep" actors Tim Simons and Matt Walsh and showrunner David Mandel talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about the upcoming sixth season of the HBO political satire. Speaking in front of a live audience...
ListenRecode Decode: Tristan Harris from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tristan Harris, the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the latest problem he and his peers are trying to solve: "Human downgrading." In this epis...
ListenMargrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition (Live at SXSW 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South by Southwest 2019. In this episode: America's newfound appetite for te...
ListenReddit CEO Steve Huffman: A 'toxic minority' ruins social media for everyone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he covertly edited the posts of some Donald Trump supporters, and why he regrets it now. Huffman acknowledges his ...
ListenRecode Decode: Crooked Media founders: We're podcasting the Trump resistance (Live at SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Crooked Media Founders Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their hit podcast, "Pod Save America," in a live interview at South by Southwest 2017. Having p...
ListenRecode Decode: Trash in space, diversity in STEM and artificial meat at TED 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, talks with four TED Fellows at the 2019 TED Conference in Vancouver. In this collection of mini-interviews, you'll hear from biologist Danielle Le...
ListenSenator Amy Klobuchar, 2020 U.S. presidential candidate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amy Klobuchar, the senior U.S. Senator from Minnesota who is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 presidential race, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audienc...
ListenWearables can save your life (Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AliveCor CEO Vic Gundotra talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his long career in tech, including his start as a college dropout at Microsoft and his seven years leading Google's mobile and socia...
ListenRecode Decode: Quincy Smith, partner, Code Advisors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Code Advisors Partner Quincy Smith talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the current state of mergers and acquisitions in tech and media. Smith, who previously worked at Netscape and CBS Interacti...
ListenRecode Decode: Journalist Julia Angwin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Julia Angwin, the former editor-in-chief of The Markup, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live podcast recorded in Washington, DC. In this episode: How Angwin got into journalism; why weren’...
ListenKathy Griffin on the notorious photo that changed her life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Comedian Kathy Griffin talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the notorious photo shoot that got her investigated by the Secret Service — and her new self-financed stand-up special, A Hell of a Sto...
ListenWhat Trump means for tech (Hilary Rosen and Juleanna Glover, political consultants) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Democratic political strategist Hilary Rosen and Republican corporate consultant Juleanna Glover talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how Donald Trump's election to the presidency will affect the ...
ListenRecode Decode: Ron Johnson, CEO, Enjoy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Enjoy CEO Ron Johnson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his long career in commerce, including 15 years at Target, and his 12 years at Apple, where he created the Apple Store. Johnson's curren...
ListenRecode Decode: Why thinking about your death five times a day is good for you from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
WeCroak co-founder Hansa Bergwall talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his mobile app, which reminds users of death five times a day. In this episode: Why thinking about death is good for you; h...
ListenYouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on child safety, toxic comments and the Google walkout from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at Lesbians Who Tech in San Francisco. In this episode: Why YouTube turned off comments for tens of milli...
ListenSatirizing Silicon Valley: 'I wanted to hit a nerve,' says Sunil Rajaraman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Bold Italic CEO Sunil Rajaraman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about "This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley," a series of satirical articles that went viral earlier this year. Rajaraman set out...
ListenRecode Decode: Brewster Kahle, chairman, The Internet Archive from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Entrepreneur and archivist Brewster Kahle talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the 20th anniversary of the Internet Archive and why it's more important than ever to preserve our digital past. Kah...
ListenRecode Decode: Why tech is "flunking" the diversity test from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Venture capitalist and prominent activist Freada Kapor Klein, the founder of Kapor Capital, talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about diversity in tech and impact investing. In this episode: In thi...
ListenHudson's Bay Company CEO Helena Foulkes on the future of retail stores from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hudson's Bay Company CEO Helena Foulkes talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at An Evening With Code Commerce in Las Vegas. In this episode: Yep, Foulkes was considered ...
ListenHow Kayak co-founder Paul English got hit by a ‘truck full of money’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tracy Kidder and Paul English, the author and subject of "A Truck Full of Money: One Man's Quest to Recover From Great Success," talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about English's dual life as a tech ...
ListenRecode Decode: Sue Decker, Raftr founder, and Michael Dearing, investor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Yahoo president Sue Decker and investor Michael Dearing talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about Raftr, Decker's recently launched social platform for sane, civil discussions about topics rangi...
ListenRecode Decode: Ford CTO Ken Washington from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ford CTO Ken Washington talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about AI and autonomous vehicles in this live interview recorded at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. In this episode: The current state...
ListenLaurene Powell Jobs: Trump's rhetoric is "out of a dictator's playbook" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Laurene Powell Jobs, the founder of the Emerson Collective, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about journalism, VR, and activism. In this episode: Why Powell Jobs is investing in media; President Tr...
ListenU.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil: Data can help everyone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
DJ Patil, America's first Chief Data Scientist, talks about his nearly two years in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, working on initiatives around health care and policing...
ListenRecode Decode: Jeremy Liew, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lightspeed Venture Partners' Jeremy Liew talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about being a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley at a time when the Valley no longer represents most tech consumers. Liew...
ListenRecode Decode: PBS CEO Paula Kerger from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Paula Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of public media as President Trump is trying to cut its federal funding. In this episode: How Kerger got...
ListenChamath Palihapitiya: People in Silicon Valley are deeply unhappy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about an “identity crisis” that pitted his wealth and fame against personal happiness and relationships....
ListenHow does tech fix its diversity problem? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this special bonus episode of Recode Decode, we look back at our past guests' most insightful comments about diversity in tech and media. Interviewees including Chamath Palihapitiya, Samantha Be...
ListenRecode Decode: Brad Stone, author, 'The Upstarts’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bloomberg Tech journalist Brad Stone talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, "The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the Wor...
ListenRecode Decode: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about breaking up Big Tech, immigration, hate speech, and more. In this episode: Foreign influence on the 2016 election; prot...
ListenNews Media Alliance CEO David Chavern on the challenges facing the news business from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Chavern, the president and CEO of the nonprofit News Media Alliance, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about advocating on behalf of journalists in Washington, D.C. In this episode: How Chaver...
ListenFoursquare wants to make 'Her' a reality (Dennis Crowley and Jeff Glueck, co-founder and CEO, Foursquare) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley and CEO Jeff Glueck talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the location intelligence company is generating sellable data for partners like Apple, Uber and Tw...
ListenRecode Decode: Rolf Schrömgens, co-founder, Trivago from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Trivago co-founder and Managing Director Rolf Schrömgens talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting a search engine for hotels and why he thinks much larger rivals like Google are at a disadva...
ListenRecode Decode: "The Uninhabitable Earth" author David Wallace-Wells from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist David Wallace-Wells talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. In this episode: How Wallace-Wells got to writing about climate chan...
ListenLora Haddock: Innovative sex toys aren't a joke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lora DiCarlo CEO Lora Haddock talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the process of designing an innovative new sex toy for women — and the fight to get mainstream acceptance for her invention. In ...
ListenHow Time Warner ruined AOL (Ted Leonsis, Founder, Revolution Growth) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Revolution Growth founder and partner Ted Leonsis talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about being a longtime executive at AOL and how the company changed dramatically when it merged with Time Warner i...
ListenRecode Decode: Mike McCue, CEO, Flipboard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the recent relaunch of his company's news app, which will mixes human curation with algorithms to serve up magazine-like collections ...
ListenRecode Decode: Meredith Whittaker and Kate Crawford from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AI Now Institute founders Meredith Whittaker and Kate Crawford talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about artificial intelligence in this live interview recorded at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC....
ListenThe history and future of "net art" with Rhizome artistic director Michael Connor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Connor, the artistic director of the digital art community Rhizome, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the group's museum exhibit, "The Art Happens Here," and the future of art made on ...
Listen'Mr. Robot' creator Sam Esmail: Hackers are more interesting than hacking from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Mr. Robot" creator Sam Esmail talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his hit TV show, whose star Rami Malek recently won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama. Esmail says he grew up lovin...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Fun Home' author Alison Bechdel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Fun Home" author and "Dykes to Watch Out For" creator Alison Bechdel talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience in San Francisco shortly after a performance of the Tony Award-win...
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Valerie Jarrett, who was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path...
ListenShoshana Zuboff: Surveillance capitalism is eroding democracy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvard Business School professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier o...
ListenSecretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker: How to stop AI from stealing jobs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about cooperation between government and the tech industry and the new challenges of the digital economy. Secretary Pritzk...
ListenRecode Decode: John Markoff, ex-reporter, The New York Times from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Technology journalist and former New York Times reporter John Markoff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his nearly three-decade long career covering tech for the Times before retiring at the e...
ListenRecode Decode: Ashton Applewhite from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and activist Ashton Applewhite talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism." In this episode: What society gets wrong about aging; a re...
ListenIAC chairman Barry Diller: "Hollywood is now irrelevant" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC and the Expedia Group, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of the tech and media industries, problematic people in power and why Diller is building a ...
ListenWhy Ashton Kutcher didn't invest in Snapchat from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actor, producer and investor Ashton Kutcher talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his life as both a TV star and a tech obsessive. Kutcher, who starred in shows like "Two and a Half Men" and "That...
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Time Well Spent founder Tristan Harris talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the persuasive techniques and tricks used by companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook to make people engage with the...
ListenRecode Decode: Today, Explained host Sean Rameswaram from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today, Explained host Sean Rameswaram talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of daily news podcasts and the future of the medium. In this episode: How Rameswaram got into public radio and...
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Nuala O'Connor, the CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the group she leads is lobbying the government and private companies on issues like co...
Listen'Iron Man' director Jon Favreau on pushing virtual reality to the limit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jon Favreau, the actor and director known for films such as "Swingers," "Iron Man" and "The Jungle Book," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new efforts in virtual reality, starting with th...
ListenRecode Decode: Tim Ferriss, author, "Tools of Titans" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The 4-Hour Workweek" and "Tools of Titans" author Tim Ferriss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, which compiles the life advice of the "titans" from tech, business and enterta...
ListenRecode Decode: Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton and Deeds Not Words founder Wendy Davis (live at SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton and Deeds Not Words founder Wendy Davis talk with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview from South by Southwest 2019. In this episode: Youthful polit...
ListenWhy "Zucked" author Roger McNamee turned against Facebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elevation Partners founding partner Roger McNamee talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. In this episode: Transitioning from tech optim...
Listen'The Late Late Show' host James Corden hates 'the cloud' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James Corden, host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS and viral video star, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about redesigning a talk show for the YouTube generation, built around segments like "Carpoo...
ListenRecode Decode: Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx talks to Recode's Johana Bhuiyan about his last week in office and what he would do if given more time. In addition to self-driving car and drone regul...
ListenRecode Decode: dtx CEO Tim Armstrong and Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra (live at An Evening With Code Commerce) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, you'll hear two interviews from the latest edition of An Evening With Code Commerce in Las Vegas: First, the dtx company CEO Tim Armstrong talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Jaso...
Listen“The Mastermind” author Evan Ratliff on how tech enabled a drug kingpin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and Pop-Up Magazine co-founder Evan Ratliff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Mastermind: Drugs, Empire, Murder, Betrayal. In this episode: How Pop-Up got started...
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Cowboy Ventures founder and managing partner Aileen Lee, previously a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about being one of the few female venture capital...
ListenRecode Decode: Jennifer Hyman, CEO, Rent the Runway from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rent the Runway CEO and co-founder Jennifer Hyman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Jason Del Rey about her 50-year vision for changing consumer fashion habits. Now more than seven years old, Re...
ListenRecode Decode: Richard Walker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian and urbanist Richard Walker, a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his latest book, Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in ...
ListenSpencer Stuart executive recruiter James Citrin on how to find great CEOs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James Citrin, the head of Spencer Stuart CEO Practice, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about placing top executives at companies like Yahoo, PayPal, eBay, Twitter, Cisco, Pandora and Hulu. In this...
ListenHow Uber fought city hall — and won (Bradley Tusk, CEO, Tusk Holdings) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tusk Holdings CEO Bradley Tusk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his unique political consulting firm Tusk Ventures, which trades equity in companies like Uber, FanDuel and DraftKings for regu...
ListenRecode Decode: Othman Laraki, CEO, Color from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Color Genomics co-founder and CEO Othman Laraki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why we're on the verge of a healthcare revolution. Laraki, whose company tests buyers' genes for certain hered...
ListenRecode Decode: Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition (Live at SXSW 2019) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South by Southwest 2019. In this episode: America's newfound appetite for te...
ListenEarly AOL exec Jean Case explains how to "Be Fearless" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Case Foundation CEO Jean Case, who was an early marketing and communications executive at AOL, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthr...
ListenGoogle and Apple need limits (Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode, Margrethe Vestager, Europe's Commissioner for Competition, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the high-profile cases she has brought against Apple and Google for ...
ListenRecode Decode: Orkut Büyükkökten, Founder, Hello from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social networking pioneer Orkut Büyükkökten talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the eponymous social site, Orkut, which he built inside Google, and his new company, Hello. Büyükkökten says curre...
ListenRecode Decode: Senator Amy Klobuchar from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amy Klobuchar, the senior U.S. Senator from Minnesota who is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 presidential race, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audienc...
Listen"The Job" author Ellen Shell on the increasingly automated future of work from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Boston University professor Ellen Shell talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change. In this episode: Shell's background in science...
ListenBehind the scenes of Pokémon Go (John Hanke, CEO, Niantic) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Niantic CEO John Hanke talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Ina Fried about the company's hit mobile game Pokémon Go and what happens now that the initial hype around it has "stabilized." Future up...
ListenRecode Decode: Tom Friedman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of...
ListenRecode Decode: Kathy Griffin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Comedian Kathy Griffin talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the notorious photo shoot that got her investigated by the Secret Service — and her new self-financed stand-up special, A Hell of a Sto...
ListenAttorney Laura Wasser on making a "TurboTax for divorce" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Divorce attorney Laura Wasser talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting It's Over Easy, an online platform to help people who are getting divorced in New York and California. In this episode:...
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Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about life as a venture capitalist and why he's still worried about a bubble, a topic he has written about extensively. Great ...
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at Lesbians Who Tech in San Francisco. In this episode: Why YouTube turned off comments for tens of milli...
ListenBasecamp CEO Jason Fried on overfunded startups and stressful workplaces from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Basecamp CEO Jason Fried talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work, which he co-wrote with his business partner David Heinemeier Hansson. In t...
ListenWhy everyone should talk about diversity (Stacy Brown-Philpot, CEO, TaskRabbit) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot chats with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company and others are changing the definition of work. During her previous stint as TaskRabbit's COO, Brown-Philpo...
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AliveCor CEO Vic Gundotra talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his long career in tech, including his start as a college dropout at Microsoft and his seven years leading Google's mobile and socia...
ListenRecode Decode: Hudson's Bay Company CEO Helena Foulkes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hudson's Bay Company CEO Helena Foulkes talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at An Evening With Code Commerce in Las Vegas. In this episode: Yep, Foulkes was considered ...
ListenLand O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford on farmer-entrepreneurs, "agritech" and Rep. Steve King from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about running a modern dairy and food company, which is co-owned by thousands of farmers. In this episode: What Land O’Lakes does other...
ListenQuip CEO Bret Taylor: Companies die when they're afraid to fail from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quip CEO and Twitter board member Bret Taylor talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner about the reality of trying and sometimes failing as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. A former Faceb...
ListenRecode Decode: Hilary Rosen and Juleanna Glover, political consultants from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Democratic political strategist Hilary Rosen and Republican corporate consultant Juleanna Glover talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how Donald Trump's election to the presidency will affect the ...
ListenRecode Decode: Laurene Powell Jobs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Laurene Powell Jobs, the founder of the Emerson Collective, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about journalism, VR, and activism. In this episode: Why Powell Jobs is investing in media; President Tr...
ListenEFF boss Cindy Cohn and McSweeney's editor Claire Boyle on digital privacy and "the end of trust" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cindy Cohn, the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Claire Boyle, the managing editor of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about a special non...
ListenDisrupting health and beauty (Tristan Walker, CEO, Walker & Company) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Walker & Company Brands founder and CEO Tristan Walker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how technology can disrupt the health and beauty industry. Walker & Company's shaving brand, Bevel, is ...
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The Bold Italic CEO Sunil Rajaraman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about "This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley," a series of satirical articles that went viral earlier this year. Rajaraman set out...
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David Chavern, the president and CEO of the nonprofit News Media Alliance, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about advocating on behalf of journalists in Washington, D.C. In this episode: How Chaver...
ListenGlossier CEO Emily Weiss on the "art and science" of the beauty business from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live interview from the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about running a "beauty company that's also a tech company." In...
ListenTech in Australia: Building "pathways to Silicon Valley" (Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-CEO, Atlassian) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Atlassian co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about co-founding an enterprise software company in Sydney, Australia, in 2002. Cannon-Brookes reflects on Atlassian's successf...
ListenRecode Decode: Kayak co-founder Paul English from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tracy Kidder and Paul English, the author and subject of "A Truck Full of Money: One Man's Quest to Recover From Great Success," talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about English's dual life as a tech ...
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Lora DiCarlo CEO Lora Haddock talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the process of designing an innovative new sex toy for women — and the fight to get mainstream acceptance for her invention. In ...
ListenCNN.com editor in chief Meredith Artley on digital media and earning the public's trust from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN.com editor in chief Meredith Artley talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about overseeing some of the most popular news sites on the internet and how things may change in 2019. In this episode: Art...
ListenWall Street is ignoring women (Sallie Krawcheck, CEO, Ellevest) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sallie Krawcheck, formerly the CFO of Citi Group and the CEO of Merrill Lynch, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about launching Ellevest, a new online investment platform for women. Krawcheck says ...
ListenRecode Decode: U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
DJ Patil, America's first Chief Data Scientist, talks about his nearly two years in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, working on initiatives around health care and policing...
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Michael Connor, the artistic director of the digital art community Rhizome, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the group's museum exhibit, "The Art Happens Here," and the future of art made on ...
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99designs CEO Patrick Llewellyn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about leading a design startup based in Australia. In this episode: How 99designs helps designers and their clients work together on...
ListenWhy did Yahoo sell to Verizon? (Eric Jackson, activist investor, Yahoo) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Jackson, a longtime activist investor in Yahoo and the managing director of SpringOwl Asset Management, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the momentous deal that will sell Yahoo's core bu...
ListenRecode Decode: How does tech fix its diversity problem? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this special bonus episode of Recode Decode, we look back at our past guests' most insightful comments about diversity in tech and media. Interviewees including Chamath Palihapitiya, Samantha Be...
ListenRecode Decode: Shoshana Zuboff from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvard Business School professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier o...
ListenDoorDash CEO Tony Xu and COO Christopher Payne on the future of delivery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tony Xu, the CEO and co-founder of DoorDash, and Christopher Payne, the COO, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the delivery company's busy 2018 and why it's starting to think about deliveri...
Listen"Chaos Monkeys" author Antonio García-Martinez: Silicon Valley isn’t a nice place from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Antonio García-Martinez, author of the new tell-all book, "Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting a company, getting a...
ListenRecode Decode: Dennis Crowley and Jeff Glueck, co-founder and CEO, Foursquare from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley and CEO Jeff Glueck talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the location intelligence company is generating sellable data for partners like Apple, Uber and Tw...
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Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC and the Expedia Group, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of the tech and media industries, problematic people in power and why Diller is building a ...
ListenSerial Box CEO Molly Barton wants to change how you read from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Molly Barton, the CEO and co-founder of serialized reading app Serial Box, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about trying to make a Netflix-style digital platform for books. In this episode: (01:19)...
ListenThe future of home exercise (Peloton CTO Yony Feng) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Peloton CTO Yony Feng talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the indoor cycling company is trying to shake up in-home exercise programs with its custom fitness bike, which sells for $2,000. Pel...
ListenRecode Decode: Ted Leonsis, Founder, Revolution Growth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Revolution Growth founder and partner Ted Leonsis talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about being a longtime executive at AOL and how the company changed dramatically when it merged with Time Warner i...
ListenRecode Decode: Center for Democracy and Technology CEO Nuala O'Connor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nuala O'Connor, the CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the group she leads is lobbying the government and private companies on issues like co...
ListenKeith Rabois on innovation, Trump and Saudi Arabia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Khosla Ventures partner Keith Rabois talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the current startup and venture capital landscape, the Trump administration and more. In this episode: (01:18) Rabois's b...
Listen"Hamilton" producer Jeffrey Seller: Tech can't beat live theater from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Hamilton" lead producer Jeffrey Seller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the hit Broadway musical goes forward now that three of its stars — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Philli...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Mr. Robot' creator Sam Esmail from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Mr. Robot" creator Sam Esmail talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his hit TV show, whose star Rami Malek recently won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama. Esmail says he grew up lovin...
ListenRecode Decode: "Zucked" author Roger McNamee from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elevation Partners founding partner Roger McNamee talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. In this episode: Transitioning from tech optimi...
ListenWhy Weight Watchers is now WW from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
WW International CEO Mindy Grossman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company, formerly known as Weight Watchers, has transitioned into modern "wellness" culture. Learn more about your...
ListenBehind the scenes of the Rio 2016 Olympics (Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel talks with Recode's Ina Fried about how the network is building on the digital reach of the Summer Games via livestreaming, virtual reality, Snapchat and more. Ze...
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about cooperation between government and the tech industry and the new challenges of the digital economy. Secretary Pritzk...
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Journalist and Pop-Up Magazine co-founder Evan Ratliff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Mastermind: Drugs, Empire, Murder, Betrayal. In this episode: How Pop-Up got started;...
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ListenLet's reverse-engineer the brain (Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins, co-founders, Numenta) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins — the co-founders of Palm, Handspring and Numenta — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their efforts to decode the human brain. They say everything that makes us ...
ListenRecode Decode: Ashton Kutcher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actor, producer and investor Ashton Kutcher talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his life as both a TV star and a tech obsessive. Kutcher, who starred in shows like "Two and a Half Men" and "That...
ListenRecode Decode: Spencer Stuart executive recruiter James Citrin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James Citrin, the head of Spencer Stuart CEO Practice, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about placing top executives at companies like Yahoo, PayPal, eBay, Twitter, Cisco, Pandora and Hulu. In this...
ListenThe ups and downs of Reddit's history from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Inc. magazine senior writer Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laborat...
ListenThe college lecture may go extinct (Daphne Koller, president, Coursera) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Coursera president and co-founder Daphne Koller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how she helped build the popular online learning platform after a successful early experiment at Stanford Univ...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Iron Man' director Jon Favreau from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jon Favreau, the actor and director known for films such as "Swingers," "Iron Man" and "The Jungle Book," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new efforts in virtual reality, starting with th...
ListenRecode Decode: Early AOL exec Jean Case from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Case Foundation CEO Jean Case, who was an early marketing and communications executive at AOL, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthr...
ListenHow Imgur avoids the ugliness of social media from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imgur CEO Alan Schaaf talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting the image-sharing site and moderating its content. In this episode: (00:59) Schaaf's background; (03:18) Launching Imgur; (07:5...
ListenChelsea Handler is done with old-school TV from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chelsea Handler, the host of Netflix's new talk show "Chelsea," chats with Recode's Kara Swisher about going digital after seven years on the cable channel E! She runs "Chelsea" like a normal TV sh...
ListenRecode Decode: 'The Late Late Show' host James Corden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James Corden, host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS and viral video star, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about redesigning a talk show for the YouTube generation, built around segments like "Carpoo...
ListenRecode Decode: "The Job" author Ellen Shell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Boston University professor Ellen Shell talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change. In this episode: Shell's background in science...
ListenWhat's next for Amazon's Alexa? Maybe buying stuff for you automatically. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bret Kinsella, the editor of the voice technology blog Voicebot.ai, talks with Recode’s Rani Molla about the future of virtual assistants like Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant. In this episode: (01...
ListenKim Kardashian: If my naked selfies offend you, don't look at them from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reality TV star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why she doesn't use Facebook, but loves Snapchat. Kardashian credits her family's career success to social med...
ListenRecode Decode: Aileen Lee, managing partner, Cowboy Ventures from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cowboy Ventures founder and managing partner Aileen Lee, previously a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about being one of the few female venture capital...
ListenRecode Decode: Attorney Laura Wasser from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Divorce attorney Laura Wasser talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting It's Over Easy, an online platform to help people who are getting divorced in New York and California. In this episode:...
ListenFour magic words for entrepreneurs: ‘Do your fucking job.’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Belsky, a venture partner at Benchmark and the chief product officer at Adobe, talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about his book, "The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and ...
ListenLeBron James's business manager, Maverick Carter, on sports stardom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maverick Carter, the business manager for basketball superstar LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, talks to Recode's Kurt Wagner about how the internet has radically changed athletes' place in...
ListenRecode Decode: Bradley Tusk, CEO, Tusk Holdings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tusk Holdings CEO Bradley Tusk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his unique political consulting firm Tusk Ventures, which trades equity in companies like Uber, FanDuel and DraftKings for regu...
ListenRecode Decode: Basecamp CEO Jason Fried from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Basecamp CEO Jason Fried talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work, which he co-wrote with his business partner David Heinemeier Hansson. In t...
ListenWhy salad chain Sweetgreen thinks like a tech company from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jonathan Neman, the co-founder of fast food salad chain Sweetgreen, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's techie side and the future of restaurants. In this episode: (01:26) How Swee...
ListenJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: I get why people hate banks, but ... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
JPMorgan Chase president, chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how big banks are both competing against and collaborating with Silicon Valley. He explains why tech co...
ListenRecode Decode: Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special bonus episode, Margrethe Vestager, Europe's Commissioner for Competition, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the high-profile cases she has brought against Apple and Google for ...
ListenRecode Decode: Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford and Rep. Steve King from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about running a modern dairy and food company, which is co-owned by thousands of farmers. In this episode: What Land O’Lakes does other ...
ListenHow Peter Jackson’s team made WWI footage look new from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson talks about his new film, a World War I documentary with sound and color called "They Shall Not Grow Old." In this episode: (00:37) Why he made the documentary...
ListenRep. Nancy Pelosi: "I guarantee it," Trump will fail from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Rep. and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sits down with Recode's Kara Swisher to talk about the 2016 election, immigration reform and how Congress is trying to work with and learn from the ...
ListenRecode Decode: John Hanke, CEO, Niantic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Niantic CEO John Hanke talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Ina Fried about the company's hit mobile game Pokémon Go and what happens now that the initial hype around it has "stabilized." Future up...
ListenRecode Decode: EFF boss Cindy Cohn and McSweeney's editor Claire Boyle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cindy Cohn, the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Claire Boyle, the managing editor of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about a special non...
ListenEzra Klein and Kara Swisher on the future of journalism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vox.com founder and editor-at-large Ezra Klein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the press, social media and President Trump in this live interview recorded in San Francisco. In this episode: ...
ListenWalt Mossberg says tech is still too hard to use from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this special episode of "Recode Decode," we celebrate the relaunch of Recode.net with an extended interview between Recode co-founders Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. In 1991, Mossberg was laugh...
ListenRecode Decode: Benchmark partner Bill Gurley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about life as a venture capitalist and why he's still worried about a bubble, a topic he has written about extensively. Great ...
ListenRecode Decode: Glossier CEO Emily Weiss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live interview from the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about running a "beauty company that's also a tech company." In...
ListenWhy it's OK to be analog in a digital world from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Framebridge CEO Susan Tynan talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting and running the online framing startup. In this episode: (00:56) Tynan's background at the White House and LivingSocial; ...
Listen"When women fail, we all fail," says Deeds Not Words' Wendy Davis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Texas State Senator Wendy Davis -- most famous for her filibuster to stop legislation that would severely restrict abortions in that state -- talks with Kara Swisher about her new digital in...
ListenRecode Decode: Stacy Brown-Philpot, CEO, TaskRabbit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot chats with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company and others are changing the definition of work. During her previous stint as TaskRabbit's COO, Brown-Philpo...
ListenRecode Decode: CNN.com editor in chief Meredith Artley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN.com editor in chief Meredith Artley talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about overseeing some of the most popular news sites on the internet and how things may change in 2019. In this episode: Art...
ListenShould Mark Zuckerberg fire himself? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Altman, the president of YCombinator and co-chairman of OpenAI, joins Recode's Kara Swisher for this live interview at Manny's in San Francisco, moderated by Manny Yekutiel. In this episode: (0...
ListenKeith Rabois says winter is coming for wasteful startups from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Khosla Ventures investment partner Keith Rabois talks with Kara Swisher about building PayPal before the dot-com crash and the entrepreneurial lessons he applied from that company to later jobs at ...
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Quip CEO and Twitter board member Bret Taylor talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner about the reality of trying and sometimes failing as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. A former Faceb...
ListenRecode Decode: 99designs CEO Patrick Llewellyn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
99designs CEO Patrick Llewellyn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about leading a design startup based in Australia. In this episode: How 99designs helps designers and their clients work together on...
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In this live interview recorded in Washington, D.C., Recode's Kara Swisher talks with three NBC and MSNBC journalists — Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell and Hallie Jackson — about social media, politics...
ListenSteve Case’s “Third Wave”: Startups In Every State and the Internet In Everything from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investor and former America Online CEO Steve Case, the author of a new book called "The Third Wave," talks with Kara Swisher about how companies like AOL made on-ramps to the Internet and where we'...
ListenRecode Decode: Tristan Walker, CEO, Walker & Company from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Walker & Company Brands founder and CEO Tristan Walker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how technology can disrupt the health and beauty industry. Walker & Company's shaving brand, Bevel, is ...
ListenRecode Decode: DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and COO Christopher Payne from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tony Xu, the CEO and co-founder of DoorDash, and Christopher Payne, the COO, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the delivery company's busy 2018 and why it's starting to think about deliveri...
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In this best-of episode originally published in January 2018, writer and comedian Sarah Cooper talks with Kara Swisher and Dick Costolo about why she left a career in the tech industry to become a ...
ListenFacebook and Google are “the enemies of independent thought” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Atlantic national correspondent Franklin Foer talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, "World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech," which recently came out in paperback. In...
Listen"The Eyewear Industry Is Kind of Messed Up" (Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal, co-CEOs, Warby Parker) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Warby Parker co-founders and co-CEOs Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal talk with Re/code's Senior Commerce Editor Jason Del Rey about how they challenged the incumbents of the eyewear business, which...
ListenRecode Decode: Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-CEO, Atlassian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Atlassian co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about co-founding an enterprise software company in Sydney, Australia, in 2002. Cannon-Brookes reflects on Atlassian's successf...
ListenRecode Decode: Serial Box CEO Molly Barton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Molly Barton, the CEO and co-founder of serialized reading app Serial Box, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about trying to make a Netflix-style digital platform for books. In this episode: (01:19)...
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In this best-of episode originally published in October 2017, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to investor Ellen Pao about her book, Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change, which chronicled Pa...
ListenCasey Newton and Louie Swisher on social media, video games and 300 Recode Decodes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with her older son, Louie Swisher, and the Silicon Valley editor of the Verge, Casey Newton. Thank you to all of our listeners for 300 episodes. Here's to 300 more! In t...
ListenYou're in Charge of Your Own DNA (Anne Wojcicki, CEO, 23andMe) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher talks with 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki about why the personal genomics company's mission is unchanged after a battle with the FDA. Wojcicki argues that understanding one's own genetic tr...
ListenRecode Decode: Sallie Krawcheck, CEO, Ellevest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sallie Krawcheck, formerly the CFO of Citi Group and the CEO of Merrill Lynch, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about launching Ellevest, a new online investment platform for women. Krawcheck says ...
ListenRecode Decode: Keith Rabois from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Khosla Ventures partner Keith Rabois talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the current startup and venture capital landscape, the Trump administration and more. In this episode: (01:18) Rabois's b...
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In this best-of episode originally published in October 2016, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to the host of The Late Late Show, James Corden, about redesigning a talk show for the YouTube generation. ...
ListenSilicon Valley loves to break the rules. Is that a good thing? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
University of Maryland professor and cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our Mi...
ListenWall Street Doesn't 'Get' Online Lending ... Yet. (Renaud Laplanche, CEO, Lending Club) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche talks with Kara Swisher about the benefits of online financial services in a world that no longer needs old-fashioned bank branches. He also explains why Lending C...
ListenRecode Decode: Eric Jackson, activist investor, Yahoo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Jackson, a longtime activist investor in Yahoo and the managing director of SpringOwl Asset Management, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the momentous deal that will sell Yahoo's core bu...
ListenRecode Decode: Why Weight Watchers is now WW from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
WW International CEO Mindy Grossman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company, formerly known as Weight Watchers, has transitioned into modern "wellness" culture. Learn more about your...
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In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher talked to New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones about how COVID-19 magnified inequality in the US, and our historical failure to treat ...
ListenHow disinformation poisoned a ‘Facebook nation’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about doing investigative journalism in the Philippines, where social media has emboldened an autocratic president. In this episode: ...
Listen"Rich Douchebags" Shouldn't Get Tech's Wealth (Chamath Palihapitiya, Investor, Social Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Kara Swisher about working on Winamp, AOL Instant Messenger and Facebook before becoming an outspoken investor. In today's Silicon Valley, he ...
ListenRecode Decode: "Chaos Monkeys" author Antonio García-Martinez from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Antonio García-Martinez, author of the new tell-all book, "Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting a company, getting a...
ListenRecode Decode: The ups and downs of Reddit's history from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Inc. magazine senior writer Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laborat...
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In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa about doing investigative journalism in the Philippines, where social media has emboldened an autocratic president. R...
ListenUndocumented immigrants are people, not political props from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen," and how the shift the cultural conversation ...
ListenYou Can Be Hacked From Anywhere (Orion Hindawi, CEO, Tanium) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tanium CEO Orion Hindawi talks with Re/code's Arik Hesseldahl about why it's easier than ever for hackers to strike at companies and governments, and why those who cling to obsolete security soluti...
ListenRecode Decode: Peloton CTO Yony Feng from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Peloton CTO Yony Feng talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the indoor cycling company is trying to shake up in-home exercise programs with its custom fitness bike, which sells for $2,000. Pel...
ListenRecode Decode: How Imgur avoids the ugliness of social media from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imgur CEO Alan Schaaf talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting the image-sharing site and moderating its content. In this episode: (00:59) Schaaf's background; (03:18) Launching Imgur; (07:5...
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In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about his book "Permanent Record," how his youthful love of the US government and the early internet turned ...
ListenAfter 20,000 workers walked out, Google said it got the message. The workers disagree. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Six of the organizers of the Nov. 1 Google walkouts — Erica Anderson, Claire Stapleton, Meredith Whittaker, Stephanie Parker, Cecelia O'Neil-Hart and Amr Gaber — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher abo...
ListenAsh Carter, United States Secretary of Defense from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter talks with Kara Swisher about his efforts to unite the Pentagon and Silicon Valley behind common goals, including a new "innovation advisory board" chaired by E...
ListenRecode Decode: "Hamilton" producer Jeffrey Seller from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Hamilton" lead producer Jeffrey Seller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the hit Broadway musical goes forward now that three of its stars — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Philli...
ListenRecode Decode: What's next for Amazon's Alexa? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bret Kinsella, the editor of the voice technology blog Voicebot.ai, talks with Recode’s Rani Molla about the future of virtual assistants like Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant. In this episode: (01...
ListenBest of: Maggie Haberman and David Fahrenthold from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this best-of episode, originally published in September 2017, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold about their re...
ListenSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Facebook, homelessness in SF and buying Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher on the latest episode of her MSNBC TV show, "Revolution." Fan of the show? It helps to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Lear...
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HotelTonight CEO Sam Shank talks with Kara Swisher about taking only 10 weeks to launch an online travel app. He explains how the startup worked to avoid being perceived as "another Groupon" and wh...
ListenRecode Decode: Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel talks with Recode's Ina Fried about how the network is building on the digital reach of the Summer Games via livestreaming, virtual reality, Snapchat and more. Ze...
ListenRecode Decode: Four magic words for entrepreneurs: ‘Do your fucking job.’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Belsky, a venture partner at Benchmark and the chief product officer at Adobe, talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about his book, "The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and ...
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In these best-of excerpts from several episodes of Recode Decode, Kara Swisher talks to her Pivot co-host Scott Galloway about the tech giants, the secrets of happiness, and the future of business ...
ListenShould the First Amendment apply to Facebook? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about free speech and censorship on platforms like Facebook and Twi...
ListenGavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor, California from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom talks with Kara Swisher about why the government's approach to technology needs to be completely reimagined. A former mayor of San Francisco, Newsom argu...
ListenRecode Decode: Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins, co-founders, Numenta from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins — the co-founders of Palm, Handspring and Numenta — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their efforts to decode the human brain. They say everything that makes us ...
ListenRecode Decode: Why salad chain Sweetgreen thinks like a tech company from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jonathan Neman, the co-founder of fast food salad chain Sweetgreen, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's techie side and the future of restaurants. In this episode: (01:26) How Swee...
ListenBest of: Nicole Wong from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this best-of episode, former deputy CTO of the United States Nicole Wong talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of tech policy and why content moderation is more complicated than many...
ListenStart to Sale: Milk Bar CEO Christina Tosi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you like Recode Decode, we think you'll also like Start to Sale. Here's the show's first episode: Christina Tosi is a superstar pastry chef, and she's also built one of the most iconic American ...
ListenHadi Partovi, CEO, Code.org from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi talks with Kara Swisher about how he discovered his love for programming, and how Steve Jobs' death spurred him to create a non-profit that would spread that love to other...
ListenRecode Decode: Daphne Koller, president, Coursera from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Coursera president and co-founder Daphne Koller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how she helped build the popular online learning platform after a successful early experiment at Stanford Univ...
ListenRecode Decode: How Peter Jackson’s team made WWI footage look new from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson talks about his new film, a World War I documentary with sound and color called "They Shall Not Grow Old." In this episode: (00:37) Why he made the documentary...
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In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher and Shirin Ghaffary talk to Boots Riley, the writer and director of the satirical dark comedy film Sorry to Bother You. They discuss how he got the mo...
ListenWhy nonprofits should think more like tech companies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stanford lecturer Kathleen Kelly Janus talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her book, "Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference." In this episode: (0...
ListenAndrew Jarecki, "The Jinx" Director from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Jarecki joins Peter Kafka to talk about the success of true-crime documentary series such as "Making a Murderer," "Serial" and the show he directed, "The Jinx." He also discusses his history...
ListenRecode Decode: Chelsea Handler from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chelsea Handler, the host of Netflix's new talk show "Chelsea," chats with Recode's Kara Swisher about going digital after seven years on the cable channel E! She runs "Chelsea" like a normal TV sh...
ListenRecode Decode: Ezra Klein and Kara Swisher on the future of journalism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vox.com founder and editor-at-large Ezra Klein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the press, social media and President Trump in this live interview recorded in San Francisco. In this episode: ...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in March 2019, comedian Kathy Griffin talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the notorious photo shoot that got her investigated by the Secret Service,...
ListenSally Yates: Donald Trump is trying to corrupt the Justice Department from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the AllRaise Summit in San Francisco. (Note: This interview was recorded before the midter...
ListenMike Cagney, CEO, SoFi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
SoFi CEO Mike Cagney sits down with Kara Swisher to discuss why financial technology startups are suddenly hot and how SoFi hopes to eventually replace your bank, even though it has no permanent ph...
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Reality TV star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why she doesn't use Facebook, but loves Snapchat. Kardashian credits her family's career success to social med...
ListenRecode Decode: Why it's OK to be analog in a digital world from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Framebridge CEO Susan Tynan talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting and running the online framing startup. In this episode: (00:56) Tynan's background at the White House and LivingSocial; ...
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Tristan Harris, the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in these two best-of interview excerpts. In the first interview, originally published in January...
ListenData and the future of money in politics with RevUp CEO Steve Spinner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Democratic fundraiser Steve Spinner talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about his online fundraising startup, RevUp. In this episode: (01:17) Spinner's background; (04:04) How he got into ca...
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Starry CEO Chet Kanojia, formerly the founder and CEO of Aereo, is back with another startup aimed at taking on the man. He sits down with Peter Kafka to talk about Starry, which aims to attack bro...
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Maverick Carter, the business manager for basketball superstar LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, talks to Recode's Kurt Wagner about how the internet has radically changed athletes' place in...
ListenRecode Decode: Should Mark Zuckerberg fire himself? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Altman, the president of YCombinator and co-chairman of OpenAI, joins Recode's Kara Swisher for this live interview at Manny's in San Francisco, moderated by Manny Yekutiel. In this episode: (0...
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Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition and a three-time Recode Decode guest, talks with Kara Swisher in these three excerpts from her appearances on the show. Originally publ...
ListenThe ‘bad ideas’ that broke American capitalism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Washington Post economics columnist Steven Pearlstein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Can American Capitalism Survive?: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal, and Fa...
ListenEric Weiner, Author of "The Geography of Genius" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Weiner, author of New York Times bestseller "The Geography of Bliss" and the new book "The Geography of Genius," talks with Kara Swisher about how where we live can make us smarter and more in...
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JPMorgan Chase president, chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how big banks are both competing against and collaborating with Silicon Valley. He explains why tech co...
ListenRecode Decode: NBC's Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell and Hallie Jackson (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this live interview recorded in Washington, D.C., Recode's Kara Swisher talks with three NBC and MSNBC journalists — Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell and Hallie Jackson — about social media, politics...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Chris Hayes in this live interview that originally aired in April 2018. This conversation was broadcast on MSNBC for the TV show Revo...
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A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at a Columbia University event in New York City. In this episode: (03:05) 10 month...
ListenNick Denton, Gawker Media Founder, and Jason Epstein, Investor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton and new board member Jason Epstein, who just bought a minority share of the company, sit down with Peter Kafka to discuss the online media company's rapidly changin...
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U.S. Rep. and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sits down with Recode's Kara Swisher to talk about the 2016 election, immigration reform and how Congress is trying to work with and learn from the ...
ListenRecode Decode: Facebook and Google are “the enemies of independent thought” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Atlantic national correspondent Franklin Foer talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, "World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech," which recently came out in paperback. In...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this interview, which was originally published in July 2018. They discuss why Facebook hadn't banned Alex Jones and Inforwars (a sta...
ListenElon Musk on Tesla’s crazy year, dying on Mars and taking Saudi money from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Tesla's turbulent 2018, when SpaceX will send its first rocket to Mars, why he fights with journalists on Twitter and much more...
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Lyft President John Zimmer sits down with Kara Swisher to talk about the company's transition from ridesharing to autonomous cars, the focus of a recently announced partnership with GM. He also dis...
ListenRecode Decode: Walt Mossberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this special episode of "Recode Decode," we celebrate the relaunch of Recode.net with an extended interview between Recode co-founders Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. In 1991, Mossberg was laugh...
ListenRecode Decode: Silicon Valley loves to break the rules. Is that a good thing? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
University of Maryland professor and cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our Mi...
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The Guardian and Observer reporter Carole Cadwalladr talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this interview, which was originally published in July 2019. They discuss her investigations into the Cambri...
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New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger." In this episode: (01:37) Traister's backgrou...
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BuzzFeed’s Executive Editor of News Shani Hilton talks with Peter Kafka about how she rose to a leadership role within one of the world's most talked-about new media companies. She discusses how th...
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Former Texas State Senator Wendy Davis -- most famous for her filibuster to stop legislation that would severely restrict abortions in that state -- talks with Kara Swisher about her new digital in...
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Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about doing investigative journalism in the Philippines, where social media has emboldened an autocratic president. In this episode: ...
ListenBest of: Anand Giridharadas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in these excerpts from two of our favorite episodes, originally published in October 2018 and May 2019. Th...
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Tusk Ventures CEO Bradley Tusk returns to Recode Decode to talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics." In this episode: (0...
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Affirm CEO and PayPal co-founder Max Levchin talks with Kara Swisher about being a serial entrepreneur and discovering more about himself in the process. He also discusses why startup founders and ...
ListenRecode Decode: Keith Rabois says winter is coming for wasteful startups from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Khosla Ventures investment partner Keith Rabois talks with Kara Swisher about building PayPal before the dot-com crash and the entrepreneurial lessons he applied from that company to later jobs at ...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in February 2019, Kara Swisher talks with Harvard Business School professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff about her book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: ...
ListenRecode Decode: Undocumented immigrants are people, not political props from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen," and how the shift the cultural conversation ...
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Here are excerpts from two of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in June 2017 and October 2018. In the first section, recorded live at the 2017 Code Conference, Recode's K...
ListenHillary Clinton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. In this episode: (...
ListenChris Altchek, Mic CEO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mic CEO Chris Altchek talks with Peter Kafka about building a news site for millennials and why such a thing should exist in the first place. He explores the differences among newsreading generatio...
ListenRecode Decode: Steve Case’s “Third Wave” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investor and former America Online CEO Steve Case, the author of a new book called "The Third Wave," talks with Kara Swisher about how companies like AOL made on-ramps to the Internet and where we'...
ListenBest of Recode Decode: Esther Perel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this best-of episode, originally published in March 2018, Kara Swisher talks to sex and relationship therapist Esther Perel, the host of the podcast Where Should We Begin? Perel discusses her th...
ListenRecode Decode: After 20,000 workers walked out, Google said it got the message. The workers disagree. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Six of the organizers of the Nov. 1 Google walkouts — Erica Anderson, Claire Stapleton, Meredith Whittaker, Stephanie Parker, Cecelia O'Neil-Hart and Amr Gaber — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher abo...
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Here is one of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in May 2018. In it, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou about his bo...
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Former Crowdpac CEO Steve Hilton talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, "Positive Populism," and his Fox News show, "The Next Revolution." In this episode: (01:57) Hilton's backgro...
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Former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Trae Vassallo and former Yahoo exec Michele Madansky sit down with Kara Swisher to talk about "The Elephant in the Valley," their new report on gende...
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Warby Parker co-founders and co-CEOs Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal talk with Re/code's Senior Commerce Editor Jason Del Rey about how they challenged the incumbents of the eyewear business, which...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in January 2018, Kara Swisher talks to Netflix's former chief talent officer Patty McCord about that company's famous "culture deck" and her book Power...
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher on the latest episode of her MSNBC TV show, "Revolution." Fan of the show? It helps to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Lear...
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Here are excerpts from two of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in November 2017 and June 2019. In the first part of the show, Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Ros...
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Actor and producer Sean Hayes talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at the Boomtown Brewery in Los Angeles. In this episode: (02:38) Hayes' background in music and dinner...
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Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger talks with Peter Kafka about being an investor at a time of bubble anxiety and political debate about the trade-off between privacy and security. He argu...
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Kara Swisher talks with 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki about why the personal genomics company's mission is unchanged after a battle with the FDA. Wojcicki argues that understanding one's own genetic tr...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in March 2018, Kara Swisher talks to former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci about his infamous 11-day stint in the Trump adminis...
ListenRecode Decode: Should the First Amendment apply to Facebook? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about free speech and censorship on platforms like Facebook and Twi...
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Here's one of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in November 2018. In it, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk about Tesla's turbulent 2018, when ...
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23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at the Rock Health Summit in San Francisco. In this episode: (01:30) Elizabeth Warren's heritage and dispu...
ListenHappy Re/New Year 2016; CES Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's an all-star lineup of reporters from Re/code and The Verge in this special episode, featuring Kara Swisher, Lauren Goode, Casey Newton and Noah Kulwin. The team discusses the top tech stories ...
ListenRecode Decode: Renaud Laplanche, CEO, Lending Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche talks with Kara Swisher about the benefits of online financial services in a world that no longer needs old-fashioned bank branches. He also explains why Lending C...
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In these best-of interview excerpts — originally published in March 2016, August 2017, and March 2020 — Kara Swisher talks with venture capitalist and Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya. They ...
ListenRecode Decode: Milk Bar CEO Christina Tosi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you like Recode Decode, we think you'll also like Start to Sale. Here's the show's first episode: Christina Tosi is a superstar pastry chef, and she's also built one of the most iconic American ...
ListenSeries finale: Vox CEO Jim Bankoff, Recode Decode's best moments, and fan favorite guests return to question Kara Swisher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After five years, Kara Swisher signs off as the host of Recode Decode. She and her producer Eric Johnson discuss five of the best moments in the show's 539-episode history; then, she talks with Vox...
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Eric Garcetti, the twice-elected mayor of Los Angeles, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about politics in the city and California — and why he's thinking about running for President in 2020. In thi...
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Heleo CEO Rufus Griscom talks with Peter Kafka about trying to build a "BuzzFeed for brains" that can distribute Big Ideas to the broader Internet. He also discusses the founding of his two previou...
ListenRecode Decode: Chamath Palihapitiya, Investor, Social Capital from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Kara Swisher about working on Winamp, AOL Instant Messenger and Facebook before becoming an outspoken investor. In today's Silicon Valley, he ...
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In this best-of episode originally published in January 2018, writer and comedian Sarah Cooper talks with Kara Swisher and Dick Costolo about why she left a career in the tech industry to become a ...
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Stanford lecturer Kathleen Kelly Janus talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her book, "Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference." In this episode: (0...
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Former Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new startup, Neeva, which promises to offer paying subscribers a search engine with no ads and without selling i...
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AnchorFree CEO David Gorodyansky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the company's VPN app Hotspot Shield has led it to enter several other internet security concerns. In this episode: (01:5...
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Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo de Masi talks with Kara Swisher about Glu's hit games like Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Katy Perry Pop, and what makes them different from earlier video games based on licen...
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Tanium CEO Orion Hindawi talks with Re/code's Arik Hesseldahl about why it's easier than ever for hackers to strike at companies and governments, and why those who cling to obsolete security soluti...
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In this best-of episode originally published in October 2017, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to investor Ellen Pao about her book, Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change, which chronicled Pa...
ListenRecode Decode: Sally Yates from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the AllRaise Summit in San Francisco. (Note: This interview was recorded before the midter...
ListenRose Marcario: Young people want to vote with their dollars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's history of activism, the Facebook ad boycott that Patagonia helped start, and what she hopes it will accompli...
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2U CEO Chip Paucek talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of online college education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Medium CEO Ev Williams talks with Peter Kafka about founding his third company that makes it easier to "write on the Interwebs," and what makes Medium different from Blogger and Twitter. He also di...
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter talks with Kara Swisher about his efforts to unite the Pentagon and Silicon Valley behind common goals, including a new "innovation advisory board" chaired by E...
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In this best-of episode originally published in October 2016, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to the host of The Late Late Show, James Corden, about redesigning a talk show for the YouTube generation. ...
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Former Democratic fundraiser Steve Spinner talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about his online fundraising startup, RevUp. In this episode: (01:17) Spinner's background; (04:04) How he got into ca...
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Call Your Girlfriend co-host Aminatou Sow talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about upcoming book with Ann Friedman, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close. Sow discusses "how [she] got bamboozl...
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If you like Recode Decode, we think you'll also like our newest podcast, Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. Here's the latest episode. If you like it, please search for and subscribe to Pi...
ListenJeremy Stoppelman, Yelp CEO; Virtual Reality Shenanigans from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks with Kara Swisher about spending a decade at the helm of the local-recommendations site, and the new challenges posed by private companies that can out-raise the pu...
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HotelTonight CEO Sam Shank talks with Kara Swisher about taking only 10 weeks to launch an online travel app. He explains how the startup worked to avoid being perceived as "another Groupon" and wh...
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In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher talked to New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones about how COVID-19 magnified inequality in the US, and our historical failure to treat ...
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Harvard professor Samantha Power, the former US ambassador the United Nations, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her 2019 memoir The Education of an Idealist, what idealism looks like now in A...
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John Chambers, the former chairman and CEO of Cisco, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of startups and his book, "Connecting the Dots: Leadership Lessons in a Startup World." In thi...
ListenKatie Nolan, Fox Sports TV Host from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katie Nolan talks with Peter Kafka about how she went from Tumblr to YouTube to television, specifically Fox Sports 1, where she hosts "Garbage Time with Katie Nolan." They also discuss online hara...
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California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom talks with Kara Swisher about why the government's approach to technology needs to be completely reimagined. A former mayor of San Francisco, Newsom argu...
ListenBest of Recode Decode: Maria Ressa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa about doing investigative journalism in the Philippines, where social media has emboldened an autocratic president. R...
ListenBarry Lyga and Morgan Baden: What if everyone had to use social media? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Hive authors Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how they came to write a young adult book about a social media dystopia, based on a cinematic idea from actor Jenn...
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Boots Riley, the writer and director of the satirical dark comedy film "Sorry to Bother You," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Shirin Ghaffary. In this episode: (01:55) Riley's background as a ...
ListenMarc Lore, Jet.com CEO; Apple's Ugly Battery Case from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jet.com CEO Marc Lore talks with Re/code's Senior Commerce Editor Jason Del Rey about trying to build a new e-commerce giant when rival Amazon has a 20-year lead. Also: Why is Jet.com raising so mu...
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Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi talks with Kara Swisher about how he discovered his love for programming, and how Steve Jobs' death spurred him to create a non-profit that would spread that love to other...
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In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about his book "Permanent Record," how his youthful love of the US government and the early internet turned ...
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Symone Sanders, a senior advisor to Joe Biden and former national press secretary for Bernie Sanders, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the 2020 campaign and her new memoir, No, You Shut Up: S...
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Congressman Ro Khanna returns to Recode Decode to talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about his proposal for an "internet bill of rights," which Kara discussed in her latest column for the New York Tim...
ListenBrian Rolapp, NFL Media Czar from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The NFL's media czar Brian Rolapp talks with Peter Kafka about why Internet companies might (or might not) get the rights to a soon-to-be-auctioned set of games. They also discuss what makes live s...
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Andrew Jarecki joins Peter Kafka to talk about the success of true-crime documentary series such as "Making a Murderer," "Serial" and the show he directed, "The Jinx." He also discusses his history...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in September 2017, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold about their re...
ListenJason Fried: Would you pay to get less email? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Basecamp CEO Jason Fried talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's new email product, Hey, which he describes as "the most ambitious and stupidest thing we’ve ever done." Fried also disc...
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Author and journalist Anand Giridharadas talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World." In this episode: (02:07) Giridharadas' ...
ListenDick Costolo, Former Twitter CEO; Hoverboards from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sits down with Kara Swisher to talk about what he's doing next, what he thinks of Twitter's future under Jack Dorsey and why men often fail to "do diversity." Later,...
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SoFi CEO Mike Cagney sits down with Kara Swisher to discuss why financial technology startups are suddenly hot and how SoFi hopes to eventually replace your bank, even though it has no permanent ph...
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In these best-of excerpts from several episodes of Recode Decode, Kara Swisher talks to her Pivot co-host Scott Galloway about the tech giants, the secrets of happiness, and the future of business ...
ListenKatie Couric: How the media and the country are changing after George Floyd's killing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katie Couric, the former host of the Today Show and anchor of the CBS Evening News, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the current moment of political protest feels unlike anything that cam...
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Samantha Bee, the host of "Full Frontal" on TBS, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about doing TV comedy in 2018 and her new political trivia app, This is Not a Game: The Game. In this episode: (02:...
ListenRicky Van Veen, CollegeHumor Co-Founder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this first episode of Peter Kafka's new weekly "Re/code Decode" interviews, CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen sits down with Peter to talk about monetizing content on the Internet and why i...
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Today’s episode is with Beyond Meat founder and CEO Ethan Brown. Nilay and Ethan discuss how the company is doing since its IPO in 2019 and how they are fairing during the pandemic. The food supply...
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Starry CEO Chet Kanojia, formerly the founder and CEO of Aereo, is back with another startup aimed at taking on the man. He sits down with Peter Kafka to talk about Starry, which aims to attack bro...
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In this best-of episode, former deputy CTO of the United States Nicole Wong talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of tech policy and why content moderation is more complicated than many...
ListenJill Lepore: Technology will never fix injustice automatically from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
American historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new podcast, The Last Archive, which investigates "who killed truth?" in the style of a true-cr...
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In these highlights from our September 2018 Code Commerce event, Recode's Jason Del Rey talks with two great guests: (00:57) First, he speaks to Square CFO Sarah Friar; (35:02) then, Jason intervie...
ListenBrian Chesky, Airbnb CEO; Holiday Gift Guide from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks with Kara Swisher about being in Paris during the city's recent terror attacks, and what the hospitality company is doing after a major political win in San Francisco....
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Advertising is a huge part of the economy and something we all experience everyday through various mediums. In this episode, Nilay Patel talks with Cadillac CMO Melissa Grady about how advertising ...
ListenRecode Decode: Eric Weiner, Author of "The Geography of Genius" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Weiner, author of New York Times bestseller "The Geography of Bliss" and the new book "The Geography of Genius," talks with Kara Swisher about how where we live can make us smarter and more in...
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In this best-of episode, Recode's Kara Swisher and Shirin Ghaffary talk to Boots Riley, the writer and director of the satirical dark comedy film Sorry to Bother You. They discuss how he got the mo...
ListenBart Gellman: What is Edward Snowden's legacy? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and author Bart Gellman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State. Gellman discusses how he got connected wi...
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Jawbone co-founder Hosain Rahman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's next act: A medical subscripton service called Jawbone Health that hopes to catch health problems early. In thi...
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The List App co-founders B.J. Novak and Dev Flaherty talk about their new mobile-social app for making lists and how tech is changing the entertainment world. Later, Lauren Goode joins Kara to talk...
ListenCan Substack CEO Chris Best build a new model for journalism? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nilay Patel talks to Chris Best, cofounder and CEO of Substack, the subscription newsletter startup that’s taken the media industry by storm over the past few months. The conversation explores how ...
ListenRecode Decode: Nick Denton, Gawker Media Founder, and Jason Epstein, Investor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton and new board member Jason Epstein, who just bought a minority share of the company, sit down with Peter Kafka to discuss the online media company's rapidly changin...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in March 2019, comedian Kathy Griffin talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the notorious photo shoot that got her investigated by the Secret Service,...
ListenAndy Puddicombe, Robin Arzon, and Marianne Williamson: How to take care of your mind, body, and spirit in quarantine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with three guests about how to take care of your mind, body, and spirit while in quarantine. Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe discusses the challenges of getting peo...
ListenBONUS: Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom in 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are resigning from the company, six years after Facebook bought it for $1 billion. Recode reports that they had grown "increasingly frustrated a...
ListenBrent Bushnell and Eric Gradman, Two Bit Circus Co-Founders; New BlackBerries from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two Bit Circus CEO Brent Bushnell and CTO Eric Gradman talk with Kara Swisher about their high-tech circus, STEAM Carnival; fixing education; and why playing games will break down kids' aversion to...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in January 2018, Kara Swisher talks to Netflix's former chief talent officer Patty McCord about that company's famous "culture deck" and her book Power...
ListenAlamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor on going back to the movies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this episode of Decoder, Nilay talks with Shelli Taylor, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse. Shelli stepped into her new role as CEO during the pandemic. In this conversation, Nilay and Shelli discuss ...
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Lyft President John Zimmer sits down with Kara Swisher to talk about the company's transition from ridesharing to autonomous cars, the focus of a recently announced partnership with GM. He also dis...
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Tristan Harris, the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in these two best-of interview excerpts. In the first interview, originally published in January...
ListenFrances Frei: Treating people equally is not the same thing as treating them fairly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the new book she wrote with her wife Anne Morriss, Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Eve...
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Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank Group, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how big data can prevent famines around the world and how to engage tech leaders in solving huge problems...
ListenAaron Levie, Box CEO; Android vs. iOS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Box CEO Aaron Levie talks with Kara Swisher about the next wave of enterprise companies and why having $80,000 is better than having $10 million. Later on: How could switching between iOS and Andro...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in March 2018, Kara Swisher talks to former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci about his infamous 11-day stint in the Trump adminis...
ListenMicrosoft's Phil Spencer on launching the new Xbox and the future of games from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week’s episode of Decoder Nilay Patel talks to Phil Spencer, the guy in charge of Xbox at Microsoft. They discuss not only the next-generation Xbox and PS5 just arriving in stores now, but ...
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BuzzFeed’s Executive Editor of News Shani Hilton talks with Peter Kafka about how she rose to a leadership role within one of the world's most talked-about new media companies. She discusses how th...
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Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition and a three-time Recode Decode guest, talks with Kara Swisher in these three excerpts from her appearances on the show. Originally publ...
ListenDaniel Schreiber: How COVID-19 affects the insurance business from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lemonade CEO and co-founder Daniel Schreiber talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what happens to an insurance in a crisis like COVID-19, how some of the money from Lemonade customers' premiums w...
ListenThe NYT's Maggie Haberman, HuffPost's Lydia Polgreen and actor Jane Lynch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this bonus episode of Recode Decode, you get two interviews for the price of one, both conducted by Recode's Kara Swisher at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in New York City. First, New York Times ...
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Venture capitalist and co-author of "Leading" Michael Moritz talks with Kara Swisher about the history and future of investing and leadership. Later on: Do food delivery services have a place outsi...
ListenRemote learning is here to stay — can we make it better? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week’s episode of Decoder, Nilay Patel talks with Sal Khan, the co-founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit online learning platform for students in kindergarten through high school. Kh...
ListenRecode Decode: Max Levchin, Affirm CEO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Affirm CEO and PayPal co-founder Max Levchin talks with Kara Swisher about being a serial entrepreneur and discovering more about himself in the process. He also discusses why startup founders and ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Chris Hayes in this live interview that originally aired in April 2018. This conversation was broadcast on MSNBC for the TV show Revo...
ListenJon Mooallem: How one city, united by radio, pulled together after an earthquake from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times Magazine writer-at-large Jon Mooallem talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together. It ...
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Journalist and author Nancy Jo Sales talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new HBO documentary, "Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age." In this episode:03:41 - How Sales started writing about...
ListenHuffington Post Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington, 4K TVs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington talks with Kara Swisher about why journalism is going mobile, but she won?t take her phone to bed. Later on: is 4K TV the future, or just hype? Le...
ListenMark Cuban on the presidency and the future of American business from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the first episode of Decoder, Nilay Patel interviews Mark Cuban. Mark is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, he’s a tech investor, and is on the hit show, Shark Tank. The conversation, recorded a...
ListenRecode Decode: Chris Altchek, Mic CEO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mic CEO Chris Altchek talks with Peter Kafka about building a news site for millennials and why such a thing should exist in the first place. He explores the differences among newsreading generatio...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this interview, which was originally published in July 2018. They discuss why Facebook hadn't banned Alex Jones and Inforwars (a sta...
ListenPhil Howard and Emily Bell: Disinformation in 2020, from "Plandemic" to Bill Gates to "Obamagate" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Phil Howard, the Oxford Internet Institute director and author of Lie Machines, and Emily Bell, the director of Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism, talk with Recode's Kara Swis...
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Kai-Fu Lee, the CEO of Sinovation Ventures and former president of Google China, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order...
ListenBetaworks CEO and co-founder John Borthwick, TV streaming boxes and daily fantasy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Borthwick, CEO of the "startup studio" Betaworks, tells Peter Kafka why mobile apps still rule, why he's still bullish on Twitter user growth and more. Later, Lauren Goode and Kara Swisher tal...
ListenRecode Decode: The ‘bad ideas’ that broke American capitalism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Washington Post economics columnist Steven Pearlstein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Can American Capitalism Survive?: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal, and Fa...
ListenRecode Decode: Trae Vassallo and Michele Madansky, Co-Authors, "The Elephant in the Valley" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Trae Vassallo and former Yahoo exec Michele Madansky sit down with Kara Swisher to talk about "The Elephant in the Valley," their new report on gende...
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The Guardian and Observer reporter Carole Cadwalladr talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this interview, which was originally published in July 2019. They discuss her investigations into the Cambri...
ListenDara Khosrowshahi: How Uber is changing and being challenged by a global pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Uber's evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how it's preparing for the world to re-open, and the one segment of the company ...
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Former deputy CTO of the United States Nicole Wong talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of tech policy and why content moderation is more complicated than many people think. In this ep...
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Ericsson is maybe the largest communications technology company on the planet. This week, CEO Hans Vestberg tells Kara Swisher about the view from the top, and why he's excited about connectivity i...
ListenRecode Decode: Why the New York Times won’t sell itself to a billionaire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at a Columbia University event in New York City. In this episode: (03:05) 10 month...
ListenRecode Decode: Albert Wenger, Union Square Ventures Partner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger talks with Peter Kafka about being an investor at a time of bubble anxiety and political debate about the trade-off between privacy and security. He argu...
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Journalist and Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in these excerpts from two of our favorite episodes, originally published in October 2018 and May 2019. Th...
ListenBrian Chesky: These 9 weeks were the most stressful in Airbnb’s history from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky returns to Recode Decode to talk with Kara Swisher about how the company is "going back to [its] roots" after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its IPO; the future of travel and...
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Mark Leibovich, the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times." In this episode:02:07 ...
ListenWhite House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, TV streaming and Twitter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Valerie Jarrett is one of President Obama's most trusted confidants, and by extension one of the most powerful people in Washington. She talks with Kara Swisher about the tech industry, gun control...
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Tesla's turbulent 2018, when SpaceX will send its first rocket to Mars, why he fights with journalists on Twitter and much more...
ListenRecode Decode: Happy Re/New Year 2016; CES Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's an all-star lineup of reporters from Re/code and The Verge in this special episode, featuring Kara Swisher, Lauren Goode, Casey Newton and Noah Kulwin. The team discusses the top tech stories ...
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Here are excerpts from two of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in June 2017 and October 2018. In the first section, recorded live at the 2017 Code Conference, Recode's K...
ListenGene Sperling: Now is the perfect time to fix economic dignity in America from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Clinton and Obama economic advisor Gene Sperling talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, Economic Dignity, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing attitudes toward essentia...
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April Underwood, the chief product officer at workplace collaboration platform Slack, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her career, diversity in Silicon Valley and the future of work. In this ...
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In a special hour-long interview with Kara Swisher, Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner talk about their new newsletter publication, Lenny. The duo behind HBO's "Girls" offer their thoughts on feminism, o...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Good and Mad' author Rebecca Traister from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger." In this episode: (01:37) Traister's backgrou...
ListenRecode Decode: Rufus Griscom, Heleo CEO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Heleo CEO Rufus Griscom talks with Peter Kafka about trying to build a "BuzzFeed for brains" that can distribute Big Ideas to the broader Internet. He also discusses the founding of his two previou...
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Here is one of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in May 2018. In it, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou about his bo...
ListenCasey Newton and Louie Swisher: How quarantine is changing consumer tech and education from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with the Verge's Casey Newton and her older son, Louie Swisher, about how the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine has affected their tech habits. They also discuss Louie's ...
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Matt Rivitz, the formerly anonymous founder of the popular Twitter account Sleeping Giants, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he accidentally started an international campaign against adve...
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Kara Swisher discusses the shiny, new startup-friendly Microsoft with its partnerships chief, Peggy Johnson. Plus, Lauren Goode on Internet publishing and Mark Bergen on advanced car tech. Learn mo...
ListenRecode Decode: 'The Fixer' author Bradley Tusk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tusk Ventures CEO Bradley Tusk returns to Recode Decode to talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics." In this episode: (0...
ListenRecode Decode: Niccolo de Masi, Glu CEO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo de Masi talks with Kara Swisher about Glu's hit games like Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Katy Perry Pop, and what makes them different from earlier video games based on licen...
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Here are excerpts from two of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in November 2017 and June 2019. In the first part of the show, Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Ros...
ListenJon Meacham: America's history can teach us how to hope for our future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian and bestselling author Jon Meacham talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new podcast Hope Through History, which shows how Americans endured crises such as the Great Depression and t...
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Makan Delrahim, the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the government's attempt to stop the merger of AT&T and Time Warner a...
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BuzzFeed is one of the most important and successful new media companies, tying together deeply reported impact journalism with content optimized for the digital age. Peter Kafka talks with founder...
ListenRecode Decode: Hillary Clinton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. In this episode: (...
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Medium CEO Ev Williams talks with Peter Kafka about founding his third company that makes it easier to "write on the Interwebs," and what makes Medium different from Blogger and Twitter. He also di...
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Here's one of our favorite episodes of Recode Decode, originally published in November 2018. In it, Recode's Kara Swisher talks to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk about Tesla's turbulent 2018, when ...
ListenMaye Musk: The adventure of raising Elon, Kimbal, and Tosca — and the joys of life and work *after* they grew up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Model and dietitian Maye Musk (the mother of Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, entrepreneur Kimbal Musk, and filmmaker Tosca Musk) talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her recent memoir, A Woman Makes ...
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Louis Hyman, an economic historian and professor at Cornell University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Rani Molla about his new book, "Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the Amer...
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Like rivals Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn is no longer just a social network, it's a content platform, a recruiting tool, a resume builder and much, much more. In the Red Chair this week, CEO Jeff...
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Former Crowdpac CEO Steve Hilton talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, "Positive Populism," and his Fox News show, "The Next Revolution." In this episode: (01:57) Hilton's backgro...
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Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks with Kara Swisher about spending a decade at the helm of the local-recommendations site, and the new challenges posed by private companies that can out-raise the pu...
ListenRecode Decode series finale: Vox CEO Jim Bankoff and fan-favorite guests from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After five years, Kara Swisher signs off as the host of Recode Decode. She and her producer Eric Johnson discuss five of the best moments in the show's 539-episode history; then, she talks with Vox...
ListenJoe Walsh: Joe Biden doesn’t need to campaign — 2020 is all about Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he tried to primary Donald Trump earlier this year, how the Republican Party became a "cult," and his recent book,...
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Two of the godfathers of the maker movement — Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty and Make Magazine editor in chief Mike Senese — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the movement has gone main...
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Since founding Netscape more than 20 years ago, Marc Andreessen has been one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures. The entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist talks with Kara Swisher about b...
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Actor and producer Sean Hayes talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at the Boomtown Brewery in Los Angeles. In this episode: (02:38) Hayes' background in music and dinner...
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Katie Nolan talks with Peter Kafka about how she went from Tumblr to YouTube to television, specifically Fox Sports 1, where she hosts "Garbage Time with Katie Nolan." They also discuss online hara...
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Former Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new startup, Neeva, which promises to offer paying subscribers a search engine with no ads and without selling i...
ListenScott Galloway: Tenure for college professors is bullshit, how COVID-19 will revolutionize healthcare, and what the first trillionaire will do from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NYU Professor and Pivot co-host Scott Galloway returns to Recode Decode to talk about his new show on Vice TV, No Mercy, No Malice with Professor Scott Galloway. He and Recode's Kara Swisher also t...
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Haystack founder and Lightspeed Ventures venture partner Semil Shah talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about breaking into the VC world and how the industry is changing. In this episode:03:45 - Ho...
ListenEx-Googler Erica Baker, drone do's and don'ts and car tech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Google salary spreadsheet creator Erica Baker talks diversity in tech with Kara Swisher, Lauren Goode debriefs drones and Ina Fried discusses car tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
ListenRecode Decode: 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at the Rock Health Summit in San Francisco. In this episode: (01:30) Elizabeth Warren's heritage and dispu...
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Jet.com CEO Marc Lore talks with Re/code's Senior Commerce Editor Jason Del Rey about trying to build a new e-commerce giant when rival Amazon has a 20-year lead. Also: Why is Jet.com raising so mu...
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Former Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's history of activism, the Facebook ad boycott that Patagonia helped start, and what she hopes it will accompli...
ListenAlexis Coe: What they don't tell you about George Washington from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Political historian Alexis Coe talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her latest book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, which seeks to break the staid formula by which...
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Ron Wyden, the senior U.S. Senator from Oregon, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about regulating the internet and protecting America's elections from both hackers and disinformation peddlers. In t...
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Twitter general counsel Vijaya Gadde talks about social media and the law, Walt Mossberg and Kara go back and forth on Apple's fall lineup and Kara gives the ABCs of aging in Silicon Valley. Learn ...
ListenRecode Decode: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Garcetti, the twice-elected mayor of Los Angeles, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about politics in the city and California — and why he's thinking about running for President in 2020. In thi...
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The NFL's media czar Brian Rolapp talks with Peter Kafka about why Internet companies might (or might not) get the rights to a soon-to-be-auctioned set of games. They also discuss what makes live s...
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Call Your Girlfriend co-host Aminatou Sow talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about upcoming book with Ann Friedman, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close. Sow discusses "how [she] got bamboozl...
ListenAlex Kantrowitz: The pandemic will make tech giants even more powerful from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
BuzzFeed News reporter Alex Kantrowitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever. He discusses how coronavirus may change ...
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Startup advisor and Color Genomics co-founder Elad Gil talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People." In this episode:00:03:...
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Investor Chris Sacca shares his thoughts on who might get the Twitter CEO job, Walt Mossberg dives into the weird world of wireless carriers and Jason Del Rey explains the rise of "buy" buttons. Le...
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AnchorFree CEO David Gorodyansky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the company's VPN app Hotspot Shield has led it to enter several other internet security concerns. In this episode: (01:5...
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Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sits down with Kara Swisher to talk about what he's doing next, what he thinks of Twitter's future under Jack Dorsey and why men often fail to "do diversity." Later,...
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Harvard professor Samantha Power, the former US ambassador the United Nations, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her 2019 memoir The Education of an Idealist, what idealism looks like now in A...
ListenRyan Murphy: What if Hollywood had welcomed diversity from the beginning? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
TV producer Ryan Murphy — who created or produced shows like Glee, 911, and American Horror Story — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new Netflix miniseries, Hollywood, which blends real h...
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Andrew Moore, the dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of tech education as fields like artificial intelligence an...
Listen"Million Dollar Listing" star Roh Habibi, Snapchat and race in tech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara talks with Roh Habibi, star of reality show "Million Dollar Listing San Francisco," and guest Amina Sow speaks about her experience as a black woman in tech. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
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2U CEO Chip Paucek talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of online college education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this first episode of Peter Kafka's new weekly "Re/code Decode" interviews, CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen sits down with Peter to talk about monetizing content on the Internet and why i...
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The Hive authors Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how they came to write a young adult book about a social media dystopia, based on a cinematic idea from actor Jenn...
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Bulletproof founder and former CEO Dave Asprey talks about the invention and current state of “biohacking," how his blog for “bulletproof executives” grew into a global lifestyle, and the most impo...
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Robert Hohman, the co-founder and CEO of company-reviewing site Glassdoor, talks about how the company has evolved since its early days, when Hohman wanted to merge employer transparency with the g...
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Kara Swisher talks with Andreessen Horowitz general partner and entrepreneur and investor Chris Dixon about the landscape of venture capital and virtual reality. Walt Mossberg shares his perspectiv...
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John Chambers, the former chairman and CEO of Cisco, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of startups and his book, "Connecting the Dots: Leadership Lessons in a Startup World." In thi...
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks with Kara Swisher about being in Paris during the city's recent terror attacks, and what the hospitality company is doing after a major political win in San Francisco....
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Symone Sanders, a senior advisor to Joe Biden and former national press secretary for Bernie Sanders, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the 2020 campaign and her new memoir, No, You Shut Up: S...
ListenNikole Hannah-Jones: We're finally recognizing the workers who have always been "essential" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the coronavirus pandemic is magnifying inequality in the US, and our historical failure to treat esse...
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Jen Gunter, an OB/GYN and pain medicine physician, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how celebrity wellness brands have been overtaken by "medical conspiracy theories" and dangerous recommenda...
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Kara Swisher talks with Y Combinator president and Reddit board member Sam Altman about the social news site and the challenges of entrepreneurship. Lauren Goode fields questions on the "Internet o...
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Boots Riley, the writer and director of the satirical dark comedy film "Sorry to Bother You," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Shirin Ghaffary. In this episode: (01:55) Riley's background as a ...
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The List App co-founders B.J. Novak and Dev Flaherty talk about their new mobile-social app for making lists and how tech is changing the entertainment world. Later, Lauren Goode joins Kara to talk...
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Basecamp CEO Jason Fried talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's new email product, Hey, which he describes as "the most ambitious and stupidest thing we’ve ever done." Fried also disc...
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Bestselling author and Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America; wha...
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If you enjoy Recode Decode, we think you'd also like the Eater Upsell. Here's a recent episode of the show: Jason Droege, the man in charge of Uber Eats, talks with Eater's Dan Geneen about how the...
ListenElon Musk biographer Ashlee Vance, photo apps and Reddit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher talks with journalist Ashlee Vance about his new book on Elon Musk. They discuss Musk's "Tony Stark" image, the future of Tesla and whether Musk is mellowing out. Also on the show: pho...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Winners Take All' author Anand Giridharadas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and journalist Anand Giridharadas talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World." In this episode: (02:07) Giridharadas' ...
ListenRecode Decode: Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman, Two Bit Circus Co-Founders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two Bit Circus CEO Brent Bushnell and CTO Eric Gradman talk with Kara Swisher about their high-tech circus, STEAM Carnival; fixing education; and why playing games will break down kids' aversion to...
ListenRecode Decode: Katie Couric from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katie Couric, the former host of the Today Show and anchor of the CBS Evening News, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the current moment of political protest feels unlike anything that cam...
ListenTim Ferriss: You’re not Isaac Newton! Give yourself a break for being unproductive right now. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bestselling author, investor, and podcaster Tim Ferriss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his advice for people coping with the coronavirus quarantine, which includes giving yourself slack for...
ListenSidecar co-founder Sunil Paul from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sidecar co-founder Sunil Paul talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his popular guest column for Recode, “The scooter wars will be a bloodbath, and Uber will win.” He elaborates on why that is and...
ListenSlack CEO Stewart Butterfield, Apple Music from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher interviews Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, Lauren Goode talks about Apple Music and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenRecode Decode: 'Full Frontal' host Samantha Bee from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Samantha Bee, the host of "Full Frontal" on TBS, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about doing TV comedy in 2018 and her new political trivia app, This is Not a Game: The Game. In this episode: (02:...
ListenRecode Decode: Aaron Levie, Box CEO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Box CEO Aaron Levie talks with Kara Swisher about the next wave of enterprise companies and why having $80,000 is better than having $10 million. Later on: How could switching between iOS and Andro...
ListenRecode Decode: Jill Lepore from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
American historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new podcast, The Last Archive, which investigates "who killed truth?" in the style of a true-cr...
ListenMark Cuban: Capitalism must get kinder, Trump has done okay, and “universities are fucked" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investor, Dallas Mavericks owner, and Shark Tank co-host Mark Cuban talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what capitalism and entrepreneurship looks like in a post-coronavirus world; whether he's ...
ListenGrab co-founder Hooi Ling Tan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hooi Ling Tan, the co-founder of southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2018 Rise conference in Hong Kong. Tan says Grab is opening up a platform for mor...
ListenRecode Decode: Square CFO Sarah Friar and Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In these highlights from our September 2018 Code Commerce event, Recode's Jason Del Rey talks with two great guests: (00:57) First, he speaks to Square CFO Sarah Friar; (35:02) then, Jason intervie...
ListenRecode Decode: Sequoia Capital Chairman Sir Michael Moritz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Venture capitalist and co-author of "Leading" Michael Moritz talks with Kara Swisher about the history and future of investing and leadership. Later on: Do food delivery services have a place outsi...
ListenRecode Decode: Bart Gellman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and author Bart Gellman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State. Gellman discusses how he got connected wi...
ListenMayor London Breed: How San Francisco is flattening the curve from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
San Francisco Mayor London Breed talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why she was one of the first local leaders in the US to act on the spread of covid-19, how she thinks about the slow and dish...
Listen'General Magic' directors Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new documentary, "General Magic," which tells the story of a pioneering tech startup that tried and failed to invent a smar...
ListenRecode Decode: Jawbone Health CEO Hosain Rahman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jawbone co-founder Hosain Rahman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's next act: A medical subscripton service called Jawbone Health that hopes to catch health problems early. In thi...
ListenRecode Decode: Huffington Post Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington talks with Kara Swisher about why journalism is going mobile, but she won?t take her phone to bed. Later on: is 4K TV the future, or just hype? Le...
ListenRecode Decode: Andy Puddicombe, Robin Arzon, and Marianne Williamson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with three guests about how to take care of your mind, body, and spirit while in quarantine. Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe discusses the challenges of getting peo...
ListenJeffrey Katzenberg: It's not TV (or HBO, or Netflix). It's Quibi. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the first week of the short-form video app — which was intended for on-the-go consumers, but still racked up 1.7 million down...
Listen'The Billionaire Raj' author James Crabtree from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist James Crabtree talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age." Crabtree says India's development of a super-rich bil...
ListenRecode Decode: Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom in 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are resigning from the company, six years after Facebook bought it for $1 billion. Recode reports that they had grown "increasingly frustrated a...
ListenRecode Decode: Betaworks CEO and co-founder John Borthwick from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Borthwick, CEO of the "startup studio" Betaworks, tells Peter Kafka why mobile apps still rule, why he's still bullish on Twitter user growth and more. Later, Lauren Goode and Kara Swisher tal...
ListenRecode Decode: Frances Frei from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the new book she wrote with her wife Anne Morriss, Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Eve...
ListenSarah Frier: The inside story of Instagram and how it has changed since the founders left from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bloomberg technology reporter Sarah Frier talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram. Frier discusses how co-founders Mike Systrom and Danny Krieg...
ListenWordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the blogging platform has evolved in the 13 years since it launched, powering a huge number of websites that ...
ListenRecode Decode: World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank Group, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how big data can prevent famines around the world and how to engage tech leaders in solving huge problems...
ListenRecode Decode: Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ericsson is maybe the largest communications technology company on the planet. This week, CEO Hans Vestberg tells Kara Swisher about the view from the top, and why he's excited about connectivity i...
ListenRecode Decode: Daniel Schreiber from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lemonade CEO and co-founder Daniel Schreiber talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what happens to an insurance in a crisis like COVID-19, how some of the money from Lemonade customers' premiums w...
ListenAdam Grant: How quarantine will transform the way we work from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant, the author of "Originals" and host of the podcast "WorkLife," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the benefits of working from home, and how work will cha...
Listen'Valley of Genius' author Adam Fisher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Adam Fisher talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new oral history, 'Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley.' Fisher interviewed some of tech's biggest names for the...
ListenRecode Decode: The NYT's Maggie Haberman, HuffPost's Lydia Polgreen and actor Jane Lynch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this bonus episode of Recode Decode, you get two interviews for the price of one, both conducted by Recode's Kara Swisher at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in New York City. First, New York Times ...
ListenRecode Decode: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Valerie Jarrett is one of President Obama's most trusted confidants, and by extension one of the most powerful people in Washington. She talks with Kara Swisher about the tech industry, gun control...
ListenRecode Decode: Jon Mooallem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times Magazine writer-at-large Jon Mooallem talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together. It ...
ListenNiall Ferguson: How viruses (and fake news stories) spread, and how America screwed up its coronavirus response from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian Niall Ferguson, the author of bestselling books such as The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new PBS series, Networld, which explor...
ListenAlibaba exec Joe Tsai (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joe Tsai, the executive vice chairman of Chinese commerce giant Alibaba, talks with Recode’s Jason Del Rey at the 2018 Code Conference. He says that Alibaba has not tried to do a big acquisition de...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Swiped' director Nancy Jo Sales from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and author Nancy Jo Sales talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new HBO documentary, "Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age." In this episode:03:41 - How Sales started writing about...
ListenRecode Decode: Lenny newsletter co-founders Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In a special hour-long interview with Kara Swisher, Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner talk about their new newsletter publication, Lenny. The duo behind HBO's "Girls" offer their thoughts on feminism, o...
ListenRecode Decode: Phil Howard and Emily Bell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Phil Howard, the Oxford Internet Institute director and author of Lie Machines, and Emily Bell, the director of Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism, talk with Recode's Kara Swis...
ListenKevin Systrom: What we can learn about coronavirus by looking at the data from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Instagram co-founder and former CEO Kevin Systrom talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the data analysis he has conducted and publicized about the global spread of coronavirus, and what it tells ...
ListenFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: The Kara Swisher interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about a litany of issues, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal and why Infowars and other conspiracy theorists, like Holocaust den...
ListenRecode Decode: 'AI Superpowers' author Kai-Fu Lee from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kai-Fu Lee, the CEO of Sinovation Ventures and former president of Google China, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order...
ListenRecode Decode: Microsoft EVP Peggy Johnson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher discusses the shiny, new startup-friendly Microsoft with its partnerships chief, Peggy Johnson. Plus, Lauren Goode on Internet publishing and Mark Bergen on advanced car tech. Learn mo...
ListenRecode Decode: Dara Khosrowshahi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Uber's evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how it's preparing for the world to re-open, and the one segment of the company ...
ListenDavid Plouffe: How to beat Donald Trump, and how coronavirus will change the election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Obama advisor David Plouffe — who since leaving the White House has worked with Uber, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, and Acronym — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, A Cit...
ListenHow social media bots could tank your stock price from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zignal Labs CEO Josh Ginsberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the “massive amounts of bot activity” that his media intelligence company has started detecting on social media. In everything f...
ListenRecode Decode: Nicole Wong, former deputy CTO of the United States from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former deputy CTO of the United States Nicole Wong talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the future of tech policy and why content moderation is more complicated than many people think. In this ep...
ListenRecode Decode: Buzzfeed founder Jonah Peretti from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
BuzzFeed is one of the most important and successful new media companies, tying together deeply reported impact journalism with content optimized for the digital age. Peter Kafka talks with founder...
ListenEpisode 500: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on coronavirus, working from home, and Slack's redesign from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how coronavirus changed everything for Slack and its customers, the sudden transition to "work from home" across the country, an...
ListenTinder parent company Match Group prepares for battle with Facebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mandy Ginsberg, the CEO of Match Group, talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how her company became dominant in online dating — it owns sites and apps like Match.com, Tinder and OKCupid — and how ...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Big Game' author Mark Leibovich from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Leibovich, the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times." In this episode:02:07 ...
ListenRecode Decode: LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Like rivals Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn is no longer just a social network, it's a content platform, a recruiting tool, a resume builder and much, much more. In the Red Chair this week, CEO Jeff...
ListenRecode Decode: Gene Sperling from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Clinton and Obama economic advisor Gene Sperling talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, Economic Dignity, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing attitudes toward essentia...
ListenGary Vaynerchuk: The coronavirus crisis will force businesses to be better from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the impact of covid-19 on entrepreneurship, why he stopped investing in tech companies two years ago, and how the pandemic cou...
ListenWhy do some in the tech community support universal basic income? They're 'terrified' about the future. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Annie Lowrey talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World." Lowrey sa...
ListenRecode Decode: Slack chief product officer April Underwood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
April Underwood, the chief product officer at workplace collaboration platform Slack, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her career, diversity in Silicon Valley and the future of work. In this ...
ListenRecode Decode: Marc Andreessen, investor and entrepreneur from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Since founding Netscape more than 20 years ago, Marc Andreessen has been one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures. The entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist talks with Kara Swisher about b...
ListenRecode Decode: Casey Newton and Louie Swisher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with her older son, Louie Swisher, and the Silicon Valley editor of the Verge, Casey Newton. Thank you to all of our listeners for 300 episodes. Here's to 300 more! In t...
ListenDeepak Chopra: "If this doesn't bring us together, then we deserve whatever happens" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Deepak Chopra talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how to cope with the global threat posed by coronavirus, the parallel "pandemic of panic," and how to not be overwhelmed by fear and anxiety...
ListenWhy Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is donating millions for journalism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his foundation's recent donation of $20 million to the CUNY Graduate School of Jour...
ListenRecode Decode: Sleeping Giants founder Matt Rivitz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Rivitz, the formerly anonymous founder of the popular Twitter account Sleeping Giants, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he accidentally started an international campaign against adve...
ListenRecode Decode: Ex-Googler Erica Baker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Google salary spreadsheet creator Erica Baker talks diversity in tech with Kara Swisher, Lauren Goode debriefs drones and Ina Fried discusses car tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
ListenRecode Decode: Jon Meacham from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian and bestselling author Jon Meacham talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new podcast Hope Through History, which shows how Americans endured crises such as the Great Depression and t...
ListenChamath Palihapitiya: "The investing landscape is done,” taxes will go up, and a two-week lockdown is inevitable from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how long it will take to recover from the coronavirus crisis, its impact on startups, and how the US government should...
ListenBox CEO Aaron Levie talks tech regulation and the future of jobs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aaron Levie, the CEO of enterprise security and file-sharing service Box, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how businesses are simultaneously turning to multiple vendors — including Box and it...
ListenRecode Decode: U.S. Justice Department antitrust lawyer Makan Delrahim from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Makan Delrahim, the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the government's attempt to stop the merger of AT&T and Time Warner a...
ListenRecode Decode: Twitter legal boss Vijaya Gadde from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Twitter general counsel Vijaya Gadde talks about social media and the law, Walt Mossberg and Kara go back and forth on Apple's fall lineup and Kara gives the ABCs of aging in Silicon Valley. Learn ...
ListenRecode Decode: Maye Musk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Model and dietitian Maye Musk (the mother of Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, entrepreneur Kimbal Musk, and filmmaker Tosca Musk) talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her recent memoir, A Woman Makes ...
ListenBen Hubbard: How Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman became a feared leader and cyber criminal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ben Hubbard, the Beirut bureau chief for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman. Hubbard explains how he started writ...
ListenAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Dan Frommer at the 2018 Code Conference. Chesky talks about Airbnb’s expansion into “the experience economy," encouraging local hosts to...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Temp' author Louis Hyman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Louis Hyman, an economic historian and professor at Cornell University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Rani Molla about his new book, "Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the Amer...
ListenRecode Decode: Investor Chris Sacca from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investor Chris Sacca shares his thoughts on who might get the Twitter CEO job, Walt Mossberg dives into the weird world of wireless carriers and Jason Del Rey explains the rise of "buy" buttons. Le...
ListenRecode Decode: Joe Walsh from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he tried to primary Donald Trump earlier this year, how the Republican Party became a "cult," and his recent book,...
ListenAndrew Yang: Sending everyone money makes even more sense in a crisis like coronavirus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the growing popularity of government programs to send money directly to people affected by the coronavirus pand...
ListenMatt Cutts: Why more tech workers should come to D.C. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Cutts, the acting administrator of the U.S. Digital Service, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how his team is trying to modernize government agencies and make services like Medicare and ...
ListenRecode Decode: Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty and Make Magazine editor Mike Senese from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two of the godfathers of the maker movement — Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty and Make Magazine editor in chief Mike Senese — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the movement has gone main...
ListenRecode Decode: "Million Dollar Listing" star Roh Habibi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara talks with Roh Habibi, star of reality show "Million Dollar Listing San Francisco," and guest Amina Sow speaks about her experience as a black woman in tech. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
ListenRecode Decode: Scott Galloway from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NYU professor and Pivot co-host Scott Galloway talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Algebra of Happiness. In this episode: Galloway’s past books; why the new book is about happi...
Listen"After Truth": New HBO documentary explores the cost of "fake news" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with three of the brains behind the new HBO documentary After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News: Director Andrew Rossi, who previously directed Page One: I...
ListenPsychologist Adam Grant: Your company’s culture isn’t unique from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Psychologist Adam Grant, the author of “Originals” and “Give and Take” and co-author with Sheryl Sandberg of “Option B,” talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how to work smarter and more successf...
ListenRecode Decode: Haystack founder Semil Shah from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Haystack founder and Lightspeed Ventures venture partner Semil Shah talks with Recode's Teddy Schleifer about breaking into the VC world and how the industry is changing. In this episode:03:45 - Ho...
ListenRecode Decode: Andreessen Horowitz GP Chris Dixon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher talks with Andreessen Horowitz general partner and entrepreneur and investor Chris Dixon about the landscape of venture capital and virtual reality. Walt Mossberg shares his perspectiv...
ListenRecode Decode: Alexis Coe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Political historian Alexis Coe talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her latest book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, which seeks to break the staid formula by which...
ListenMaggie Haberman: How coronavirus changes everything for President Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maggie Haberman, the White House correspondent for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the rest of the country has bypassed Trump's failure to lead on the coronavirus out...
ListenHow Nat Geo uses Instagram to stay relevant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
National Geographic executives Courteney Monroe, Rachel Webber and Susan Goldberg talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the 130-year-old media company is staying relevant in the digital age. Mo...
ListenRecode Decode: Senator Ron Wyden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ron Wyden, the senior U.S. Senator from Oregon, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about regulating the internet and protecting America's elections from both hackers and disinformation peddlers. In t...
ListenRecode Decode: Y Combinator's Sam Altman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher talks with Y Combinator president and Reddit board member Sam Altman about the social news site and the challenges of entrepreneurship. Lauren Goode fields questions on the "Internet o...
ListenRecode Decode: Alex Kantrowitz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
BuzzFeed News reporter Alex Kantrowitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever. He discusses how coronavirus may change ...
ListenRon Klain: The coronavirus outbreak is just getting started in the US from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Epidemic co-host Ron Klain, who led the White House's ebola response under President Obama, talks to Recode's Kara Swisher about how the COVID-19 outbreak will strain America's healthcare system; h...
ListenHow Silicon Valley is responding to the immigration crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charlotte and Dave Willner, creators of the hugely successful Facebook fundraising campaign called “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child,” talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how they rai...
ListenRecode Decode: 'High Growth Handbook' author Elad Gil from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Startup advisor and Color Genomics co-founder Elad Gil talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People." In this episode:00:03:...
ListenRecode Decode: Elon Musk biographer Ashlee Vance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher talks with journalist Ashlee Vance about his new book on Elon Musk. They discuss Musk's "Tony Stark" image, the future of Tesla and whether Musk is mellowing out. Also on the show: pho...
ListenRecode Decode: Ryan Murphy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
TV producer Ryan Murphy — who created or produced shows like Glee, 911, and American Horror Story — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new Netflix miniseries, Hollywood, which blends real h...
ListenDr. Lloyd Minor: Why we shouldn’t panic about coronavirus, and should start taking precision medicine seriously from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Lloyd Minor, the dean of Stanford University's School of Medicine, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the novel coronavirus outbreak and his new book, "Discovering Precision Health: Predict...
ListenMicrosoft President Brad Smith (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. Smith reflects on what Microsoft learned from losing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust la...
ListenRecode Decode: Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Moore, the dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of tech education as fields like artificial intelligence an...
ListenRecode Decode: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, Apple Music from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher interviews Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, Lauren Goode talks about Apple Music and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenRecode Decode: Dave Asprey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bulletproof founder and former CEO Dave Asprey talks about the invention and current state of “biohacking," how his blog for “bulletproof executives” grew into a global lifestyle, and the most impo...
ListenMark Lemley: Innovation in tech suffers when we focus on the "exit" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stanford Law School professor Mark Lemley talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Silicon Valley's obsession with startups getting an "exit" — usually an acquisition by one of the tech giants — and ...
ListenTom Peters, management expert and author of ‘The Excellence Dividend’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and management expert Tom Peters talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last.” Peters says art...
ListenRecode Decode: Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robert Hohman, the co-founder and CEO of company-reviewing site Glassdoor, talks about how the company has evolved since its early days, when Hohman wanted to merge employer transparency with the g...
ListenRecode Decode: Nikole Hannah-Jones from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the coronavirus pandemic is magnifying inequality in the US, and our historical failure to treat esse...
ListenAicha Evans and Jesse Levinson: Self-driving taxis will be here in 2021 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zoox CEO Aicha Evans and CTO Jesse Levinson talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their development of a fully autonomous robo-taxi, which will be designed for multiple passengers to share and is p...
ListenMichael Barbaro, host of the New York Times podcast The Daily (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Barbaro, who hosts the hit podcast The Daily for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Barbaro explains why...
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Jen Gunter, an OB/GYN and pain medicine physician, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how celebrity wellness brands have been overtaken by "medical conspiracy theories" and dangerous recommenda...
ListenRecode Decode: Sarah Kendzior from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bestselling author and Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America; wha...
ListenDan Pfeiffer: The real problem isn't Trump — it's the other Republicans from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pod Save America co-host and former Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again, why Bernie Sanders...
ListenStitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katrina Lake, the CEO of apparel delivery company Stitch Fix, talks with Recode’s Jason Del Rey at the 2018 Code Conference. Lake explains why Stitch Fix went public in 2017 even though it was heal...
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If you enjoy Recode Decode, we think you'd also like the Eater Upsell. Here's a recent episode of the show: Jason Droege, the man in charge of Uber Eats, talks with Eater's Dan Geneen about how the...
ListenRecode Decode: Tim Ferriss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bestselling author, investor, and podcaster Tim Ferriss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his advice for people coping with the coronavirus quarantine, which includes giving yourself slack for...
ListenJason Calacanis: TikTok should be banned, Tim Cook doesn't have enough "chutzpah," and Uber will be fine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Inside CEO and This Week in Startups host Jason Calacanis talks with Kara Swisher about the future of Uber after its troubled IPO, why one of the tech giants should buy Tesla, and Jeff Bezos' Achil...
ListenLinda McMahon, U.S. Small Business Administrator (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Linda McMahon, the former pro wrestling executive who now leads the Trump administration’s Small Business Administration, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. McMahon expla...
ListenRecode Decode: Sidecar co-founder Sunil Paul from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sidecar co-founder Sunil Paul talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his popular guest column for Recode, “The scooter wars will be a bloodbath, and Uber will win.” He elaborates on why that is and...
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Investor, Dallas Mavericks owner, and Shark Tank co-host Mark Cuban talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what capitalism and entrepreneurship looks like in a post-coronavirus world; whether he's ...
ListenConor Dougherty: San Francisco’s housing crisis is coming for your city next from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times reporter Conor Dougherty talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, Golden Gates: Fighting For Housing in America. He talks about why San Francisco’s housing crisis is the ...
ListenU.S. Senator Mark Warner (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Warner, the senior United States Senator from Virginia, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Conference. Warner talks about the competing Senate and House reports ...
ListenRecode Decode: Grab co-founder Hooi Ling Tan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hooi Ling Tan, the co-founder of southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2018 Rise conference in Hong Kong. Tan says Grab is opening up a platform for mor...
ListenRecode Decode: Mayor London Breed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
San Francisco Mayor London Breed talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at Manny's in the Mission District. In this episode: How does Breed feel about being mayor?; her bi...
ListenJorge Ramos: Bernie Sanders might have just lost Florida from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how much of the Latino vote President Trump might get in 2020, why Bernie Sanders’ comments about Fidel Castro might cost him dea...
ListenHow tech can fix its diversity problem: The Code 2018 panel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode’s Kara Swisher talks with three tech leaders about actual solutions for advancing diversity in the industry. Cowboy Ventures partner Aileen Lee, theBoardlist founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy ...
ListenRecode Decode: 'General Magic' directors Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new documentary, "General Magic," which tells the story of a pioneering tech startup that tried and failed to invent a smar...
ListenRecode Decode: Jeffrey Katzenberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the first week of the short-form video app — which was intended for on-the-go consumers, but still racked up 1.7 million down...
ListenSteven Levy: Mark Zuckerberg was blinded by his need to compete from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Technology journalist and Wired editor-at-large Steven Levy talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, Facebook: The Inside Story, for which he obtained years of direct access to CEO M...
ListenFrom Ben Franklin to Google: Jessica Weisberg traces the history of advice in ‘Asking for a Friend’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and audio producer Jessica Weisberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Asking for a Friend: Three Centuries of Advice on Life, Love, Money, and Other Burning Questions fro...
ListenRecode Decode: 'The Billionaire Raj' author James Crabtree from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist James Crabtree talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age." Crabtree says India's development of a super-rich bil...
ListenRecode Decode: Sarah Frier from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bloomberg technology reporter Sarah Frier talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram. Frier discusses how co-founders Mike Systrom and Danny Krieg...
ListenPeter Diamandis and Steven Kotler: "The Future Is Faster Than You Think" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Authors Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their latest book together, The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business,...
ListenUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of ride-hailing company Uber, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. Khosrowshahi says he didn’t expect to be offered the CEO job and turned it dow...
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Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the blogging platform has evolved in the 13 years since it launched, powering a huge number of websites that ...
ListenRecode Decode: Adam Grant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant, the author of "Originals" and host of the podcast "WorkLife," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the benefits of working from home, and how work will cha...
ListenCaleb Scharf: Living on Mars is complicated, actually from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Caleb Scharf, the director of Astrobiology at Columbia University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the under=discussed dangers humans would face in space and the rise of private space explor...
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Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and CEO of Snapchat maker Snap, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. Spiegel talks about why Snapchat underwent a controversial redesign, why i...
ListenRecode Decode: 'Valley of Genius' author Adam Fisher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Adam Fisher talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new oral history, 'Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley.' Fisher interviewed some of tech's biggest names for the...
ListenRecode Decode: Niall Ferguson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian Niall Ferguson, the author of bestselling books such as The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new PBS series, Networld, which explor...
ListenCorey Johnson: How to fix transportation in New York City from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Corey Johnson, the Speaker of the New York City Council and an candidate in the 2021 mayoral race, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his planned expansion of bike, bus, and pedestrian lanes ac...
ListenHow to save American jobs in the age of disruption from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about "The Work Ahead," a new report, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, on the 21st century American w...
ListenRecode Decode: Alibaba exec Joe Tsai (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joe Tsai, the executive vice chairman of Chinese commerce giant Alibaba, talks with Recode’s Jason Del Rey at the 2018 Code Conference. He says that Alibaba has not tried to do a big acquisition de...
ListenRecode Decode: Kevin Systrom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Instagram co-founder and former CEO Kevin Systrom talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the data analysis he has conducted and publicized about the global spread of coronavirus, and what it tells ...
ListenGeneral Michael Hayden on Donald Trump’s ‘assault on intelligence’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Retired U.S. Air Force General Michael Hayden talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in the Age of Lies.” Hayden, who directed...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about a litany of issues, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal and why Infowars and other conspiracy theorists, like Holocaust den...
ListenRecode Decode: David Plouffe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former Obama advisor David Plouffe — who since leaving the White House has worked with Uber, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, and Acronym — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, A Cit...
ListenLarry Ingrassia: How Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club and other disruptors became billion-dollar companies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Larry Ingrassia talks with Recode’s Jason Del Rey about his new book, Billion Dollar Brand Club: How Dollar Shave Club, Warby Parker, and Other Disruptors Are Remaking What We Buy. Ingra...
ListenCongressman Ro Khanna: We need an 'internet bill of rights' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, D-Calif., talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his proposal for an "internet bill of rights" to protect consumers' privacy, security and ability to move or delete t...
ListenRecode Decode: How social media bots could tank your stock price from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zignal Labs CEO Josh Ginsberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the “massive amounts of bot activity” that his media intelligence company has started detecting on social media. In everything f...
ListenRecode Decode: Stewart Butterfield from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how coronavirus changed everything for Slack and its customers, the sudden transition to "work from home" across the country, an...
ListenCarol Leonnig and Phil Rucker: Trump doesn't care if he lies, and his supporters don't, either from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America. In it, they draw from more ...
ListenHow to succeed in tech: Be lucky and ruthless from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Corey Pein talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley.” Pein moved to San Francisco to report the book, ...
ListenRecode Decode: Tinder parent company Match Group prepares for battle with Facebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mandy Ginsberg, the CEO of Match Group, talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how her company became dominant in online dating — it owns sites and apps like Match.com, Tinder and OKCupid — and how ...
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VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the impact of covid-19 on entrepreneurship, why he stopped investing in tech companies two years ago, and how the pandemic cou...
ListenMark Surman: We have to fight for the future of the internet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mozilla Foundation executive director Mark Surman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the internet needs a "public option," how Mozilla's browser Firefox is positioning itself for the future...
ListenJohn Carreyrou on lies and 'Bad Blood' at Theranos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup." Carreyrou explains how Stan...
ListenRecode Decode: Why do some in the tech community support universal basic income? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Annie Lowrey talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World." Lowrey sa...
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Dr. Deepak Chopra talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how to cope with the global threat posed by coronavirus, the parallel "pandemic of panic," and how to not be overwhelmed by fear and anxiety...
ListenAnna Wiener: The dark side of the tech industry's seductive culture from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Wiener, a contributing writer for the New Yorker and the author of the new book Uncanny Valley: A Memoir, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why she left an old industry — book publishing ...
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If you like Recode Decode, we think you'd also like Recode Media with Peter Kafka. Here's the latest episode of the show: New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about...
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Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his foundation's recent donation of $20 million to the CUNY Graduate School of Jour...
ListenRecode Decode: Chamath Palihapitiya from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about an “identity crisis” that pitted his wealth and fame against personal happiness and relationships....
ListenDave Eggers: What Democrats get wrong about Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest novel, The Captain and the Glory, why he chose to write a satirical novel about the Trump era, and what ...
ListenMichael Pollan: LSD and other psychedelics inspired some of Silicon Valley’s greatest inventions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and author Michael Pollan talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addic...
ListenRecode Decode: Box CEO Aaron Levie from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aaron Levie, the CEO of enterprise security and file-sharing service Box, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how businesses are simultaneously turning to multiple vendors — including Box and it...
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Ben Hubbard, the Beirut bureau chief for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman. Hubbard explains how he started writ...
ListenFranklin Leonard: Greed can combat Hollywood’s bias from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he accidentally created one of the most important lists in Hollywood and how he turned it into a real business for...
ListenJohn Doerr: How to run your company like Bill Gates or Bono from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Doerr, the chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about his new book, "Measure What Matters: How Google, Bo...
ListenRecode Decode: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Dan Frommer at the 2018 Code Conference. Chesky talks about Airbnb’s expansion into “the experience economy," encouraging local hosts to...
ListenRecode Decode: Andrew Yang from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Entrepreneur and Venture for America founder Andrew Yang talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his campaign to be the Democratic nominee in the 2020 presidential race. In this episode: Being "the ...
ListenEzra Klein: Parties, not policy, are "Why We're Polarized" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vox.com co-founder Ezra Klein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Why We're Polarized, the rise of systemic "zero sum" party politics, and how Klein himself has been polarizing in ...
ListenHow 'Microtrends' affect everything, from marriage to Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former political strategist and pollster Mark Penn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Microtrends Squared: The New Small Forces Driving the Big Disruptions Today." He describes i...
ListenRecode Decode: Matt Cutts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Cutts, the acting administrator of the U.S. Digital Service, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how his team is trying to modernize government agencies and make services like Medicare and ...
ListenRecode Decode: "After Truth" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with three of the brains behind the new HBO documentary After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News: Director Andrew Rossi, who previously directed Page One: I...
ListenAnnalee Newitz: Why real time travel would look a lot like Wikipedia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sci-fi novelist and science journalist Annalee Newitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, The Future of Another Timeline. Newitz, who was previously a founding editor of io9 and ...
ListenTech execs are ‘weenies,’ Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario says from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about why her company is suing President Donald Trump, and why she is publicly insulting Silicon Valley executives, calling them “weenie...
ListenRecode Decode: Psychologist Adam Grant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Psychologist Adam Grant, the author of “Originals” and “Give and Take” and co-author with Sheryl Sandberg of “Option B,” talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how to work smarter and more successf...
ListenRecode Decode: Maggie Haberman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maggie Haberman, the White House correspondent for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the rest of the country has bypassed Trump's failure to lead on the coronavirus out...
ListenNuma Perrier and Tiffany Tenille: In new Netflix film "Jezebel," the sex industry goes online from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Numa Perrier and Tiffany Tenille, the director and star of the new Netflix film Jezebel, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about Perrier's real-life experience as an online sex worker in the 1990s an...
ListenWhy 'Lean In: The Movie' didn't happen (Nell Scovell, author, 'Just the Funny Parts') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and comedian Nell Scovell talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Just the Funny Parts," in front of a live audience in San Francisco. Scovell, who has written on TV shows like...
ListenRecode Decode: How Nat Geo uses Instagram to stay relevant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
National Geographic executives Courteney Monroe, Rachel Webber and Susan Goldberg talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the 130-year-old media company is staying relevant in the digital age. Mo...
ListenRecode Decode: Ron Klain from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Epidemic co-host Ron Klain, who led the White House's ebola response under President Obama, talks to Recode's Kara Swisher about how the COVID-19 outbreak will strain America's healthcare system; h...
ListenThe L Word: Why the cast reunited for "Generation Q" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken and actors Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, and Leisha Hailey talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their decision to reunite for a new series called The L Word: Gener...
ListenJosé Andrés on feeding Puerto Rico and the 'power of food' (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Celebrity chef José Andrés talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. Andrés explains how his food NGO, World Central Kitchen, deployed its...
ListenRecode Decode: How Silicon Valley is responding to the immigration crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charlotte and Dave Willner, creators of the hugely successful Facebook fundraising campaign called “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child,” talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how they rai...
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Dr. Lloyd Minor, the dean of Stanford University's School of Medicine, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the novel coronavirus outbreak and his new book, "Discovering Precision Health: Predict...
ListenKirsten Green: The four types of startups from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Forerunner Ventures founder and managing partner Kirsten Green talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the thinking behind her investments in companies like Dollar Shave Club and Glossier; the messy...
ListenRonan Farrow on ‘War on Peace,’ Harvey Weinstein and winning a Pulitzer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investigative journalist Ronan Farrow talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence.” The book explores how the Trum...
ListenBest of: Shoshana Zuboff from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this best-of episode, originally published in February 2019, Kara Swisher talks with Harvard Business School professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff about her book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: ...
ListenRecode Decode: Microsoft President Brad Smith (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. Smith reflects on what Microsoft learned from losing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust la...
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Stanford Law School professor Mark Lemley talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Silicon Valley's obsession with startups getting an "exit" — usually an acquisition by one of the tech giants — and ...
ListenBen Silbermann: How Pinterest is trying to make its users feel better from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about deliberately engineering happiness into the site, expanding into commerce, and competing with larger social and commerce tech com...
ListenSally Kohn on 'The Opposite of Hate,' Fox News and Joy Reid from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN political commentator Sally Kohn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity." Kohn's publicity tour for the book has bee...
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In this best-of episode, originally published in March 2018, Kara Swisher talks to sex and relationship therapist Esther Perel, the host of the podcast Where Should We Begin? Perel discusses her th...
ListenRecode Decode: Tom Peters, management expert and author of ‘The Excellence Dividend’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and management expert Tom Peters talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last.” Peters says art...
ListenRecode Decode: Aicha Evans and Jesse Levinson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zoox CEO Aicha Evans and CTO Jesse Levinson talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their development of a fully autonomous robo-taxi, which will be designed for multiple passengers to share and is p...
ListenJeanette Winterson remixes "Frankenstein" with AI, queer love, and cryogenics in "Frankissstein" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Jeanette Winterson talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her latest book, Frankissstein: A Love Story. Winterson discusses the intertwined histories of LGBT+ people, science fiction literat...
ListenNew York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo explains the 'Frightful Five' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Farhad Manjoo, a technology columnist for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the University of California, Berkeley's journalism school. Manjoo expl...
ListenRecode Decode: Michael Barbaro, host of the New York Times podcast The Daily (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Barbaro, who hosts the hit podcast The Daily for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Barbaro explains why...
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Pod Save America co-host and former Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again, why Bernie Sanders...
ListenJason DeParle: How poverty and global migration intersect from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times reporter Jason DeParle talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century. The book draws fr...
ListenSilicon Valley’s first disruptors (John Hennessy and Dave Patterson, winners, 2017 Turing Award) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alphabet chairman John Hennessy and Google distinguished engineer Dave Patterson talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about winning the 2017 Turing Award, a prestigious achievement in computer science. ...
ListenRecode Decode: Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katrina Lake, the CEO of apparel delivery company Stitch Fix, talks with Recode’s Jason Del Rey at the 2018 Code Conference. Lake explains why Stitch Fix went public in 2017 even though it was heal...
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Inside CEO and This Week in Startups host Jason Calacanis talks with Kara Swisher about the future of Uber after its troubled IPO, why one of the tech giants should buy Tesla, and Jeff Bezos' Achil...
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Megan Rapinoe, the co-captain of the US Women's National Soccer Team, returns to Recode Decode to talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about pay equity, how things have changed since the team's boozy po...
ListenThe dark side of dating apps (Joanna Coles, author, 'Love Rules') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joanna Coles, the chief content officer at Hearst, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Love Rules: How to Find a Real Relationship in a Digital World." Coles says dating apps can ...
ListenRecode Decode: Linda McMahon, U.S. Small Business Administrator (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Linda McMahon, the former pro wrestling executive who now leads the Trump administration’s Small Business Administration, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. McMahon expla...
ListenRecode Decode: Conor Dougherty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times reporter Conor Dougherty talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, Golden Gates: Fighting For Housing in America. He talks about why San Francisco’s housing crisis is the ...
ListenDavid Epstein: Why successful people don't do only one thing well from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and bestselling author David Epstein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. In it, he argues that the world’s...
ListenThe ‘invisible startups’ of LA Tech (Mark Suster, managing partner, Upfront Ventures) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Upfront Ventures Managing Partner Mark Suster talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about leading the oldest and largest venture capital firm in Los Angeles. He explains why he rejects the term “Silicon...
ListenRecode Decode: U.S. Senator Mark Warner (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Warner, the senior United States Senator from Virginia, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Conference. Warner talks about the competing Senate and House reports ...
ListenRecode Decode: Jorge Ramos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how much of the Latino vote President Trump might get in 2020, why Bernie Sanders’ comments about Fidel Castro might cost him dea...
ListenThe Swisher family: What Kara’s relatives think about tech, privacy, and Fox News from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher convenes her brother, her sons, her mother and her fiancée to talk about their tech habits and how they get their news in a contentious election year. Topics include why her teenage so...
ListenBlackBerry CEO John Chen wants somebody to make a new BlackBerry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
BlackBerry CEO John Chen talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how the once-pioneering mobile phone company has happily pivoted into a new business model, focusing on enterprise security and embed...
ListenRecode Decode: How tech can fix its diversity problem: The Code 2018 panel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode’s Kara Swisher talks with three tech leaders about actual solutions for advancing diversity in the industry. Cowboy Ventures partner Aileen Lee, theBoardlist founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy ...
ListenRecode Decode: Steven Levy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Technology journalist and Wired editor-at-large Steven Levy talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, Facebook: The Inside Story, for which he obtained years of direct access to CEO M...
ListenBruce Schneier: How insecure, unregulated tech is endangering the world from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Security researcher Bruce Schneier talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his recent book, Click Here to Kill Everybody. He also explains why the internet of things is a “dumpster fire," what regul...
ListenYelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman: Silicon Valley has 'lost its purpose' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the phenomenon of techlash and why people are just now "waking up" to Silicon Valley's dark side. Stoppelman's company has feuded f...
ListenRecode Decode: Jessica Weisberg traces the history of advice in ‘Asking for a Friend’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and audio producer Jessica Weisberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Asking for a Friend: Three Centuries of Advice on Life, Love, Money, and Other Burning Questions fro...
ListenRecode Decode: Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Authors Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their latest book together, The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business,...
ListenHillary Clinton advisor and "Dear Madam President" author Jennifer Palmieri from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jennifer Palmieri, the communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Wo...
ListenRecode Decode: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of ride-hailing company Uber, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. Khosrowshahi says he didn’t expect to be offered the CEO job and turned it dow...
ListenRecode Decode: Caleb Scharf from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Caleb Scharf, the director of Astrobiology at Columbia University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the under=discussed dangers humans would face in space and the rise of private space explor...
ListenBest of 2019: Our favorite moments on Recode Decode this year from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher, her executive producer Erica Anderson, and her producer Eric Johnson discuss their favorite Recode Decode interviews from 2019 and look back at some of the year's big trends....
ListenApple CEO Tim Cook: The uncut 'Revolution' interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Chris Hayes talk with Apple CEO Tim Cook on the second episode of "Revolution." The interview was held in front of a live audience the day after Apple's education-...
ListenRecode Decode: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel (Live at Code 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and CEO of Snapchat maker Snap, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. Spiegel talks about why Snapchat underwent a controversial redesign, why i...
ListenRecode Decode: Corey Johnson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Corey Johnson, the Speaker of the New York City Council and an candidate in the 2021 mayoral race, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his planned expansion of bike, bus, and pedestrian lanes ac...
ListenLiz Plank: "A new vision for mindful masculinity" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Liz Plank talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her recent book, For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity. Featuring: Liz Plank (@feministabulous), author, For the Love...
ListenGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Ari Melber interview Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki in this episode of 'Revolution,' which first aired on MSNBC in January. Make sure to t...
ListenRecode Decode: How to save American jobs in the age of disruption from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about "The Work Ahead," a new report, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, on the 21st century American w...
ListenFormer White House advisor Valerie Jarrett: Trump won. What now? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Obama, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at South by Southwest 2018. Jarrett is now on the boards of two tech companies, but when she first got ...
ListenRecode Decode: General Michael Hayden on Donald Trump’s ‘assault on intelligence’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Retired U.S. Air Force General Michael Hayden talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in the Age of Lies.” Hayden, who directed...
ListenRecode Decode: Larry Ingrassia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Larry Ingrassia talks with Recode’s Jason Del Rey about his new book, Billion Dollar Brand Club: How Dollar Shave Club, Warby Parker, and Other Disruptors Are Remaking What We Buy. Ingra...
ListenMaria Shriver and Christina Schwarzenegger discuss 'Take Your Pills' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maria Shriver, the former first lady of California, and her daughter Christina Schwarzenegger talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about "Take Your Pills," a new Netflix documentary they executive produ...
ListenRecode Decode: Congressman Ro Khanna from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, D-Calif., talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his proposal for an "internet bill of rights" to protect consumers' privacy, security and ability to move or delete t...
ListenRecode Decode: Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America. In it, they draw from more ...
ListenBen Mezrich: The Winklevoss twins’ second act as "Bitcoin Billionaires" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Ben Mezrich talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his latest book Bitcoin Billionaires and his previous books, including The Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the movie The So...
ListenFlying cars are the future of military transportation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christopher Kirchhoff, a former partner at DIUx, the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley office, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how the Defense Department is trying to be smarter about technology. Ki...
ListenRecode Decode: How to succeed in tech: Be lucky and ruthless from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Corey Pein talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley.” Pein moved to San Francisco to report the book, ...
ListenRecode Decode: Mark Surman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mozilla Foundation executive director Mark Surman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the internet needs a "public option," how Mozilla's browser Firefox is positioning itself for the future...
ListenMargaret O'Mara: Silicon Valley doesn't understand its own history from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian Margaret O'Mara talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her latest book, The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. She explains how the government catalyzed the digital revolut...
ListenWhat men and women need to know about working together from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and writer Joanne Lipman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together." Lipman, ...
ListenRecode Decode: John Carreyrou from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup." Carreyrou explains how Stan...
ListenRecode Decode: Anna Wiener from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Wiener, a contributing writer for the New Yorker and the author of the new book Uncanny Valley: A Memoir, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why she left an old industry — book publishing ...
ListenNeal Katyal: Why Donald Trump will be removed from office from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Neal Katyal, a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book Impeach: The Case against Donald Trump. Katyal explains why he believes the “evidence will ...
ListenTherapist Esther Perel: Tinder and Instagram are 'crippling' our relationships from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sex and relationship therapist Esther Perel, the host of the podcast "Where Should We Begin?", talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at South by Southwest 2018 in Austin, Texas. Perel's new book "The St...
ListenRecode Decode: Michael Pollan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and author Michael Pollan talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addic...
ListenRecode Decode: Dave Eggers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest novel, The Captain and the Glory, why he chose to write a satirical novel about the Trump era, and what ...
ListenNadav Goshen: What 3-D printing needs before it's ready for mainstream consumers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
MakerBot CEO Nadav Goshen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's Method X industrial printer, which Goshen says will foster innovation by making it easier to manufacture real products...
ListenAnthony 'The Mooch' Scaramucci: Trump has secret admirers in Silicon Valley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his infamous 11-day stint in the Trump administration, his recently announced book deal and why ...
ListenRecode Decode: John Doerr from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Doerr, the chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about his new book, "Measure What Matters: How Google, Bo...
ListenRecode Decode: Franklin Leonard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he accidentally created one of the most important lists in Hollywood and how he turned it into a real business for...
ListenAndrea Matwyshyn: We already have the internet of things. The "internet of bodies" is next. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrea Matwyshyn, the associate dean of innovation at Penn State Law, talks with Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, about the integration of technology with biology, a trend Matwysh...
ListenCNN’s Christiane Amanpour on sex, #MeToo and North Korea (Live from SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new series, "Sex and Love Around the World." Speaking in front of a live audience at South By So...
ListenRecode Decode: How 'Microtrends' affect everything, from marriage to Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former political strategist and pollster Mark Penn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Microtrends Squared: The New Small Forces Driving the Big Disruptions Today." He describes i...
ListenRecode Decode: Ezra Klein from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vox.com co-founder Ezra Klein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Why We're Polarized, the rise of systemic "zero sum" party politics, and how Klein himself has been polarizing in ...
ListenDeborah Rutter: How tech has changed performing arts — for the better from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Deborah Rutter, the president of Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the Center's new free immersive learning spaces, REACH, whic...
ListenFacebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Why guaranteed income makes sense from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Hughes, the co-founder of Facebook and former owner of The New Republic, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn.” In it, Hughes...
ListenRecode Decode: Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about why her company is suing President Donald Trump, and why she is publicly insulting Silicon Valley executives, calling them “weenie...
ListenRecode Decode: Annalee Newitz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sci-fi novelist and science journalist Annalee Newitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, The Future of Another Timeline. Newitz, who was previously a founding editor of io9 and ...
ListenRick Smith: The ethics of designing body cameras and other police tech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Axon CEO Rick Smith talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his company's best known product (the Taser), how it's thinking about the ethical implications of new products aimed at police, and the co...
ListenSen. Chuck Schumer on Amazon, net neutrality and the 2018 midterms from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chuck Schumer, the senior U.S. Senator from New York, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen about a range of tech-related issues, including immigration, net neutra...
ListenRecode Decode: Nell Scovell, author, 'Just the Funny Parts' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and comedian Nell Scovell talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Just the Funny Parts," in front of a live audience in San Francisco. Scovell, who has written on TV shows like...
ListenRecode Decode: Numa Perrier and Tiffany Tenille from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Numa Perrier and Tiffany Tenille, the director and star of the new Netflix film Jezebel, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about Perrier's real-life experience as an online sex worker in the 1990s an...
ListenBarry Friedman: Is technology making police better — or worse? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Barry Friedman, the director of The Policing Project at New York University's School of Law, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about making police more accountable, the ethics of emerging technologi...
ListenFacebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on techlash and #MeToo (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Lesbians Who Tech Summit in San Francisco, Calif. Sandberg talks about how Facebook is responding to reports of Russian ele...
ListenRecode Decode: José Andrés on feeding Puerto Rico and the 'power of food' (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Celebrity chef José Andrés talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. Andrés explains how his food NGO, World Central Kitchen, deployed its...
ListenRecode Decode: The L Word from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken and actors Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, and Leisha Hailey talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their decision to reunite for a new series called The L Word: Gener...
ListenInnovation in the midwest: Entrepreneurship outside of Silicon Valley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher and her executive producer Erica Anderson talk with a panel of entrepreneurs in Valparaiso, Indiana: Sarah Hallberg, the Medical Director of Virta Health; Eric Christopher, th...
ListenIs 'Uber meets Harvard' the future of learning? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
GLG President and CEO Alexander Saint-Amand talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about running a learning platform for investors and business professionals. Saint-Amand describes the company as "Uber m...
ListenRecode Decode: Sally Kohn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN political commentator Sally Kohn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity." Kohn's publicity tour for the book has bee...
ListenRecode Decode: Kirsten Green from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Forerunner Ventures founder and managing partner Kirsten Green talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the thinking behind her investments in companies like Dollar Shave Club and Glossier; the messy...
ListenWhy Katie Couric left Yahoo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Katie Couric and Recode’s Kara Swisher talk about their careers in journalism, as well as social media, job automation, tech addiction and the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. Couric, who...
ListenRecode Decode: New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo explains the 'Frightful Five' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Farhad Manjoo, a technology columnist for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the University of California, Berkeley's journalism school. Manjoo expl...
ListenRecode Decode: Ben Silbermann from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about deliberately engineering happiness into the site, expanding into commerce, and competing with larger social and commerce tech com...
ListenCan an alt-weekly newspaper survive in 2018? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Entrepreneur and investor Mark Ein talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his recent purchase of the Washington City Paper, an alternative weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C. Ein says he’s been in...
ListenRecode Decode: John Hennessy and Dave Patterson, winners, 2017 Turing Award from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alphabet chairman John Hennessy and Google distinguished engineer Dave Patterson talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about winning the 2017 Turing Award, a prestigious achievement in computer science. ...
ListenRecode Decode: Jeanette Winterson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Jeanette Winterson talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her latest book, Frankissstein: A Love Story. Winterson discusses the intertwined histories of LGBT+ people, science fiction literat...
ListenSEC Commissioner Robert Jackson: CEOs are not royalty, and dual class stock should not last forever from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robert Jackson, one of the five commissioners on the Securities and Exchange Commission, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the SEC works and the problem with perpetual dual-class stock at ...
ListenWhat’s missing from the startup ecosystem? (Jennifer Fonstad, co-founder, Aspect Ventures) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aspect Ventures co-founder Jennifer Fonstad talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how venture capital works in 2018, when Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have access to more money from more sources t...
ListenRecode Decode: Joanna Coles, author, 'Love Rules' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joanna Coles, the chief content officer at Hearst, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Love Rules: How to Find a Real Relationship in a Digital World." Coles says dating apps can ...
ListenRecode Decode: Jason DeParle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times reporter Jason DeParle talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century. The book draws fr...
ListenAlexis Ohanian: All parents, including dads, should have six months of paid family leave from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reddit co-founder and Initialized Capital managing partner Alexis Ohanian talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he became a "dadvocate" for paid paternity leave. Ohanian explains how the medic...
ListenWhy cryptocurrencies matter (Sarah Tavel, partner, Benchmark) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Benchmark partner Sarah Tavel talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about her career in tech companies and venture capital. Her resume includes stints at Pinterest, Bessemer Venture ...
ListenRecode Decode: Mark Suster, managing partner, Upfront Ventures from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Upfront Ventures Managing Partner Mark Suster talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about leading the oldest and largest venture capital firm in Los Angeles. He explains why he rejects the term “Silicon...
ListenRecode Decode: Megan Rapinoe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the 400th episode of Recode Decode, Megan Rapinoe, the co-captain of the US Women's National Soccer Team, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. This live conversation was recorded at the Mobile Mark...
ListenTed Baxter: A massive stroke changed my life "for the better" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and health advocate Ted Baxter talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, Relentless: How a Massive Stroke Changed My Life for the Better. Baxter, a former managing director at the hed...
ListenHuffPost editor in chief Lydia Polgreen (Live at Code Media 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lydia Polgreen, the editor in chief of HuffPost — the website formerly known as The Huffington Post — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntingto...
ListenRecode Decode: BlackBerry CEO John Chen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
BlackBerry CEO John Chen talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how the once-pioneering mobile phone company has happily pivoted into a new business model, focusing on enterprise security and embed...
ListenRecode Decode: David Epstein from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and bestselling author David Epstein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. In it, he argues that the world’s...
ListenYouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (Live at Code Media 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. She explains why YouTube opted not to ban one of its stars, Logan Paul, des...
ListenRecode Decode: Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman: Silicon Valley has 'lost its purpose' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the phenomenon of techlash and why people are just now "waking up" to Silicon Valley's dark side. Stoppelman's company has feuded f...
ListenRecode Decode: The Swisher family from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher convenes her brother, her sons, her mother and her fiancée to talk about their tech habits and how they get their news in a contentious election year. Topics include why her teenage so...
ListenStephanie Ruhle: Don't blame Mark Zuckerberg for inequality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new podcast Modern Ruhles, the Trump voters who get overlooked by the media, and why Wall Streeters afraid of Elizabeth Warre...
ListenHow VR can change your brain (Jeremy Bailenson, author, 'Experience on Demand') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremy Bailenson, the director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Wo...
ListenRecode Decode: Hillary Clinton advisor and "Dear Madam President" author Jennifer Palmieri from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jennifer Palmieri, the communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Wo...
ListenRecode Decode: Bruce Schneier from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Security researcher Bruce Schneier talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his recent book, Click Here to Kill Everybody. He also explains why the internet of things is a “dumpster fire," what regul...
ListenThe Google walkout organizers, one year later from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special episode of Recode Decode, Kara Swisher checks in with some of the organizers of the Google walkout, who came on her show in November 2018 after leading a 20,000-worker protest. Late...
ListenWhat Abraham Lincoln and Rachel Carson can teach us about leadership from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Forged In Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times.” In it, Koehn chronicles...
ListenRecode Decode: Apple CEO Tim Cook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Chris Hayes talk with Apple CEO Tim Cook on the second episode of "Revolution." The interview was held in front of a live audience the day after Apple's education-...
ListenEdward Snowden: I don't want you to trust me from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he leaked highly classified information in 2013, why that doesn't make him a "traitor," and his new book, Permanent Recor...
ListenHow to fix Silicon Valley's 'Brotopia' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bloomberg Technology executive producer Emily Chang talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley.” Chang says the idea for the book o...
ListenRecode Decode: Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Ari Melber interview Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki in this episode of 'Revolution,' which first aired on MSNBC in January. Make sure to t...
ListenBest of Recode Decode: 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher, her executive producer Erica Anderson, and her producer Eric Johnson discuss their favorite Recode Decode interviews from 2019 and look back at some of the year's big trends....
ListenBen Horowitz: Startups can learn a lot from samurai from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of venture capital, diversity in tech, and his new book, What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your ...
ListenTech is now a weapon for propaganda (Dipayan Ghosh and Ben Scott, co-authors, ‘Digital Deceit’) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New America fellow Dipayan Ghosh and senior advisor Ben Scott talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about their new policy paper, “Digital Deceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Inte...
ListenRecode Decode: Former White House advisor Valerie Jarrett from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Obama, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at South by Southwest 2018. Jarrett is now on the boards of two tech companies, but when she first got ...
ListenRecode Decode: Liz Plank from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Liz Plank talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her recent book, For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity. Featuring: Liz Plank (@feministabulous), author, For the Love...
ListenBill Kristol: This is the "nightmare scenario" for 2024 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Conservative analyst Bill Kristol talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the impeachment effort against President Trump, how politics has entered a "crisis of truth" in the era of Fox News and soci...
ListenSocial media can't surprise us anymore (Chuck Todd, moderator, 'Meet the Press') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he's evolving what it means to be the host of the longest-running series in TV history, "Meet the Press." Todd disc...
ListenRecode Decode: Maria Shriver and Christina Schwarzenegger discuss 'Take Your Pills' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maria Shriver, the former first lady of California, and her daughter Christina Schwarzenegger talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about "Take Your Pills," a new Netflix documentary they executive produ...
ListenGary Cohn: Tech giants should be regulated as "data companies" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gary Cohn, the former Director of the National Economic Council and former chief economic adviser to President Trump, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what he's done since leaving the Trump a...
ListenWhat's funny about Trump? (Alexandra Petri, columnist, the Washington Post) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alexandra Petri, who writes the Compost blog for The Washington Post, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about making fun of politics. Petri says some politicans have a se...
ListenRecode Decode: Flying cars are the future of military transportation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christopher Kirchhoff, a former partner at DIUx, the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley office, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how the Defense Department is trying to be smarter about technology. Ki...
ListenPolitics and tech onstage with "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Right to Be Forgotten" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks to the creators of two new plays that intersect with tech issues: Heidi Schreck, the former star and playwright of What the Constitution Means to Me, and the writer and ...
ListenHow to fix the problems caused by tech (Andrew Keen, author, 'How to Fix the Future') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"How to Fix the Future" author Andrew Keen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, which examines reasonable solutions to the social and political disruptions created by the digital re...
ListenRecode Decode: What men and women need to know about working together from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist and writer Joanne Lipman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together." Lipman, ...
ListenRecode Decode: Ben Mezrich from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Ben Mezrich talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his latest book Bitcoin Billionaires and his previous books, including The Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the movie The So...
ListenRonan Farrow: Here's how predators like Harvey Weinstein covered their tracks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, which details the extreme len...
ListenWhere’s the money in online comedy? (Gregg Spiridellis, CEO, JibJab) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
JibJab CEO Gregg Spiridellis talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about how the company has adapted to the ever-changing internet over the past two decades. JibJab was on th...
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Sex and relationship therapist Esther Perel, the host of the podcast "Where Should We Begin?", talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at South by Southwest 2018 in Austin, Texas. Perel's new book "The St...
ListenRecode Decode: Margaret O'Mara from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian Margaret O'Mara talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her latest book, The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. She explains how the government catalyzed the digital revolut...
ListenCan A.I. teach you to write better? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you like Recode Decode, we think you'll also like our newest podcast, Reset. Here's today's episode. Students across the country are graded by artificial intelligence. But does an algorithm real...
ListenSex, the internet and the 1990s (David Friend, author, ‘The Naughty Nineties’) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Friend, Vanity Fair’s editor of creative development, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido.” Much of today’s social a...
ListenRecode Decode: Anthony 'The Mooch' Scaramucci from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his infamous 11-day stint in the Trump administration, his recently announced book deal and why ...
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Neal Katyal, a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book Impeach: The Case against Donald Trump. Katyal explains why he believes the “evidence will ...
ListenKen Burns on "Country Music," digital documentaries, and why "there's no them, there's only us" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Filmmaker Ken Burns talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest documentary series "Country Music," in which he explores the history of the genre, its place in the larger American musical lan...
ListenI quit Google to be a comedian (Sarah Cooper, author, "100 Tricks To Appear Smart in Meetings”) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Comedian Sarah Cooper talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about why she left a career in the tech industry to become a stand-up comic. Cooper has made tech a central part o...
ListenRecode Decode: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on sex, #MeToo and North Korea (Live from SXSW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new series, "Sex and Love Around the World." Speaking in front of a live audience at South By So...
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MakerBot CEO Nadav Goshen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's Method X industrial printer, which Goshen says will foster innovation by making it easier to manufacture real products...
ListenThe inside story of the Cambridge Analytica scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cambridge Analytica’s former business development director Brittany Kaiser talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book TARGETED: The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower's Inside Story of How ...
ListenHow to fix your company's culture (Patty McCord, author, "Powerful") from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Patty McCord, the former chief talent officer at Netflix and author of that company's famous "culture deck," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Powerful: Building a Culture of Fr...
ListenRecode Decode: Sen. Chuck Schumer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chuck Schumer, the senior U.S. Senator from New York, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen about a range of tech-related issues, including immigration, net neutra...
ListenRecode Decode: Andrea Matwyshyn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrea Matwyshyn, the associate dean of innovation at Penn State Law, talks with Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, about the integration of technology with biology, a trend Matwysh...
ListenRosetta Stone President Matt Hulett on how to learn new languages and not forget them from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Hulett, the president of education company Rosetta Stone, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the company’s pivot away from language-learning CDs and into a more advanced and “approachable”...
ListenSilicon Valley can't take a joke (Dick Costolo, CEO, Chorus) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chorus CEO Dick Costolo, the former CEO of Twitter, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he loves comedy and why his peers in the tech community are so infrequently "in on the joke." Before h...
ListenRecode Decode: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on techlash and #MeToo (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Lesbians Who Tech Summit in San Francisco, Calif. Sandberg talks about how Facebook is responding to reports of Russian ele...
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Deborah Rutter, the president of Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the Center's new free immersive learning spaces, REACH, whic...
ListenDisrupting real estate with OpenDoor CEO Eric Wu / Evite CEO Victor Cho on turning around a Web 1.0 company from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher interviews two CEOs in this double-feature episode of Recode Decode: First, she speaks with OpenDoor CEO Eric Wu about how technology is encroaching on the real estate industr...
ListenKara Swisher visits the Longform Podcast (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The host of the Longform Podcast, Evan Ratliff, interviews Recode’s Kara Swisher in front of a live audience in San Francisco about how she got started in journalism and how she does her job today....
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GLG President and CEO Alexander Saint-Amand talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about running a learning platform for investors and business professionals. Saint-Amand describes the company as "Uber m...
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Axon CEO Rick Smith talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his company's best known product (the Taser), how it's thinking about the ethical implications of new products aimed at police, and the co...
Listen"Antisocial" author Andrew Marantz on how the far right hijacked the internet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Marantz, a staff writer at the New Yorker, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno‑Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation...
ListenWhy Grindr started a magazine (Zach Stafford and Trish Bendix, editors, Into) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Casey Newton talk with Zach Stafford and Trish Bendix, the editor in chief and managing editor of Into — a queer lifestyle magazine published by the dating app...
ListenRecode Decode: Why Katie Couric left Yahoo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Katie Couric and Recode’s Kara Swisher talk about their careers in journalism, as well as social media, job automation, tech addiction and the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. Couric, who...
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Barry Friedman, the director of The Policing Project at New York University's School of Law, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about making police more accountable, the ethics of emerging technologi...
ListenFormer HP CEO Carly Fiorina: Trump is doing lasting damage to the Republican Party from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP who ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about campaigning against Donald Trump, her friendship with Apple c...
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Recode's Kara Swisher talks with former attorney general Eric Holder, who led an investigation into Uber's management earlier this year, and the company's new Chief Legal Officer, Tony West. They d...
ListenRecode Decode: Can an alt-weekly newspaper survive in 2018? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Entrepreneur and investor Mark Ein talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his recent purchase of the Washington City Paper, an alternative weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C. Ein says he’s been in...
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Recode's Kara Swisher and her executive producer Erica Anderson talk with a panel of entrepreneurs in Valparaiso, Indiana: Sarah Hallberg, the Medical Director of Virta Health; Eric Christopher, th...
ListenFEC Chair Ellen Weintraub on political paralysis, election security, and Trump's "voter fraud" fantasies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the FEC works, how it tries to defend elections from foreign influence, and why the Commission is curren...
ListenSports columnist Christine Brennan previews her 18th consecutive Olympics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christine Brennan, the sports columnist for USA Today, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the February 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, which will be Brenann’s 18th consec...
ListenRecode Decode: Jennifer Fonstad, co-founder, Aspect Ventures from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aspect Ventures co-founder Jennifer Fonstad talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how venture capital works in 2018, when Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have access to more money from more sources t...
ListenObama's cybersecurity chief Michael Daniel: Facebook is an “intelligence officer’s wet dream” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Barack Obama's former cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel, now the CEO of the nonprofit Cyber Threat Alliance, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the state of US cybersecurity heading into...
ListenBitcoin is just getting started (Megan Quinn, general partner, Spark Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Spark Capital General Partner Megan Quinn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Casey Newton about the evolving balance between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Quinn, an investor ...
ListenRecode Decode: Sarah Tavel, partner, Benchmark from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Benchmark partner Sarah Tavel talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about her career in tech companies and venture capital. Her resume includes stints at Pinterest, Bessemer Venture ...
ListenFTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Facebook's $5 billion fine, YouTube's COPPA violations, and the dangers of under-enforcement from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, one of the FTC's two Democratic commissioners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of antitrust problems in the tech industry, the history of pushback against ...
ListenSilicon Valley is threatening democracy (Noam Cohen, author, 'The Know-It-Alls') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author and former New York Times columnist Noam Cohen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wreckin...
ListenRecode Decode: HuffPost editor in chief Lydia Polgreen (Live at Code Media 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lydia Polgreen, the editor in chief of HuffPost — the website formerly known as The Huffington Post — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntingto...
ListenRecode Decode: SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robert Jackson, one of the five commissioners on the Securities and Exchange Commission, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the SEC works and the problem with perpetual dual-class stock at ...
ListenSenator Mark Warner on the Ukraine whistleblower, the end of anonymity, and the ongoing Russia investigation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Warner, the senior US Senator from Virginia, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about several interconnected policy issues affecting the 2020 elections, including the security of voter registrie...
ListenThe future of the audio industry (Andrew Mason, CEO, Descript) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Mason, the founder and former CEO of Groupon, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Casey Newton about his latest startup, Descript. The company bills itself as a “word processor ...
ListenRecode Decode: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (Live at Code Media 2018) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif. She explains why YouTube opted not to ban one of its stars, Logan Paul, des...
ListenRecode Decode: Alexis Ohanian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reddit co-founder and Initialized Capital managing partner Alexis Ohanian talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he became a "dadvocate" for paid paternity leave. Ohanian explains how the medic...
ListenWhistleblowers have never been more important — or more at risk, says Whistleblower Aid CEO John Tye from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Napier Tye, the founder and CEO of Whistleblower Aid, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how his non-profit law firm helps people seeking to legally expose corruption in the government and...
ListenKara Swisher visits Pod Save America (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Crooked Media's Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer, appearing as a guest on a live taping of their podcast, Pod Save America, in Oakland, Califo...
ListenRecode Decode: Jeremy Bailenson, author, 'Experience on Demand' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremy Bailenson, the director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Wo...
ListenRecode Decode: Ted Baxter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer and health advocate Ted Baxter talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, Relentless: How a Massive Stroke Changed My Life for the Better. Baxter, a former managing director at the hed...
ListenHermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder on Putin's crimes and DoNotPay CEO Josh Browder on robot lawyers for consumers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder, a hedge fund manager turned human rights activist and his son, Josh Browder, whose company DoNotPay helps consumers fight everyt...
ListenElon Musk was once like you (Daniel Gross, partner, Y Combinator) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Y Combinator Partner Daniel Gross talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Casey Newton about why he returned to the startup incubator that gave him his start in Silicon Valley. Gross co-fo...
ListenRecode Decode: What Abraham Lincoln and Rachel Carson can teach us about leadership from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Forged In Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times.” In it, Koehn chronicles...
ListenRecode Decode: Stephanie Ruhle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new podcast Modern Ruhles, the Trump voters who get overlooked by the media, and why Wall Streeters afraid of Elizabeth Warre...
Listen"She Said" authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on Harvey Weinstein's downfall and the unanswered questions of the #MeToo movement from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. They talk a...
ListenThe amazing stories of Silicon Valley's 'Troublemakers' (Leslie Berlin, historian, Stanford University) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Leslie Berlin, the historian who oversees Stanford University's Silicon Valley Archives, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Troublemakers: How a Generation of Silicon Valley Upst...
ListenRecode Decode: How to fix Silicon Valley's 'Brotopia' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bloomberg Technology executive producer Emily Chang talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book, “Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley.” Chang says the idea for the book o...
ListenRecode Decode: The Google walkout organizers, one year later from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special episode of Recode Decode, Kara Swisher checks in with some of the organizers of the Google walkout, who came on her show in November 2018 after leading a 20,000-worker protest. Late...
ListenBlackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman on H-1B immigration, the China trade war, and why teachers should be tax-exempt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steve Schwarzman, the CEO of the private equity firm The Blackstone Group, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence. Schwarzman — a l...
ListenMargrethe Vestager: 'This is the biggest wake-up call we've ever had' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Margrethe Vestager, Europe's commissioner for competition, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at Web Summit 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. Vestager explains how the E.U. is try...
ListenRecode Decode: Dipayan Ghosh and Ben Scott, co-authors, ‘Digital Deceit’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New America fellow Dipayan Ghosh and senior advisor Ben Scott talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about their new policy paper, “Digital Deceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Inte...
ListenRecode Decode: Edward Snowden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he leaked highly classified information in 2013, why that doesn't make him a "traitor," and his new book, Permanent Recor...
ListenNYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on why tech can't solve all our problems, and how New York lost Amazon HQ2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he's still running for the Democratic nomination in 2020, the threat of job automation and his proposed "robot...
ListenHow Reid Hoffman would fix social media (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a general partner at Greylock Partners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the Anti-Defamation League conference "Never Is ...
ListenRecode Decode: Chuck Todd, moderator, 'Meet the Press' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he's evolving what it means to be the host of the longest-running series in TV history, "Meet the Press." Todd disc...
ListenRecode Decode: Ben Horowitz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of venture capital, diversity in tech, and his new book, What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your ...
ListenGreta Van Susteren is not giving up on social media from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former cable news anchor Greta Van Susteren talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen about her new book, "Everything You Need to Know about Social Media (Without Having to Call a Ki...
ListenRecode Decode: Alexandra Petri, columnist, the Washington Post from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alexandra Petri, who writes the Compost blog for The Washington Post, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about making fun of politics. Petri says some politicans have a se...
ListenRecode Decode: Bill Kristol from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Conservative analyst Bill Kristol talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the impeachment effort against President Trump, how politics has entered a "crisis of truth" in the era of Fox News and soci...
ListenThe Wing CEO Audrey Gelman on women hiring women and why her company is different from WeWork from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Audrey Gelman, the co-founder and CEO of women's coworking space The Wing, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's new hiring network for its members, and how it can combat bias in hir...
ListenWhy magazine mogul Tina Brown is 'angry and upset' at Google and Facebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tina Brown — the former editor of Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, the Daily Beast and more — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983 - 1992." In the book, s...
ListenRecode Decode: Andrew Keen, author, 'How to Fix the Future' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"How to Fix the Future" author Andrew Keen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, which examines reasonable solutions to the social and political disruptions created by the digital re...
ListenRecode Decode: Gary Cohn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gary Cohn, the former Director of the National Economic Council and former chief economic adviser to President Trump, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what he's done since leaving the Trump a...
ListenMicrosoft President Brad Smith: Fixing what Silicon Valley broke is every tech company's responsibility from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Microsoft President Brad Smith talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, co-authored with Carol Ann Browne, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. They discuss ...
ListenHow tech is changing state politics (Stacey Abrams, candidate for governor, Georgia) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stacey Abrams, a candidate running for governor of Georgia and former minority leader of its general assembly, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen about the early stages of the...
ListenRecode Decode: Gregg Spiridellis, CEO, JibJab from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
JibJab CEO Gregg Spiridellis talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about how the company has adapted to the ever-changing internet over the past two decades. JibJab was on th...
ListenRecode Decode: Politics and tech onstage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks to the creators of two new plays that intersect with tech issues: Heidi Schreck, the former star and playwright of What the Constitution Means to Me, and the writer and ...
ListenWhy workers need to be part of the conversation about UBI and artificial intelligence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former New York Times labor reporter Steve Greenhouse talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. Greenhous...
ListenHow to fight extremism online (Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, Anti-Defamation League) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how the century-old nonprofit is evolving to fight antisemitism and other forms of extremism in th...
ListenRecode Decode: David Friend, author, ‘The Naughty Nineties’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Friend, Vanity Fair’s editor of creative development, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido.” Much of today’s social a...
ListenRecode Decode: Ronan Farrow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Investigative journalist Ronan Farrow talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence.” The book explores how the Trum...
ListenSome CEOs try to be ethical. Most of them can't or won't, says "The Enlightened Capitalists" author James O'Toole. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James O'Toole, a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, The Enlightened Capitalists: Cautionary Tales of Business Pioneers Who...
ListenJournalists covering Trump need to ‘tone it down’ (Katy Tur, author, ‘Unbelievable.’) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
MSNBC anchor Katy Tur talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen about her new book, "Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History." While she was at N...
ListenRecode Decode: Sarah Cooper, author, "100 Tricks To Appear Smart in Meetings” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Comedian Sarah Cooper talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about why she left a career in the tech industry to become a stand-up comic. Cooper has made tech a central part o...
ListenRecode Decode: Ken Burns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Filmmaker Ken Burns talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest documentary series "Country Music," in which he explores the history of the genre, its place in the larger American musical lan...
ListenPsychologist Jennifer Eberhardt on how hidden biases shape our lives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jennifer Eberhardt, professor of psychology at Stanford University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her most recent book, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Thi...
ListenA 'magical formula' for better decision-making (Ray Dalio, author, 'Principles: Life and Work') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Principles: Life and Work." In it, he lays out how he makes sm...
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Patty McCord, the former chief talent officer at Netflix and author of that company's famous "culture deck," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Powerful: Building a Culture of Fr...
ListenRecode Decode: The inside story of the Cambridge Analytica scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cambridge Analytica’s former business development director Brittany Kaiser talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book TARGETED: The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower's Inside Story of How ...
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Lime President Joe Kraus talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he came to Lime after a long career in both startups and venture capital, the company's pivot from bikes to scooters and the "unb...
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Recode's Kara Swisher and SKDK's Hilary Rosen talk about tech, regulation and politics with two special guests: Luther Lowe, the vice president of public policy at Yelp, and Beth Wilkinson, the co-...
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Chorus CEO Dick Costolo, the former CEO of Twitter, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he loves comedy and why his peers in the tech community are so infrequently "in on the joke." Before h...
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Matt Hulett, the president of education company Rosetta Stone, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the company’s pivot away from language-learning CDs and into a more advanced and “approachable”...
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Gro Intelligence founder and CEO Sara Menker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the growing field of agriculture technology and how farmers around the world are using data. She also talks about...
ListenWhy I'm not afraid of Amazon (David Rosenblatt, CEO, 1stdibs) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
1stdibs CEO David Rosenblatt explains how his company, a marketplace for rare luxury products, made the transition from an advertising to e-commerce. Unlike other executives in the commerce space, ...
ListenRecode Decode: Kara Swisher visits the Longform Podcast (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The host of the Longform Podcast, Evan Ratliff, interviews Recode’s Kara Swisher in front of a live audience in San Francisco about how she got started in journalism and how she does her job today....
ListenRecode Decode: OpenDoor CEO Eric Wu / Evite CEO Victor Cho from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher interviews two CEOs in this double-feature episode of Recode Decode: First, she speaks with OpenDoor CEO Eric Wu about how technology is encroaching on the real estate industr...
ListenHuawei's chief security officer in the US, Andy Purdy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andy Purdy, the chief security officer for Huawei Technologies USA, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. They discuss the trade and security disputes between the US and Chinese governments, the increa...
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Kara Swisher joins venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, theBoardlist founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Uptake CEO Brad Keywell in this live discussion about tech culture from the 2017 Vanity Fair...
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Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Casey Newton talk with Zach Stafford and Trish Bendix, the editor in chief and managing editor of Into — a queer lifestyle magazine published by the dating app...
ListenRecode Decode: "Antisocial" author Andrew Marantz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Marantz, a staff writer at the New Yorker, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno?Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation...
ListenCDA 230: The US law that shaped the internet, explained (and debated) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher convenes a panel of experts to talk about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: cybersecurity law professor Jeff Kosseff, author of "The Twenty Six Words That Created...
ListenWhat Leonardo da Vinci can teach us about tech (Walter Isaacson, author, 'Leonardo da Vinci') from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Walter Isaacson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new biography of Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, which he describes has a "culmination" of themes he explored in...
ListenRecode Decode: Uber's Tony West and Eric Holder on exposing wrongdoing (Live) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with former attorney general Eric Holder, who led an investigation into Uber's management earlier this year, and the company's new Chief Legal Officer, Tony West. They d...
ListenRecode Decode: Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP who ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about campaigning against Donald Trump, her friendship with Apple c...
Listen"Cult of the Dead Cow" author Joe Menn on "good guy" hackers, cybercrime, and Beto O'Rourke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Joe Menn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, "Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World." In this episode: How Menn started...
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O’Reilly Media founder Tim O’Reilly talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us.” O'Reilly argues that society could be headed for either the ...
ListenRecode Decode: Sports columnist Christine Brennan previews her 18th consecutive Olympics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christine Brennan, the sports columnist for USA Today, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the February 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, which will be Brenann’s 18th consec...
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Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the FEC works, how it tries to defend elections from foreign influence, and why the Commission is curren...
ListenWelcome to Decoder from 2020-10-27T09:00
It may seem like a strange time to launch a podcast about business when the pandemic has frozen so many things in place, but the future is still coming — people are building technology and making p...
ListenRecode Decode: David Kaye from 2020-02-14T05:01
David Kaye, the special rapporteur for freedom of opinion and expression at the United Nations, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the hacking of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' phone by the Saudi Arabi...
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David Kaye, the special rapporteur for freedom of opinion and expression at the United Nations, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the hacking of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' phone by the Saudi Arabi...
ListenRecode Decode: (Bonus) How To Save the 2020 Election from 2020-01-01T05:00
If you like Recode Decode, we think you'll also like Function with Anil Dash. Here's a recent episode about stopping fake news ahead of the 2020 US elections. Are social networks downplaying their ...
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Recode Decode: Dylan Collins from 2019-12-18T05:01
SuperAwesome CEO Dylan Collins talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he got interested in children's digital privacy at a time when Silicon Valley didn't care, how his company works with tech ...
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SuperAwesome CEO Dylan Collins talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he got interested in children's digital privacy at a time when Silicon Valley didn't care, how his company works with tech ...
ListenRecode Decode: Tom Steyer from 2019-12-16T07:24
2020 presidential candidate Tom Steyer talks with Recode's Teddy Schleiefer about income inequality and the need for a wealth tax in America, what separates him from fellow ultra-wealthy candidate ...
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2020 presidential candidate Tom Steyer talks with Recode's Teddy Schleiefer about income inequality and the need for a wealth tax in America, what separates him from fellow ultra-wealthy candidate ...
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Venture capitalist Jana Messerschmidt, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how she became a partner at Lightspeed and the co-founder of an all-female group of angel investors called #ANGELS. Mes...
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Venture capitalist Jana Messerschmidt, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how she became a partner at Lightspeed and the co-founder of an all-female group of angel investors called #ANGELS. Mes...
ListenRecode Decode: Susan Rice from 2019-11-18T05:01
Susan Rice, the former US ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor under President Obama, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the "ass backwards" way President Trump has ap...
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Susan Rice, the former US ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor under President Obama, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the "ass backwards" way President Trump has ap...
ListenRecode Decode: Brian Chesky from 2019-11-08T05:01
Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the recent mass shooting at an Airbnb in Orinda, Calif., how the company is changing its policies to keep guests safer,...
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Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the recent mass shooting at an Airbnb in Orinda, Calif., how the company is changing its policies to keep guests safer,...
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