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Recode Decode: Andrew Yang

20 Mar 2020

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Former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the growing popularity of government programs to send money dire...

Recode Decode: "After Truth"

18 Mar 2020

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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 An...

Recode Decode: Maggie Haberman

16 Mar 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Ron Klain

13 Mar 2020

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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 outb...

Recode Decode: Dr. Lloyd Minor

11 Mar 2020

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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 n...

Recode Decode: Mark Lemley

09 Mar 2020

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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" — usuall...

Recode Decode: Aicha Evans and Jesse Levinson

06 Mar 2020

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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 des...

Recode Decode: Dan Pfeiffer

04 Mar 2020

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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 Mak...

Recode Decode: Jason Calacanis

02 Mar 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Conor Dougherty

28 Feb 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Jorge Ramos

26 Feb 2020

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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 Sander...

Recode Decode: Steven Levy

24 Feb 2020

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Technology journalist and Wired editor-at-large Steven Levy talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, Facebook: The Inside Story, for w...

Recode Decode: Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler

21 Feb 2020

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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 C...

Recode Decode: Caleb Scharf

19 Feb 2020

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Caleb Scharf, the director of Astrobiology at Columbia University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the under=discussed dangers humans would fac...

Recode Decode: Corey Johnson

17 Feb 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: David Kaye

14 Feb 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Larry Ingrassia

12 Feb 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker

10 Feb 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Mark Surman

07 Feb 2020

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Mozilla Foundation executive director Mark Surman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the internet needs a "public option," how Mozilla's brows...

Recode Decode: Anna Wiener

05 Feb 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Dave Eggers

03 Feb 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Franklin Leonard

31 Jan 2020

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The Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he accidentally created one of the most important lists in Hollywoo...

Recode Decode: Ezra Klein

29 Jan 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Annalee Newitz

27 Jan 2020

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Sci-fi novelist and science journalist Annalee Newitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, The Future of Another Timeline. Newitz, w...

Recode Decode: Numa Perrier and Tiffany Tenille

24 Jan 2020

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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 exp...

Recode Decode: The L Word

22 Jan 2020

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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 re...

Recode Decode: Kirsten Green

20 Jan 2020

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Forerunner Ventures founder and managing partner Kirsten Green talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the thinking behind her investments in companies...

Recode Decode: Ben Silbermann

17 Jan 2020

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Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about deliberately engineering happiness into the site, expanding into commerce, and com...

Recode Decode: Jeanette Winterson

15 Jan 2020

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Writer Jeanette Winterson talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her latest book, Frankissstein: A Love Story. Winterson discusses the intertwined ...

Recode Decode: Jason DeParle

13 Jan 2020

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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 M...

Recode Decode: Megan Rapinoe

10 Jan 2020

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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, ho...

Recode Decode: David Epstein

08 Jan 2020

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Journalist and bestselling author David Epstein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Speci...

Recode Decode: The Swisher family

06 Jan 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Bruce Schneier

03 Jan 2020

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Security researcher Bruce Schneier talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his recent book, Click Here to Kill Everybody. He also explains why the inte...

Recode Decode: (Bonus) How To Save the 2020 Election

01 Jan 2020

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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 el...

Best of Recode Decode: 2019

30 Dec 2019

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Recode's Kara Swisher, her executive producer Erica Anderson, and her producer Eric Johnson discuss their favorite Recode Decode interviews from 2019 ...

Recode Decode: Liz Plank

20 Dec 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Dylan Collins

18 Dec 2019

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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 Valle...

Recode Decode: Tom Steyer

16 Dec 2019

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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 sep...

Recode Decode: Ben Mezrich

13 Dec 2019

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Writer Ben Mezrich talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his latest book Bitcoin Billionaires and his previous books, including The Accidental Bil...

Recode Decode: Margaret O'Mara

11 Dec 2019

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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 h...

Recode Decode: Neal Katyal

09 Dec 2019

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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. Katy...

Recode Decode: Nadav Goshen

06 Dec 2019

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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 b...

Recode Decode: Andrea Matwyshyn

04 Dec 2019

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Andrea Matwyshyn, the associate dean of innovation at Penn State Law, talks with Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, about the integrat...

Recode Decode: Deborah Rutter

02 Dec 2019

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Rick Smith

27 Nov 2019

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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 implicati...

Recode Decode: Barry Friedman

25 Nov 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Innovation in the midwest

22 Nov 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Jana Messerschmidt

20 Nov 2019

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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-fema...

Recode Decode: Susan Rice

18 Nov 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson

15 Nov 2019

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Alexis Ohanian

13 Nov 2019

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Reddit co-founder and Initialized Capital managing partner Alexis Ohanian talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he became a "dadvocate" for paid ...

Recode Decode: Ted Baxter

11 Nov 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Brian Chesky

08 Nov 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Stephanie Ruhle

06 Nov 2019

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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, a...

Recode Decode: The Google walkout organizers, one year later

04 Nov 2019

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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 2...

Recode Decode: Edward Snowden

01 Nov 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Ben Horowitz

30 Oct 2019

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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, ...

Recode Decode: Bill Kristol

28 Oct 2019

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Conservative analyst Bill Kristol talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the impeachment effort against President Trump, how politics has entered a "c...

Recode Decode: Gary Cohn

25 Oct 2019

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Gary Cohn, the former Director of the National Economic Council and former chief economic adviser to President Trump, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher...

Recode Decode: Politics and tech onstage

23 Oct 2019

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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 th...

Recode Decode: Ronan Farrow

21 Oct 2019

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy t...

Recode Decode: Ken Burns

18 Oct 2019

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Filmmaker Ken Burns talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest documentary series "Country Music," in which he explores the history of the genr...

Recode Decode: The inside story of the Cambridge Analytica scandal

16 Oct 2019

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Cambridge Analytica’s former business development director Brittany Kaiser talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about her new book TARGETED: The Camb...

Recode Decode: Rosetta Stone President Matt Hulett

14 Oct 2019

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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-learn...

Recode Decode: OpenDoor CEO Eric Wu / Evite CEO Victor Cho

11 Oct 2019

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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 techn...

Recode Decode: "Antisocial" author Andrew Marantz

09 Oct 2019

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Andrew Marantz, a staff writer at the New Yorker, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno‑Utopian...

Recode Decode: Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina

07 Oct 2019

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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 ag...

Recode Decode: FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub

04 Oct 2019

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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 fore...

Recode Decode: Obama's cybersecurity chief Michael Daniel

02 Oct 2019

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Barack Obama's former cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel, now the CEO of the nonprofit Cyber Threat Alliance, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher...

Recode Decode: FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter

30 Sep 2019

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Senator Mark Warner

27 Sep 2019

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Mark Warner, the senior US Senator from Virginia, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about several interconnected policy issues affecting the 2020 elect...

Recode Decode: Whistleblower Aid CEO John Tye

25 Sep 2019

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder

23 Sep 2019

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Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder, a hedge fund manager turned human rights activist and his son, Josh Browder, whos...

Recode Decode: "She Said" authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

20 Sep 2019

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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 S...

Recode Decode: Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman

18 Sep 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

16 Sep 2019

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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 t...

Recode Decode: 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson

13 Sep 2019

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Author and spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president in 202...

Recode Decode: The Wing CEO Audrey Gelman

11 Sep 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Microsoft President Brad Smith

09 Sep 2019

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Microsoft President Brad Smith talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, co-authored with Carol Ann Browne, Tools and Weapons: The Promis...

Recode Decode: Why workers need to be part of the conversation about UBI and artificial intelligence

06 Sep 2019

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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, P...

Recode Decode: "The Enlightened Capitalists" author James O'Toole.

04 Sep 2019

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James O'Toole, a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, The Enlightened Capital...

Recode Decode: Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt

02 Sep 2019

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Jennifer Eberhardt, professor of psychology at Stanford University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her most recent book, Biased: Uncovering th...

Recode Decode: Lime president Joe Kraus

30 Aug 2019

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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 comp...

Recode Decode: Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker

28 Aug 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Huawei's chief security officer in the US, Andy Purdy

26 Aug 2019

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Andy Purdy, the chief security officer for Huawei Technologies USA, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. They discuss the trade and security disputes bet...

Recode Decode: CDA 230

23 Aug 2019

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Recode's Kara Swisher convenes a panel of experts to talk about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: cybersecurity law professor Jeff Kossef...

Recode Decode: "Cult of the Dead Cow" author Joe Menn

21 Aug 2019

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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 Sav...

Recode Decode: Index Ventures' Mike Volpi and Danny Rimer

19 Aug 2019

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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...

Recode Decode: Rep. Ro Khanna

16 Aug 2019

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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 abou...

Recode Decode: Andreessen Horowitz's Scott Kupor

14 Aug 2019

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Scott Kupor, the managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about his new book, Secrets of Sand H...

Recode Decode: Why Silicon Valley loves "biohacking" and intermittent fasting

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by the trendiness of intermittent fasting in the tech community, Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, talks with three eating h...

Recode Decode: Stanford University's Larry Diamond

07 Aug 2019

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Larry Diamond, a professor at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Il...

Recode Decode: Rep. Lauren Underwood

05 Aug 2019

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Lauren Underwood, the US Congresswoman who represents Illinois' 14th district, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded on Jul...

Recode Decode: Pearson CEO John Fallon

02 Aug 2019

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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’...

Recode Decode: “The Great Hack” director Karim Amer

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this live interview, Recode's Kara Swisher talks with former Cambridge Analytica COO Julian Wheatland, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee, and t...

Recode Decode: Megan Rapinoe

29 Jul 2019

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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 li...

Recode Decode: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman

26 Jul 2019

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake

24 Jul 2019

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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 yea...

Recode Decode: Rep. Adam Schiff

22 Jul 2019

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Congressman Adam Schiff, who represents California’s 28th district and chairs the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher abo...