Decoder with Nilay Patel

Remote learning is here to stay — can we make it better?

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Mark Cuban on the presidency and the future of American business

10 Nov 2020

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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 h...

Welcome to Decoder

27 Oct 2020

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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 comin...

Recode Decode series finale: Vox CEO Jim Bankoff and fan-favorite guests

01 Jul 2020

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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'...

Recode Decode: Sridhar Ramaswamy

29 Jun 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Rose Marcario

26 Jun 2020

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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 he...

Recode Decode: Aminatou Sow

24 Jun 2020

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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 Oth...

Recode Decode: Samantha Power

22 Jun 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden

19 Jun 2020

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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 dyst...

Recode Decode: Symone Sanders

17 Jun 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Jason Fried

15 Jun 2020

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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 st...

Recode Decode: Katie Couric

12 Jun 2020

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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 p...

Recode Decode: Jill Lepore

10 Jun 2020

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American historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new podcast, The Last Archive, which investigate...

Recode Decode: Bart Gellman

08 Jun 2020

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Journalist and author Bart Gellman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance S...

Recode Decode: Andy Puddicombe, Robin Arzon, and Marianne Williamson

05 Jun 2020

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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 Pud...

Recode Decode: Frances Frei

03 Jun 2020

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Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the new book she wrote with her wife Anne Morriss, Unleashed: Th...

Recode Decode: Daniel Schreiber

01 Jun 2020

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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 o...

Recode Decode: Jon Mooallem

29 May 2020

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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-Am...

Recode Decode: Phil Howard and Emily Bell

27 May 2020

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Phil Howard, the Oxford Internet Institute director and author of Lie Machines, and Emily Bell, the director of Columbia University's Tow Center for D...

Recode Decode: Dara Khosrowshahi

25 May 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Brian Chesky

22 May 2020

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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 pan...

Recode Decode: Gene Sperling

20 May 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Casey Newton and Louie Swisher

18 May 2020

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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 affecte...

Recode Decode: Jon Meacham

15 May 2020

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Historian and bestselling author Jon Meacham talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new podcast Hope Through History, which shows how Americans en...

Recode Decode: Maye Musk

13 May 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Joe Walsh

11 May 2020

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Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he tried to primary Donald Trump earlier this year, how the Republi...

Recode Decode: Scott Galloway

08 May 2020

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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 Scot...

Recode Decode: Alexis Coe

06 May 2020

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Political historian Alexis Coe talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her latest book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, ...

Recode Decode: Alex Kantrowitz

04 May 2020

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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 Fo...

Recode Decode: Ryan Murphy

01 May 2020

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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...

Recode Decode: Dave Asprey

29 Apr 2020

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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 executiv...

Recode Decode: Nikole Hannah-Jones

27 Apr 2020

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New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the coronavirus pandemic is magnifying inequality in t...

Recode Decode: Sarah Kendzior

24 Apr 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Tim Ferriss

22 Apr 2020

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Bestselling author, investor, and podcaster Tim Ferriss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his advice for people coping with the coronavirus quara...

Recode Decode: Mark Cuban

20 Apr 2020

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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 ...

Recode Decode: Mayor London Breed

17 Apr 2020

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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 c...

Recode Decode: Jeffrey Katzenberg

15 Apr 2020

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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-g...

Recode Decode: Sarah Frier

13 Apr 2020

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Bloomberg technology reporter Sarah Frier talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram. Frier discuss...

Recode Decode: Adam Grant

10 Apr 2020

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Organizational psychologist Adam Grant, the author of "Originals" and host of the podcast "WorkLife," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the benef...

Recode Decode: Niall Ferguson

08 Apr 2020

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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 a...

Recode Decode: Kevin Systrom

06 Apr 2020

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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 g...

Recode Decode: David Plouffe

03 Apr 2020

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Former Obama advisor David Plouffe — who since leaving the White House has worked with Uber, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, and Acronym — talks w...

Recode Decode: Stewart Butterfield

01 Apr 2020

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Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how coronavirus changed everything for Slack and its customers, the sudden transi...

Recode Decode: Gary Vaynerchuk

30 Mar 2020

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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 co...

Recode Decode: Deepak Chopra

27 Mar 2020

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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," an...

Recode Decode: Chamath Palihapitiya

25 Mar 2020

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Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how long it will take to recover from the coronavirus crisis, its impac...

Recode Decode: Ben Hubbard

23 Mar 2020

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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 B...

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...