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Episode 358: Mike Isaac
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English - September 04, 2019 15:44 - 54 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsNews Arts Books interview journalism longform Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Mike Issac covers Silicon Valley for The New York Times. He is the author of Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.
“People try to use journalists all the time. Your job as a journalist is to figure out who’s using you, why they’re using you, and whether you can do something legitimately without playing into one side or another.”
Thanks to MailChimp, Pitt Writers, and Wolverine Podcast for sponsoring this week's episode.
@MikeIsaac
Isaac on Longform
[00:14] Wolverine Podcast
[02:09] Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (W. W. Norton & Company • 2019)
[02:20] Issac’s New York Times archive
[03:57] Issac’s Paste Magazine archive
[06:15] Longform Podcast #337: Casey Newton
[08:40] Steve Jobs and Walt Mossberg
[25:38] “How Uber Deceives the Authorities Worldwide” (New York Times • 2017)
[25:44] “Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture” (New York Times • 2017)
[25:48] Susan Fowler blog post
[31:00] Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (John Carreyrou • Knopf • 2018)
[36:31] Isaac on The Daily
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Mike Issac covers Silicon Valley for The New York Times. He is the author of Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.
“People try to use journalists all the time. Your job as a journalist is to figure out who’s using you, why they’re using you, and whether you can do something legitimately without playing into one side or another.”
Thanks to MailChimp, Pitt Writers, and Wolverine Podcast for sponsoring this week's episode.
@MikeIsaac
Isaac on Longform
[00:14] Wolverine Podcast
[02:09] Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (W. W. Norton & Company • 2019)
[02:20] Issac’s New York Times archive
[03:57] Issac’s Paste Magazine archive
[06:15] Longform Podcast #337: Casey Newton
[08:40] Steve Jobs and Walt Mossberg
[25:38] “How Uber Deceives the Authorities Worldwide” (New York Times • 2017)
[25:44] “Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture” (New York Times • 2017)
[25:48] Susan Fowler blog post
[31:00] Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (John Carreyrou • Knopf • 2018)
[36:31] Isaac on The Daily
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices