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535 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsYour guide to the most interesting and important tech and business news of the day. Learn how our digital world is changing — and changing us — five days a week. Produced by Recode and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Why Section 230 is under attack
September 28, 2020 08:50 - 8 minutesBoth President Trump and Vice President Biden have vowed to change the law known as the "backbone of the Internet." Recode's Sara Morrison explains why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Biden's Influencers
September 25, 2020 08:50 - 6 minutesHow do you campaign during a pandemic? You try to reach voters where they are: on Instagram, YouTube, and other social networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump’s TikTok Trouble Continues
September 24, 2020 08:50 - 7 minutesRecode Senior Reporter Shirin Ghaffary catches us up on the TikTok saga between Donald Trump Oracle and Walmart and ByteDance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Zuckerberg’s $100 million gift to Newark 10 years later
September 23, 2020 08:50 - 10 minutesIn the fall of 2010, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his first major philanthropic gift on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Vox Senior Correspondent Dylan Matthews explains how it was received and how the public’s opinion on billionaire gifts has shifted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to start a startup
September 22, 2020 08:50 - 9 minutesFounder Alex Lieberman on how he built the popular business newsletter, Morning Brew with Recode senior correspondent, Peter Kafka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Should you buy your grandma a robot?
September 21, 2020 08:50 - 8 minutesThe pandemic has made robot caregivers a popular way to keep elderly people company. But as Vox's Sigal Samuel explains, they're not for everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How you can stop the spread of misinformation
September 18, 2020 08:50 - 8 minutesFake news can be awkward to talk about. Science communicator Liz Neeley gives her best tips for combating misinformation among your friends and loved ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can Oracle save TikTok?
September 17, 2020 08:50 - 10 minutesThe popular social media video app may be banned in the U.S. but will Oracle step in to save it? Recode’s Peter Kafka explains the possible deal and what it says about Trump’s negotiations with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What comes after Zoom Fatigue?
September 16, 2020 08:50 - 7 minutesRecode Deputy Editor, Adam Estes Clark discusses why we've all got Zoom fatigue and where new video chat technology is headed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can Facebook stop election interference?
September 15, 2020 08:50 - 9 minutesFacebook is making some changes in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, but is it enough to stop the spread of misinformation? Recode's Senior Reporter Shirin Ghaffary, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can Walmart+ Beat Amazon Prime?
September 14, 2020 08:50 - 7 minutesAmazon has become the dominant retailer online in large part due its Prime program. Now, Walmart is deploying the same strategy with Walmart+, a membership service the company hopes can win back customers from Amazon. Recode's Senior Correspondent for Commerce, Jason Del Rey, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Call of Duty
August 14, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutesThe military has a history of using video games to recruit. So why was there a backlash when its soldier-gamers started playing online? Featuring Matthew Gault (@mjgault) Corey Mead (@coreydmead) Links The Pentagon Wasn’t Ready for Gamers to Push Back America's Digital Army: Games at Work and War Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apple's Lisa Jackson on racial justice
August 12, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutesA special interview with the Apple exec on her definition of racial justice and how she plans to merge her background in environmental sustainability with the company’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. Featuring Lisa Jackson (@lisapjackson) Links Apple launches $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The one sport that’s doing it right
August 07, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutesWhat does it actually take to play sports during a pandemic? Why we all should take a page out of roller derby’s reopening playbook. Featuring Zach Binney (@zbinney_NFLinj) Erica Vanstone (@EricaIsBusy) Links Women's Roller Derby has a Plan for Covid and it Kicks Ass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why QAnon is here to stay
July 31, 2020 09:00 - 24 minutesQAnon was born and perpetuated on the internet. What is it and why is it dangerous? Featuring: AdrienneLaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) Links: Adrienne's piece for The Atlantic Casey's column for The Verge Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can the government ban TikTok?
July 24, 2020 04:00 - 21 minutesHow the Trump administration could ban the popular social media app and the consequences for its users. Featuring: Palmer Haasch (@haasch_palmer) Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy) Links: TikTok creators are worried about losing their followings as the Trump administration considers banning the app How the Trump administration could ‘ban’ TikTok Host: Allegra Frank (@LegsFrank), guest host of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and cha...
TikTok in prison
July 17, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutesWhat ‘prison TikTok’ tells us about the lives of incarcerated people. Featuring: Louise Matsakis -- Staff Writer at WIRED (@lmatsakis) Nazgol Ghandnoosh -- Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project (@NazgolG) Adnan Khan -- Executive Director at Re:Store Justice (@akhan1437) Links to resources: Behind Bars, but Still Posting on TikTok The Sentencing Project Re:Store Justice Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox help...
Facebook's fact-check 'loophole'
July 10, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutesHow an "opinion loophole" is enabling the spread of climate change misinformation. Links to resources discussed: Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers Washington Examiner op-ed cherry-picks data and misleads readers about climate models How CO2 boosters' op-ed slipped by Facebook fact-checkers Guests: Andrew Dessler (@AndrewDessler) Judd Legum (Popular.info) Emily Atkin (heated.world) Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode...
"Netflix is a team, not a family"
July 03, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutesIs working on a team of all-stars, excellent pay, and unlimited vacation worth the stress of constant criticism from co-workers and the knowledge that your boss is considering whether to replace you? Netflix execs will tell you that their internal culture is the key to their success. From Recode and Vox Media, 'Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Covid-19 "long-haulers" find a community online
June 26, 2020 04:00 - 29 minutesFor some, recovering from Covid-19 will be a long struggle. Those still recovering months later are finding support - and information about the enigmatic disease - online. Featuring: Fiona Lowenstein @fi_lowenstein Lois Parshley @LoisParshley Links to resources discussed: My coronavirus survivor group is my most important medical support right now No one knows why these Covid-19 patients’ symptoms keep relapsing We Need to Talk About What Coronavirus Recoveries Look Like Body Politic Cov...
K-pop’s online activism for Black Lives Matter is complicated
June 19, 2020 04:00 - 35 minutesK-Pop fans have come to the aid of Black Lives Matter protestors online. If you know your history, that may come as a surprise. Links: A beginner’s guide to K-pop How K-pop fans are weaponizing the internet for Black Lives Matter Guests: Aja Romano, Vox.com culture writer (@ajaromano) Miranda Larsen, Kpop scholar and fan (https://twitter.com/AcaOtaku) Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is ch...
Reset is now weekly
June 18, 2020 04:00 - 2 minutesReset is now a weekly podcast: here's what you need to know. Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What it means to make music in 2020
June 16, 2020 04:00 - 35 minutesThe pandemic has upended the art and business of making music. Producing, performing and releasing — every aspect is new and uncharted. The need for social distancing means that it’s unsafe to collaborate in small studios or perform for large crowds — not to mention finding the right thing to sing about in such a charged moment. We’re telling three stories about how artists are working within these constraints: Ricky Reed and John-Robert have found a way to generate a creative spark remotely,...
Video games are the new concert venues
June 14, 2020 04:00 - 24 minutesHow online games like Minecraft and Fortnite have become virtual concert venues. Featuring Julia Alexander (@loudmouthjulia) Cherie Hu (@cheriehu42) Links to resources discussed: I Tried to crash the VIP area at American Football’s Minecraft concert Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Protesting during a pandemic
June 11, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutesThousands of people have taken the streets to protest during a pandemic. Vox.com's Brian Resnick explains why not all public health experts think that's a bad thing. Featuring Brian Resnick (@B_resnick) Links to resources discussed: What public health experts want critics to know about why they support the protests Tear gas, explained Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world —...
The case for banning Trump on social media
June 09, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutesPresident Trump has faced unprecedented action from social media companies in recent weeks. The Verge's T.C. Sottek argues that they haven't gone far enough. Featuring T.C. Sottek (@chillmage) Links to resources discussed: Ban Them All Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tear gas, explained
June 07, 2020 04:00 - 31 minutesThe toxic chemical’s origins, from WWI to today’s protests across the country. Featuring Roberto Daza (@rsdaza) Anna Feigenbaum (@drfigtree) Links to resources discussed: The Protests in Minneapolis (Vice News) The disturbing history of how tear gas became the weapon of choice against protesters Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understa...
Facebook’s employee revolt
June 04, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutesOver 400 Facebook employees didn't show up to work on Monday. Recode's Shirin Ghaffary explains the unprecedented unrest at the social media giant over President Trump’s posts. Featuring Shirin Ghaffary (@ShirinGhaffary) Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) Links to resources discussed: Many Facebook employees think the company needs to stand up to Trump now more than ever Read the transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s tense meeting with Facebook employees Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make t...
How congress is trying to end child abuse online
June 02, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutesA closer look at two bills which aim to deal with the issue of online child abuse, including the EARN IT Act, which raises major privacy concerns. Featuring: Assem Khaled (@Lyserberg) Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy) Aaron Mackey (@aaron_d_mackey) Links to resources discussed: Can gaming solve its predator problem? New bill would put $5 billion toward fighting online child abuse The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host ...
How Congress is trying to end child abuse online
June 02, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutesA closer look at two bills which aim to deal with the issue of online child abuse, including the EARN IT Act, which raises major privacy concerns. Featuring: Assem Khaled (@Lyserberg) Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy) Aaron Mackey (@aaron_d_mackey) Links to resources discussed: Can gaming solve its predator problem? New bill would put $5 billion toward fighting online child abuse The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host ...
Trump vs. Twitter
May 30, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutesTwitter fact-checked the president. Now what? Featuring @kateconger Links for further reading: Defying Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on Labeling Tweets George Floyd’s death set off uprisings across the country Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Inside baseball’s pitch to play again
May 28, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutesWith games on hold, pro sports leagues are wondering: is it more expensive to lose a season? or to play during a pandemic? Featuring: TJ Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) Zach Binney (@zbinney_NFLinj) Links to resources discussed: How MLB is navigating the coronavirus pandemic to play ball Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The speed of coronavirus science has consequences
May 26, 2020 04:00 - 25 minutesThe pandemic has caused the speed of science to increase dramatically, but that speed has consequences. Featuring Ivan Oransky (@ivanoransky) Links Op-ed: Covering science at dangerous speeds Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why lo-fi is the perfect background music
May 24, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutesLo-Fi hip-hop has emerged as a hugely popular genre and internet subculture. Its millions of loyal fans rely on curated lo-fi playlists and live-streams to write to, study to and even fall asleep to. But what of its musical roots? Who are its stars? And why, despite its mass following on YouTube, Spotify and elsewhere, is it nearly impossible to spot on the Billboard? We trace lo-fi from its godfathers to its moments in the sun, to the complex creative ecosystem playing out on streaming platf...
Until a vaccine arrives
May 21, 2020 12:21 - 27 minutesWhy the pandemic’s future is hard to predict, and why the vaccine could take much longer than 12-to-18 months. Featuring: Brian Resnick (@B_Resnick) German Lopez (@germanrlopez) Links to Resources Discussed: The pandemic, chaos, and coming to terms with uncertainty A coronavirus vaccine may take longer than 12 to 18 months Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changin...
Netflix and quarantine
May 19, 2020 04:00 - 25 minutesWhy is Netflix the clear winner of the streaming wars right now? Plus, are we gonna run out of stuff to watch? Featuring: Peter kafka (@pkafka) Links to Resources Discussed: Netflix had the best quarter in its history because of the pandemic Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Covid-19's emotional toll on healthcare workers
May 17, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutesThe intense decisions clinicians have to make during the pandemic don’t just cause burnout. They cause moral injury. Featuring Jen Schwartz (@JenLSchwartz) Wendy Dean, MD (@WDeanMD) Links to resources discussed: Grief on the Front Line—and Beyond Suicides of two health care workers hint at the Covid-19 mental health crisis to come Psychological Trauma Is the Next Crisis for Coronavirus Health Workers Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vo...
Elon Musk fought the law and Elon won
May 14, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutesElon Musk isn’t happy about coronavirus closures. Here’s the backstory of how he fought to re-open the Tesla car factory in California and what workers have to say. Featuring: Sean O’Kane (@sokane1) Links to Resources Discussed: Elon Musk defies coronavirus order and asks to be arrested When Big Tech calls 911 Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn m...
The future of work pt. 2
May 12, 2020 04:00 - 21 minutesVoice-activated coffee makers. One-way hallways. Cubicles! The office will never be the same. Featuring: Rani Molla (@ranimolla) Steven Yates Links to Resources Discussed: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/14/21211789/coronavirus-office-space-work-from-home-design-architecture-real-estate Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad cho...
The future of work pt 1
May 10, 2020 04:00 - 25 minutesBecause more people are working from home, employers are increasingly using software that monitors much more than just your hours on the clock. Featuring Adam Satariano (@satariano) Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam) Links to resources discussed: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/technology/employee-monitoring-work-from-home-virus.html?referringSource=articleShare Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech ...
Covid-19 puts other medical research on pause
May 07, 2020 04:00 - 23 minutesScience is racing to develop a treatment or vaccine for Covid-19. But other patients have been left behind, and some of them, like three-year-old Maxwell Freed, are running out of time. Featuring Dan Vergano: @Dvergano Amber Freed: @Maxs_Milestones Links to resources discussed: Our episode from January: Start calling scientists: how to get treatment for your toddler’s rare disease Dan Vergano’s reporting: These Kids With Rare Genetic Diseases Were Part Of Research Into New Treatments. The C...
The preppers of Silicon Valley
May 05, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutesWhy the prepping mindset is so prevalent in Silicon Valley. Featuring John Ramey (@jpramey) Nellie Bowles (@NellieBowles) Links to resources discussed: The Prepared https://theprepared.com/ I Used to Make Fun of Silicon Valley Preppers. Then I Became One. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/technology/coronavirus-preppers.html Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and chan...
The small U.S. town that tested everyone
May 03, 2020 04:00 - 21 minutesBolinas, California: a small town north of San Francisco where a group of tech entrepreneurs and community volunteers tested everyone for coronavirus. Could this model for testing be used elsewhere? Featuring: @Caterina @jyri Links: Caterina.net The California hippie town where everybody could get a coronavirus test In one Italian town, we showed mass testing could eradicate the coronavirus | Andrea Crisanti and Antonio Cassone This reclusive Marin County town is testing everybody for coro...
Working in Space, from home
April 30, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutesWhy we can’t hit pause on Space exploration during the pandemic, and how people who operate spacecraft are working from home. Featuring Loen Grush (@lorengrush) Links to resources discussed: How engineers are operating deep-space probes, martian rovers, and satellites from their homes Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The science of digital music and why analog isn’t actually better
April 28, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutesNeil Young says digital music recordings are terrible quality. Is he right? Featuring: Robert Owen (https://www.oberlin.edu/robert-owen) @danideahl Links: How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality? Vinyl's great, but it's not better than CDs 24/192 Music Downloads...and why they make no sense Neil Young says the MacBook Pro has ‘Fisher-Price’ audio quality Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The teens tricking Instagram
April 26, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutesHow teenagers have created their own way to preserve their digital privacy...for the ‘gram. Featuring @Pr0d1g4 @alfredwkng Links Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram's tracking algorithm Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How coronavirus is impacting education
April 23, 2020 04:00 - 29 minutesTeachers and students are still struggling with online education Links to resources discussed: Students will go back to school eventually. Here are 5 concrete ideas for helping them catch up, readjust Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory
April 21, 2020 04:00 - 31 minutesA coronavirus conspiracy theory has led to arson attacks in the UK. And - how to talk to friends and family about coronavirus misinformation. Featuring James Temperton (@JTemperton) Liz Neeley (@LizNeeley) Links to resources discussed: James Temperton’s article: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory Liz Neely’s article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/how-talk-about-coronavirus/609118/ Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter ...
The year 2038 problem
April 19, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutesWhat’s the deal with January 19th, 2038? Why remembering Y2K correctly matters. Featuring Rose Eveleth (@roseveleth) Links to resources discussed: Flash Forward Podcast Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Contact Tracing, Explained
April 16, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutesPublic health's "tried and true" tactic against infectious disease, and how Google and Apple want to help end the lockdown. Featuring @sxbegle @russellbrandom Links to resources discussed: Answering the 12 biggest questions about Apple and Google's new coronavirus tracking project Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily...