Recode Decode: The Google walkout organizers, one year later

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Nov 04, 2019•58 min•Ep. 441

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Episode description

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. Later in the show, Kara's executive producer Erica Anderson (herself one of the organizers who has since left Google) talks with some of the people who were inspired by the 2018 walkouts to continue fighting for the workers of Google and other tech companies.

Featuring:

Stephanie Parker (@sparker2), policy specialist at Google and co-organizer of 2018 Google walkout

Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith), co-director of AI Now Institute and co-organizer of 2018 Google walkout

Claire Stapleton, co-organizer of 2018 Google walkout

Nicole Moore, part-time Lyft driver and organizing committee member of Rideshare Drivers United

Ben Gwin, contractor at HCL working on Google Shopping, union leader

Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary), Recode reporter

Hosts:

Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large

Erica Anderson (@EricaAmerica), executive producer of Recode Decode and co-organizer of 2018 Google walkout

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