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Recode Daily

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Your 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.

Episodes

Contraband cell phones in prison

While cell phones aren’t allowed in prisons, they are one of the only communication tools that allows for restorative connection between people who are incarcerated and their loved ones. Arielle Duhaime-Ross talks with Adnan Khan of Re:store Justice about how and why they are being used. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 03, 202011 min

The mail-in election

Recode’s Adam Clark Estes explains how the US Postal Service has been handling mail-in voting so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 02, 20206 min

How Twitter has shaped the Trump campaign

Trump spends a lot of time talking about issues that do well on Twitter. Vox’s Jane Coaston explains what that reveals about his campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 20207 min

The eerie familiarity of the dot-com bubble of the 90s

What can the dot-com bubble of the 90s teach us about Silicon Valley in 2020? Go for Broke is a new podcast that’s taking a closer look at “historical moments of irrational confidence,” from the rise of Netscape to the fall of Pets.com. Host, Julia Furlan joins Teddy to talk about the show and why this history still resonates today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 29, 20209 min

What we can learn from Quibi calling it quits

Recode’s Peter Kafka talks with Teddy about why the video startup is shutting down just six months after it launched. He also makes the case for why the media landscape could use more quibis in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 20207 min

Iran and the threatening “Proud Boys” emails

Recode's Sara Morrison explains what we know about the emails and the latest indication of foreign interference in the election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 27, 20207 min

AOC is among us on Twitch

Last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met with 400,000 potential voters online. She murdered a few of them on a spaceship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 20208 min

Silicon Valley’s secret super PAC

A little-known Democratic super PAC, Future Forward, is backed by some of Silicon Valley’s biggest donors. And they’re sponsoring TV ads in the final weeks of the presidential campaign to oust President Donald Trump. Recode’s Teddy Schleifer explains why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 23, 202011 min

Why Google’s getting sued

Recode’s Peter Kafka explains the details and larger meaning behind the landmark antitrust lawsuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 22, 20209 min

A get-rich-quick scheme on Amazon

Hundreds of third-party sellers invested in a hit toy brand operated by a reputable business coach. Now they say they've been left holding the bag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 21, 20209 min

The complicated reality of returning to offices

Have people started going back to the office? Recode’s Rani Molla explains what’s changed about our work culture since working from home became the norm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 20, 20208 min

Facebook and Twitter vs. the New York Post

Last week, Facebook and Twitter took the unprecedented step of moderating an article from a mainstream paper. Recode's Shirin Ghaffary explains how their decision inspired a backlash among conservatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 20209 min

Zuckerberg’s other political battle

Why the billionaire Facebook founder is making the most expensive electoral play of his career, reforming Proposition 13 to allow higher property taxes on California businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 202010 min

Covid-19 tests at the airport

The travel industry has a plan to get you back in the air. Recode’s Rebecca Heilweil explains why your next Covid test may be at the airport spa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 15, 20208 min

Why digital voter suppression is so hard to stop

Voter suppression online is more complicated than just posting misleading information about the election. Vox senior video producer Joss Fong, explains why it’s hard to spot on social media and how digital voter suppression disproportionately targets Black voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 14, 202010 min

Amazon’s leaked union memo

Amazon has long opposed union activism at its warehouses. An internal memo describes a company system for tracking union “threats.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 09, 202010 min

Does Big Tech want four more years of Trump?

The Donald Trump presidency has been good for Big Business. But Trump’s relationship with Wall Street leaders looks a little different than his relationship with Big Tech. Vox business and politics reporter Emily Stewart compares notes with Recode Daily host, Teddy Schleifer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 08, 20208 min

Facebook takes a stand against Trump’s Covid lies

How have the platforms been dealing with the spread of Covid misinformation when it's coming from the president? Recode’s Peter Kafka discusses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 07, 202010 min

Google's antitrust troubles

The U.S. Department of justice is planning to file a lawsuit against Google. Recode's Shirin Ghaffary explains what's at stake for the company and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 06, 20206 min

The Internet, From Space

The pandemic has boosted demand for satellite Internet connections. Recode's Adam Clark Estes explains why companies like SpaceX and Amazon are racing to build a new broadband network among the stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 05, 20207 min

Covid-19's Long Haulers

For a small group of patients, Covid-19 symptoms can last for months. Reporter Lois Parshly explains the science of long-term symptoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 02, 202010 min

Why QAnon thrives on social media

How the conspiracy theory and its following gained traction in the past year and is now entering the political mainstream. Senior Recode reporter, Shirin Ghaffary explains how easy it is to fall into a QAnon rabbit hole on social media platforms and why it’s so hard to stop it from spreading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 01, 202011 min

Why some Democrats dislike Reid Hoffman

The LinkedIn founder built a big-money machine to oust Trump, so why do some democrats hate him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 202010 min

Why religious leaders are becoming content creators

Recode reporter Rebecca Heilweil explains the pros and cons of religious services online and how the pandemic has changed the look and feel of communal faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 202010 min

Why Section 230 is under attack

Both 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

Sep 28, 20209 min

Biden's Influencers

How 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

Sep 25, 20207 min

Trump’s TikTok Trouble Continues

Recode 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

Sep 24, 20207 min

Zuckerberg’s $100 million gift to Newark 10 years later

In 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

Sep 23, 202011 min

How to start a startup

Founder 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

Sep 22, 20209 min