Ep. 129: 'The Ringer Tech Podcast' With Molly McHugh and Victor Luckerson

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The Ringer's Molly McHugh talks to former Taxi Magic founder George Arison about making one of the first ride-hailing apps (5:00), Harry Campbell, 'The Rideshare Guy,' about the culture and business behind Lyft and Uber (17:00), Victor Luckerson about self-driving cars (32:00), and transportation advocate Sunday Parker about her optimism for autonomous cars (42:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:07.0	All right, welcome to the Ringer Tech Podcast.
0:13.4	It is still unnamed.
0:14.7	If you have an idea for a name, please let me know, hit me up on Twitter or find us on
0:19.8	the Ringer.com.
0:20.8	Let us know.
0:21.8	We need a name.
0:22.8	Today, we're talking about the future of transportation, everything from Uber and Lyft
0:27.4	to buying cars, how that's going to be different, and then of course driverless car technology.
0:33.2	First we're talking to George Erison, the founder of Taxi Magic and Shift.
0:37.5	When Apple came out with the iPhone, we got an Apple on the iPhone and that app had, you
0:41.7	know, tens of thousands of downloads in the first day when it was released at the App Store
0:45.6	because it was completely magical.
0:47.2	I mean, like the feedback on the technology was incredible.
0:50.8	We're also talking to Harry Campbell, who is the rideshare guy, and he has a ton of insider
0:55.2	knowledge and tips on the ride-jarring industry.
0:58.0	People are even starting to ditch their cars to take Uber and Lyft because, you know, according
1:02.1	to AAA, actually the average cost to own an operator vehicle in the US is $8,000.
1:07.2	Then, we're talking to Sunday Parker, who is a transportation advocate living in the
1:11.8	Bay Area.
1:12.8	She is a disabled person who documents her commute on public transit every day, and she also
1:17.8	has a lot of interesting things to say about what driverless technology is going to
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