These are the unbelievably compelling and complicated issues.

The fact that we're even a small part of this conversation,

and we're a bigger part of other incredibly compelling conversations,

is why I love working at Amazon.

I mean, I tell my teams all the time, you know,

when they feel like we're, you know, we get a lot of incoming,

and, you know, it's like, isn't it great?

Because we get to be part of these really, you know, it's like, isn't it great? Because we get to, we get to be

part of these really, really vital world-changing discussions.

Amazon's head of global corporate affairs, Jay Carney, the former White House press secretary

under President Obama, made some news of his own this week,

announcing that he's leaving the Seattle-based tech giant after more than seven years to join Airbnb.

I'm Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop.

On this episode of the Geekwire podcast, in light of the news this week,

we're playing highlights from my 2019 interview with Jay Carney on stage at the Geekwire Summit.

As a communications leader and policy strategist, Jay Carney has moved effectively from one world power to another.

He was a familiar face on the national stage as the White House Press Secretary, one of them,

for President Obama.

The former journalist is now the Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs for Amazon,

reporting to CEO Jeff Bezos.

Jay Shift is emblematic of the increasingly larger role being played by Amazon and other tech

companies in some of the

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