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How Alexa learned to talk

Recode Daily

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Bloomberg's Brad Stone and Recode's Jason Del Rey report on all things Amazon and Jeff Bezos. They discuss the company’s underrated tech and how Amazon made Alexa smart (a tale of Xboxes, decoys, and apartments-in-disguise), plus the company’s ambitions in Hollywood. This is just a preview of a much longer conversation. You can hear the full thing on the Recode Media podcast. Featuring: Brad Stone (@BradStone), tech writer for Bloomberg and author of ‘Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire.’ Guest Host: Jason Del Rey (@DelRey), senior correspondent at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, where Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Support Recode by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts ^^^ Copy edits needed only on content above. Thanks so much! ^^^ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.9

Hey Teddy here. Today on the show, you're not going to be hearing from me. That's because

0:41.8

Recoats Jason Del Rey is going to be the one asking the questions. If you are a long time listener

0:47.0

of Recoats podcast, you may know that Jason covers Amazon. And he recently had a really interesting

0:52.6

interview on the Recoed Media podcast with journalist and author Brad Stone. Brad also spends

0:59.7

a lot of his time thinking about Amazon and Jeff Bezos, and he's out with a new book on this,

1:04.1

and we want to share some of their conversation with you today. There's more to it though,

1:08.8

so check out the rest on the Recoed Media feed. But here's a snippet from Jason.

1:15.0

Hey everyone, I'm here with Brad Stone. I think many of our listeners will know who Brad is,

1:25.8

but you know, longtime Bloomberg journalist and editor also author of now two books about Jeff Bezos

1:33.0

in Amazon. Brad, great to have you. Thank you Jason. Long time, Recoed reader and follower of

1:39.0

your work and admirer of your work. I feel like the fraternity of people who know how insanely

1:44.9

difficult it is to crack this company and tell their story is small. And so it's really

1:50.2

delighted to talk to you and to someone who's read the book and understands the company.

1:54.7

I appreciate that. And yes, this can be a pseudo therapy session as well. But we'll start with you.

2:03.0

So you have a book called Amazon Unbound, Jeff Bezos, and the invention of a global empire.

2:10.5

This is sort of the sequel to the everything store which you originally wrote. What were you

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