How safe is Uber?

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🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Uber released its first-ever safety report. How should we think about its numbers and what do they tell us about safety and sexual misconduct in the gig economy? GUESTS: @kateconger @AJRavenelleNYC LINKS: Uber Says 3,045 Sexual Assaults Were Reported in U.S. Rides Last Year https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/technology/uber-sexual-assaults-murders-deaths-safety.html Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy https://www.alexandreajravenelle.com/book Uber CEO Q&A: When rape happens in an Uber, who’s responsible? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/06/uber-ceo-qa-when-rape-happens-an-uber-whos-responsible/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Twas a night in November at your pal's Christmas party when an elf arrives.
0:08.0	Oh, with a toffee night latte!
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0:22.0	At a Starbucks near you.
0:25.0	Ahem.
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0:49.6	renters insurance.
0:51.2	Find an agent or get a quote at State Farm.com. Hi, I'm Ariel Dum Ross, and this is Reset.
1:03.0	Today on the show.
1:09.0	Hi, I'm Ariel Dum Ross, and this is Reset.. Today on the show we're talking about Uber,
1:15.5	which has officially been around in the US for 10 years now. Seems absurd, right?
1:21.8	When Uber launched in San Francisco in 2009,
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