Recode Decode: 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at the Rock Health Summit in San Francisco. In this episode: (01:30) Elizabeth Warren's heritage and disputed science; (08:10) 23andMe's business and the FDA under Trump; (12:09) The impact of Theranos' implosion; (14:24) The challenges of the consumer market and health analysis; (18:40) Privacy, consent and safety; (24:57) Techlash and being "lumped in"; (29:59) Anti-aging technology; (32:23) Partnering with GSK, solving cold cases and ethics; (37:40) Insurance companies and what Wojcicki wished she knew at the start; (39:20) Diversity and going public Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.0	Hi, I'm Kair Swisher, Editor-at-large of Recode.
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1:22.0	Today, we're going to play an interview I did in San Francisco recently with Ann Wajiski, the CEO of 23 in May.
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