Recode Decode: Andrew Mason, CEO, Descript

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Mason, the founder and former CEO of Groupon, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Casey Newton about his latest startup, Descript. The company bills itself as a “word processor for audio,” making podcasts and other spoken word recordings easy to edit for non-technical content creators. Mason also talks about the “surreal” rise and fall of his career at Groupon, why he regrets publicly announcing that he was fired as CEO and why he once brought a horse to Groupon’s office as a gift for Michael Bloomberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.5	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:54.5	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:57.5	You may know me as the only person who still says,
1:00.5	Mary Graponakis, that in my spare time, I talk tech,
1:03.5	and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players,
1:07.5	big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
1:09.5	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode on Apple Podcasts,
1:12.5	Spotify, Google Play Music, or wherever you listen to your podcasts,
1:15.5	or just visit recode.net, slash podcasts for more.
1:19.5	Today, I'm in San Francisco with Casey Newton,
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