Recode Decode: Ashton Applewhite

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Writer and activist Ashton Applewhite talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism." In this episode: What society gets wrong about aging; a realistic picture of mental and physical decline; why Applewhite wrote her "manifesto"; why we need to start with ourselves to fight ageism; how Silicon Valley fetishizes youth; How do you change attitudes in tech?; tech’s investments in delaying aging and extending healthspan; and the medical benefits of having a realistic attitude towards aging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sabotage, hired goons and a landfill in Utah.
0:05.0	How Steve Jobs' revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa, earned a brief
0:10.7	second life and then was buried for good.
0:14.8	Watch the Verges documentary, Lisa's final act, now on YouTube.
0:19.8	Hey everyone, this is Cara Swisher.
0:24.8	You may know me as the person Donald Trump calls, Cara podcasts, but in my spare time I
0:28.8	talk tech here on Reco Decode.
0:31.3	Every week since 2015 we've been bringing you candid conversations with the most important
0:36.0	people in tech and media and now we're doing a survey to learn more about you and what
0:40.4	you've liked.
0:41.4	Your answers will help us plan the future of Reco Decode to better serve you.
0:45.1	So please if you have a few minutes today take the Reco Decode survey at recode.net slash
0:50.0	pod survey.
0:51.5	That's recode.net slash pod survey.
0:54.5	Thanks so much.
0:59.5	Hi I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of Reco.
1:01.6	You may know me as someone who's looking forward to reaching the age where I can call
1:04.6	people, whipper snappers, but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Reco Decode
1:09.1	from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:11.1	Today in the red chair is Ashton Apple White, a writer and activist who's been really
1:15.0	important voice speaking out against age discrimination in our society which is a big problem here
1:19.4	in Silicon Valley.
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