Recode Decode: Ashton Kutcher

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Actor, producer and investor Ashton Kutcher talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his life as both a TV star and a tech obsessive. Kutcher, who starred in shows like "Two and a Half Men" and "That '70s Show," has invested over the past five years in companies like Uber, Airbnb and Square. But he passed on Snapchat — twice — because he hated the app's design and feared what would happen when it got hacked. He's currently starring in the Netflix sitcom "The Ranch," and says denying the rise of digital media platforms in Hollywood is like denying climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price.
0:05.0	Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com slash Recode and using the promo code Recode.
0:11.0	Terms and conditions apply.
0:13.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:16.0	You may know me as the person racing Ashton Kutcher to 1 billion Twitter followers,
0:21.0	but in my spare time I talk tech, and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:24.0	a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas,
0:27.0	and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:29.0	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode,
0:33.0	and while you're there, leave us a review.
0:35.0	Today in the Red Chair is Ashton Kutcher, who I've known a very long time,
0:39.0	but he's an actor who has starred in shows like Two and a Half Men,
0:42.0	and also the Netflix series The Ranch, which just released his second season.
0:47.0	In 2013, he played Steve Jobs in the movie Jobs,
0:50.0	but he's also a tech investor who has put his own money into companies that you might have heard of,
0:55.0	like Airbnb, Duolingo, Secret, and Oya Uber, and Full Disclosure.
1:00.0	He's also an advisor to Recode's parent company, Vox Media.
1:03.0	Ashton, you get around here. Welcome to the show.
1:06.0	Thanks.
1:07.0	Anyway, so...
1:08.0	Your key spots was also an investment.
1:10.0	I just have to disclose that just in case there's some like SEC issue with that.
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