Recode Decode: Ben Silbermann

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about deliberately engineering happiness into the site, expanding into commerce, and competing with larger social and commerce tech companies. This interview was recorded in front of a live audience at the National Retail Federation's annual conference, the Big Show, in New York City. Featuring: Ben Silbermann (@8en), CEO, Pinterest Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Reset, Recode's new podcast that explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gideon Litchfield, I'm the editor-in-chief of Oired.
0:02.6	And I'm Lauren Good, I'm a senior writer at Wired.
0:05.2	We're making a new show.
0:06.5	Have a nice future.
0:09.0	I'm more have a nice future, question mark.
0:12.5	It's a show that is honest about how unsettling the future can be.
0:16.9	We're going to be bringing on the people shaping this future.
0:20.6	We're going to ask them about the big challenges we face, about the challenges they're creating,
0:24.9	and how they deal with living in perpetual uncertainty as we all do.
0:29.2	So make sure you follow Have a Nice Future, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.7	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, editor-at-large of Recode.
0:38.0	You may know me as someone who only uses Pinterest to collect pictures of Elon Musk dancing,
0:42.3	but in my spare time I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:45.5	a podcast about power change and the people you need to know around tech and beyond.
0:49.4	We're part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:51.9	Today we're going to play a live interview.
0:53.4	I conducted this week with Ben Silberman, the CEO of Pinterest.
0:57.3	We spoke at the National Retail Federation's annual conference, The Big Show, in New York City,
1:01.8	and we talked about how Pinterest is faring as a smaller but powerful player in social media
1:06.1	and how it's deliberately trying to make users feel better.
1:09.4	So let's go now to the NRF Big Show in New York City to hear my conversation with Pinterest CEO Ben Silberman.
1:17.0	Ben, question, I bet you know a lot more about tech than Paul Ryan, right?
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