Recode Decode: Corey Johnson

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Corey Johnson, the Speaker of the New York City Council and an candidate in the 2021 mayoral race, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his planned expansion of bike, bus, and pedestrian lanes across the city, which will come at the expense of street parking; how NYC has evolved over time, sometimes in spite of popular opinion; and the regulatory mistakes the city has made in dealing with Uber and Lyft. He also talks about how he came out of the closet with the help of a pioneering LGBT website, the potential impact of autonomous cars, and how New York can attract tech investment without giving away Amazon HQ2-style subsidies. Plus: What is it really like to be a politician in the social media era? Featuring: Corey Johnson (@coreyinnyc), speaker, New York City Council Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: On Reset, Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. On Recode Media, Peter Kafka interviews business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters about the collision of tech and media. On Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the big tech news stories of the week, who's winning, who's failing, and what comes next. And on Land of the Giants, Jason Del Rey chronicled the rise of Amazon. Season 2 will focus on Netflix and is coming soon! 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.
0:35.6	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large of Recode.
0:38.1	You may know me as someone who thinks the next New York marathon should all be on scooters,
0:42.7	but in my spare time I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:46.1	a podcast about power change and the people you need to know around tech and beyond
0:50.6	were part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:53.0	Today in the Red Chair is Corey Johnson, the speaker of the New York City Council.
0:57.4	He's been in that role since 2018 and represents a chunk of Western Manhattan that includes
1:02.3	Times Square, Hudson Square, and Hell's Kitchen.
1:04.9	It's also an area of rooted to be the new tech center of New York.
1:08.7	I wanted to have him on the show in part because last year he let a $1.7 billion initiative
1:13.0	to expand bike lanes and reduce on-street parking.
1:15.7	I've written a lot about the future of cars in our lives and it's especially difficult
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