Recode Decode: Dave Eggers

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Writer and McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest novel, The Captain and the Glory, why he chose to write a satirical novel about the Trump era, and what he's learned from interviewing Trump supporters that most people on the left wouldn't expect. Eggers also discusses his writing nonprofit, 826 Valencia; why he has a flip phone rather than a smartphone; and what he thinks of his novel about a technology company, The Circle, in hindsight. Plus: Why Trump, not Obama, is the first social media president. Featuring: Dave Eggers, author, The Captain and the Glory 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-in-Large of Reco.
0:38.0	You may know me as Donald Trump's Dietitian, and I'm proud to say he is taking my advice.
0:42.5	I'm only eating garbage, but in my spare time I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Reco D-Code,
0:47.1	a podcast about power change, and the people you need to know around tech and beyond
0:51.4	were part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:54.1	Today is my pleasure to have in the Red Chair Dave Eggers,
0:57.5	the founder of McSweeney's and the author of so many books, including The Circle,
1:01.6	and a memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
1:04.6	Everyone knows who Dave Eggers is.
1:06.2	His most recent novel is called The Captain and the Glory, and it's about a nobleship
1:10.3	captain by an ignorant, proud, cheeseburger, loving man with no experience
1:15.0	who leads a gang of deplorable liars.
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