Recode Decode: David Plouffe

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Former Obama advisor David Plouffe — who since leaving the White House has worked with Uber, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, and Acronym — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump. He talks about how the coronavirus pandemic affects the 2020 election and popular perception of Trump and Joe Biden; the disastrous Iowa caucus how Democrats can get better at technology; and what regular people can do now if they want Trump to lose in November, including engaging relatives in political arguments on Facebook. Plouffe also discusses who Biden should pick as his VP nominee, how he thinks about Facebook in the aftermath of the 2016 election, and why we need every state to embrace vote-by-mail this year, and online voting in future years. Plus: What he likes and doesn't like about the Silicon Valley mentality. Featuring: David Plouffe (@davidplouffe), author, A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump 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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0:59.6	I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large of Recode.
1:01.9	You may know me as someone who has not been able to play bridge since 2016, because I
1:05.9	don't want to say the words Trump card, but in my spare time I'm just a reporter and
1:09.5	you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about power change, and the people you need
1:13.3	to know were part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:16.5	Today, joining us remotely as all our guests are recently is David Pluff, the former senior
1:21.4	advisor to President Obama who ran his campaign in 2008.
1:25.5	After leaving the White House in 2013, he has worked with Uber, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,
1:30.1	the nonprofit Packer Nym, which you may remember created the app that was used in the Iowa
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