Recode Decode: Deborah Rutter

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Deborah Rutter, the president of Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the Center's new free immersive learning spaces, REACH, which offer visitors the chance to participate in and look behind the scenes of many kinds of performances. Rutter also discusses how technology has impacted the public's relationship with art and education, why issues like cell phone addiction aren't a big threat to the Kennedy Center's shows, and how tech itself could become part of the artistic experience. Plus: Can art bridge the red-blue dividie, and what will the Kennedy Center look like in 50 years? Featuring: Deborah Rutter (@KenCenPrez), president, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (@kencen) Hosts: 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.
0:29.3	So make sure you follow Have a Nice Future, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.8	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, editor-in-charge of Recode.
0:38.1	You may know me as someone who's quitting podcasting forever to write a ballet,
0:41.6	where all the performers wear sunglasses and airpods,
0:44.1	but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode decode
0:47.1	from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:49.1	Today in the red chair is Deborah Rudder, the president of the Kennedy Center
0:52.8	for the Performing Arts here in Washington, DC.
0:55.5	She's been in that role for just over five years now,
0:58.2	and recently opened an immersive learning center called Reach
1:01.7	that aims to make arts more accessible to the public.
1:04.3	Deborah, welcome to Recode decode.
1:05.8	Thank you. I'm very excited to be here.
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