Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher.

Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode, and you're listening to the second

episode of Recode Decode on Recode Radio.

You may know me better as the person who makes Mark Zuckerberg sweat, but I also have

capabilities in the audio space.

And we're here to talk about the issues that are important to you about technology and

the media.

If you're overwhelmed by the title wave of digital change taking over the world or

interested in the key players running that world, we're here to help.

On this podcast, I'm going to talk about the big issues and texts and in the media and

the people who thought them up and dig into what it all means.

And this week in the Red Chair, which has to do with the chairs we have on our stage

at all the code events we call them the hot seat.

It's Ashley Vance, writer for Bloomberg Business Week, and author of Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX,

and the quest for the fantastic future.

We'll see if it's so fantastic.

Vance's book, which came out in May, is an authoritative and detailed look at one of Silicon

Valley's most well-known personalities and the multi-billion dollar businesses he's

built.

His Musk Daffy, Savvy, Brilliant, all of the above, we'll see.

For more on that, here's Ashley Vance, welcome Ashley.

Thank you for having me.

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