Recode Decode: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai talks with Recode's Tony Romm about his first three months on the job and what critics of his plan to roll back Obama-era net neutrality rules get wrong. Pai says the FCC should be an apolitical agency that focuses on how to create the most "digital opportunity" for everyone and that preemptively regulating how ISPs compete with one another isn't appropriate. He also discusses his relationships with both Congress and Donald Trump, who he says has not meddled at all in the agency's decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:10.8	You may know me as someone who believes the Internet should be free and open except when
0:14.4	my kids are using it, but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode
0:18.8	Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas and how they're changing
0:22.5	the world we live in.
0:24.1	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode anywhere you listen to podcasts.
0:28.1	For on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Tuning, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more, or just
0:32.9	visit recode.net-podcasts for more.
0:36.1	Today we have a special bonus episode for you.
0:39.0	Recode Senior Policy and Politics Editor, Tony Rahm, spoke with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in
0:44.2	Washington, D.C. earlier today.
0:46.3	Last week, Pai formally announced his plans to roll back net neutrality rules that were
0:50.4	passed under President Obama.
0:52.9	And boy is the Internet Pist.
0:55.2	Take it away, Tony.
0:56.4	Thanks, Cara.
0:57.4	And I'm here with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
0:59.4	Chairman, thanks for stopping by.
1:00.4	Thanks for hanging out with us.
1:01.4	Tony, it is great to be with you.
1:03.0	You know, we're going to see if I can go an entire podcast without making fun of your
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