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Recode radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.

Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.

You may know me as the inspiration for Pokemon's Charmander, but in my spare time I talk tech

and you're listening to Recode Decode.

A podcast about tech and media is key players, big ideas, and how they're changing the world

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Today in the red chair is John Hankey, the CEO of Niantic, which is best known as the

company behind the hit mobile game Pokemon Go.

He previously helped create Google Earth and Google Maps for founding Niantic inside

of Google.

It created apps like Field Trip and Ingress, but now it's an independent company.

We're going to talk about what the change has meant and much more.

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