Recode Decode: John Markoff, ex-reporter, The New York Times

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Technology journalist and former New York Times reporter John Markoff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his nearly three-decade long career covering tech for the Times before retiring at the end of 2016. He reflects on why Steve Jobs was both a great and terrible person to interview and how science fiction books such as "Neuromancer," "Snow Crash" and "True Names" gave him a leg up on other reporters. Markoff says the most important issues facing the tech world today include the dangers of anonymity online; how scientific advances will make it easy to edit genes; and why roboticists need to focus on creating elder care robots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.6	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:55.6	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:58.6	You may know me as the person who is now the top reporter in tech now that John Markov has retired,
1:03.6	but in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players,
1:09.6	big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
1:12.6	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode, and while you're there, leave us a review.
1:18.6	Today in the red chair is John Markov, a journalist who for more than 29 years has covered technology for the New York Times.
1:25.6	He is also one of my heroes, and I only have like three, I think, in my life.
1:30.6	In December, he announced he would try her from the Times.
1:33.6	He's also the author of several books, including Cyberpunk, Take Down, and Machines of Loving Grace.
1:38.6	John is an old friend of mine also, and I'm so excited to talk to him. John, how are you doing?
1:43.6	Good, I think we're even neighbors as well.
1:45.6	Are we? I believe we are.
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