Recode Decode: Jon Mooallem

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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New York Times Magazine writer-at-large Jon Mooallem talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together. It tells the story of a 9.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Anchorage, Alaska in 1964 and how a part-time radio reporter named Genie Chance held her community together. Mooallem recounts how he got his hands on the recordings of Chance's broadcasts and reported out the full story of the disaster, which had been largely forgotten outside Alaska; he also compares Anchorage's recovery from the earthquake to what people around the world are doing now in response to COVID-19. Plus: How has storytelling changed over the course of Mooallem's career? Featuring: Jon Mooallem (@jmooallem), author, This Is Chance! Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: On Reset, Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. On Recode Media, Peter Kafka interviews business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters about the collision of tech and media. On Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the big tech news stories of the week, who's winning, who's failing, and what comes next. And on Land of the Giants, Jason Del Rey chronicled the rise of Amazon. Season 2 will focus on Netflix and is coming soon! 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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1:28.4	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of Reco. You may know me as someone who thinks we should
1:32.8	trust scientists when it comes to earthquakes, even though Fox says it's all quake news. But in my
1:37.7	spare time, I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Reco Decode, a podcast about power change,
1:42.5	and the people you need to know were part of the Fox Media podcast network and apologies for
1:47.1	the very bad joke. Today in the red chair is John Muallum, one of my favorite writers,
1:52.1	the writer at large at the New York Times magazine, but he does all kinds of things. His most recent
1:56.4	book is called This Is Chance, The Shaking of an All-American City, a voice that held it together.
2:02.8	It's about the powerful earthquake. It was the most powerful earthquake in American history,
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