Recode Decode: Kayak co-founder Paul English

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tracy Kidder and Paul English, the author and subject of "A Truck Full of Money: One Man's Quest to Recover From Great Success," talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about English's dual life as a tech entrepreneur and philanthropist. English co-founded Kayak and, after selling it to Priceline, started another travel company called Lola. For Kidder, "Truck" is a return to tech several decades after his seminal book "The Soul of a New Machine." They discuss the challenges faced by entrepreneurs, the future of technologies like artificial intelligence and whether some forms of mental illness can be good for a tech CEO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the
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0:06.3	Get $50 toward any mattress purchased by visiting Casper.com, slash recode, and using the promo
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0:11.9	Terms and conditions apply.
0:15.1	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:20.9	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:24.5	You may know me as the person who uses up all of the Wi-Fi on an airplane, but in my spare
0:28.7	time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's
0:33.1	key players, big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:36.6	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash recode, decode, and while you're there,
0:41.5	leave us a review.
0:43.2	Today in the Red Chair, we have two great guests, Paul English and Tracy Kitter.
0:47.6	Paul is the CEO and co-founder of the Boston-based travel service Lola, and previously, he co-founded
0:52.9	Chiac.com.
0:54.7	And Tracy needs no introduction.
0:56.6	He's a writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for his seminal 1981 book, The Soul of a New
1:01.4	Machine, which is a classic in technology reporting.
1:05.0	Now he's authored a new book about Paul called A Truck Full of Money, One Man's Quest to
1:09.3	Recover From Great Success.
1:11.3	Paul and Tracy, welcome to Recode Decode.
1:13.8	Thank you.
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