Recode Decode: Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his campaign for president of the United States. In this episode: Systemic racism and Buttigieg's "Douglass Plan"; mobilizing black women voters; how to appeal to Trump supporters who wanted to "burn the house down"; reforming the Supreme Court; the “mystical fascination” with the Rust Belt; climate change and rural America; why Buttigieg hasn’t attacked tech as much as some of his opponents; should Americans have a right to be forgotten online?; recognizing gig workers as employees with the right to unionize; will more regulation make it harder to compete with China?; Buttigieg's wealthy tech donors; being gay in the military; will voters care that he is gay?; his husband and LGBT visibility in politics; AOC’s “squad” vs. Nancy Pelosi; and Buttigieg's favorite president, Abraham Lincoln. Recode Decode has been nominated for best technology podcast in this year’s People’s Choice Podcast Awards! Cast your vote for Recode Decode at https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup before July 31st. One vote per category. Interested in hearing more from Mayor Pete Buttigieg? Check out his conversation with Vox’s editor-at-large Ezra Klein on The Ezra Klein Show. https://www.vox.com/2019/4/1/18290849/pete-buttigieg-2020-ezra-klein-show Message Input Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:10.7	second life and then was buried for good.
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0:23.9	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-large of Recode.
0:26.4	You may know me as someone who has been practicing how to say Buttigieg, I think I nailed it.
0:31.4	But in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode from the Vox Media
0:35.1	Podcast Network.
0:36.1	Today in the red chair is obviously Pete Buttigieg, also known as Mayor Pete because he's
0:41.1	the mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
0:42.8	He's also running for President of the United States.
0:44.6	We're going to talk about the 2020 campaign so far, his views on tech policy and much more
0:49.6	Mayor Buttigieg, welcome to Recode Decode.
0:51.6	Thanks for having me.
0:52.6	I guess I can't call you Peter, right?
0:53.6	Feel free.
0:54.6	Does anyone call you Peter?
0:55.6	I'm a mom.
0:56.6	I'm not going to be your mom.
0:57.6	So let's start that.
0:58.6	So there's lots to talk about.
1:00.2	I'm going to focus a little more on tech and different things like that.
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