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Decoder with Nilay Patel

Recode Decode: Politics and tech onstage

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 β€’ 3.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Recode's Kara Swisher talks to the creators of two new plays that intersect with tech issues: Heidi Schreck, the former star and playwright of What the Constitution Means to Me, and the writer and director of Right to Be Forgotten β€” Sharyn Rothstein and Seema Sueko. Schreck took the name of her play from a series of debate competitions she competed in as a teenager, but has developed a more complicated appreciation for the Constitution as an adult, and discusses how its flaws connect to her own life story. Later in the show, Rothstein and Sueko talk about the thorny political question of how permanent our communications online should be, and whether people have a "right to be forgiven" for past misdeeds. Featuring: Heidi Schreck (@heidibschreck), writer and former actor, What the Constitution Means to Me Sharyn Rothstein, writer, Right to Be Forgotten Seema Sueko (@Seemasue), director, Right to Be Forgotten Hosts: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Reset, Recode's new podcast that explores why β€” and how β€” tech is changing everything. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world β€” 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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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-large of Recode.

0:03.4

You may know me as someone who has no use for the right to be forgotten because I am unforgettable.

0:08.5

But in my spare time, I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast

0:12.2

about power change, and the people you need to know around the tech industry were part

0:16.4

of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:18.4

Today, we have two interviews for you.

0:20.4

Later in the show, you'll hear my conversation with SEMA Suiko and Sharon Rostin, the director

0:25.2

and playwright of a fantastic new play called Right to Be Forgotten.

0:28.8

The first going to play an interview I conducted with the writer and star of another great

0:32.3

play, What the Constitution Means to Me.

0:35.4

Her name is Heidi Shrek and she took the name of the play from a series of debate competitions

0:40.0

that she competed in when she was a teenager.

0:42.4

As an adult, her understanding of the constitution has become more complicated.

0:46.6

She calls it a beautiful document but has had to confront the ways in which it doesn't

0:50.8

protect and may actively hurt women and people of color in America.

0:54.9

Heidi, welcome to Recode Decode.

0:56.8

Thanks for having me.

0:57.9

I'm a huge fan.

0:59.4

The show is astonishing.

1:00.6

I saw it in New York and now it just ended its run.

1:03.4

Is that correct at the Kennedy Center?

1:04.9

Yes, we just finished on Sunday.

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