Recode Decode: Preet Bharara

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and host of the podcast Stay Tuned With Preet, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher. In this episode: Bharara’s background; digital crime and the “ticking time bomb” of hacking threats; why Bharara was fired by President Trump; what he did post-firing; his Twitter fatigue; the public’s newfound interest in the law; his new book, "Doing Justice"; the "first principles" of law that the entire country could benefit from; the Mueller report; how the Southern District of New York thinks about its work; Nancy Pelosi's declaration of a “constitutional crisis”; did social media undermine the Mueller report?; the problem with tech and whether companies will be held criminally liable; how tech will change the practice of law; and should we be optimistic about the future? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.0	Hi, I'm Keraswisher, Editor-large of Recode. You may know me as someone who hopes Tim Cook runs for President against Donald Trump.
1:05.0	That way we can finally compare apples and oranges, but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:12.0	Today in the chair of someone I like very much, Pete Bajara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
1:18.0	He was fired by President Trump in March of 2017, and since then has started a very popular podcast called Stay Tuned with Pete.
1:25.0	According to his Wikipedia page, he's one of the people who inspired Paul Giamatti's character in billions, which is my favorite show.
1:31.0	And obviously you've been a big commentator about everything. It's been good times for Pete in terms of commentating.
1:37.0	Not good times for the country.
1:39.0	Not very good times for the country. I would rather have a better country, unless opportunity to speak.
1:43.0	Absolutely, but you've done a lot of stuff. You're also an excellent tweeter, but and as if that weren't enough, you're the author of a recent book called Doing Justice,
1:49.0	A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law.
1:53.0	Good to be here. That's a big title.
1:55.0	Yes, it fit, it fit though.
1:57.0	It did? All right. It's been enough that it fit.
1:59.0	Yes, what would you also call it? Oh shit, or something?
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