Recode Decode: Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about cooperation between government and the tech industry and the new challenges of the digital economy. Secretary Pritzker says artificial intelligence will upend many jobs, but the solution is to focus on retraining workers for new industries like cybersecurity, where American companies have hundreds of thousands of open positions. She also explains the recent battle over the Commerce Department's oversight of the internet and why handing over that oversight to the international nonprofit ICANN was the best way to protect the open web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recoed radio presents Recoed Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recoed.
0:10.6	You may know me as the person who is preparing for the robot takeover by befriending her
0:14.0	Roomba, but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recoed Decode, a podcast
0:18.4	about tech and media's key players, big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live
0:22.1	in.
0:23.1	You can subscribe to Recoed Decode at iTunes.com, slash Recoed Decode, and while you're
0:27.8	there, leave us a review.
0:29.8	Today in the red chair is United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.
0:34.9	Secretary of Pritzker has served in President Obama's cabinet since June of 2013.
0:39.8	Before that she founded Pritzker Realty Group and the private investment firm PSP Capital.
0:44.4	We're going to talk about cybersecurity, training workers for the digital era, and a lot
0:48.4	more.
0:49.4	Secretary, welcome to the show.
0:50.9	Thanks for having me.
0:51.9	It's good to be here in DC.
0:52.9	I get to meet all the secretaries.
0:54.4	Terrific.
0:55.4	Let's talk a little bit about your background and what you've been doing in the past because
1:00.2	your Obama administration is coming to a close.
1:02.2	I think you just had 100 days, correct?
1:04.4	I think we have 93 left.
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