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Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.

Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.

You may know me as a person who will be spending the next four years in a virtual reality headset,

but in my spare time I talk tech, and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players,

big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live in.

You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode, and while you're there, leave us a review.

Today, I'm seating my red chair to Recode Senior Transportation Reporter Johanna Booyan.

Hey Johanna, who are you interviewing today?

Hey Cara, I'm talking to US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx.

It's the last week on the job, the new Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao had her confirmation hearing last week,

so we're going to talk through some of the progress he's made on things like self-driving regulations,

what's next for him, and what's next for the next administration.

And what he can do in just seven days, right, or whatever, he's only got a week left.

Yeah, he actually has four days left at this point.

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