Recode Decode: Why Katie Couric left Yahoo

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Katie Couric and Recode’s Kara Swisher talk about their careers in journalism, as well as social media, job automation, tech addiction and the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. Couric, who previously hosted the “Today Show” and “CBS Evening News,” opens up about why her tenure at Yahoo was short-lived, and her concerns about the ability of tech companies to advance high-quality journalism She also reflects on political polarization in America, the #MeToo movement that ousted her former “Today” colleague Matt Lauer, and her new show for NatGeo, “America Inside Out.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's show is brought to you by Qualcomm.
0:03.0	At Qualcomm, inventing comes first.
0:05.0	The rest of the world innovates on top of Qualcomm's
0:08.0	foundational inventions.
0:10.0	To learn more, visit Qualcomm.com slash WeInvent.
0:14.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you
0:19.0	from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:21.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:24.0	You may know me as the opposite of America's sweetheart.
0:27.0	In my swear time, I talk tech and you're listening
0:30.0	to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players,
0:33.0	big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:36.0	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode on Apple Podcasts,
0:39.0	Spotify, Google Play Music, or ever you listen to podcasts.
0:42.0	Or just visit recode.net slash podcast for more.
0:46.0	Today, we're going to do a little something different.
0:48.0	That person you found laughing in the background.
0:50.0	I'm talking to Katie Curric, who is hosted shows,
0:53.0	Katie's is right, NBC, ABC, CBS, and Yahoo.
0:57.0	We're going to be discussing and also Nat Gio.
0:59.0	We're going to be discussing our careers.
1:01.0	I can't hold down the job, Cara.
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