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The Vergecast

Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.44.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and Verge reporter Makena Kelly talk to Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts about bringing broadband access into rural areas, the technology plights caused by the pandemic, privacy concerns over contract tracing, and the race to 5G. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.9

Hey everybody, it's me from the Vergecast. Big interview episode this week,

1:23.0

keeping up our streak. McKenna Kelly and I talked to Senator Ed Markey,

1:27.1

the Democrat from Massachusetts. He's got a new bill called the National Broadband for the Future

1:31.4

Act of 2020. That's not a great name, but it's a really interesting bill. It's an expansion

1:35.9

of the National Broadband Act. We talked a lot about expanding broadband right now.

1:40.8

During the pandemic, there's a lot of focus on rural broadband, a lot of focus on kids needing

1:45.5

access, needing computers to do their schoolwork. This bill would address that. We talked about the

1:49.3

mechanics. Senator Markey wants to put four billion dollars into the system to address broadband.

1:54.2

We talked about net neutrality, how he sees that going, and we spent a lot of time talking about

1:58.8

the connective tissue between the broadband plans. Senator Markey worked on in the 90s in the

2:04.3

situation today. A super interesting interview and a really candid interview. I just want to call

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