The Rise and Fall of Uber | Greyball | 3

Business Movers

Wondery

History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

New York Times journalist Mike Issac’s story about a secret spying program at Uber puts Travis in the crosshairs of Uber’s board of directors and threatens to deprive the infamous leader of the company he helped create.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business movers add free on Amazon Music, download the app today.
0:21.0	It's late February 2017.
0:25.0	Mike Isaac, a tech journalist at the New York Times San Francisco office, is hard at work when his cell phone starts buzzing.
0:32.0	Mike stares at his screen through dark rimmed glasses.
0:35.0	He doesn't recognize the number, but he's been in the news business long enough to know that you always pick up the phone.
0:41.0	Hello?
0:42.0	Is this Mike?
0:43.0	May I ask who's calling?
0:45.0	Mike Isaac from the Times?
0:46.0	Yeah, that's right. Who's this?
0:48.0	You don't know me, but I know you.
0:50.0	I work for Uber.
0:51.0	Mike perks up.
0:53.0	A few days ago, Mike published a damning front page story on what he called Uber's aggressive, unrestrained workplace culture.
1:01.0	So this caller could be a friend or a foe.
1:04.0	All right?
1:05.0	What is this regarding?
1:06.0	Listen, can we talk off the record?
1:08.0	Off the record's fine, but what are we talking about?
1:11.0	Well, first of all, I read your article. I thought it was excellent.
1:14.0	Glad to hear it.
1:15.0	Yeah, it was just excellent.
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