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Is it possible to outsmart Amazon this holiday season?

The Verge’s Lauren Goode discusses with Recode’s Jason Del Rey and Kara Swisher on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Trump voters were motivated by economic worries, says 'Freakonomics' co-author Stephen Dubner

Racism and xenophobia are only the symptoms of that anxiety, he says.

Why the New York Times, so often dissed by Trump, could have huuuge influence over him

Republican consultant Juleanna Glover says old media will be “the most powerful in this next new world.”

Trump’s unlikely allies in tech policy could include Eric Schmidt and Nancy Pelosi

Republican and Democratic consultants Juleanna Glover and Hilary Rosen floated both those names and more on the latest Recode Decode.

Are Snapchat’s Spectacles creepy or cool?

Recode’s Peter Kafka and The Verge’s Lauren Goode and Sean O’Kane discuss this and more on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Post-election ‘terror and hysteria’ over Trump is not justified, says Observer editor Ken Kurson

Kurson says he’s proud to have voted for Donald Trump, and to work for his son-in-law, Observer publisher Jared Kushner.

Can the journalists who work for Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner still cover the White House fairly?

Yes, says one of the few people who might know: Observer Editor in Chief Ken Kurson.

‘I wanted to hit a nerve’: How one entrepreneur exposed Silicon Valley’s anxieties

“Most CEOs I know are deeply depressed, often,” Sunil Rajaraman says on Recode Decode.

Listen to the man who produces ‘Hamilton,’ Trump’s least favorite Broadway musical

Jeffrey Seller joined our Recode Decode podcast this summer. It’s a good time to give it a listen.

Full transcript: Smosh and ScreenJunkies boss Keith Richman on Recode Media

Defy Media’s president has made a bunch of people internet famous. Now he wants to make them just plain famous.

Full transcript: ‘Mr. Robot’ creator Sam Esmail on Recode Decode

“All the stuff that has our planes running and traffic lights going was designed by humans who, by their very nature, can make mistakes. And that’s what hackers are trying to exploit.”

Full transcript: Recode’s April Glaser talks drones on Too Embarrassed to Ask

Recode answers your questions about how high, where and when you can fly your drone.

Do 'productivity hacks' really help you get stuff done?

Kara Swisher, Lauren Goode and The Verge’s Dieter Bohn discuss on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Full transcript: BuzzFeed Entertainment’s Ze Frank on Recode Media

“The world of recipes had not been reinvented beyond a list of text and an image forever.” BuzzFeed’s Tasty took on the challenge. 

Musicians fighting Spotify are ‘so f-cking dumb,’ music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz says

“You have to face the truth: The game changed.”

Full transcript: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on Recode Decode

“There is actually a reason for the tech sector to engage with the government.”

How Kayak co-founder Paul English got hit by a ‘truck full of money’

English and the author of his biography, Tracy Kidder, talk with Kara Swisher on Recode Decode.

Full transcript: ‘Keepin’ It 1600’ co-host Jon Favreau on Recode Media

“What we have gone through in 2016, 2015, is so awful because of Donald Trump.”

Does Trump’s victory mean I need stronger encryption?

The Verge’s Russell Brandom explains on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Next year’s ‘Star Trek’ reboot may have naked aliens and swearing, CBS digital chief says

CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone says the online-only show can boldly go where broadcast can’t.

Full transcript: Actor and investor Ashton Kutcher on Recode Decode

“I just like to build things. I don’t really care whether it’s a technology company or whether it’s a television show or whether it’s a movie or whatever it is.”

Full transcript: Recode and The Verge explain Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 debacle

Recode’s Ina Fried and Kara Swisher talk with The Verge’s Lauren Goode on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

The police will get better if we use data to treat them ‘as a human, not a robot’

U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil says the numbers about policing and excessive force point to a big problem in the dispatch system.

Techies should take a ‘tour of duty’ in government, says White House’s DJ Patil

“We don’t call that a revolving door, we call it being a citizen,” Patil says on Recode Decode.

Is the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar just a gimmick?

The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern weighs in on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

So, you’ve outraged the internet. Here’s how to apologize.

Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg looks back on how he pissed off the wrong people, on Recode Media.

How does tech fix its diversity problem? Here’s 45 minutes of ideas.

The ideas come from more than a year’s worth of Recode Decode guests.

Full transcript: WNYC’s Kurt Andersen on Recode Media

The Spy magazine co-founder talks about branding Trump a “short-fingered vulgarian.”

Full transcript: Vice News boss Josh Tyrangiel on Recode Media

“When I look at network news, it feels like a finished product and it feels like it was finished a long time ago.”

Foursquare’s CEO says Yelp is shaking down local businesses

Jeff Glueck compares Foursquare to Robin Hood ... so does that make Yelp the Sheriff of Nottingham?

Foursquare’s next act: Making ‘Her’ a reality

Co-founder Dennis Crowley and CEO Jeff Glueck explain on the latest Recode Decode.

There is no ‘Tinder of running apps’ — is that a problem?

Bad design and/or missing features are common, Lauren Goode and Kara Swisher argue on Too Embarrassed to Ask.