Episode 145: Ashlee Vance

Published: June 10, 2015, 4:17 p.m.

Ashlee Vance covers\xa0technology for Bloomberg Businessweek and is the author of of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.\n\n\u201cTo be totally clear, I don\u2019t cover them (apps). I like people who try to solve big problems. Wherever I go, I try to run away from the consumer stuff. I love writing about giant manufacturing plants that make stuff and employ tens of thousands of people.\u201d\n\nThanks to this week's sponsors: TinyLetter, Trunk Club, QuickBooks, and The School of Continuing Education at Columbia University.\n\nShow Notes:\nThe Atavist Magazine Podcast: Episode 1\n@valleyhack\nashleevance.com\nVance on Longform\n[15:00] Vance's Register archive\n[15:00] Vance's New York Times archive\n[16:00] "Data Analysts Captivated by R\u2019s Power" (New York Times \u2022 Jan 2009)\n[19:00] The "Semi-Coherent Computing" Podcast\n[22:00] Longform Podcast #123: Nicholas Carlson\n[27:00] "This Tech Bubble Is Different" (Bloomberg Businessweek \u2022 Apr 2011)\n[31:00] "Larry Ellison Is Spending a Fortune to Save American Tennis" (Bloomberg Businessweek \u2022 Apr 2011)\n[31:00] "Multiplayer Game 'Eve Online' Cultivates a Most Devoted Following" (Bloomberg Businessweek \u2022 Apr 2013)\n[33:00] "The New Space Race: One Man's Mission to Build a Galactic Internet" (Bloomberg Businessweek \u2022 Jan 2015)\n[41:00] Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo! (Nicholas Carlson \u2022 Twelve \u2022 2015)\n[41:00] "Yahoo Sues Ex-Staffer Claiming She Gave Secrets to Writer" (Joel Rosenblatt, Brian Womack \u2022 Bloomberg \u2022 May 2015)\n[46:00] "The Killing of Osama bin Laden" (Seymour M. Hersh \u2022 London Review of Books \u2022 May 2015)\n[54:00] "Elon Musk, a Biography by Ashlee Vance, Paints a Driven Portrait" (Dwight Garner \u2022 New York Times \u2022 May 2015)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices