Episode 358: Mike Isaac

Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 3:44 p.m.

Mike Issac covers Silicon Valley for The New York Times. He is the author of Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.\n\n\u201cPeople try to use journalists all the time. Your job as a journalist is to figure out who\u2019s using you, why they\u2019re using you, and whether you can do something legitimately without playing into one side or another.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Pitt Writers, and Wolverine Podcast for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@MikeIsaac\nIsaac on Longform\n[00:14] Wolverine Podcast\n[02:09] Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (W. W. Norton & Company \u2022 2019)\n[02:20] Issac\u2019s New York Times archive\n[03:57] Issac\u2019s Paste Magazine archive\n[06:15] Longform Podcast #337: Casey Newton\n[08:40] Steve Jobs and Walt Mossberg\n[25:38] \u201cHow Uber Deceives the Authorities Worldwide\u201d (New York Times \u2022 2017)\n[25:44] \u201cInside Uber\u2019s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture\u201d (New York Times \u2022 2017)\n[25:48] Susan Fowler blog post\n[31:00] Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (John Carreyrou \u2022 Knopf \u2022 2018)\n[36:31] Isaac on The Daily\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices