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X Gets a Brazilian Ax + Founder Mode + Listeners Respond on School Phone Bans
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton Produced by Rachel CohnDavis Land and Whitney Jones Edited by Jen Poyant Engineered by Daniel Ramirez Original music by Dan …
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’
Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio
Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton
Produced by Rachel CohnDavis Land and Whitney Jones
Edited by Jen Poyant
Engineered by Daniel Ramirez
Original music by Dan PowellMarion LozanoRowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
Featuring Jack Nicas
Over the weekend,X was banned in Brazil. We talk with The New York Times’s Brazil bureau chief, Jack Nicas, about how Brazilians are reacting, whether its owner, Elon Musk, has made a business miscalculation and what this means for free speech around the world. Then, we’re going “founder mode.” We explore why an essay about start-up founders reclaiming their authority went viral and what that tells us about how Silicon Valley thinks about power. And finally, we hear from listeners. Teachers and students left us voice messages describing how phone bans in schools are transforming their lives.
Guest:
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Jack Nicas, Brazil bureau chief for The Times
Additional Reading:
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Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders
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Paul Graham’s Founder Mode
Credit…Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Loic Venance/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Credits
“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Rachel Cohn, Davis Land and Whitney Jones. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Daniel Ramirez and original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Diane Wong and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.
Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Dahlia Haddad and Jeffrey Miranda.
