1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: So, Brad, tell us who you are. My name's Brad Stone. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm senior executive editor of Technology at Bloomberg and you're 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: now a proud podcast host too. Indeed, welcome to Decrypted. 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: You know you should tell everyone how you first pitched 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: a show to me. Well, I think what we were 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: saying is that there are lots of technology podcasts and 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: we just have to be interesting. If there are uncomfortable 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: truths out there, we should be talking to them. I 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: think maybe what I said was if there are electrical sockets, 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: let's stick our finger. And my first thought was it 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: was I need to run this by someone to make 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: sure this is okay, that this is ko share, and 13 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: then I remembered half a second later, Um, if anyone's 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: going to get in trouble for this, it's going to 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: be you. And if you want our team to get 16 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: as close as possible to electrocuting ourselves, I guess in 17 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: the service of great journalism, I'm totally game. I've been 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: covering technology for twenty years and there are great stories 19 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: not just in Silicon Valley but in the technology communities 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: around the war world. Hidden projects, quiet rivalries, unintended consequences, 21 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: stuff that nobody wants to talk about. Those are the 22 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: stories we ought to be telling, right And we have 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: this amazing team of about fifty journalists around the world, 24 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,919 Speaker 1: from our base here in San Francisco to Hong Kong 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: to Tel Aviv to Bangalore, and our reporters they're out 26 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: there day in and day out uncovering all the drama 27 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: taking place behind closed doors. So the idea with this 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 1: new show is we're going to shine a light into 29 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: these veiled, dark corners of the technology universe, and we're 30 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: going to be doing that every Tuesday. As a reporter 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: covering Silicon Valley and tech startups, I almost always feel 32 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: like people are lying to me. You know, we had 33 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: all sorts of promise and opportunity and it didn't work. 34 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: My biggest emotion of it is you know that, I'm sorry. 35 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: On the top of that hill is actually a steep drop. 36 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: There's a there's a clip there, and you don't see 37 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: that adult products, pet products. It sounds a little bit. 38 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: It has a little whiff of pyramid scheme to it. No, no, 39 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: it actually is. Yeah, No, it does. It does. You 40 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: should tell everybody who you are. My name's aki Ito 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: and I'm an editor on our technology team here in 42 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: San Francisco, and I'm going to be behind the scenes 43 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: for the most part, helping producers show, but not always 44 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: I hope not always, Brad. When you're out traveling or 45 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: when you get tied up running our global team, our 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: listeners will hear from me too, so be sure to 47 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: subscribe to our show, whether that's on iTunes or any 48 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: of the great podcast apps. Will be rolling out our 49 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: very first episode on Tuesday, October eleventh, and our subsequent 50 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: episodes every Tuesday after that. From Bloomberg Technology. This is decrypted. 51 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: We'll see you next week.