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TechCrunch Mixtape

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Welcome to TechCrunch Mixtape the TechCrunch podcast that looks at how technology impacts culture. Listen to TechCrunch Senior Reporter Megan Rose Dickey and Editorial Director Henry Pickavet as they discuss diversity and inclusion, and the human power that fuels the tech industry.

  • 25 minutes 37 seconds
    Behind the curtain of diversity theater
    It’s fair to say that most people have heard about diversity reports. And it’s probably also fair to say that most of us have watched, sometimes with a metaphorical bucket of buttered popcorn, as companies crisis-comms their ways out of 
 crises. But most of us do not know what goes on behind the scenes. On this episode of Mixtape, we chat with ex-Facebook, Twitter and Reddit employee Mark Luckie, author of the upcoming book Valley Girls, which details issues of diversity and inclusion through a fictional lens based heavily on real events.
    2 January 2021, 7:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 39 seconds
    Artificial intelligence and disability

    Mara Mills  

    Meredith Whittaker

    Sara Hendren

    19 December 2020, 7:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 51 seconds
    Making technology accessible for everyone
    This week, Megan moderated a panel at the first Sight Tech Global, a conference dedicated to fostering discussion among technology pioneers on how advances in AI and related technologies will alter the landscape of assistive technology. The panel featured three heavy hitters in the accessibility space: Haben Girma, the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School and who is a human rights lawyer advancing disability justice; Lainey Feingold, a disability rights lawyer who was on the team that negotiated the first web accessibility agreement in the U.S. in 2000; and George Kerscher, the chief innovations officer for the DAISY Consortium.
    5 December 2020, 8:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 4 seconds
    DEI work needs a structural response to a systemic issue
    This week we spoke to Y-Vonne Hutchinson, the CEO of ReadySet, a consulting firm that works with companies to create more inclusive and equitable work environments. We discussed what a Biden administration means for DEI practitioners, how companies are now focusing more on structural change to systemic issues of racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination, and more.
    19 November 2020, 10:00 pm
  • 38 minutes 49 seconds
    Wellness in the time of the struggle
    This week Marah Lidey, co-founder and co-CEO of Shine, joins us to discuss mental health, portfolio diversity and connecting with other founders trying to make it work.
    5 November 2020, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Proposition 22 and the gig worker labor divide

    References

    California Proposition 22, App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative (2020) - Ballotpedia

    Uber Director of Policy, Cities and Transportation Shin-pei Tsay on Prop 22

    Gig Workers Collective

    22 October 2020, 10:00 am
  • 26 minutes 36 seconds
    Unpacking the Capital One breach

    This week we are joined by TechCrunch’s resident bearer-of-bad-news -- security reporter Zack Whittaker. He came on to discuss the Capital One breach that we all found out about earlier this week. Zack spent some time on his vacation writing about how this shouldn't be a surprise given nothing changed after 2017's Equifax breach. Remember that one?

    But it wasn’t all bad news. Tinder launched new protections for LGBTQ+ people traveling to countries that criminalize homosexuality. Zack also wrote about that.

    And if you want bad news every day, follow him on Twitter!

    1 August 2019, 11:09 pm
  • 45 minutes 54 seconds
    Phenomenally tech with Meena Harris
    Season 3 kicks off with Meena Harris, founder of the Phenomenal Woman campaign, and head of strategy and leadership at Uber.
    19 June 2019, 4:21 pm
  • 41 minutes 20 seconds
    Angelica Ross, co-star of FX’s ’Pose,' talks activism, transgender rights and spirituality

    Angelica Ross, co-star the FX show ‘Pose,’ joined us in the studio this week. Ross, who in addition to being an actress is a transgender activist, CEO and founder, writer, speaker, podcast host and all-around great human being, discussed her company TransTech Social, access for transgender folks who want to gain a foothold in tech, and visibility.

    Oh and Amazon things because Amazon.

    7 March 2019, 5:01 pm
  • 30 minutes 9 seconds
    Can tech help those experiencing homelessness?

    This week we sit down with Neil Shah, CEO of Concrn, a compassionate care app that allows people to request help for homeless people experiencing a mental health crisis.

    22 February 2019, 12:51 am
  • 26 minutes 40 seconds
    Instacart's apologetic week

    It’s that time of the week again when Megan Rose Dickey and Henry Pickavet talk about the good and could-be-better tech companies. This week, we talked about Instacart getting caught shorting its shoppers out of dough they rightfully deserved. Of course the company apologized for its “misguided” approach. Which at least sounds better than apologizing for getting caught — and getting caught, the company did.

    And wouldn’t you know it, scooter drama persists in San Francisco. The city this week shot down an appeal by JUMP to let it deploy its Uber-run scooters. The company it seems could have filed a better application in the first place, so back to the drawing board it goes to try to convince the municipality to relent.

    Finally this week we talk about Tyra Banks’s Modelland, a physical space that will open in Santa Monica, California, later this year. It will give visitors an opportunity to experience life in a tech environment. I am intrigued. But she was very clear that it is not for models or people who want to be models.

    8 February 2019, 1:00 am
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