Episode 303
Episode 286: Nitasha Tiku
Nitasha Tiku is a senior writer at Wired. “I’ve always been an incredibly nosy person—not nosy, curious. Curious about the world. It just gives you a license to ask any question, and hopefully if you have a willing editor, the freedom to see something fa
March 21, 201845m 2s
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Show Notes
Nitasha Tiku is a senior writer at Wired.
“I’ve always been an incredibly nosy person—not nosy, curious. Curious about the world. It just gives you a license to ask any question, and hopefully if you have a willing editor, the freedom to see something fascinating and pursue it. It was just a natural fit from there. But that also means I don’t have the machismo, ‘breaking news’ sort of a thing. I feel like I can try on different hats, wherever I am.”
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Nitasha on Longform
[04:25] "My Life With the Thrill Clit Cult" (Gawker • Oct 2013)
[15:50] "Facebook Battles New Criticism After U.S. Indictment Against Russians" (Georgia Wells, Robert McMillan • The Wall Street Journal • Feb 2018)
[16:30] "WeWork Used These Documents to Convince Investors It's Worth Billions" (Gawker • Oct 2013)
[16:50] "Living in the Disneyland Version of Startup Life" (BuzzFeed • Aug 2016)
[16:50] "Dorm Living for Professionals Comes to San Francisco" (Nellie Bowles • New York Times • March 2018)
[19:30] "San Francisco or Mumbai? UN Envoy Encounters Homeless Life in California " (Alastair Gee • The Guardian • Jan 2018)
[21:40] Tiku’s Archive at BuzzFeed
[28:25] "YouTube, the Great Radicalizer" (Zeynep Tufekci • New York Times • March 2018)
[30:40] Coin Talk
[40:25] "The Worldwide Bloodstream"(Comedy Central • Broad City • Feb 2015)
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