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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Uber Future

    Uber, which hired one of President Obama’s closest advisers earlier this week, has partnered with companies like OpenTable, United Airlines and Starbucks. So now you can make dinner reservations AND plan to drink too much wine with that coq au vin in one fell app swoop. Or book a flight to Madagascar AND book a ride home at the same time.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 21, 2014 • 1 min read

    Uber, which hired one of President Obama’s closest advisers earlier this week, has partnered with companies like OpenTable, United Airlines and Starbucks. So now you can make dinner reservations AND plan to drink too much wine with that coq au vin in one fell app swoop. Or book a flight to Madagascar AND book a ride home at the same time.

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    America’s Ransom Policy, The Uber Future, and a Giant Head
    1. 0:00Should America Rethink Its Ransom Policy?
    2. 8:44The Uber FutureYou’re reading this
    3. 17:09Ordering In
    4. 24:22Inside Michael Fassbender’s Giant Head
    5. 39:47The Little Leagues and the Big Leagues
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Mark Milian

      global tech writer and editor for Bloomberg

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    America’s Ransom Policy, The Uber Future, and a Giant Head
    1. 0:00Should America Rethink Its Ransom Policy?
    2. 8:44The Uber FutureYou’re reading this
    3. 17:09Ordering In
    4. 24:22Inside Michael Fassbender’s Giant Head
    5. 39:47The Little Leagues and the Big Leagues
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