San Francisco from an NPR Reporter's Perspective (Guest: Aarti Shahani, Tech Reporter for NPR)

04/16/18 • 27 min

Aarti Shahani has one of the most famous voices in Silicon Valley. She joins us for this week's edition to talk about her experience moving from New York to San Francisco, and some of the ins and outs of covering the tech scene here.

Shahani covers some of the biggest, most powerful companies in the world. What has she learned in the process? Are people here actually transparent? We learn that and more from Shahani, who shares some of her favorite 'twitter follows' during the interview.

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