Recode Decode: Politics and tech onstage

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Recode's Kara Swisher talks to the creators of two new plays that intersect with tech issues: Heidi Schreck, the former star and playwright of What the Constitution Means to Me, and the writer and director of Right to Be Forgotten — Sharyn Rothstein and Seema Sueko. Schreck took the name of her play from a series of debate competitions she competed in as a teenager, but has developed a more complicated appreciation for the Constitution as an adult, and discusses how its flaws connect to her own life story. Later in the show, Rothstein and Sueko talk about the thorny political question of how permanent our communications online should be, and whether people have a "right to be forgiven" for past misdeeds.

Featuring:

Heidi Schreck (@heidibschreck), writer and former actor, What the Constitution Means to Me

Sharyn Rothstein, writer, Right to Be Forgotten

Seema Sueko (@Seemasue), director, Right to Be Forgotten

Hosts:

Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large

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