Why Zeynep Tufekci saw the pandemic coming - and what else she knows

Zeynep Tufekci is an academic and writes for the Atlantic. She’s not an epidemiologist. So how did she see the pandemic coming before most everyone else? Tufekci sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about experts, expertise, the problem the media has with communicating risk - and why she’s starting her own newsletter, too.

Featuring:Zeyneep Tufekci (@zeynep), sociologist and writer for The Atlantic

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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